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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...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news Montclair's zoning ordinance is undergoing an overhaul to update it, eliminating its confusing sections and inconsistencies. A draft of the new ordinance is under review by members of two township bodies, the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Adjustment...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news The Township Planning Board has had two hot potatoes — a pair of major, and controversial, redevelopment projects — on its agenda this year, putting its actions in the spotlight in recent months. In July, ...

BY LINDA MOSS  moss@montclairlocal.news The Township Planning Board on Monday night approved the conversion and expansion of a two-story building on North Willow Street to permit retail space on the first floor and two two-bedroom apartments upstairs. ...

By LINDA MOSS moss@montclairlocal.news New Jersey Planning Officials, an organization of planning and zoning boards, has awarded the township’s Seymour Street Redevelopment Plan the group's Achievements in Planning Award. The award was announced in the association's recent newsletter, and an awards ceremony will be held at a Sept. 15 b...