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Group Proposes Regulatory Revamp

TRENTON, NJ-A coalition of developers and business leaders has put together a package of a dozen bills aimed at making the state more 'user-friendly.'

By Eric Peterson | Updated on June 04, 2008

TRENTON, NJ-New Jersey has earned a reputation for being unfriendly to business in general and developers in particular, and a coalition of developers and business leaders aims to change that. Simply called “the Coalition,” the group has put together a legislative agenda of a dozen bills addressing various regulatory issues. The aim is not runaway growth, the group says, but “smart growth.”

Noting that New Jersey is one of the most regulated states in terms of environmental protection, and that the standards are in place to protect the state and its natural resources, “all projects must receive approvals from a combination of municipal, county and state-level governing bodies in order to move forward,” coalition founder Ted Zangari, an attorney with Sills Cummis & Gross in Newark, tells GlobeSt.com. “The Coalition not only supports this legislation, but also the dialogue and public debate surrounding it.”

Bill number one on the expansive agenda is a proposal to extend New Jersey’s construction permits until 2012. Coalition members say they have at least 43 sponsors in the State Assembly and 15 in the Senate, with committee hearings slated for June 5 and June 12 respectively.

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