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Planning meeting tomorrow for 216 Palisade Ave. Please speak out!
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Hello Neighbors!
The new development proposal for 216 Palisade Ave is going before the Planning Board TOMORROW, Tuesday, February 27th.
The project is for a ten (10) story senior housing building with fifty-one (51) units and a parking garage with eleven (11) parking spaces. Of the 51 unts, 6 will be studios, 43 will be one bedrooms and 2 will be three bedrooms.
Currently, there are no affordable housing units, and even though they will be restricted to 55+, the units will be market rate. The medical zoning that allows for the building to be 10 stories does not stipulate that “senior housing” needs to be affordable or offer any assisted living units, just that renters must be 55 or older.
The Sgt, Anthony Park Neighborhood Association opposes this building. Market rate luxury housing for 55 year olds is a non-traditional use in a medical zone and is not in keeping with existing senior housing throughout Jersey City. Senior housing in Jersey City is traditionally built for low or moderate income people 62 years and older and for younger disabled residents–not for wealthy able bodied 55 year olds seeking a roof top gym and proximity to Manhattan.
Additionally, we interpret senior housing in a medical zone to mean housing that meets the needs of seniors with medical issues. Seniors coping with dialysis, cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes, or those with disabilities will benefit from living in a medical zone where medical offices, diagnostic centers and rehabilitation centers are nearby.
Market rate housing for seniors 55 years old does not belong in a medical zone. Allowing this project to go forward sets a precedent which might unintentionally cause the failure of the medical zone. GN Management is subverting both the intent of a medical zone and of senior housing with this proposed project.
Planning Board meetings are now in-person only at the City Hall Annex at 4 Jackson Square. The meeting starts at 5:30p. PLEASE try to attend if you can.
If you can’t attend, please sign our petition HERE.
You can find the Planning Board Meeting Agendas at this link: https://data.jerseycitynj.gov/…/pb-agendas…/information/
This is YOUR neighborhood, so please come along and speak up about what is being proposed (facade below):
We look forward to seeing you at the meeting!
Sgt. Anthony Park Neighborhood Association