Affordable housing court archive
Third Round Fairness and Compliance Hearing Archive
The Borough’s Third Round affordable housing case, Docket No. BER-L-6120-15, concluded with the judgment entered April 28, 2023. The historical records from that case are collected below. For current housing information and Fourth Round documents, visit the Affordable Housing page.
Case summary
- Case number
- BER-L-6120-15
- Judgment date
- April 28, 2023
- Protection period in judgment
- July 2, 2015 to July 2, 2025
The signed judgment includes specific conditions and does not decide Saddle River’s Fourth Round status.
About these records: This archive holds selected records rather than the complete court file, and some documents are drafts or versions superseded later in the case. For current Borough law, review Chapter 65 of the Borough Code and New Laws. Where a summary here differs from an official document, the official document controls.
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Choose a category below to review court orders, plans, ordinances, reports and other records from the case.
Hearing notice and scheduling orders 8 records
- Legal notice for the July 30, 2020 fairness hearing PDF
- Order adjourning the fairness hearing to July 30, 2020 PDF
- Order continuing the hearing to January 21, 2021 PDF
- Order adjourning the March 8, 2021 hearing PDF
- Order continuing the hearing to June 22, 2021 PDF
- Order adjourning the hearing to a date to be determined PDF
- Order continuing the hearing to November 15, 2021 PDF
- Order continuing the hearing to December 28, 2021 PDF
Court orders extending immunity, 2021 to 2023 11 records
- Order extending immunity through March 31, 2022 PDF
- Order extending immunity through June 30, 2022 PDF
- Order extending immunity through August 31, 2022 PDF
- Order extending immunity through September 30, 2022 PDF
- Order extending immunity through October 31, 2022 PDF
- Order extending immunity through December 31, 2022 PDF
- Order extending immunity through January 31, 2023 PDF
- Order extending immunity through February 28, 2023 PDF
- Order extending immunity through March 14, 2023 PDF
- Order extending immunity through March 31, 2023 PDF
- Order extending immunity through April 30, 2023 PDF
2020 plans and supporting documents 6 records
- Submission letter for the 2020 Land Use Plan Element and Housing Element and Fair Share Plan PDF
- Planning Board Resolution 20-21 PDF
- 2020 Land Use Plan Element PDF
- Planning Board Resolution 20-26 PDF
- 2020 Housing Element and Fair Share Plan PDF
- 2020 Housing Element and Fair Share Plan appendices PDF
Borough filings to the court 10 records
- Borough letter transmitting compliance documents 1 through 15 PDF
- Borough letter transmitting corrected Ordinance 20-992 PDF
- Borough letter transmitting compliance documents 16 through 22 PDF
- Borough letter transmitting adopted versions of compliance documents 19 and 21 PDF
- Borough letter transmitting compliance documents 23 through 31 PDF
- Borough letter transmitting corrected compliance documents 32 through 36 PDF
- Borough letter transmitting replacement compliance document 37 PDF
- Borough letter transmitting the Second Amendment and compliance documents 38 through 42 PDF
- Borough letter transmitting corrected compliance document 43 PDF
- Borough letter transmitting compliance documents 44 and 45 PDF
Compliance documents 1 to 10: ordinances and zoning 10 records
- 01. Ordinance 19-963-C, accessory apartments PDF
- 02. Ordinance 19-964-C, Borough-wide mandatory set-aside PDF
- 03. Ordinance 19-965-C, affordable housing regulations PDF
- 04. Ordinance 19-966-C, development fees PDF
- 05. Ordinance 19-981-C, amendment to Ordinance 19-966-C PDF
- 06. Ordinance 19-982-C, amendment to Ordinance 19-964-C PDF
- 07. Ordinance 20-992, TIHD-1 O’Donnell site rezoning PDF
- 08. Ordinance 20-993, TIHD-2 Algonquin site rezoning PDF
- 09. Ordinance 20-1000, AH-3 Choctaw and 20 East Allendale Road rezoning PDF
- 10. Draft AH-4 zoning ordinance for 78 Woodcliff Lake Road PDF
Compliance documents 11 to 22: sites, funding and feasibility 12 records
- 11. Choctaw scoring, lender cost and feasibility materials PDF
- 12. NJHMFA low-income housing tax credit award press release PDF
- 13. NJHMFA low-income housing tax credit award letter PDF
- 14. Structural Conditions Survey Report PDF
- 15. 78 Woodcliff Lake Road timetable and feasibility materials PDF
- 16. Ordinance 20-984-M, bond for Choctaw property acquisition PDF
- 17. Ordinance 20-985-M, bond for Choctaw property acquisition PDF
- 18. Ordinance 20-1002-M, bond for Choctaw property acquisition PDF
- 19. Ordinance 20-1004-M, supplemental bond for 1 Choctaw Trail PDF
- 20. Ordinance 20-987-M, bond for the 78 Woodcliff Lake Road site PDF
- 21. Resolution 200-20, intent to fund affordable housing programs PDF
- 22. Sidewalk feasibility letter for the SRI sites and Wandell School PDF
Compliance documents 23 to 37: 2021 implementation records 15 records
- 23. Ordinance 21-1005, AHO-5 Boroline Road overlay zone PDF
- 24. Ordinance 21-1006, AH-4 zone at 78 Woodcliff Lake Road PDF
- 25. Draft Ordinance 21-1007, mandatory set-aside PDF
- 26. Draft Ordinance 21-1008, affordable housing regulations amendment PDF
- 27. Draft Ordinance 21-1009, development fee amendment PDF
- 28. Resolution 47-21, endorsement of the 2020 Housing Element and Fair Share Plan PDF
- 29. Resolution 48-21 and initial Spending Plan PDF
- 30. Draft Resolution 51-21, Affirmative Marketing Plan PDF
- 31. Bernards Township fairness opinion PDF
- 32. Ordinance 21-1007, mandatory set-aside PDF
- 33. Ordinance 21-1008, affordable housing regulations amendment PDF
- 34. Ordinance 21-1009, development fee amendment PDF
- 35. Resolution 68-21 and amended Spending Plan PDF
- 36. Resolution 60-21 and Affirmative Marketing Plan PDF
- 37. Ordinance 21-1006, re-adopted AH-4 zone at 78 Woodcliff Lake Road PDF
Compliance documents 38 to 45: settlement and final implementation records 8 records
- 38. Second Amendment to Settlement Agreement PDF
- 39. COAH spreadsheet of approved regional contribution agreements PDF
- 40. Historical COAH Third Round rule concerning regional contribution agreements PDF
- 41. January 11, 2000 fairness order concerning Villa Marie Claire credit PDF
- 42. Historical COAH Third Round rule concerning credits without controls PDF
- 43. Corrected Second Amendment to Settlement Agreement PDF
- 44. Ordinance 21-1024, repeal of AH-4 and restoration of 78 Woodcliff Lake Road to R-1 PDF
- 45. Ordinance 21-1025, expansion of AH-3 to include 25 East Allendale Road PDF
Special Master reports 4 records
Related court case 1 record
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