RFP – 26-12 - Hoboken Master Plan Re-examination Report and Community and EducationalFacilities Plan Element - Addendum

1904
City of
Hoboken
M A S T E R P L A N
1963
1983
2001
Prepared by
Hoboken Planning Board
with consultants
Phillips Preiss ShapiroAssociates, Inc.
Planning &Real Estate Consultants
2003
Adopted April 2004

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City of Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey
Mayor
David Roberts
City of Planning Board City Council
Hoboken
Thomas Mooney, Chairman Ruben Ramos Jr., President
M A S T E R P L A N
Mayor David Roberts Richard DelBoccio, Vice-President
Councilman Christopher Campos Christopher Campos
Nicholas DeTrizio Theresa Castellano
Elizabeth Falco Michael Cricco
Hank Forrest Nino Giacchi
Kim Fox Carol Marsh
James Monaco Michael Russo
Joyce Tyrell Anthony Soares
Planning Board Master Plan Subcommittee:
Hank Forrest, Chairman
Elizabeth Falco
Fred Bado, Community Development Director
This plan was adopted by the Hoboken Planning Board on April 28, 2004.
The original document was appropriately signed and sealed in accordance with
NJAC 13:41.
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Paul Grygiel, AICP, PP John Shapiro, AICP, PP
Professional Planner License 5518 Professional Planner License 5786
June 25, 2004

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COVER INFORMATION
Historic images: from the United States Library of Congress, Prints and
Photographs Division, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American
Engineering Record-some images from this source are used in the text of the doc-
ument as well.
Background image - excerpt from deed map (1933)
Bird's eye drawing of southern waterfront (1904)
Aerial photograph of Hoboken waterfront and interior areas looking north (1963)
Aerial photograph of Hoboken Terminal and vicinity (1983)
Recent photographs:by Hank Forrest and Phillips Preiss Shapiro Associates
Southern waterfront under construction (2001)
Pier A Park (2003)

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City of
Hoboken
M A S T E R P L A N
Table of Contents Executive Summary:
InnovativePlanning for a Historic Urban Village 1
I. Introduction 7
The Urban Village 7
Formulating the Community's Plan 8
State Compliance 10
Goals and Objectives 11
Acknowledgments 12
II. Land Use, Part I:An Urban Village 19
Historical Overview 19
Existing Land Use 23
Existing Zoning 26
Recommendations 31
III. Open Space,Recreation, and Conservation:
Greening the City 39
Existing Conditions 39
Recommendations 44
IV. Community Facilities:Improving Quality of Life 49
Introduction 49
Existing Conditions 50
Recommendations 63

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V. Circulation and Parking:A Walking City 71
Background 71
Pedestrian/Bicycle 72
Transit 72
Parking 74
Traffic 78
Recommendations 80
VI. Economic Development:Washington Street and More 91
Background 91
Recommendations 94
VII. Housing:A Home for Everyone 101
Background 101
Housing, Demographic, and Economic Information 102
Determination Of The City's Fair Share Housing Obligation 107
Existing Affordable Housing 109
Recommendations 113
VIII. Historic Preservation:
Celebrating and Protecting Our Heritage 117
Introduction 117
The History of Hoboken 118
State and County Planning Documents Relating to Preservation 123
Applicable State and Local Laws and Regulations 123
Standards and Guidelines for Identification and
Treatment of Historic Properties 125
Identified Historic Properties 126
Recommendations 133
IX. Relationship to Other Plans:Being Good Neighbors 139
Master Plans of Contiguous Municipalities 139
Hudson County Master Plan 140
State Development and Redevelopment Plan 141
District Solid Waste Management Plan 141
X. Land Use Part II: Creating Our Future, Place by Place 143
Overview 143
Recommendations 143
Land Use Plan 156

