Final Vote On Affordable Housing At Miles Site Monday Night

MOORESTOWN, NJ — A public hearing and final vote on a proposal concerning zoning for the former Miles Technology site in Moorestown is set for Monday night.

Moorestown Council will meet on Monday night, Aug. 19, 7:30 p.m. at town hall, 111 West Second Street. The regularly scheduled workshop session is cancelled, and council will meet in closed session from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. to discuss affordable housing and collective bargaining.

The proposal calls for new zoning on the site after a superior court judge ruled that Pennrose couldn't move forward with its affordable housing proposal off Route 38. In July, the proposal was approved on introduction with a 4-1 vote by members of council. Councilman Mike Locatell provided the dissenting vote. Read more here: Moorestown Council Considering Affordable Housing At Miles Technology Site

If the proposal is passed, council must also pass a resolution setting forth the reasons it adopted the proposal, despite the planning board’s determination that the proposal is inconsistent with the township’s master plan. Council’s reasons for passing the proposal are detailed in the resolution posted on the township’s website.

A public hearing and final vote will also be held on a proposal that would add Crider Avenue to the list of streets where heavy truck traffic is prohibited. The street is primarily residential and the police department advises that truck use is a danger to residents, officials said.

Finally, a public hearing and final vote will be held on a proposal that would amend the ordinance concerning street trees for clarification purposes. Current township code requires that plantings on certain approved developments comport with a list of trees and other plantings previously adopted as an appendix to the tree ordinance.

The ordinance that adopted the approved list as an appendix was not clear as to how the list of approved trees and plantings would be modified as the need arose. This ordinance would replace the old list with a new one that reflects a concern that one of the currently permitted tree plantings is the Ash Tree even though it has become subject to devastation by the Emerald Ash Borer.

This ordinance would update the current list of approved trees and plantings and would additionally allow for a future mechanism to more regularly update the list without resorting the process of changing an ordinance.

There are no proposed ordinances scheduled to be introduced at Monday night’s meeting. There are five items on the consent agenda. To view the full agenda, visit the agenda center on the township's website.