Draft_October 2025_West Orange_HEFSP_with Appendices

Township of West Orange October 2025 Essex County, New Jersey Draft Housing Element and Fair Share Plan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On July 2, 2025, the Township Planning Board adopted a resolution granting site plan approval to renovate the existing commercial building on the site into a three-story, mixed-use apartment building with a retail space and seven (7) total residential units (Planning Board Resolution PB 24-14). Of the seven (7) units, one (1) unit will be affordable for low- and moderate-income residents. A deed outlining affordability controls for the property has not been created as of the writing of this Plan. The one (1) affordable unit is being applied to the Township’s Fourth Round Unmet Need obligation. See Appendix N for documentation. The site is appropriate for multi-family low- and moderate-income housing as it is available, approvable, developable, and suitable: • Available: The site has no easements or title issues preventing its development. • Suitable: The site borders residential neighborhoods and is located adjacent to the Downtown Redevelopment Area along Main Street. Its development is consistent with the goals and strategies outlined in the State Plan. The site is located within the Metropolitan Planning Area (PA 1). Further, the site’s frontage along Main Street offers access to employment and service establishments. • Developable: The site falls within sewer and public water service areas and has access to appropriate public streets with frontage on Main Street. While a portion of the site is constrained by steep slopes, the proposed development would be concentrated within the unconstrained areas of the site. • Approvable: The site received approval from the Planning Board to construct a multifamily development on the site on July 2, 2025, which included one (1) affordable unit. 77