I've lived in New Jersey for more than 40 years, but I'll never be a real New Jersey girl. I grew up in Pennsylvania where there was lots of snow, one traffic light in town, and 90 kids in my grade--from kindergarten through graduation. I didn't know anything about The Shore, or baked ziti, or Chanukah until I came to Jersey. But, I've come to love all of that and much more--especially the history. I now know about the Jersey Dutch, strawberry baskets, railroad suburbs, the bridge that saved a nation, and so much more. I've learned that to tell the local stories about regular people I need to read wills, estate files, census records, pension applications, letters, tombstones, newspapers, and anything else I can find. So, that's some of what I want to share with you!

Monday, March 7, 2016

Vanderbeck House Spot Zoning in Fair Lawn

Fair Lawn is amending the master plan to rezone the Vanderplaat property to avoid the proposal for townhouses from having to go to the Zoning Board for a use variance.  The amendment is coming up for approval at the Fair Lawn Council meeting Tuesday, March 8 at 7:30 in Room 201 of Borough Hall.  If the zoning change is approved by the council, the developer may have to appear before the Zoning Board for other variances, but not for the use variance on which they were defeated before.  Their present plan is for town houses and repurposing the Vanderbeck house as a community center.  See agenda at this link: http://tinyurl.com/jm7s6bg (this opens the document in my Google Drive account) or go to the borough website: www.fairlawn.org


images posted on Dunkerhook Advocates Facebook Page by Bob Carroll
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