The Future Plan for Millville
On Monday, February 10, 2020 the Planning Board will be
discussing the new Zoning ordinance for the city of Millville. This should be a
concern for every citizen in Millville as it will determine what type of houses
and businesses will be allowed in the city and where. The original purpose to
change the ordinance was to simplify the rules and regulations that govern the
city. By simplifying the process and making everything more straight forward,
it would attract more businesses to the city.
This ordinance does the opposite. The new ordinance is convoluted and
restrictive and for some reason it is modeled after Lawrence Township’s
regulations. Why?
Here are just a few examples of what is in the new
ordinance:
1.
Single family homes will no longer be allowed in
the Union Lake Wawa Tract area however townhouses and apartments will be.
2.
Drug rehabilitation centers will be allowed in
the Union Lake area and also along Cedarville, Carmel, Fairton, and Buckshutem
Roads and West Main St.reet. A drug rehab will also be allowed at the old Wheaton
factory property at the entrance to town.
3.
Many of the rules will be enforced base on “the
opinion of the zoning officer”. This is arbitrary and leaves room for favors
and worse.
4.
If your home is in an area that no longer allows
single family homes you will have one year to get an exclusionary letter
otherwise you cannot sell your home as a house because no bank will finance the
sale of a property that does not comply with the law.
The ordinance is available on line for anyone interested in
reading it however it is over 400 pages long so good luck. What business
thinking about coming to town would want to pay a lawyer to read 400 pages to
decide if, where and how they can do their project.
Go to the planning board meeting on February 10th at 6:30 in city hall and voice
your concerns. This ordinance is not a
step forward to attract more businesses but rather a step backward to more
rules and regulations and arbitrary decisions.
Comments
industry, SAME FOUR PEOPLE RUNNING THE TWNSP FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS, population not even close to what Millvilles is or what their needs are. Your going to ruin Union Lake to
increase housing????? This sounds like re-zoning to line someone's pockets in the end.