We, the undersigned, hereby respectfully request that the Hopewell Borough Planning Board formulate, and the Hopewell Borough Council adopt an ordinance to amend Ordinance Number 887 which was adopted by the Hopewell Borough Council on July 1, 2024.
The ordinance was adopted without sufficient time for study and consideration or taking into account legitimate concerns of borough residents, which were not adequately answered. Some of these concerns include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. The number of units which may overtax the borough’s resources and are too many for the small neighborhood involved. This topic would include addressing the potential number of new students in the school system, along with evaluating the ability of our emergency services to be able to serve this complex and the people living there.
2. The esthetics of multiple three-story buildings in a residential area of single-family homes and townhouses. Developments of multi-unit townhouses and apartments in Hopewell Township are all placed in areas that are not established residential neighborhoods.
3. The impact of such a large development on traffic as Hopewell’s roads are overtaxed and were not intended for the volume of traffic this development will create. Residents would like to know exactly where the parking spots will be for all of the units.
4. The failure of the council to consider and evaluate the comments made by concerned residents. We would like a special meeting of council to answer and address all of the specific issues in a public forum.
5. At the above recommended meeting, we would like council to address the history of flooding on Lafayette Street and how this development will affect what we are told is an already high-water table.
We have no objection to placing 26 units of affordable housing units in this town, in fact, we welcome them. We do object to having over 130 units of housing built on such a small lot. We would also like the borough to set design standards specific to this area, and not just leave it up to the developer’s imagination. It is essential to have community input regarding these specifics.
Please take the necessary action to amend the ordinance as quickly as possible before the ordinance becomes binding as applied to this development.
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Reached 100 supporters
July 23, 2024
26 Comments
The Kooltronics building needs to a full realized ratable once more, but the number of units proposed is too large. It will significantly increase traffic in the borough. Residents were focused on whether or not to sell the waterworks, and this issue slipped in unnoticed. The citizens need time to weigh in. Let's make a wise decision, not a hasty one. Also, the best statesman this borough ever had told me many times: Follow the money. That is an apt warning.
While I appreciate that we want more tax ratable properties in town, this seems like entirely too many for such a small space, and the Borough Council has in no way done sufficient homework to pass this proposal as it is. This absolutely should be given greater coverage and opportunity provided for residents to weigh in. The way this was passed through makes me wonder who stands to gain from the development.
Parking is a problem in that area already. It’s a small town Borough to put something so large there.
Density way, way too much for this small, quiet residential section of the Borough. Plus the ground contamination from Kooltronic and dangerous flood zone status make this site unacceptable for a housing development.
You MUST reconsider. Please!!!!! Density of this kind will ruin the town. Its charm will be lost forever. I am a 42 year resident,
Obviously, a sixteen percent increase in housing units from one development is reckless. But it will make the developer rich, a glaring incentive to buy council votes. Hopewell Borough is one of the few towns in NJ that retains small-town charm and abundant open space. The absence of mass development underpins our property values and our community values. The water-sewer system and emergency responders are at capacity or approaching it. Town council (with the exception of Ms. Wilenius) ignored their entire constituency when they voted for this project. Why? Meanwhile, we can’t even get the speed limit posted on Railroad Place, let alone enforced. As a result my young autistic son lives on a commuter racetrack. The new development is just around the corner from us. It will add hundreds of cars to the daily traffic on Railroad Place, which is already dangerous.
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We, the undersigned, hereby respectfully request that the Hopewell Borough Planning Board formulate, and the Hopewell Borough Council adopt an ordinance to amend Ordinance Number 887 which was adopted by the Hopewell Borough Council on July 1, 2024.
The ordinance was adopted without sufficient time for study and consideration or taking into account legitimate concerns of borough residents, which were not adequately answered. Some of these concerns include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. The number of units which may overtax the borough’s resources and are too many for the small neighborhood involved. This topic would include addressing the potential number of new students in the school system, along with evaluating the ability of our emergency services to be able to serve this complex and the people living there.
2. The esthetics of multiple three-story buildings in a residential area of single-family homes and townhouses. Developments of multi-unit townhouses and apartments in Hopewell Township are all placed in areas that are not established residential neighborhoods.
3. The impact of such a large development on traffic as Hopewell’s roads are overtaxed and were not intended for the volume of traffic this development will create. Residents would like to know exactly where the parking spots will be for all of the units.
4. The failure of the council to consider and evaluate the comments made by concerned residents. We would like a special meeting of council to answer and address all of the specific issues in a public forum.
5. At the above recommended meeting, we would like council to address the history of flooding on Lafayette Street and how this development will affect what we are told is an already high-water table.
We have no objection to placing 26 units of affordable housing units in this town, in fact, we welcome them. We do object to having over 130 units of housing built on such a small lot. We would also like the borough to set design standards specific to this area, and not just leave it up to the developer’s imagination. It is essential to have community input regarding these specifics.
Please take the necessary action to amend the ordinance as quickly as possible before the ordinance becomes binding as applied to this development.
Updates
Reached 100 supporters
July 23, 2024
26 Comments
number of units way to high,impact on infrastructure,traffic concerns. fact that it was immediately voted on & approved without full research
The Kooltronics building needs to a full realized ratable once more, but the number of units proposed is too large. It will significantly increase traffic in the borough. Residents were focused on whether or not to sell the waterworks, and this issue slipped in unnoticed. The citizens need time to weigh in. Let's make a wise decision, not a hasty one. Also, the best statesman this borough ever had told me many times: Follow the money. That is an apt warning.
While I appreciate that we want more tax ratable properties in town, this seems like entirely too many for such a small space, and the Borough Council has in no way done sufficient homework to pass this proposal as it is. This absolutely should be given greater coverage and opportunity provided for residents to weigh in. The way this was passed through makes me wonder who stands to gain from the development.
Parking is a problem in that area already. It’s a small town Borough to put something so large there.
Density way, way too much for this small, quiet residential section of the Borough. Plus the ground contamination from Kooltronic and dangerous flood zone status make this site unacceptable for a housing development.
You MUST reconsider. Please!!!!! Density of this kind will ruin the town. Its charm will be lost forever. I am a 42 year resident,
Obviously, a sixteen percent increase in housing units from one development is reckless. But it will make the developer rich, a glaring incentive to buy council votes. Hopewell Borough is one of the few towns in NJ that retains small-town charm and abundant open space. The absence of mass development underpins our property values and our community values. The water-sewer system and emergency responders are at capacity or approaching it. Town council (with the exception of Ms. Wilenius) ignored their entire constituency when they voted for this project. Why? Meanwhile, we can’t even get the speed limit posted on Railroad Place, let alone enforced. As a result my young autistic son lives on a commuter racetrack. The new development is just around the corner from us. It will add hundreds of cars to the daily traffic on Railroad Place, which is already dangerous.
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number of units way to high,impact on infrastructure,traffic concerns. fact that it was immediately voted on & approved without full research