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NIMBYs Score In New Jersey

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Inman News
4 April 2003 - 12:00pm

New Jersey governor to give local jurisdictions power to halt development.

"New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey is taking aim at sprawl in the Garden State by recharging the power cells of the state's slow-growth advocates... The governor in his 2003 state-of-the-state address announced plans to hike development impact fees, give local jurisdictions the legal weight of the state's Attorney General in their efforts to fight future development, and devise a statewide zoning map that could pit areas that will be allotted development tax dollars against areas that that will not get tax money for new construction."

Full Story: NIMBYs score in New Jersey
Source: Inman News, April 3, 2003
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