The Lakewood Shopper newspaper reports - On Tuesday December 11, 2018 the planning board will hold a hearing for a major site plan for a piece of land on a 15 acre property at the corner of Massachusetts avenue and Cross street. Previous attempts to receive variances for duplexes were denied since its a R20 residentiak cluster zone and duplexes are not allowed.
The new plan is under the name of a yeshiva and asks for approval of 3-4 story buildings under Lakewood's "campus ordinance". This ordnance basically allows a school to bypass zoning laws if the building is done for the students or faculty of the school according to the report.
Numerous schools in Lakewood have built faculty housing or student housing over the past few years under the campus ordnance.
According to the application one of the buildings will contain 264 dormitory rooms and a 6 unit townhouse building. The yeshiva currently does not have a dormitory according to the report in the shopper
Does anybody ever audit these campus housing projects to see if they are being used for the intended purpose? What is the penalty if they are not?
ReplyDeleteAre these homes tax exempt
ReplyDeleteI believe so
DeleteSomething fishy about all those dormitory rooms. Which Yeshiva other than BMG would need so many dormitory rooms (at least 2 per room which makes 528 beds) If it is BMG why would it be so far from their main campus?
ReplyDeleteIt would actually make sense for BMG to open another BM on the other side of town for people that live there, a dormitory? not so much.
DeleteYeshivas these days don't do less than 3 per room
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