Affordable housing

Bardy Farms zoning and plan

Warren zoned two parcels at 149 Washington Valley Road and 11 North Road for up to 115 homes, 28 affordable, in March 2026. The housing plan lists Bardy Farms as a replacement site. No Bardy case appears on the reviewed Planning Board list and agendas; residents raised traffic, flooding and school concerns.

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What happens next

The Planning Board's next meeting is November 25, 2026, 7:30 p.m., at 44 Mountain Boulevard. No Bardy case is listed in the records reviewed; LocalWhy has not reviewed any filing or concept plan held outside those records.

Bardy Farms is the name the township’s housing plan gives two adjoining parcels at 149 Washington Valley Road and 11 North Road, Block 70.03, Lots 24 and 25.01. On March 12, 2026 the Township Committee adopted Ordinance 26-08, creating the AH-11 affordable housing district for the two lots. The vote was 4–0 (OCR): McCarey, Blick, Kian and Fine yes; Croson absent.

The ordinance permits up to 115 units (OCR) — 87 market-rate (OCR) and 28 affordable (OCR) — in townhouses or multifamily buildings. It sets a 25 percent affordable set-aside, a maximum height of 42 feet and 3.5 stories, 50 percent maximum impervious coverage, and a minimum lot area of 3 acres.

The zoning carries out the amended Housing Element and Fair Share Plan. The plan lists the site as a “Replacement Site” under the December 21, 2025 mediation agreement with Fair Share Housing Center. It tabulates 26 affordable family rentals there and says the development “proposes up to 115 total units, with a 25% set-aside producing up to 28 affordable rental units.” The table and the ordinance differ by two units; each is reported as printed.

As of November 2, 2026, no Bardy case appears on the Planning Board’s pending-applications list or on any 2026 Board agenda reviewed. LocalWhy has not reviewed whether a filing or concept plan exists outside those records.

Residents have spoken at several meetings. On April 16, 2026, 19 residents (OCR) raised environmental conditions, traffic, flooding, school impacts, sewer capacity, unit counts and emergency services. On May 14, one North Road resident discussed development at the Bardy and Firewood sites; another raised density concerns about developments near North Road. On April 22, a resident asked whether the township would buy the Bardy and Firewood properties; the planner said both are privately owned and not being purchased.

The Planning Board meets November 25, 2026, 7:30 p.m., at 44 Mountain Boulevard.

Bardy Farms: the zoning and what comes next

Timeline

Each dated event on this issue, oldest first, linked to the full sourced entry.

  1. Milestone Mediation agreement lists Bardy Farms as a possible replacement siteThe December 21, 2025 mediation agreement with Fair Share Housing Center listed 149 Washington Valley Road and 11 North Road as a potential replacement site for the 100 percent affordable project previously proposed.
  2. Resolved Committee adopts AH-11 zoning for Bardy FarmsThe Township Committee adopted Ordinance 26-08, creating the AH-11 district for Block 70.03, Lots 24 and 25.01, by a 4–0 (OCR) roll call. It allows up to 115 units, 87 market-rate and 28 affordable.
  3. Active Nineteen residents speak on the Bardy propertyNineteen residents spoke at the April 16, 2026 Township Committee meeting about the Bardy property, raising environmental conditions, traffic, flooding, schools, sewer capacity, unit count and emergency services.
  4. Active Residents raise Bardy, Firewood and density concernsAt the May 14, 2026 Township Committee meeting, one resident discussed development at the Bardy and Firewood sites; another raised density concerns about developments near North Road.

Explainers

  • Bardy Farms: the zoning and what comes next

    How two parcels at Washington Valley Road and North Road became Warren's AH-11 district, what the zoning allows, what residents said, and what the reviewed application records show.

Documents

The township's own records on this issue. Each links to the official copy.

Meetings

  • Planning Board Regular Meeting Agenda (PDF)

    The Planning Board approved a time extension for Rocco Paternostro's minor subdivision at 74 Morning Glory Road, with every member recorded in favor and none opposed. It heard testimony on the Jewish Community Foundation's four-lot subdivision on Old Stirling Road, where Helen Street residents raised runoff and frontage concerns, then carried the case to May 27.

  • Township Committee Regular Meeting

    The Township Committee adopted three ordinances 5–0, including the $900,000 public safety communications appropriation, the $100,000 Cherry Tree Lane drainage study and the AH-6 unit increase, and introduced the 2026 municipal budget, 5–0. It introduced a cap bank and a sewer easement ordinance, 5–0, and adopted consent resolutions 2026-114 through 2026-128, 5–0, including the Federal Reserve Bank redeveloper designation.

  • Township Committee Regular Meeting

    The Township Committee adopted eight ordinances 4–0, including the $763,343 Mount Bethel Meeting House appropriation, a $445,000 Valley View Road bond, an affordable housing development-fee rewrite and six affordable housing zoning districts. It introduced three more, 4–0: $900,000 for public safety communications, $100,000 for the Cherry Tree Lane drainage study and an AH-6 unit increase. Consent resolutions 2026-093 through 2026-105 passed 4–0.

  • Planning Board Regular Meeting Agenda (PDF)

    The Planning Board adopted the amended Housing Element and Fair Share Plan 8–0 after a public hearing, then found six affordable-housing ordinances consistent with the Master Plan 8–0. It also adopted the Story Book Homes minor subdivision resolution 4–0. The planner said the plan carries 262 credits, about 150 new affordable units and about 500 total new units.

Sources for this overview

  1. Ordinance 26-08, AH-11 affordable housing district
  2. Amended Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, adopted February 25, 2026
  3. Township Committee minutes, March 12, 2026 (Ordinance 26-08, Resolution 2026-104)
  4. Township Committee minutes, April 16, 2026 (residents on the Bardy property)
  5. Township Committee minutes, May 14, 2026
  6. Planning Board minutes, April 22, 2026
  7. Warren Township, pending applications and plans
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