Monday, July 19, 2010 (Morning)
NEWS
North Jersey towns consider easing curbs on commercial signs (Yellin, The Record) North Jersey
“Some towns may ease sign restrictions in an effort to boost business for merchants who lament they are losing sales because the laws hamper their ability to lure customers.”
Charters Derailed in Areas of New Jersey (Resmovits, The Wall Street Journal) Statewide
“New Jersey is preparing to announce the confirmation of at least six new charter schools this week, but proposed charters in Princeton, Teaneck and Flemington won’t be on the list, dealing a blow to a movement to widen school choice to affluent districts.”
Essex House Proposal Pulled from Planning Board Agenda (Wilwohl, West Orange Patch) West Orange, Essex County
“The controversial Essex House proposal appeared to hit a snag Tuesday as the West Orange planning/zoning board pulled the project from its Thursday night meeting agenda, Patch has learned.”
Area governments defying New Jersey Highlands Act considering their positions (Novak, The Express-Times) Highlands
“The refusal of the nation’s highest court to hear area landowners’ legal arguments against the constitutionality of the 2004 Highlands Act ended that group’s battle last month.”
OPINION
Planning wisely is the key (Riggs, for The Courier Post) Statewide
“Like most homebuilders, K. Hovnanian Homes embraces open space as a benefit to our quality of life. But, like so many good things in life, open space has to fit into a balanced plan.”
Looking for “justness” in the Highlands (Post, for The Daily Record) Highlands
“Your recent editorial, ‘Status Quo in the Highlands,’ opines that there may be easy answers on paper to the Highlands central problem of fairly compensating landowners who lost considerable equity in their property, but not in reality.”
Programs That Need Fixing (Part II) (Kennedy, nj.com) Statewide
“Last week, I summarized several New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control(DNREC) water quality programs that, for a variety of reasons, are not fully protecting our water resources. This week the discussion continues by focusing on some of the problems inherent in our existing land use and coastal programs, and, more specifically, on issues related to wetlands protection.”
RFP
Planning Board Attorney (City of Passaic)
