OPINION: Fort Lee Residents Protest High-Rise Development

We would like to bring awareness to other Fort Lee residents on a new HIGH-RISE rental development proposal in the congested area at Main Street/River Rd. The plan, submitted by KAUFER LANE ASSOCIATES, is currently under public hearing. It violates major zoning regulations in a MID-RISE residential zone. With its proposed 203 units and 345 parking spaces, this HIGH-RISE development will over-crowd a neighborhood consisting of mainly narrow, single-car passing/turning streets.

The KAUFER LANE ASSOCIATES’ development plan is strongly opposed by the local residents. We have already collected >250 hand-written and online signatures from Fort Lee residents within a short two-week periods.The following link is the online petition SAYING NO to this HIGH-RISE development plan:

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/say-no-to-kaufer-lane-associates-development-application.html

Hearing:

Zoning Board of Adjustment Public Hearing
Aug 26, 2014 @ 7:30 p.m.
Council Chamber, Fort Lee Municipal Building, 309 Main Street