Immediate Action Needed By Phillipsburg Residents! - Attend July 25, 2024 Land Use Board Meeting
(Update July 24, 2025): On July 25, 2024, the Phillipsburg Land Use Board will be taking action regarding a "referral to the Land Use Board to direct Van Cleef Engineering to conduct Amendment to Riverfront Redevelopment Plan". This means that the Land Use Board is being directed to prepare and amendment to the Riverfront Development Plan that will indicate that rezoning the Peron Howard Street property from Riverside Residential to Industrial is consistent with the Master Plan. We believe that changing the Peron Howard Streeet property from Riverside Residential to Industrial is not consistent with the 2013 Master Plan Revision Report, and additionally this rezoning, which will open the way for a warehouse to be built on the Peron Howard Street property, will hurt the residential areas that will suffer the effects of the warehouse on this property. Come to the Land Use Board meeting and let the Land Use Board know that you do not want the property to be rezoned from Riverside Residential to Industrial.
On August 22, 2024, it expected the Consistency Report will be presented, and there will be a public hearing on this topic. However, once the process reaches the stage of a public hearing, the abiliy to present information and get it on the record is limited. Attending the Thursday, July 25, 2024 meeting and making statements and presenting your information is very important.
Residents trust in Town of Phillipsburg government violated (video included)
Click on the image to the right to see the video of the Council and Mayor receiving 174 letters from the residents of Phillpsburg who do not want a warehouse built on the Peron Howard Street Property, in downtown Phillipsburg next to the Delaware River.
Updated June 20, 2024
The residents of Phillipsburg and the grassroot organizaton Phillipsburg Environmental Watch have won a significant lawsuit against the Town of Phillipsburg. The Town of Phillipsburg has withdrawn their pursuit of defending the lawsuit against Ordinance 2022-30, and as per a consent order signed June 17, 2024, by the Judge presiding over the case, the Town of Phillipsburg will vacate the latest "warehouse ordinance", Ordinance 2022-30.
However, we can't stop now. We have a second lawsuit against a previous "warehouse ordinance", Ordinance 2021-14. We also expect that the devloper may try to have the Council vote for yet another ordinance that will be contrary to the 2013 Master Plan Revision Report and make the Peron Howard Street Property Industrial. We will continue to challenge any ordinances that violate the town's Master Plan and hurts the residents of Phillipsburg.
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Read more: Residents trust in Town of Phillipsburg government violated (video included)
Mike Perrucci wants a warehouse because the Flats is a place nobody wants to live (video included)
Click on he image to the right to see the video of Michael Perrucci, 100% owner of Peron Construction, explain that nobody wants to buy a house in the Flats (#or live in the Flats), so instead of building housing he is going to build a warehouse by the residential area of the Flats:
Michael Perrucci is the 100% owner of Peron Construction. Peron Construction owns 32 acres of undeveloped land along the Delaware River in the Flats of Phillipsburg.
Michael Perrucci's reasoning for building a warehouse on the last 32 acres of undeveloped land along the Delaware River is that nobody wants to live there, so he believes the best thing for Phillipsburg is to build warehouse.
Michael Perrucci reasons for believing that nobody would buy a property in the Flats is that there is a gun range at one end of Howard Street and a junk yard (small) at the other end of Howard Street. The junk yard and the gun range make the Flats of Phillipsburg an undesirable place to live. So, Michael Perrucci wants to build a warehouse nearby the residental community in the Flats of Phillipsburg.
We, the residents of Phillipsburg against a warehouse in downtown Phillipsburg along the Delaware River do not believe degradating the Flats of Phillipsburg by building a warehouse near the residental area of the Flats is a good thing for Phillipsburg, nor the Town of Phillipsburg as a whole.
Phillipsburg Environmental Watch Wins Case Against November 2022 Warehouse Ordinance
Phillipsburg Environmental Watch Wins Case Against November 2022 Warehouse Ordinance
In a victory for the residents of Phillipsburg and the grassroots organization Phillipsburg Environmental Watch (PEWNJ), they won their court case vacateing the November 2022. "Warehouse Ordinance", Ordinance 2022-30. Ordinance 2022-30 changed the zoning of the last 32 acres of undeveloped land in Phillipsburg along the Delaware River from Riverside Residential zoning to Industrial zoning, paving the way for a potentential warehouse to be built.
PEWNJ thanks Attorney Peter Dickson from the Law Offices of Peter Dickson. Attorney Dickson has provided strong guidance and superb legal advice during the current and previous court cases. PEWNJ attributes the successful outcome to his expert legal assistance.
We thank town residents who have been instrumental in PEWNJ’s fight against the warehouse in downtown Phillipsburg. Residents have signed letters of protest, displayed "No Warehouse Signs" and attended Council and Land Use Board meetings while wearing orange shirts and T-shirts.
PEWNJ’s umbrella organization, the New Jersey Highlands Coalition, has sustained PEWNJ’s efforts with their financial support,
strategic guidance and moral support. Additionally, the Phillipsburg Riverview Organization also provided financial and strategic support to PEWNJ’s legal efforts, while Citizens For Sustainable Development and the Delaware Riverkeeper Network gave advice and support.
PEWNJ will continue pursuing their second lawsuit while encouraging Phillipsburg residents to continue letting Town Council know they do not want a warehouse in downtown Phillpsburg along the Delaware River in the Phillipsburg Flats. Residents can email PEWNJ at