Cannabis sales part of Teaneck master plan
Hearing, vote eyed for board meeting
TEANECK – Allowing cannabis businesses in the township is among the changes proposed in an updated master plan draft scheduled for a public hearing and possible vote at a special Planning Board meeting on Aug. 19.
The last significant changes made to the township’s master plan involved the controversial December 2021 amendments facilitating the complete overhaul and expansion of the Holy Name hospital complex.
No similar proposal is contained in the 2024 draft.
Without a red-line copy to determine what is changing, residents will have to read carefully to determine whether any change of direction is cause for concern.
A master plan is each municipality’s primary policy document on which its governing body and planning and zoning boards rely in making decisions about how and where development and preservation are permitted to take place within its borders.
The draft makes recommendations in four areas: land use, economic development, historic preservation and mobility.
Among the recommendations are:
● Allow cannabis businesses in locations and with conditions that minimize adverse impacts.
● Amend zoning code to permit “accessory dwelling units,” such as apartments over garages, in the R-S, R-M, and B-R zones.
● Increase permitted building height for multi-use residential and mixed-use buildings in business districts.
● Allow places of religious assembly, schools and private educational services in commercial areas, along arterial roadways and in industrial areas of the L-1 zone.
● Allow multiple principal uses and structures within each of the subdivisions of the hospital zone.
● Allow a wider variety of uses in the university zone.
● Support a phased development approach or a general development plan to allow Fairleigh Dickinson University to adapt and remain in Teaneck.
The meeting will take place in the Teaneck Public Library conference room, 840 Teaneck Road, at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 19.
The documents are available for personal inspection at the office of the Planning Board secretary in Township Hall, 818 Teaneck Road, during business hours.
The 143-page draft document is posted on the township’s website, teanecknj.gov/planning-board, under Teaneck Master Plan 2024 Update.