NOTICE OF FINAL COMPLIANCE HEARING: APPROVAL OF THE BOROUGH’S COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS IN MOUNT LAUREL LITIGATION
NOTICE OF FINAL COMPLIANCE HEARING FOR THE BOROUGH OF PALMYRA, COUNTY OF BURLINGTON, STATE OF NEW JERSEY FOR APPROVAL OF THE BOROUGH’S COMPLIANCE WITH CONDITIONS IN MOUNT LAUREL LITIGATION
Docket Number: BUR-L-1567-15
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on October 25, 2024, beginning at 2:00 p.m., there will be a Final Compliance Hearing (the “Hearing”) to be held virtually via Zoom/Teams before the Honorable Jeanne T. Covert, A.J.S.C., Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division. Information about how to access the hearing is available at njcourts.gov, by contacting Elizabeth Piston via email at elizabeth.piston@njcourts.gov, or by contacting the office of Kelly A. Grant, Esq. at (856)424-1808 or kgrant@malamutlaw.com at least 48 hours in advance of the hearing to determine how to participate.
The purpose of the Hearing is for the Court to consider whether the Borough of Palmyra’s (the “Borough”) submission of final compliance documents satisfy the Borough’s compliance with the Court’s Conditional Compliance and Repose approval in order to receive a Final Judgment of Compliance and Repose which would provide final approval of the Borough’s Housing Element and Fair Share Plan (“Plan”) as endorsed and adopted by the Borough, pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1 et seq. that addresses the Borough’s obligation to provide a realistic opportunity to satisfy its rehabilitation, Prior Round and Third Round “fair share” of the regional need for affordable housing to low- and moderate-income households pursuant to the Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq., the substantive, applicable regulations of the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (“COAH”), the New Jersey Supreme Court’s March 10, 2015 decision in the matter captioned In re N.J.A.C. 5:96 & N.J.A.C. 5:97, 221 N.J. 1 (2015) and other applicable laws.
Specifically, the Court seeks to confirm that the Borough has completed the outstanding items that were required to be addressed prior to the entry of a Final Judgment of Repose, as noted by Special Adjudicator Mary Beth Lonergan, PP, AICP in her compliance report dated November 30, 2023, including an amendment to the report dated December 11, 2023.
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