Publications | Technical Reports | Presentations | Testimony I Court Appearances
A list of selected appearances, public testimony, presentations, publications and technical reports for Carlos Rodrigues FAICP / PP is provided below. Some publications are in the public domain and available free of charge. E-mail us (go to the "contact us" tab on this site) and I can refer you to the domain where the document is hosted, if such is the case. The presentations are designed to be delivered to an audience -- they do not contain notes or a narrative and are not self-explanatory. Some are available through the conference or host organization websites. I do not distribute them directly.
Objector Representation -- Planning Report -- Proposed Redevelopment Area Designation -- S Brunswick, NJ May 2024
Objector Representation -- Monmouth County Planning Board -- Proposed Site-Specific WQMP Amendment -- Testimony, May 2024
Property Owner Representation -- Testimony -- Proposed Condemnation Redevelopment Area -- East Brunswick, NJ April 2024
Downtown Redevelopment StudyTour -- Austin, TX -- April 2024
NJ State Development & Redevelopment Plan Update -- Complete draft of revised document, March 2024 (under review)
Objector Representation -- Monmouth County Planning Board -- Planning Report -- Proposed Site-Specific WQMP Amendment -- February 2024
Objector Representation -- Planning Report -- Proposed Monster Warehouse Project -- Hillborough, NJ February 2024
Property Owner Representation -- Planning Report -- Proposed Condemnation Redevelopment Area -- East Brunswick, NJ February 2024
Objector Representation -- Monmouth County Planning Board -- Proposed Site-Specific WQMP Amendment -- Planning Report, January 2024
New Approaches to Public Transit Study Tour -- Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Berlin -- January 2024
Objector Representation -- Proposed Midrise Building -- Jersey City, NJ January 2024 (unanimously denied)
Use Variance Application -- The Watershed Institute Outdoor Classroom -- Hopewell Twp ZBA, January 2024 (unanimously approved)
New Approaches to Public Space Study Tour -- San Francisco, December 2023
NJ State Development & Redevelopment Plan Update -- Multiple Virtual Stakeholder Seminars, October / November 2023
Objector Representation -- Save Hamilton Open Space -- Proposed Ground Mounted Solar Array, Hamilton ZBA, October 2023
New Approaches to Public Space -- Portugal Study Tour, October 2023
Regional Plan Association -- NJ Committee -- Briefing on new State Development and Redevelopment Plan, September 2023
Facilitation of Strategic Planning Session for Major Early Head Start Child Care Provider -- Trenton, NJ August 2023
New Forms of Public Transit Study Tour -- Bogota + Medellin, Colombia, August 2023
Objector Representation -- Riverview Neighborhood Association -- Proposed Mid-Rise Building -- Jersey City, NJ July 2023
Redevelopment Plan Amendments -- Bound Brook, NJ June 2023 (unanimously adopted)
Objector Representation -- Proposed Monster Warehouses -- Franklin, NJ June 2023 (unanimously denied by Planning Board)
Objector Representation -- Proposed Boutique Hotel -- Hopewell, NJ May 2023 (under litigation in NJ Superior Court)
Objector Representation -- Save Hamilton Open Space -- Proposed Master Plan Amendment -- Hamilton, NJ April 2023 (struck down in Superior Court)
Objector Representation -- Proposed Private School Addition -- Mountain Lakes, NJ -- March 2023 (Application Withdrawn)
Objector Representation -- Save Hamilton Open Space -- Proposed Warehouse -- Hamilton, NJ February 2023 (Unanimously denied)
Objector Representation -- Polish-American Education Foundation -- Alterations to Exchange Place Public Space -- Jersey City, NJ February, 2023
Planning "Down Under" Study Tour -- New Zealand -- November 2022
Objector Representation -- Save HamiltonOpen Space -- Proposed Monster Warehouses -- Robbinsville, NJ November 2022 (in litigation)
Objector Representation -- Citizens for Summit -- Proposed Redevelopment Plan -- Summit, NJ October 2022 (redevelopment designation rescinded)
Objector Representation -- Save Barnegat Bay -- Planning Board testimony -- Proposed Development Plan -- Brick, NJ October 2022
Objector Representation -- Save Old York -- Town Council Hearing -- Proposed Redevelopment Plan -- Chesterfield, NJ October 2022
