The Gloucester County Planning Commission unanimously voted last Thursday to recommend denial of a rezoning application that would allow 120 townhouse units on nearly 30 acres of land between Tidemill Road and Guinea Road, a project known as Tidemill Townhomes. The meeting was held in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium to accommodate the anticipated crowd.
The applicant, Destino Jubilacion, LLC, requested that seven parcels on the property be rezoned from single-family residential (SF-1) to multi-family residential (MF-1). The property is currently vacant and undeveloped. The company stated that it would not exceed 7.5 units per acre.
Planning and zoning staff recommended that the commission vote to recommend denial of the project for multiple reasons, including improper spot zoning since the new zoning would be different from the zoning of surrounding properties.
The auditorium was packed with people upset about the prospect of the project coming to their neighborhood. Reside...