NOTICE OF CHANGE IN PUBLIC NOTICE PROCEDURE

IN COMPLIANCE WITH P.L. 2025, c.72

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that whenever the Township of Springfield is required by law or by order of rule of any court to publish or advertise a legal notice, the Township of Springfield will publish or advertise the legal notice on the Township of Springfield’s official internet website, in compliance with P. L. 2025, c. 72. The complete text of each legal notice may be obtained or viewed by the public on the official Internet website of the Township of Springfield. The link is located here:  https://www.springfieldtownshipnj.org/public-notices/            Pursuant to P.L. 2025, c 72, no later than March 01, 2026, the Secretary of State shall establish an Internet webpage on which the hyperlink to the Township of Springfield’s website with public notices can also be found. New Jersey Department of State - Statewide Legal Notices Listings

TOWNSHIP OF SPRINGFIELD, BURLINGTON COUNTY

NOTICE OF PENDING ORDINANCES

ORDINANCE 2026-01

AN ORDINANCE PRESCRIBING AND PROVIDING FOR THE EMPLOYMENT AND COMPENSATION OF THE OFFICIALS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF SPRINGFIELD

ORDINANCE 2026-02

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS CHAPTERS OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE FOR CONSISTENCY WITH THE NEW PUBLIC NOTICE LAW SIMULTANEOUSLY RENAMING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT BOARD TO THE TOWNSHIP LAND USE BOARD

ORDINANCE 2026-03

ORDINANCE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF SPRINGFIELD AMENDING CHAPTER 35 THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF SPRINGFIELD, TO REPEAL THE EXISTING CHAPTER 35 AND REPLACE IT TO INCLUDE UPDATED STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH HEREIN

ORDINANCE 2026-04

AMENDING CHAPTER 215, THE ZONING CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF SPRINGFIELD, ARTICLE II ZONING DISTRICTS, TO REPEAL BOTH THE EXISTING ARTICLE XXVI “PLANNED DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT” AND ARTICLE XXIX “AFFORDABLE HOUSING DISTRICT” AND TO CREATE A NEW ZONING DISTRICT TO BE KNOWN AS THE VETERANS PREFERENCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ZONING DISTRICT AT ARTICLE XXIX AS SET FORTH HEREIN, AND TO REZONE LOT 4.01 IN BLOCK 301 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE NEW  VETERANS PREFERENCE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ZONE

            The Ordinances published herewith was introduced and passed upon first reading at a meeting of the governing body of the Township of Springfield in the County of Burlington, State of New Jersey held on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.  A copy of the pending Ordinance is posted at the Municipal Building.  It will be further considered for final passage, after a public hearing thereon, at a meeting of the governing body to be held in the Meeting Room of the Municipal Building, 2159 Jacksonville-Jobstown Road, Jobstown, New Jersey on Wednesday, March 11, 2026 at 7:00 P.M.

                                                                                    Brandy C. Boyington, RMC /CMR

                                                                                    Township Manager / Clerk

Important Information Regarding Snow and Ice Management 2/6/2026

The Township is facing a significant salt shortage that will impact our ability to maintain roads at our usual standard this winter.

What Happened

Our salt supplier, Morton Salt, has placed our standing orders on hold due to a statewide salt shortage. This occurred despite our timely ordering well in advance of winter weather. Municipalities throughout the region and state are affected.

What This Means for Residents

Due to limited salt supplies, the Township will be unable to treat roads with the same frequency and coverage residents have come to expect. Our contractor will focus available resources on:

• High-traffic roadways
• Known trouble spots and hazardous areas
• Emergency access routes

Secondary roads and residential streets may receive reduced or delayed treatment.

PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION

Expect more hazardous road conditions than in previous winters. We strongly urge all drivers to:

• Reduce speed in winter weather
• Increase following distance
• Avoid unnecessary travel during and after winter storms
• Be prepared for untreated or partially treated road surfaces
• Exercise extreme caution on bridges, hills, and curves

Township Response

Our snow removal contractor will work diligently to allocate limited salt supply to maximize public safety. Crews will prioritize critical areas and known hazards, but all drivers must take additional personal responsibility for their safety this winter.

We appreciate your understanding and patience.

For updates, please check our website or social media.

Winter Storm 2026: Why is there a salt shortage? - 6abc Philadelphia

TOWNSHIP OF SPRINGFIELD

NOTICE OF 2026 CONTRACTS AWARDED

The Township of Springfield has awarded contracts without competitive bidding as a professional service pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5(1)(a)(i).  These contracts and the resolution no. 2026-01-03 authorizing them are on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk.

Nature of Contract: Solicitor

Awarded to: George M. Morris, Esq., Parker McCay

Duration: One Year

Cost: as per outlined in contract

Nature of Contract: Land Development Engineer

Awarded to: Jeffrey S. Richter, ACT Engineers, Inc. SBE

Duration: One Year

Cost: as per outlined in contract

Nature of Contract: Land Development Attorney

Awarded to: Douglas Heinold, Esq., Raymond Coleman Heinold, LLP

Duration: One Year

Cost: as per outlined in contract

Nature of Contract: Bond Counsel

Awarded to: Andrea Kahn, Esq.  McManimon & Scotland, LLC

Duration: One Year

Cost: as per outlined in contract

Nature of Contract: Risk Management Consultant

Awarded to: Barclay Insurance

Duration: One Year

Cost: as per outlined in contract

Nature of Contract:  Township Engineer       

Awarded to:  Christopher J. Noll, Environmental Resolutions, Inc.

