BRIDGETON TOWNSHIP PLANNIG COMMISSION

REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING

AGENDA – JANUARY 23, 2024

Virtual Via Zoom: 

1) Call to order at 7:30 p.m.; virtual via Zoom and may be recorded.
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2) Public comments on this sequence of agenda topics

3) Approval of the minutes of the December 5, 2023 meeting.

OLD BUSINESS

4) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN – Recommended Adoption Vote

• Edits received from the BTPC have been made to the plan by BCPC
• Page 23 High Falls Creek narrative was expanded on to go along with the edit recommendation
• Page 35 URL Link to the historic survey added; narrative was added explaining the survey and its purpose.
• Here is a link to the most updated draft.

Motion for BTPC voteto recommendthe plan for adoption by the Bridgeton Township BOS.  Note: Once BOS adopts the CP plan and signs a resolution, the BCPC will remove the “draft” watermarks and send an official copy.

Action notice to be forward to the Bridgeton Twp. Board of Supervisors.

5) SHORT TERM RENTAL/STR ORDINANCE proposal  

January 2024 BTPC meeting:

• Discuss examples of STR Ordinances in other municipalities and the submittal of traditional regulated hotel units. *
  • Identify items that seem to have merit by one or more Commissioners.

• Proposed future meetings on STR Ordinance review, development and recommendation:

• Feb. 2024 BTPC meeting
  • Line by line review of the draft Bridgeton Township STR ordinance.
  • Request to have each Commissioner prepare top talking points they feel must be addressed in the Bridgeton Twp. STR ordinance. (Commissioners to distribute those items to CC within 2 weeks of the end of the February meeting.)
  • and the points will be immediately distributed by CC, to be reviewed by the Commissioners prior to the March/next meeting for detailed further discussion by the BTPC at their next meeting. 

• March 2024 BTPC meeting – The purpose of this meeting is to construct a final document from the Planning Commission, using all of the comments from the Public and Commissioners to be recommended to the BT BOS as a guide for their April and, or May 2024 meeting. There is a simple majority approval of the Commissioners to advance this to the next level of review and discussion by the Board of Supervisors.
  • Any recommendations of the BTPC presented to the Bridgeton Township Board of Supervisors will be publicly posted as well.

NEW BUSINESS

BT PLANNING COMMISSIONERS COMMENTS

PUBLIC COMMENTS

• Public comment on individual topics publicly reviewed by Commissioners will be offered for the public to share new information; or have reactions to work of the Commission. Due to time constraints of the meeting and the plan to further review and discuss research at future meetings this segment of comment will be restricted to 3 minutes per speaker.
• And/or may be presented in longer written form to:  info@bridgetontwp.org

*Please note that several meetings (Sept. and October) were given to collecting public comments from individuals as well as a group called RRBT proposal was publicly reviewed line by line.  All of the public input will be analyzed with all information collected from the Commissioner’s research in the March BTPC meeting.

ADJOURNMENT

Next Regular Meeting is the 4^TH Tuesday of the Month, February 27,2024 at 7:30 pm (via Zoom)