Verona Comprehensive Master Plan
Verona Comprehensive Master Plan
Welcome to Verona Township's Comprehensive Master Plan website. We are preparing a new Township Master Plan to shape the physical, social, environmental, and economic future of the community. The Master Plan provides a framework for preserving Verona's character, supporting investment, and promoting desired changes.
The process will take several months to complete, with a goal to have the plan complete in mid-2022.
The public survey was available for all residents to take. We appreciate all your efforts to have your opinion heard on all of the topics that the Master Plan covers. In addition to the survey, Verona residents were able to share their opinions at the Master Plan Community Workshop. The Community Workshop took place on Tuesday, March 29 at 7:00pm at the Verona Community Center. Your opinions will help to shape the Master Plan as the drafting process moves along. Once a draft of the Master Plan is complete, there will be a public meeting of the Planning Board on Thursday, July 21 at 7:00pm at the Verona Community Center to present the draft version to the public. Residents will again have an opportunity to provide their opinion on the Master Plan.
We look forward to hearing from you as the Master Plan process continues!
Quick guide to using PublicInput.com
Creating an account – You have many choices when participating on the PublicInput.com page. You can choose to sign up with your existing Facebook, Twitter, or Google account, sign up with an email, or choose to participate anonymously.
Taking the survey – You can only take the survey once. Once you’ve selected an answer, the response is logged, but you can change it if you think a different response is more appropriate. The survey results will reflect any changes that you do make.
View results – Clicking on this function will display the question results based on everyone who has answered the question thus far.
Making comments – All entered comments will default to being publicy visible. You can modiy this setting by clicking on "Hide" under your comment. Note that we will not remove critical or negative comments unless they are defamatory, profane, or off-topic.
Hiding comments - If you choose to hide your comments, only yourself and the project team for the study can view your comment.
Agreeing with comments – You can reply to another participant’s comments, you click on “agree” below their comment to indicate your approval or agreement with what they’ve said.
Flagging comments – If you think a comment is unnecessary, or disrespectful, you can “flag” it for review by the moderation team.
Any comments, or questions? Email veronamp@publicinput.com.
Who We Are
The Master Plan is facilitated by a Steering Committee, comprised of various township representatives from Verona's Planning Board and Administration.
- Larry Lonergan - Planning Board Chairperson
- Jessica Pearson - Planning Board Vice Chairperson
- Tim Camuti - Planning Board Member
- Al DeOld - Planning Board Member
- Greg Mascera, Esq. - Planning Board Attorney
- Michael DeCarlo - Zoning Official
- Matt Cavallo - Township Administrator
- Ashley Neale - Planning Board Secretary
H2M Associates is assisting Verona Township in the development of the Master Plan.
What is a Master Plan?
A Master Plan provides a guide for the future development of a community. It serves as a comprehensive approach to planning issues and considers many factors impacting a community’s economic development needs.
The Master Plan gives the community the legal basis for control over future development, as well as land use planning policy and zoning changes. Most changes are implemented in the form of zoning amendments and land development ordinances.
Why is the Township doing a new Master Plan?
The last time the Township completed a new Master Plan was over a decade ago, in 2009. The way people live, travel, and do business has changed tremendously since then. We need a new planning document to guide land use policies, development, and infrastructure improvements to respond to our current and future needs.
What is covered by the new Master Plan?
The new Master Plan includes the following elements: Goals and Objectives, Land Use, Circulation, Sustainability, Economic Development, Community Facilities, and Open Space.
In addition to the elements of the Master Plan, a number of community engagement events are being planned where residents, business owners and other interested people will be given the opportunity to participate in the planning process.
How can I participate?
Valuable insight into the Master Plan will be collected through the Master Plan survey on this webpage and through participation at community workshops and events. The survey page is currently open to responses, and you will be able to participate in the public outreach phase of the process by attending the community workshop that is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, March 29th at 7:00pm at the Verona Community Center.
Verona Planning Documents
The following documents are some of the Township's key planning documents. These and several others will provide important background and information into the development of the new Master Plan.