Janice Talley

Community members voiced support for existing buildings, historical structure.

by TINA PAPPAS for Montclair Local An emphasis on maintaining a suburban feel to curb appeal and safety measures is what Township Planning Board members want prioritized in the Complete Streets Implementation Plan, which was presented at the planning board meeting on Monday, Feb...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Developers on Wednesday night for the first time presented their downsized plans for Lackawanna Plaza to township zoning and planning officials, getting feedback on a preliminary site plan that will include a nearly 48,000-square-foot supermarket, office and retail space and 154 residential units...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Following fierce opposition from residents and historic preservationists, developers have dramatically downsized their plans for Lackawanna Plaza, in terms of mass, density and residential units...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair's planning board wants to do some housekeeping on its zoning guidelines. The board introduced a rough draft of revisions to the township's zoning ordinance during Monday night's workshop meeting, including a new list of residential and commercial zoning classifications...

The township has issued an interior-demolition permit for the Bellevue Theatre. The construction permit, dated Nov. 14, was seen posted on a door of the movie house on Wednesday. It authorizes an "interior demolition in preparation for architect's plans...

By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news It was a “no-holds-barred” discussion of policy at Monday night’s planning board meeting, and the township may get a new zoning category out of it. Montclair may add a new zone for office spaces to its list of zoning categories; the planning board will recommend that the township create a new zone: OR-3 H, or high-density office-residential use in a historic a

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news New businesses that want to open up shop in Montclair will have to obtain a zoning permit first from the township under a proposed amendment to municipal codes. The Township Council earlier this week introduced an ordinance that mandates that new tenants apply for and receive get a zoning permit prior to occupying space in a building, clarifying language in t

BY LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news The Township Planning Board is scheduled next week to review plans for the Midtown Parking Deck, a four-story facility with 315 parking spaces that will replace an existing municipal surface lot...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news The controversial Lackawanna Plaza redevelopment plan is going back to the Township Planning Board, but exactly what happens then and the timetable for any action is still under discussion. And even as the Township Council, at its Oct...