On June 6, 2025 the Bergen Record carried a public notice of a Planning Board Special Meeting scheduled for Monday June 16, the agenda for which is a presentation of a 206-page Fair Share and Housing Plan to be an amendment to Teaneck’s new Master Plan. After the presentation, diverse kinds of public input are promised. Immediately following the public input, there is noticed to be a possible vote by at least 6 PB Members to approve the Plan
That document is more than 124MB long – which means that many Voices readers will not be able to access the Plan. Several PB members have identified pages 23-37 of the plan as its core. 4 of those pages are full page maps. Voices has extracted pages 23-32 and 35-37 and combined them.
Readers can click below to be able to readily have access to a reasonably readable version of those core pages.
11 Key Pages of Fair Share Plan
What was the public notice about this Plan?
Planning Board Special Meeting
Event Details
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Teaneck Planning Board will conduct a Public Hearing on June 16, 2025 at 7:30 pm in-person in Room MP-1 at the Richard Rodda Community Center located at 250 Colonial Court, Teaneck, NJ for the purpose of considering a proposed Housing Element and Fair Share Plan for adoption as part of the Township of Teaneck’s Master Plan. The Board will hear testimony from its Township Planner, Topology Planners, regarding the Housing Element and Fair Share Plan and allow questions, testimony and evidence from interested persons regarding the same. Following the public hearing, the Planning Board may take action by amending and/or adopting the Housing Plan Element and Fair Share Plan as part of the Township Master Plan. Copies of the proposed Housing Element and Fair Share Plan are available for inspection on https://www.teanecknj.gov/our-government/plans-reports-and-studies/housing-and-redevelopment/ or by contacting the office of the Township Clerk and Planning Board Secretary, at Teaneck Town Hall, 818 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666. Email: clerk@teanecknj.gov, pb@teanecknj.gov. Agenda and Viewing information may also be found on https://teanecknj.gov
Are there State Rules about when public notice must be made before a PB hearing and rules about the PB vote on municipal Master Plan amendments
Yes – found at NJSA 40:27-4, a NJ state statutory section in its entirety is as follows
2024 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 40 – Municipalities and Counties
Section 40:27-4 – Hearing before plan adopted; notice of hearing; resolution; vote required; municipal master plan, official map or ordinance
40:27-4. Hearing before plan adopted; notice of hearing; resolution; vote required; municipal master plan, official map or ordinance
a. Before adopting the master plan or any part thereof or any amendment thereof the board shall hold at least one public hearing thereon, notice of the time and place of which shall be given by one publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and by the transmission by delivery or by certified mail, at least 20 days prior to such hearing, of a notice of such hearing and a copy of the proposed master plan, or part thereof or any proposed amendment thereof to the municipal clerk and secretary of the planning board of each municipality in the county. The adoption of the plan or part or amendment thereof shall be by resolution of the board carried by the affirmative vote of not less than 2/3 of the members of the board. The resolution shall refer especially to the maps and descriptive and other matter intended by the board to form the whole or part of the plan or amendment and the action taken shall be recorded on the map and plan and descriptive matter by the identifying signature of the secretary of the board. An attested copy of the master plan or any amendments thereof shall be certified to the board of chosen freeholders, to the county park commission, if such exists, and to the legislative body of every municipality within the county.
b. In order to maximize the degree of co-ordination between municipal and county plans and official maps, the county planning board shall be notified in regard to the adoption or amendment of any municipal master plan, official map or ordinance under the “Municipal Planned Unit Development Act (1967).” A copy of any such proposed plan, map or amendment shall be forwarded to the county planning board for review and report at least 20 days prior to the date of public hearing thereon.
c. Within 30 days after the adoption of a zoning ordinance, subdivision ordinance, master plan, official map, capital improvement program, or amendments thereto, a copy of said document shall be transmitted to the county planning board for its information and files.
Amended by L.1968, c. 285, s. 2, eff. July 1, 1969.
