Condo
project on agenda
By
Staff Writer
Suburban Trends
Sunday
WANAQUE - The local planning board will meet to discuss
an application for 96 condominiums while also advancing new
redevelopment plans for downtown Haskell.
The
meeting will take place at a special date on Tuesday, July 25 at 8 p.m.
at Borough Hall.
Board
members will determine if an application for a 96-unit development
named Water's Edge at Wanaque is complete. The site reportedly
sits near the Burger King on Union Avenue.
Another
plan to build 14 condominiums on the former Rhinesmith building site is
also waiting in the wings, having received an exemption to build on
land exempted from most development because it was previously built
on.
Meanwhile,
borough officials have reported recently that an express hotel,
approved a few years ago, is on its way to begin construction alongside
Burger King on Union Avenue.
The
residential proposals raise the issue of whether the borough has enough
sewer capacity.
The
regional sewerage authority reported earlier that the plant was
operating above its 1.25 million gallon per day capacity.
It
is undergoing an upgrade to phase in service from its new neighbor, the
Wanaque Reserve by Del Webb, a 755-unit senior complex still under
construction.
According
to the state Department of Environmental Protection, the Wanaque
Regional Valley Sewerage Authority has not applied for any permits to
expand capacity.
If
it did, the authority would have to amend its wastewater management
plan, which outlines its needs, and comply with an executive order on
sewerage expansion.
Additionally,
the plant is required to get approval from the federal Environmental
Protection Agency, said a DEP spokesperson, because it is bound by
conditions in an EPA grant it used to help fund earlier
expansions.
The
EPA grant required that plant expansions had to comply with conditions
made for environmentally sensitive areas.
Board
members are also scheduled to vote whether to approve a final site plan
for Sal Falciglia Jr.'s proposed commercial building for downtown
Haskell's redevelopment area.
A
planner is expected to be chosen to write a new redevelopment plan for
south of Doty Road along Ringwood Avenue, and the borough is scheduled
to be named as the entity handling the redevelopment.