Mahwah February 2, 2011 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 7 Ordinance allows township to sell vacant lot by Frank J. McMahon The Mahwah Council has adopted an ordinance that authorizes the sale at auction of a vacant township-owned lot that is no longer required for a public purpose. The corner lot is located at the intersection of Third Street and Avenue A in the northern section of the township near Route 17, and is overgrown with vegetation. The property is a conforming 50 foot by 150 foot lot in the R-11 zone, and the building envelope of a potential house on the property would have the appropriate 25 foot setbacks from both streets. Mahwah Township Administrator Brian Campion advised that he had discussed the drainage in the area with the director of the department of public works. In order to control the flow from a drainage easement on the opposite side of Third Street, the township could construct a curb along the roadway frontage so the storm water could be directed to an existing storm drain in the area, Campion reported. An adjacent property owner has expressed an interest in acquiring the land and to maintain it as part of his property. Campion has advised that the lot could be sold as a conforming single-family building lot, and it would be valued as a separate building lot. Campion also pointed out that the R-11 zone permits two-family structures on lots with a minimum size of 11,000 square feet, a lot width of 80 feet, and a lot depth of 100 feet. The property will be offered for sale to the highest bidder among contiguous property owners. The minimum bid has been set at $100,000, and the sale will be accomplished according to the state’s local lands and building law. The parcel was not included in the recent revaluation of Mahwah properties because it is tax exempt as townshipowned land. Its sale, however, will not only bring immediate revenue to the township, but will create a new tax producing property in the township. There were no public comments when the ordinance was introduced, or when it was adopted. The state law that governs this type of sale requires that the property be sold at auction to the highest bidder after an advertisement of the sale is placed two times in a news- paper circulating in the municipality in which the land is located. Ads must run during consecutive weeks, with the last publication to be not earlier than seven days prior to the sale. The ads have been placed, and bids on the property were due last week, after which time the sale was expected to be completed. Support for CFA Children from Rainbow Academy in Mahwah collected 100 cans of food from their Family Movie Night. 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