Wednesday, May 24, 2006

From Junk To Gold

From the Star Ledger:
Board to review Montville housing plan

"A plan for 400 age-restricted homes on the site of an auto junkyard in Montville made it over the first hurdle last night."

"In a 5-0 vote, the township committee referred the proposal from the G.I. Auto Salvage property on Bloomfield Avenue to the planning board for review. The board will consider whether to change the zoning on the site from industrial to residential. That first step is needed before the plans can be considered."

"Junkyard owner Rene Avila had brought the proposal to the township committee several months ago. At a meeting with the junkyard owners in January, the committee requested additional information before it could consider a zoning change."

"One problem the development faces is access only from Bloomfield Avenue, in front of the property. The state Department of Transportation had turned down a request to have access directly to Route 46."

"The plans for the age-restricted homes are the latest move in a half-century of history between the township and G.I. Auto Salvage. The township's legal issues with the junkyard date to 1951, when the company sued the town because it refused to issue it a license."

2 Comments:

Blogger Metroplexual said...

So much for master plans. Here we go again with age restricted, just shooting themselves in the foot.

5/24/2006 07:56:00 AM  
Blogger grim said...

This is a much larger development than the Hovnanian project a few blocks away.

The Hovnanian project, visible from Rt. 46 in Parsippany, consists of only about 50 units.

grim

5/24/2006 09:03:00 AM  

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