Tag: Sayreville Planning Board
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Sayreville planner hired amid council debate
SAYREVILLE – Amid debate, the Borough Council has hired a planner to analyze Sayreville’s affordable housing plan as part of an effort to meet affordable housing regulations. The council voted 4-2 on a resolution to hire Susan Gruel as a review planner for the borough’s Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) obligations at a fee not…
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Sayreville needs better options for affordable housing
Like many communities, Sayreville needs to respond to the Supreme Court decision concerning affordable housing. Unlike some other communities, the Planning Board’s answer is to build 2,000 more homes/apartments on top of the 2,000 planned for The Pointe in order to achieve the required 795 affordable units. Affordable housing is a laudable goal, and providing…
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Chase Bank to replace abandoned Pizza Hut in Sayreville
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — Former Pizza Huts tend to still look like Pizza Huts even after they have been converted to other businesses. However, the J.P. Morgan Chase bank that will be occupying the space where the closed Pizza Hut now sits at North Ernston and Washington roads in Sayreville will not have…
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Approval granted for Sayreville warehouse complex
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — A proposed office and warehouse complex on Jernee Mill Road has received preliminary approval. The complex, Jernee Mill Center LLC, which would be across from the Colony Club development, would be comprised of four, flex-style, one-story buildings totaling 46,000 square feet. Of that total, 6,000 would be earmarked for…
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Used car dealership will replace ‘eyesore’ on Route 9
By Jacqueline Durett Correspondent SAYREVILLE—The borough will be gaining an additional business on Route 9, thanks to an approval from the Planning Board. The former American Stone business will become a used car and truck dealership. Ammar Hajiko, owner of New Jersey Truck Spot Corp., went before the board on Jan. 18 with a minor…
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The Pointe, Main Street Bypass require further discussions
By Jacqueline Durett Correspondent SAYREVILLE — Changes to The Pointe development may be coming. At the Jan. 18 Planning Board meeting, Chairman Thomas Tighe said he does not yet have complete details, but he shared with the board that he believes there have been some changes with the developer, O’Neill Properties Group, for the large-scale…
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Grillo calls replacement on Sayreville boards ‘political payback’
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — Democratic Councilman Steven Grillo got what he said was some surprising news when he received his information packet for the Jan. 1 reorganization meeting. He found out that he was no longer the council appointee to the Planning Board, a position that he was replaced by Republican Councilman Pat…
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Officials approve redevelopment study for South Minisink Avenue in Sayreville
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — Hercules LLC is one step closer in its intent to develop its property on South Minisink Avenue. Hercules briefly presented to the Planning Board on Dec. 7 regarding its request to have the borough do a study that would officially declare the site in need of redevelopment. As part…