Piscataway Township Council sets hours for pickleball courts
Ordinance 2026-16 passed unanimously, setting hours and rules for township pickleball courts that tennis and pickleball players both use.
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A councilmember said residents had asked for clearer rules as pickleball grew more popular and players competed for court time.
A new park rule puts pickleball play on a schedule. The Piscataway Township Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 2026-16, which sets hours of operation and prohibited acts for pickleball courts under the township’s parks ordinance. The council president identified seven in the morning as the start time during the roll call vote. The council did not state an end time in its discussion.
A councilmember said residents had sought clarification about fair use the previous spring, when pickleball’s popularity brought more competition between pickleball and tennis players. She said she hoped the ordinance would serve both groups and described her vote as an effort to respond to local residents. All seven Piscataway Township Council members voted yes.
The Piscataway Township Council first introduced the ordinance on September 1, 2026, and published it on the township website on September 4, 2026. At the second-reading hearing, the council opened comment to remote attendees and then to people attending in person. No one spoke in either portion. With the vote complete, the new hours and rules are part of the township’s parks ordinance; the council did not discuss any further changes to the courts at that hearing.
General public comment: ICE-related ordinances/resolutions, license plate reader concerns, traffic/safety and road striping, park dredging, pickleball court expansion request, and affordable housing/courts/business concerns
Questions about cameras and local policy opened the Piscataway Township Council’s general public comment period. A resident asked what had happened to earlier ICE-related proposals; the council president said they would check and respond. Others asked whether the township uses Flock license plate readers. The council president and township administration said it has no Flock contract or township-owned Flock cameras. They said police have long used license plate readers in patrol cars, with officers visually checking results.
In person, a resident said widening a neighborhood street from 19 feet to 31 feet had brought faster traffic and asked for traffic calming. Another asked for road striping and raised flooding near Possumtown. Township staff said a large striping contract would begin within about a week, while state rules make the stream work the resident sought harder to approve.
A resident asked the township to dedicate another tennis court to pickleball in Quibbletown, saying the two dedicated courts no longer meet demand. Township staff said they would consider the request with a landscape architect as court work approaches next year.
Piscataway Township Council fields questions on grant spending
Residents asked the Piscataway Township Council to identify the projects supported by Community Development Block Grant funds and explain why sidewalks and infrastructure work qualify. The council president said specific projects include accessible ramps and sidewalks in low- and moderate-income areas, where those improvements can make walking safer.
Residents want to know which streets and accessibility projects receive federal grant money intended to benefit their neighborhoods.
Piscataway Township Council hears financing and park updates
The Piscataway Township Council heard that permanent township financing carried a 3.89% interest rate and that the first phase of contaminated-soil removal at a township park was complete. Staff said stormwater work was starting; the council president reported 225 registrations for the town-wide yard sale.
The financing rate affects township borrowing costs, while the park still needs more remediation and drainage work.
Piscataway Township Council adopts industrial redevelopment plan
The Piscataway Township Council unanimously adopted Ordinance 2026-17, a redevelopment plan for an existing light-industrial site. Residents questioned warehouse and data-center development, traffic and commercial vacancies. Council members said the plan adds design requirements, including landscaping and sidewalks, without adding a new permitted use.
The plan shapes how a project can be built near homes and the high school.
Piscataway Township Council weighs data-center proposal
The Piscataway Township Council discussed a councilmember’s proposal to prohibit new AI data centers but did not introduce a resolution or take a roll-call vote. Council members also raised concerns about a township video, commission email practices, ICE-related requests and access to free meeting space.
Residents have no council vote yet on a proposed ban that could affect future land use.
- Piscataway Township Council. During general public comment, residents raised concerns about lack of follow-through on ICE-related proposals, questioned whether the township uses Flock license plate reader cameras, criticized redevelopment and zoning statements, requested traffic calming on Haywood Avenue, asked about road striping and Possumtown flooding/dredging, requested additional dedicated pickleball courts at Quibbletown/Columbus Park, and criticized affordable housing and court processes.
- Piscataway Township Council. An in-person commenter criticized the lack of understandable detail in consent agenda items, including CDBG appropriations and references to salt/shared services agreements. The commenter asked for clearer explanations of what funds are used for and what projects are being completed.
- Piscataway Township Council. Remote commenters questioned the township’s stated uses of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds (sidewalks, sewer repairs, utility upgrades) and asked whether a vacant property being studied as an area in need of redevelopment could be considered for affordable housing. Council leadership responded that CDBG projects include ADA ramps/sidewalks and infrastructure in low/mod areas and that the redevelopment request is only for a planning board study.
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