What Asbury Park looks like by 2026 could be set in motion on Monday, Sept. 18, when the city's planning board discusses proposed changes to the municipal master plan at a public hearing set for 7 p.m. in city hall, 1 Municipal Plaza.
State law requires municipalities to have master plans that set 10-year goals, and to review and update those plans every 10 years. Asbury Park's master plan has been reviewed and assessed by the Clarke Caton Hintz firm of Trenton, which issued the Asbury Park Master Plan Reexamination Report of the 2006 master plan on Sept. 1.
The sweeping document addresses everything from climate change and land use to public housing, public facilities, historic preservation, lakes and parks, public transportation, and the creation of a new zone specifically for arts and culture.
Among the goals set to be realized by 2026:
--creating measures to address the impact of climate change, including rising sea levels, on the city's physical and social infrastructure;
--encouraging a diverse economic base;
--providing safe and convenient ways for people to get around town, whether on foot, by vehicle, by bicycle, or by mass transit;
--protecting and enhancing the quality and enjoyment of the city's residential neighborhoods;
--promoting and enhancing the city's history;
--providing a variety of housing for all income levels;
--modernizing public facilities, including the police and fire departments;
--redeveloping and/or revitalizing the waterfront redevelopment area, the central business district redevelopment area, the Springwood Avenue corridor, the Washington Avenue redevelopment area, the Asbury Avenue corridor, the Memorial Drive corridor, and the transit district.
Measures to achieve the goals include zoning changes that "address the many locations around the city where the zoning districts do not reflect existing land-use conditions, neighborhood trends, and the community's vision and goals;" expanding standards for bed and breakfast inns in the waterfront district; limiting the use of offices without customer activity in the community shopping zone section of Main Street; regulating impervious cover in the R1-Single Family Residential district, and creating an arts and culture district, perhaps along Asbury Avenue and in other parts of the city where arts and culture uses are permissable. (For more about the proposed arts and culture district, click here.)
The Asbury Park Master Plan Reexamination Report of the 2006 master plan is available online at www.cityofasburypark.com.
State law requires municipalities to have master plans that set 10-year goals, and to review and update those plans every 10 years. Asbury Park's master plan has been reviewed and assessed by the Clarke Caton Hintz firm of Trenton, which issued the Asbury Park Master Plan Reexamination Report of the 2006 master plan on Sept. 1.
The sweeping document addresses everything from climate change and land use to public housing, public facilities, historic preservation, lakes and parks, public transportation, and the creation of a new zone specifically for arts and culture.
Among the goals set to be realized by 2026:
--creating measures to address the impact of climate change, including rising sea levels, on the city's physical and social infrastructure;
--encouraging a diverse economic base;
--providing safe and convenient ways for people to get around town, whether on foot, by vehicle, by bicycle, or by mass transit;
--protecting and enhancing the quality and enjoyment of the city's residential neighborhoods;
--promoting and enhancing the city's history;
--providing a variety of housing for all income levels;
--modernizing public facilities, including the police and fire departments;
--redeveloping and/or revitalizing the waterfront redevelopment area, the central business district redevelopment area, the Springwood Avenue corridor, the Washington Avenue redevelopment area, the Asbury Avenue corridor, the Memorial Drive corridor, and the transit district.
Measures to achieve the goals include zoning changes that "address the many locations around the city where the zoning districts do not reflect existing land-use conditions, neighborhood trends, and the community's vision and goals;" expanding standards for bed and breakfast inns in the waterfront district; limiting the use of offices without customer activity in the community shopping zone section of Main Street; regulating impervious cover in the R1-Single Family Residential district, and creating an arts and culture district, perhaps along Asbury Avenue and in other parts of the city where arts and culture uses are permissable. (For more about the proposed arts and culture district, click here.)
The Asbury Park Master Plan Reexamination Report of the 2006 master plan is available online at www.cityofasburypark.com.
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