Will condos without parking arise at the Sea View Avenue Park View Inn location after it is demolished? Probably not since the owner has promised the neighbors that single family homes will be built. Ocean Grove, NJ. Blogfinger file photo. ©
Fun and games on Ocean Pathway 2014. Look beyond the kids and see one of those big- box condos without parking in the background. That is emblematic of how Neptune Township feels about the most historic street in town. Do you think it blends with the rest of the architecture nearby? Paul Goldfinger photo ©
By Paul Goldfinger, Editor at Blogfinger.net
Monday, October 19, 2015. Ocean Grove, NJ.
As we have reported, Neptune Township ordinances forbid off-street parking in Ocean Grove, thus violating State of New Jersey RISS (Residential Site Improvement Standards) rules. The Township has ignored those State standards even though the State requires that local ordinances conform to State law. Ignoring the RISS rules allows developers to construct multi-unit buildings without providing the mandatory parking off-street.
Today we have received the following news from Kevin Chambers, an Ocean Grove citizen, who has waged a one-man battle in recent years to force Neptune to conform to State RISS law:
“I have spoken with an attorney in Princeton about suing the township over RSIS. He said that If residents were willing to form a non-profit group he would sue the township for us. If anyone would be willing to join me in forming a non-profit group to sue the township, then please leave your name with Blogfinger.”
We will provide more information as it rolls in, but Blogfinger will serve as the home base for this citizen group to communicate and form a non-profit organization who’s goal is to force the Township to write the RISS rules into the Neptune Township zoning laws (ordinances.) In addition it is anticipated that the class action suit will request money from the Township in order to sue the Township over and over as needed to block condominiums and other projects from being built without offering parking.
Those who volunteer to lend their names to this suit will not have to spend any of their own money. They may be asked to attend a meeting at some point.
I will not post your names on BF, and your names will not appear on the suit. If you want to be considered as part of the group, please contact me at Blogfinger@verizon.net. No action will be taken until we have stepped up and offered a group to the lawyer mentioned above. We already have the first name on the list: Kevin Chambers—-Ocean Grove hero. We will find out how many names will be needed, but now’s your chance to step up to the plate.
Paul Goldfinger, Editor @ Blogfinger.net.
TALLY: We have six if we count a couple as one. The rules will be spelled out later, so please sign up if you are interested, Right now, the more the merrier, and even if we don’t use everyone, this tally will show the level of interest, because it takes some passion and even courage to offer one’s name, and we want to show the passion.—-Paul
Here’s Blossom Dearie with a song dedicated to Kevin Chambers: