About Development Review

Responsibilities

 Performs reviews of site plan and subdivision applications for County Planning Board approval.

  • Assures that development impacts on county roads and/or drainage facilities are both anticipated and mitigated.
  • Ensures that development proposals are integrated with county corridor wide capital improvement plans.
  • Evaluates development proposals with respect to master plan elements including transportation needs, redevelopment, and open space.
  • Presents draft conditional approval reports to the County Planning Board with recommendation for action.

Area Assignments for Planners

Each municipality is assigned to a planner on the Development Review Team. The designated planner manages all applications for development within the assigned municipality.

Alan Camlet
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Email Alan
Eric Timsak
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Email Eric
Michael Varner
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Email Michael
Sarah Franklin
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Email Sarah
 Bogota Bergenfield Allendale Alpine
 Carlstadt Emerson Closter Cresskill
 Cliffside Park Hillsdale Demarest Dumont
 East Rutherford Ho-Ho-Kus Elmwood Park Harrington Park
 Edgewater Lodi Fair Lawn Haworth
 Englewood Maywood Franklin Lakes Old Tappan
 Englewood Cliffs Montvale Garfield 
 Fairview New Milford Glen Rock 
 Fort Lee Oradell Mahwah 
 Hackensack Paramus Midland Park 
 Hasbrouck Heights Park Ridge Northvale 
 Leonia River Edge Norwood 
 Little Ferry River Vale Oakland 
 Lyndhurst Rochelle Park Ramsey 
 Moonachie Rockleigh Ridgewood 
 North Arlington Saddle Brook Saddle River 
 Palisades Park Teaneck Upper Saddle River 
 Ridgefield Washington Township Waldwick 
 Ridgefield Park Westwood Wallington 
 Rutherford Woodcliff Lake Wyckoff 
 South Hackensack   
 Tenafly   
 Teterboro   
 Wood-Ridge   

Contact Us

Joseph A. Femia, P.E.

Director and County Engineer
Phone: 201-336-6805

Joseph Baladi, P.E., P.P., C.M.E.

Planning Division
Division Head
Phone: 201-336-6435

Nancy Dargis, P.E.

Engineering Division
Div. Head and Assistant County Engineer
Phone: 201-336-6805

Bergen County Department of Planning & Engineering

One Bergen County Plaza • 4th Floor • Hackensack, NJ 07601-7076
Phone: 201-336-6446 • Fax: 201-336-6762
Hours: Mon – Fri 8am – 5pm