Planning Board meetings are held the second Thursday of the month at 7:30pm in the Bordentown Township Municipal Building, 1 Municipal Drive. Please check the Township Meetings Calendar for cancellations, time and location changes.
The Bordentown Township Planning Board consists of a total of nine (9) members and two (2) alternates. Two (2) members are elected officials of the Township Committee and one (1) is another other Township official. They provide an important policy element to the Board. The remainder of the members are volunteer residents appointed by the Township Committee and consists of members designated as Chair, Vice-Chair and two Alternate members. A professional staff consisting of an Attorney, a Professional Planner, Township Engineer (s) an Administrative Officer and a Board Secretary assists the Planning Board. The powers, duties and regulations of the Planning Board are contained in the Municipal Land Use Law (MLUL).
Planning Board Forms
Planning Board Agendas
The Planning Board reviews and acts on the following:
Applications for subdivision approval. The Planning Board when reviewing subdivision and site plan applications can decide "C" Variances and establish procedures for the review of such applications.
Conditional use approval (if an application for conditional use involves a variance, the application is referred to the Zoning Board of Adjustment.)
Preparing and updating the Township Master Plan . An integral part of the Township's decision-making process is the Master Plan. Without the land use element of the Master Plan, a Township cannot have a valid Zoning Ordinance.
The Planning Board may also become involved in the review of other State or Federal programs or plans assemble data for planning purposes and perform other advisory duties as assigned to it by the Governing Body, to aid them in planning process.
Planning Board Members
Class I Member: Bruce Hill, Mayor FY 2010
Class II Member:
Ann Yonker, 1/1/09– 12/31/11
Class III Member: Michael Dauber,Committeeman FY 2010
Class IV Members:
George Chidley, Chair 1/1/09-12/31/12
Werner Nitschmann, Vice Chair 1/1/07 – 12/31/10
Kevin Hirschfeld, Secretary 1/1/08 - 12/31/11
Giovanni Antinoro 1/1/10 - 12/31/10
James Werner 1/1/09-12/31/12
James Cann 1/1/07 - 12/13/10
William Popko, Alternate No. 1- 1/1/09-12/31/10
Nicholas A. D'Angelo, Alternate No. 2 - 1/1/10 - 12/31/11
Planning Board Attorney: Peter Emmons, Esq.
Emmons & Richards, LLC
141 High Street
Mt. Holly NJ 08060
Engineer:
Joseph Raday, PE
ABR Consultants, LLC
2 Aquarium Drive
Ste. 320
Camben, NJ 08103
Director Of Community Development/Board Planner:
Barbara Allen-Woolley-Dillon, PP, AICP
1 Municipal Drive, Bordentown, NJ 08505
Ph: 609-298-2800, Ext. 5
Fax: 609-298-0667
