NJ A1836

Newly-built affordable housing inclusionary developments with 10 or more units or four or more stories must achieve LEED silver certification or an equivalent green building standard from recognized rating systems like Green Globes.

Developers of inclusionary developments with 10 or more units must submit traffic impact, school impact, and storm water impact studies to the municipal approving authority before applying for development approval.

Inclusionary developments requiring clearing of more than one acre of land must also submit a carbon impact study to the municipality.

The Commissioner of Community Affairs must adopt implementing regulations within eight months of enactment, in consultation with the Departments of Environmental Protection and Education.

The law takes effect 13 months after enactment and does not apply to developments with complete applications submitted before that date.