NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WINSLOW, COUNTY OF CAMDEN, STATE OF NEW JERSEY REPEALING AND REPLACE CHAPTER 295A OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WINSLOW TO ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FAIR HOUSING ACT (FHA) AND THE UNIFORM HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CONTROLS (UHAC) REGARDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE WINSLOW’S AFFORDABLE HOUSING OBLIGATIONS
Ordinance Purpose: (Brief Summary)
This Ordinance, if and when adopted, shall provide for the following;
WHEREAS, the Township of Winslow Planning Board adopted a Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan on June 17, 2025 pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law at N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1, et seq. The Amended Housing Element and Fair Share Plan was endorsed by the Mayor and Township Committee on June 24, 2025. This Ordinance implements and incorporates the adopted and endorsed Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan and addresses the requirements of N.J.A.C. 5:93-1, et seq., as amended and supplemented, N.J.A.C. 5:99, et seq., as amended and supplemented, N.J.A.C.5:80-26.1, et seq. as amended and supplemented, and the New Jersey Fair Housing Act of 1985.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Township Committee of the Township of Winslow, Camden County, New Jersey, that Chapter 295A of the Code of the Township of Winslow is hereby replaced to include provisions addressing Winslow’s constitutional obligation to provide for its fair share of low- and moderate-income housing, as directed by the Superior Court and consistent with N.J.A.C. 5:93-1, et seq., as amended and supplemented, N.J.A.C. 5:99, et seq., as amended and supplemented, N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1, et seq., as amended and supplemented, and the New Jersey Fair Housing Act of 1985. This Ordinance is intended to provide assurances that low- and moderate-income units ("affordable units") are created with controls on affordability over time and that low- and moderate-income households shall occupy those units. This Ordinance shall apply except where inconsistent with applicable law.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that Chapter 295A of the Township of Winslow Code, entitled “Affordable Housing” is hereby repealed and replaced as follows:
CHAPTER 295A AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Article I – Fourth Round Housing Element and Fair Share Plan consistent with the Consent Order Fourth Round In the Matter of the Application of the Township of Winslow, County of Camden, Compliance Certification ( N.J.S.A. 52:27D-304.q), with Township’s Fourth Round Affordable Housing Obligations in accordance with in Re: N.J.A.C. 5:99, P.L. 2024.c.2
§295A-1 Introduction & Applicability.
§295A-2 Definitions.
§295A-3 Monitoring and Reporting Requirements.
§295A-4 New Construction Programs (per N.J.A.C. 5:93 as may be updated per various sections in N.J.A.C. 5:97 and N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq.).
§295A-5 Affordable Housing Programs.
§295 A-6 Regional Income Limits.
§295 A-7 Maximum Initial Rents And Sales Prices.
§ 295A-8 Affirmative Marketing.
§295A-9 Selection of Occupants of Affordable Housing Units.
§ 295A-10 Occupancy Standards.
§295A-11 Control Periods for Restricted Ownership Units and Enforcement Mechanisms.
§295A-12 Price Restrictions for Restricted Ownership Units and Resale Prices.
§295A-13 Buyer Income Eligibility.
§295A-14 Limitations on Indebtedness Secured by Ownership Unit; Subordination.
§295A-15 Control Periods for Restricted Rental Units.
§295A-16 Rent Restrictions for Rental Units; Leases and Fees.
§295A-17 Tenant Income Eligibility.
§295A-18 Municipal Housing Liaison.
§295A-19 Administrative Agent.
§295A-20 Responsibilities of The Owner of a development containing affordable units.
§295A-21 Enforcement of Affordable Housing Regulations.
SECTION 2: Except as set forth in Section 1, the balance of the Code of the Township of Winslow shall not be affected by this Ordinance.
SECTION 3: All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency.
SECTION 4 If the provisions of any section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision, or clause of this Ordinance shall be judged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, such order of judgment shall not affect or invalidate the remainder of any section, subsection, paragraph, subdivision, or clause of this Ordinance.
SECTION 5: This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon final passage and publication in accordance with law.
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A copy of the entire Ordinance may be obtained, free of charge, from the Office of the Municipal Clerk, Winslow Township Municipal Complex, 125 South Route 73, Braddock, New Jersey 08037-9422 during the hours of 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on any regular business day prior to the hearing.
Notice is hereby given that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced and passed upon first reading at a regular meeting of the Mayor and Township Committee of the Township of Winslow on the 24th day of February, 2026 , at 7:00 P.M., and the same was then ordered published according to law; and the same ordinance will be further considered for final passage during a meeting of the Mayor and Township Committee of the Township of Winslow to be held in the Mayor Dominic Maiese Municipal Complex, 125 S. Route 73, Braddock, New Jersey on March 10, 2026, commencing at 7:00 P.M., prevailing time, or at any time and place to which such meeting from time to time may be adjourned. All persons interested will be given an opportunity during said time to be heard concerning such Ordinance by order of the Mayor and Township Committee.
LISA L. DORITY, RMC
MUNICIPAL CLERK