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City of
Hoboken
M A S T E R P L A N
List of Maps Map 1: Existing Zoning 27
Map 2: Existing Building Heights 33
Map 3: Existing Open Space 43
Map 4: Open Space Concept 47
Map 5: Existing Community Facilities 51
Map 6: Existing Off-Street Parking Facilities 77
Map 7: Vehicular Access Points 79
Map 8: Transit Plan 83
Map 9: Economic Development Plan 99
Map 10: Historic Districts 129
Map 11: Listed State And National Register Properties 131
Map 12: Terminal Area Concept Plan 147
Map 13: Southwest Area Concept Plan 153
Map 14: Northwest Area Concept Plan 155
Map 15: Land Use Plan 159
Map 16: Land Use Plan - Overlay Districts 161
Map 17: Existing Land Uses 163

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Executive Summary:
Innovative Planning for a
Historic Urban Village
150 years ago, the new City of Hoboken was developed in accordance with a plan
prepared by Colonel John Stevens' Hoboken Land & Improvement Company.
That legacy lives on today in Stevens Institute of Technology, the mansions on
Castle Point, neighborhoods of rowhouses, and the classic design of Washington
Street. The historic districts of today are thanks to forward-looking planning in
the Nineteenth Century.
150 years later, Hoboken is in the midst of remarkable changes. The industrial
waterfront is being transformed into open space, as well as redeveloped for hous-
ing and offices. Factories have been converted into housing. Rowhouses have been
lovingly restored. The City continues to be transformed from an industrial
enclave to a vibrant, livable, mixed-use community that is increasingly popular
among people from all walks of life.
150 years from now, what will Hoboken's residents say of our time and our plans
for the future?
The Hoboken Master Plan is predicated on creating a new type of urban village,
using cutting edge planning techniques that incorporate new technologies, while
preserving and enhancing what is best about Hoboken. Hoboken is in a unique
position to utilize such innovations. While often touted as New York City's sixth
150 years from now, what borough, Hoboken has the additional advantage of being a small city in control of
what happens within its boundaries. And while other communities consider incor-
will Hoboken's residents say porating "smart growth" concepts into their planning efforts, Hoboken already is
what they seek to be: a compact, walkable, transit-accessible community with a
of our time and our plans mix of land uses. This plan will help ensure that future development in Hoboken
will be balanced and sustainable, with new parks, upgraded public facilities, and
for the future? transportation improvements that will benefit the entire community.
Executive Summary

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The Master Plan is comprehensive, as it should be. Its recommendations range from small
interventions to large-scale actions that will create lasting improvements, and improve quali-
ty of life for all in Hoboken. The plan's key ideas and initiatives can be summarized as fol-
lows:
Transportation: Hoboken is a walkable city with great transit access,
but also is a city that has many residents who have an automobile. Transportation
improvements will make Hoboken a better place for pedestrians, bicyclists, and
transit riders, while improving conditions for those who drive.
4 It will be safer to walk and bicycle in Hoboken because of new facilities, intersec-
tion improvements, and other actions.
4 All residents will have improved transit access as expanded light rail service and a
system of jitney routes will connect all parts of the City.
4 Public parking inventorywill be increased through shared parking, new garages, and
better utilization of existing facilities.
4 Shuttles and taxi stands will serve the garages, light rail stops, and Washington Street.
4 Flexible pricing, information technology,and improved signage will promote use of
empty garages.
Community facilities: Like the best of suburbs, Hoboken will
have high-quality, modernized school facilities. Like the best of urban centers,
Hoboken will have a vast array of community facilities consistent with its demand
for social and cultural enrichment.
4 New and existing parks will be the focal points of the neighborhoods in which they are
located, with community and cultural facilities grouped around them.
4 School facilities will be state-of-the-art, and will be designed for use by the whole com-
munity.
4 Emergency services will be consolidated in modern facilities, in the center of town,
restoring a former contaminated site to safe and productive use.
4 If public facilities are replaced with newer ones, historic schools, fire stations, etc. will
be converted into popular charter schools, cultural incubators, community centers, and
the like.
Executive Summary