Paterson Planning Board announces withdrawal of YWCA application
An attorney’s letter took Project ID A2026-033 off the Paterson Planning Board’s agenda before members discussed the application.
Two hosts walk through the week’s edition in conversation — application status update, spring street housing plan reduced to, and what’s coming next. Generated by Aware, from this week’s verified summaries.
The chair said the withdrawn application would not be discussed, and the Paterson Planning Board went on to the next project.
A letter ended the Paterson Planning Board’s consideration before it began. The chair introduced Project ID A2026-033, the Paragon Asset Management / YWCA application, then said an attorney had sent a letter withdrawing it without prejudice. The Paterson Planning Board did not discuss the application and moved to the next project. No decision on the proposal was made at this meeting.
The update was about the application’s status, not its substance. The chair did not describe what the applicant had proposed or give a reason for the withdrawal. With no discussion, the Paterson Planning Board made no findings about the project and took no vote on whether to approve it. Residents following the application received notice that it was off the agenda, but no account of what prompted that change.
“Without prejudice” describes how the application was withdrawn; it was not an approval or a denial. The meeting account gives no date for another filing or hearing and does not say whether the applicant plans to return. For now, the recorded action is limited: the Paterson Planning Board received the attorney’s letter, set the item aside without discussion and continued with its agenda.
Spring Street Housing Plan Reduced to Nine Units and Approved
A smaller building plan won approval at 255–257 Spring Street. The Paterson Planning Board approved a five-story residential proposal after the applicant cut the number of apartments from 12 to nine and set aside the second floor for indoor tenant community space. The plan calls for demolition of the existing structures. It retains seven parking spaces, fewer than the 12 spaces discussed as required for the revised proposal.
Parking drove much of the Paterson Planning Board’s questioning. Fannia Santana asked how seven spaces would serve the building and whether tenants would pay separately for parking; the applicant said parking would carry a separate charge. Members asked whether the applicant could add spaces or reduce the number of apartments. After a recess, the applicant offered the nine-unit plan. The exterior would not appear different, according to the architect.
The Paterson Planning Board approved the amended site plan and variances with conditions. Rooftop use is limited to dawn through dusk, e-bikes are prohibited on the property, and revised plans must receive planning review. City Engineer and Soil Conservation District conditions apply. No callers joined the public comment period, and every recorded vote on the approval was yes.
Paterson Planning Board denies revised housing proposal
The Paterson Planning Board denied a proposal at 20-22 Chadwick Street even after the applicant cut it from 14 apartments to 10. The revised plan still offered five parking spaces; members cited the parking shortfall and conditions near School No. 8.
The denial leaves the proposed apartments unapproved on a site where parking and school-area traffic drew scrutiny.
Paterson Planning Board approves three two-family homes
The Paterson Planning Board approved a three-lot subdivision and plans for three two-family homes at 84–88 Marshall Street. The applicant agreed to remove a ground-floor half-bath after members raised concerns that the space could be converted into an unauthorized unit.
The approvals permit six homes across three lots, with a condition addressing how the ground-floor space can be used.
Paterson Planning Board approves two-lot housing plan
The Paterson Planning Board approved a subdivision at 107 North 4th Street / 5–7 English Place, keeping an existing two-family home and allowing a new one. The plan includes four parking spaces for the new building; neither approval vote was unanimous.
A neighbor raised parking and runoff concerns, and the existing home will continue to rely on street parking.
Paterson Planning Board approves five-unit Luis Street building
The Paterson Planning Board approved a five-unit building at 10–12 Luis Street, with six on-site parking spaces. A resident raised concerns about nighttime parking nearby; the approval includes City Engineer and soil conservation conditions.
The project replaces existing structures and adds five apartments where a resident said nighttime parking is scarce.
What we didn’t fit in this Sundays edition
Paterson had 1 more items this week. Here are sixfour — the rest are on Aware.
- GOVERNANCEApplication A2023-0105 (Elgen Melendez / Yashira Marero Vargas), 32-36 North 10th Street (Block 705, Lot 7) — Minor Subdivision and Site Plan (Approved). The Board reviewed a proposal to subdivide a 7,500 sq ft lot into two lots and construct a new three-story two-unit dwelling while retaining an existing three-story two-unit dwelling. Public commenters largely spoke about virtual meeting access rather than the project. The Board approved the minor subdivision and then approved the site plan, with a stated deed restriction limiting the new construction to a two-family home.
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