Planning Board
The Planning Board is in charge of permitted activities within the construction department. Their essential duties are to deal with policy (the Borough's Master Plan) and the implementation of that policy through the zoning, site plan and subdivision ordinances. These ordinances establish ground rules which must be met by an applicant. If the applicant meets the requirements of the particular ordinance, the board must approve the subject application. However, a site or subdivision plan can be denied if it does not fulfill a specific requirement of an ordinance. The Planning Board is also charged with periodically formulating a plan to meet the mandates of the NJ council on Affordable Housing, as an element of the Master Plan.
The Planning Board meets twice monthly, usually on the first and second Tuesdays. However, the meeting schedule may vary due to Borough holidays and other conflicts and is set at the first meeting of the year, held in early January. All meetings are open to the public and are held in Council Chambers, Municipal Center, 360 Elkwood Avenue, New Providence, NJ, beginning at 8:00 P.M.
Notices of impending action by the Board generally appear in the legal notices section of the Courier-News (Bridgewater) but may also be published in the Newark Star-Ledger or the Daily Record (Morristown).
Members
Bill Robertson, Esq. Board Attorney
Bob Lesnewich, Chair
Gene Castagna
Matt Cumiskey
Armand Galluccio
Daniel Henn
J. Brooke Hern, Mayor
John Keane, Vice Chair
Alan Lowenstein
Robert Sartorius
PROPOSED MEETINGS
FOR THE YEAR 2013 AND FOR JANUARY 2014
January 8
January 15
February 5
February 12
March 5
March 12
April 9
April 16
May 7
May 14
June 4
June 11
July 2
July 9
August 6
August 13
September 3
September 10
October 1
October 8
November 6 (Wednesday)
November 12
December 3
December 10
FOR JANUARY 2014:
January 7
January 14
Planning Board Meeting Agendas and Minutes
Planning Board meeting agendas
Planning Board meeting minutes
Planning Board resolutions
