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EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT 09/21/2020 DRAFT Report Prepared for the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority and the Borough of Raritan By EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT 09/21/2020 DRAFT Report prepared for the North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority and the Borough of Raritan by: Fitzgerald & Halliday, Inc. Phillips Preiss Grygiel LLC The preparation of this report has been financed in part by the U.S. Department of Transportation, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, Inc., Federal Transit Administration and the Federal Highway Administration. This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for its contents or its use thereof. DRAFT | 09/21/20 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................1 ENVIRONMENT .....................................................................................61 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................61 REGIONAL CONTEXT ............................................................................ 5 Environmental Assets .....................................................................................................................61 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................5 Downtown access to open spaces ...................................................................................66 Regional Context ....................................................................................................................................7 Environmental Constraints ........................................................................................................66 PREVIOUS PLANS ................................................................................13 Energy and Climate Change ....................................................................................................72 Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 13 Borough Planning Efforts ............................................................................................................. 13 LAND USE AND FORM ........................................................................73 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................73 County & Regional planning .....................................................................................................17 Land Use ....................................................................................................................................................73 Summary Vision ...................................................................................................................................24 Public Realm Analysis ....................................................................................................................81 DEMOGRAPHICS ..................................................................................26 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................. 26 REGULATORY ........................................................................................92 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................92 General Population Characteristics ....................................................................................27 Zone Standards ....................................................................................................................................92 Study Area Highlights .....................................................................................................................33 Parking ........................................................................................................................................................98 MOBILITY ................................................................................................35 Annual Zoning Board of Adjustment Report ...........................................................100 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................................35 Affordable Housing .........................................................................................................................101 Commute Patterns ............................................................................................................................35 Transit ........................................................................................................................................................... 38 LOCAL CAPACITY ..............................................................................102 Technical Capacity .........................................................................................................................102 Roadway Network ............................................................................................................................. 41 institutional Capacity .....................................................................................................................102 Pedestrian and Bicycle Network ..........................................................................................47 Financial Capacity ...........................................................................................................................103 Parking .........................................................................................................................................................52 09/21/20 | DRAFT intentionally blank DRAFT | 09/21/20 INTRODUCTION This report documents on the existing conditions of Raritan Borough (“the The Vision for Raritan is of a prosperous community with a high quality of Borough”). It was developed as part of the Planning for Emerging Centers: life, stable residential neighborhoods, a vibrant Central Business District, a Borough of Raritan Sustainable Economic Development Plan. diversified economy, extensive parks and open space, modern infrastructure, and a multi-modal transportation system. Raritan will serve as a destination The Borough of Raritan of choice within the Regional Center for a small-town atmosphere, family- The Borough of Raritan is a small developed municipality measuring friendly neighborhoods, and a sense of community. An expanded Raritan River approximately 2.0 square miles in area. The Borough is one of the three Greenway provides additional recreation opportunities, while further streetscape municipalities that comprise the Somerset County Regional Center, improvements, bicycle/pedestrian paths, and an upgraded train station provide which is the residential, commercial, and governmental core of Somerset more transportation options. County. The Borough is characterized as a mature, suburban community with a varied land uses that evolved from its geography, Regional location, NJTPA and development trends. The NJTPA is the federally-funded Metropolitan Planning Organization Transportation corridors divide Raritan. The southern portion of the (MPO) for the northern New Jersey Region, home to 6.7 million people and municipality, between the Raritan Valley Rail Line and the Raritan River, covering over one-half of the State’s land area. The NJTPA Board includes was the first to develop and has a strong orientation toward the river. This 15 local elected officials representing 13 counties—Bergen, Essex, Hudson, is also the home of Raritan’s Central Business District and the Borough’s Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, train station and the focus area for this Plan (Figure 1). Sussex, Union and Warren—and the cities of Newark and Jersey City. The Board also includes a Governor’s Representative, the Commissioner of the Borough Vision New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), the Executive Director The 2007 Master Plan identifies the following vision for the community, of NJ TRANSIT, the Chairman of the Port Authority of New York & New which has subsequently been re-affirmed in 2014 and 2017 Re- Jersey and a Citizen’s Representative appointed by the Governor. examinations. The NJTPA conducts comprehensive long-range transportation planning and annually oversees over $2 billion in transportation investments, for one of the most dynamic and complex transportation systems in - 1 - 09/21/20 | DRAFT the nation. The NJTPA sponsors and conducts studies, assists member planning agencies (known as NJTPA “subregions”), and provides a forum WHAT IS SUSTAINABILITY? for inter-agency cooperation and public input into funding decisions. According to the National Planning Association’s Sustainability Project Goals Policy Framework (2016), sustainability can be understood as a The Borough of Raritan applied to the North Jersey Transportation framework thinking about how to manage resources for both Planning Association (NJTPA) Emerging Centers program for technical current and future generations by respecting the environmental, assistance to develop a Sustainable Economic Development
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