Warehouse Use To Be Removed As Permitted Use In More Hillsborough Zones

HILLSBOROUGH, NJ — Hillsborough Committee Members are once again fighting back against the growing number of large-scale warehouse applications in the Township.

The Township Committee unanimously introduced an ordinance removing warehousing, and shipping and receiving facilities as a principal permitted use in the I-1, I-2, and I-3 Light Industrial Districts, GI General Industrial District, and LI Light Industrial District.

The introduction was done "in an effort to maintain the goals of the Master Plan and to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of its residents," according to the township.

A second reading and public hearing on the ordinance will be held at the next committee meeting on Tuesday, June 13.

The Committee previously amended an ordinance in May to remove warehouse use as a permitted use in the "TECD Transitional Economic Development District" of the township.

The topic of warehouses has been brought up at many Zoning Board, Planning Board, and Township Committee meetings with residents sharing their concerns and opposition.

Currently, there are six applications before the township for proposed warehouses totaling more than 1 million square feet, according to S.W.A.T. (Stop Warehouses and Trucks).

S.W.A.T. is a group of concerned citizens committed to stopping the construction of the warehouses. For more information visit swat-hb.org.

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