Duration:  One Year

Cost:  as per outlined in contract

Nature of Contract: Auditor

Awarded to: Holt McNally & Associates, Inc.

Duration: One Year

Cost: as per outlined in contract

Nature of Contract: Planner

Awarded to: Leah Furey Bruder, PP, AICP,  LFB Land Planning

Duration: One Year

Cost: as per outlined in contract

Nature of Contract: Affordable Housing Administrator

Awarded to: CGP&H LLC

Duration: One Year

Cost: as per outlined in contract

Nature of Contract: Litigation Conflict Solicitor

Awarded to: Robert F. Renaud, Esq., Renaud Deappolonio LLC

Duration: One Year

Cost: as per outlined in contract

SPRINGFIELD TWP. — Local officials are celebrating a recent court victory over one of the nation’s biggest housing developers, a win that keeps intact one of the most rural, lightly populated, and heavily agricultural areas in New Jersey.

Builder D.R. Horton Inc. has a contract to buy the Van Wagoner family farm, about 286 acres unfolding on either side of Arney’s Mount-Birmingham Road. It wants to build nearly 400 homes, with 15 percent intended as “affordable” housing and the rest as market rate.

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Springfield Twp wins court fight against housing developer D.R. Horton (courierpostonline.com)

Springfield Township, Burlington County Press Release March 18, 2024

On March 7, 2024 Jeanne Covert, Assignment Judge of the New Jersey Superior Court in Burlington County rendered a decision in the case of D.R. Horton vs. Springfield Township. The Court’s decision upholds the principle that sound land use planning matters in New Jersey. The Court sustained the carefully-considered and decades-long efforts of Springfield Township, Burlington County, and the State to retain a viable agricultural industry and to keep contiguous blocks of prime farmland in the hands of working farmers. These efforts prevailed even against a deep-pocketed national builder that tried to use the Mount Laurel doctrine to force a suburban housing development into the middle of farmland and environmentally sensitive areas where dense housing and the infrastructure needed to support it don’t exist and should not be extended.
For decades Springfield has been committed, with its polices and pocketbook, to the retention of agriculture, the protection of environmentally sensitive lands, the preservation of farmland, and the provision of locally appropriate affordable housing in ways that are aligned with County and State land use priorities for the area. In our densely populated and heavily developed State, Springfield’s land use planning objectives can only be achieved through deliberate and coordinated planning that involves every level of government. The residents of the Township have demonstrated their support of these policies with their overwhelming votes to approve local bond ordinances for farmland preservation, a local farmland preservation tax (in 1999, and again last year), and a County open space and farmland preservation tax. The taxpayers’ approval of these levies demonstrates that the citizens of Springfield Township and the region place a high value on farmland and open space preservation. The collective investments of tens of millions of dollars by State, County and local government in land preservation in Springfield, and the ongoing commitments to do even more, are because Springfield is at the center of a broader regional effort to create a large area of preserved rural farmlands to secure the long-term stability of the agricultural industry for the benefit of all citizens of the State. Since 2021, when the nation’s largest homebuilder, D.R. Horton- a public company with billions of dollars in annual revenues- first approached Springfield with a demand that Horton be allowed to construct 1,540 residences on the 286 acre Van Wagoner farm on Arney’s Mount-Birmingham Road, Springfield has resisted. The proposal was not accepted by the Township’s Mayor and Council, because it was clearly not consistent with the character of the area, would destroy prime soils and fragment the agricultural land base, would require the clearing of the highest point in southern New Jersey (Arney’s Mount), would necessitate the wasteful extension of infrastructure from developed areas that are miles away, and would require small country roads to handle traffic far beyond their capacity. The proposal was inconsistent with sound land use planning at every level of government. D.R. Horton then filed a builder’s remedy lawsuit against the Township, the Township Council, the Mayor and the Planning Board seeking to use the Mount Laurel doctrine as a club to batter the Township into approval of Horton’s inappropriate plans. Over the course of the litigation, D.R. Horton revised its proposal downward to 622 units, and then to 389 units, as wetlands, steep slopes and other environmental issues made it clear (even to Horton) that large areas of the farm could not be developed. Before the Court, Horton’s argument relied upon its proposal to make 15% of the housing affordable and its willingness to spend unlimited time and money to achieve all of the permits and approvals that would be needed for the development.
The Court found that the Township had demonstrated that D.R. Horton’s proposal was the epitome of poor planning and that the proposed site is not appropriate or suitable for the suburban development they proposed. Springfield Township has been and continues to be committed to providing for Springfield’s fair share of affordable housing, but the Mayor and members of the Town Council will continue do so in a responsible manner that respects sound planning, not as dictated by opportunistic, profit-seeking developers.

The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is undertaking a Program to construct grade-separated U-Turn Structures for maintenance vehicles and emergency responders on the southern portion of the Turnpike, from just north of Interchange 5 to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. This Program is in Final Design, with construction anticipated to begin in 2025. One new U-Turn is planned within the boundaries of Springfield Township, at Turnpike Milepost 46.1, approximately two miles north of Interchange 5. 

Use the links below for  more information.

NJTA Capital Projects: Capital Projects | NJTA

Virtual Room: New Jersey Turnpike Capacity Enhancements Program (aecomviz.com)