Plan would call for residential and commercial buildings
A developer is looking to rezone Old Orchard Country Club, a golf course which borders Eatontown, Oceanport and West Long Branch. National Realty & Development Corp. (NRDC) is looking to rezone the 135-acre property into a mixture of residential and commercial uses. The property is currently zoned as "park/open space" with an overlay that allows 32,000 square foot lots. The change, which would have to be approved by the Eatontown Council before an application would be heard by the planning board, would allow the developer to build 175 units in a 55 and over community on one side of the golf course. The portion of the property which fronts on Route 36, next to the Motor Vehicle Commission, would be slated for a 450,000-square-foot retail …
Eatontown held an informal hearing Monday night on a plan to turn Old Orchard Country Club into an age-restricted community on one side and a retail center on Route 36.
Their message was clear: "No more stores. No more traffic. No house on the golf course." Eatontown residents came out in force Monday night to voice their opposition to another plan to redevelop the Old Orchard Country Club. It was a packed house at an informal hearing before the planning board, with no application yet submitted for the redevelopment. The plan, being floated by developer National Realty and Development Corp., is to turn the country club and golf course, which borders Oceanport, into an age-restricted community on one side and retail center along Route 36. The developer's traffic engineer and planners outlined their intention to rezone the property from a residential zone known as R-32 to a property split over two zones, R-…
Steve
3:47 pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
I put a call into the County Park System to buy the whole thing. What could be greater then having a County Golf Course close by. I am sure it will even be profitable more ›