PDF Download - Leonia Master Plan - 2022

PDF Download - Leonia Master Plan Survey Results - 8.5.2021

PDF Download - Leonia Master Plan Reexamination Report - Adopted on July 22, 2020

PDF Download - Leonia Master Plan Reexamination Public Hearing Presentation

View Master Plan Documentation at Bergen County

The Leonia Planning Board, like all planning boards throughout the state, operates under the provisions of the New Jersey Municipal Land Use Law.

1. Preparing, adopting, and amending a Master Plan that zones the town for particular types of uses and development. The Master Plan represents the Borough's view of itself and where it should be going.
2. Reviewing for approval proposed subdivisions, site plans, and conditional uses, including certain variances and building permits. (Variances allow an applicant to vary from the zoning requirements after offering convincing legal reasons for doing so.)
3. Performing informal reviews of concept plans for development.
4. Making recommendations to the Borough Council about adopting or amending development regulations.
5. Directing the issuance of building permits for buildings or structures in certain areas shown on an official map, when such building permits also require subdivision, site plan or conditional use approval.
6. Directing the issuance of building permits for buildings or structures on a lot not related to a street, when such building permits also require subdivision, site plan or conditional use approval.
7. Making recommendations to the Borough Council and/or any other governmental authority concerning the relationship of capital projects to the Borough's Master Plan.
8. Participating in the preparation and review of programs or plans required by State or Federal law or regulations.
9. Assembling data as part of a continuous planning process.
10. Performing other advisory duties as are assigned to it by ordinance or by the Borough Council.

Bringing an Application to the Board: Planning Board Applications can be obtained from the Secretary to the Planning Board, Andreanna Papatheodorou, who can be reached via e-mail at planningboard@leonianj.gov. To be heard in a particular month, your application package must be available to the public at Borough Hall ten days prior to the meeting date. There are a number of legal requirements that must be addressed in completing an application, so be sure to allow yourself adequate preparation time. The application must be deemed complete by the Board Secretary, Michael Greco before any matter is assigned a docket number and listed on a Planning Board Agenda.

For New Business Owners: The Leonia Planning Board is particularly interested in the appearance of the downtown business district. The Planning Board requests that applicants work with Adam. Myszka, Zoning Officer,  on the design of facades and signs to be in accordance with the Borough's central business district standards.