H2M’s Planners have extensive experience providing development application review services to Planning Boards, Zoning Boards and Combined Land Use Boards throughout New Jersey. Our appointments have included communities as diverse as: Livingston Township, Rockaway Borough, Pompton Lakes Borough, Hackensack City, Lafayette Borough, Lodi Borough, and Cranford Township, as well as multiple communities within the Hudson Valley region of New York.
Our Planners have a thorough understanding of the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL), New Jersey’s environmental regulations, relevant case law, and the application review process for site plans, subdivisions, interpretations, appeals and variance applications. We thoroughly review all plans, reports and application materials, and will meet with applicants and their professionals, as required. We work closely with Board secretaries throughout the process to ensure required timelines are being met.
Our reports comprehensively address the full-range of variances and site issues, so that Board Members are duly informed before making their decisions. To better understand the application and site history, we will visit the site, analyze historical aerial imagery, review the Master Plan and other planning documents, review prior site Resolutions, consult the Zoning Officer, and do what is necessary to get the “full picture.” We have on-staff architects, civil engineers, landscape architects and urban designers who can contribute to our reviews, if needed.
We take pride in the communities we work-for, and look to ensure that the end result is a development application that is best for the municipality. Throughout our appointments, we continuously keep track of issues related to local zoning ordinances and make recommendations as to updates and amendments.
