May 30, 2008
Ten years ago Chesterfield Township, a rural community in northern Burlington County, enacted a Transfer of Development Rights (TDR) ordinance which Clarke Caton Hintz (CCH) designed to channel future residential growth into a new neo-traditional village. The program has been a tremendous success. Not a single major subdivision application for land in the Township's Sending Area has been processed by the Planning Board since TDR was enacted. Instead, virtually all of the residential development during that period has been channeled into the Receiving Area.
Many stakeholders have shared a common vision to make TDR a reality in Chesterfield. While Old York Village has been taking shape, over 6,800 acres ... (more) |
