An ordinance that would prohibit certain retail and restaurant uses along Block 154 — located between Elm Avenue, and Campbell, Irving, and Broad streets — was approved by City Council on Monday night.
The Planning Board last week approved changes to the Central Business District Redevelopment Plan that would eliminate convenience retail uses and restaurants as permitted uses along Block 154 downtown.
The Planning Board granted informal approval to minor changes to the Main & Monroe development, namely shifting the lobby entrances to the two buildings from Main Street to a new extension of Monroe Street.
Plans for an addition to the Hannum’s Harley-Davidson facility in downtown Rahway will expand the existing West Milton Avenue facility by about a third, possibly by spring.
The Planning Board gave the green light for a five-story, 219-unit rental apartment complex to be constructed on Main Street adjacent to City Hall Plaza, SDI Technologies and Rahway Plaza Apartments.
The Planning Board is expected to consider an application at its next meeting for the Center Circle property on Main Street. The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday and is open to the public.