- Filed
- Hearing held
- Approved
- State permits pending
- Under construction
- Fully built
- Stage
- Approved, not yet underway
- Town
- Toms River
- County
- Ocean County
- Type
- Residential
- Latest step
- Jul 29, 2026
The project
A package of zone changes adopted to meet the township's Fourth Round housing obligation, the largest of them an inclusionary multifamily zone along the Route 70 corridor.
Where it is
The whole town is outlined because this applies across Toms River, not to one site.
Steps so far
- Hearing held
Toms River Township Council minutes list, as items from the floor, the ordinance creating the HB-MF, EMF-23 and MF-18 affordable zones and the Hooper-Claudina amendment, and a resolution approving a settlement with 2008 Route 37 Associates, LLC; no vote is recorded in the minutes.
Source: Toms River Township Council · Read the document - Approved
The council adopted the zoning ordinance on final reading, three in favour, two against and two abstaining. It creates an inclusionary multifamily zone on the Route 70 corridor to generate 134 affordable units, a zone at Jamestowne Village, site-specific zoning at 2008 Route 37 allowing two floors atop an existing retail building for up to 16 market rate homes and at least 4 affordable, and raises density in the Hooper-Claudina redevelopment area from 10 to 18 dwellings an acre for 6 more affordable units.
Source: Toms River Township Council · Read the document - Filed
Toms River Township Council agenda lists the Fourth Round site-specific zoning ordinance for final reading.
Source: Toms River Township Council · Read the document - Filed
Toms River Township Council agenda lists separate first-reading ordinances for the EMF-23 zone (Jamestowne Village), the HB-MF zone (2008 Route 37) and the Hooper-Claudina density amendment.
Source: Toms River Township Council · Read the document - Hearing held
Toms River Township Council passed on first reading, 7 to 0 each, the EMF-23, HB-MF and Hooper-Claudina ordinances.
Source: Toms River Township Council · Read the document - Filed
Toms River Planning Board agenda lists the EMF-23, HB-MF and Hooper-Claudina ordinances for review and recommendation to the Council.
Source: Toms River Township Planning Board · Read the document - Approved
Toms River Township Council adopted on final reading the EMF-23 zone for Jamestowne Village, the HB-MF zone for 2008 Route 37 and the Hooper-Claudina amendment raising density from 10 to 18 units an acre.
Source: Toms River Township Council · Read the document - Filed
Toms River Township Council agenda lists amendments to the HB-MF zone at 2008 Route 37 for first reading.
Source: Toms River Township Council · Read the document - Hearing held
Toms River Township Council passed on first reading, 7 to 0, amendments to the HB-MF zone at 2008 Route 37 covering height, parking, coverage and setbacks after final engineering.
Source: Toms River Township Council · Read the document - Filed
Toms River Township Council agenda lists the HB-MF amendments for final reading, amendments to the EMF-23 zone for Jamestowne Village for first reading, and a settlement with JD Jamestowne, LLC.
Source: Toms River Township Council · Read the document - Hearing held
At a special meeting the council approved (7 to 0) an ordinance extending the tax abatement on a 110-unit low-income senior housing development on Block 537, and with it affordability controls on all 110 units, to 2064, voted down an amendment to the Jamestowne Village zone (3 in favor, 4 against), and tabled on 4 to 3 votes an ordinance and two resolutions that would replace two parts of the Fourth Round plan (the Route 70 inclusionary zone and the Hope's Crossing extension) with two 100% affordable rental developments on Lakewood Road; the second resolution would put open-space deed restrictions on four other lots in the same block.
Source: Toms River Township Council · Read the document
Each step is our own summary of a public board or agency document, linked where the document is online. A project's status can change at the next meeting. General information, not legal advice. Justin Kelly, NJ Real Estate Broker-Salesperson, License #1540232. Brokered with OMNI Real Estate Professionals. Equal Housing Opportunity.