Objector Representation -- Save Old York -- Planning Board Hearing -- Proposed Redevelopment Plan -- Chesterfield, NJ September 2022
Objector Representation -- Proposed Area in Need of Redevelopment Designation (Condemnation) -- Edison, NJ September 2022
Redevelopment Plan Amendments -- Bound Brook, NJ August 2022
Land Use Ordinance Amendments -- Bound Brook, NJ August 2022
Objector Representation -- PSEG Substation, South Brunswick, NJ August 2022
Objector Representation, Town Hall Meeting Presentation (+/- 200 attendance) -- Proposed Redevelopment, Summit, NJ June 2022
American Institute of Certified Planners -- Exam Writing Committee, January 2020 -- April 2022
Expert Planning Witness Services on Behalf of USDOJ -- Civil Rights Division April 2021 -- June 2022
New Jersey State Planning Commission -- Municipal Self-Assessment Report for Plan Endorsement -- Bound Brook, NJ February 2022
Recreational Cannabis Ordinance -- Bound Brook, NJ February 2022
Transit Oriented Development Study Tour -- Milan, Italy January 2022
Guest Lecture: When Planning and Zoning Collide -- Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, January 2022
Head Start Early Child Care Needs Assessment Update -- Children's Home Society of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ January 2022
Objector Representation -- Proposed Rezoning, Hamilton, NJ January 2022
Objector Representation -- Proposed Rezoning, Rocky Hill, NJ December 2021
Objector Representation -- Proposed Warehouse Development, Hamilton, NJ November 2021
Speaker -- Panel on Proposed NJDEP Rules on Environmental Justice -- South Jersey Development Council, November 2021
Certificate of Non-conformity -- Burlington City, NJ October 2021
Transit-Oriented Development Study Tour -- European Mid-size Cities September 2021
Objector Representation -- Proposed Cellular Communications Monopole, Woodland, NJ August 2021
Amendments to Redevelopment Plan for Area 2 -- Bound Brook, NJ August 2021
Objector Representation -- Proposed Warehouse / Distribution Facility, Hamilton, NJ August 2021
Transit-Oriented Development Study Tour -- Greater Denver, CO July 2021
Franklin Avenue Task Force (Mixed-Income Housing) -- Final Public Hearing, Princeton, NJ June 2021
Objector Representation -- Proposed Apartment Building, Bergenfield, NJ June 2021
Objector Representation -- Proposed Warehouse / Distribution Facility, Chesterfield, NJ May 2021
Objector Representation -- Proposed Townhouse Development, Lakewood, NJ, April 2021
Needs Assessment Update -- HeadStart Early Child Care Facilities (with Charles Vikery), Trenton, NJ March 2021
Preliminary Investigation: North Harrison Area in Need of Redevelopment (non-condemnation) -- Princeton, NJ March 2021
Rebuttal Report to NJ Pinelands Commission of Proposed Cell Tower -- Woodland, NJ February 2021
Franklin Avenue Task Force (Mixed-Income Housing) -- Princeton, NJ February 2021
Objector Representation -- Proposed Subdivision, Voorhees, NJ February 2021
Planning Accreditation Board -- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Planning School Accreditation, January -- November 2021
Objector Representation -- Proposed Turf Soccer Fields, Princeton, NJ December 2020
Use Variance Application -- Proposed HeadStart Early Child Care Facility, Hamilton, NJ August 2020
Conditional Use Variance Application -- Proposed House of Worship, South Brunswick, NJ August 2020
Rebuttal Report -- Proposed Area in Need of Redevelopment (Condemnation) -- Woodbridge, NJ July 2020
Rebuttal Report -- Proposed Area in Need of Redevelopment (Condemnation) -- Burlington Twp, NJ April 2020
Objector Representation -- Proposed Single-Family Subdivision, Princeton, NJ March 2020
Transit-Oriented Development Study Tour -- San Diego and Los Angeles, February 2020
Objector Representation -- Proposed Memory Care Facility, Monroe, NJ February 2020
Objector Representation -- Proposed Private Pool Club, Asbury Park, NJ January 2020
Extensive Rezoning of Various Districts from Single-Use to Mixed-Use -- Bound Brook, NJ December 2019
Objector Representation -- Proposed Solar Installation, Tewksbury, NJ November 2019
Objector Representation -- Proposed Subdivision, Lakewood Township, NJ November 2019
American Planning Association - New Jersey Chapter, 2019 Outstanding Plan Award: Bound Brook Plaza, October 2019
Master Plan Reexamination Report -- Borough of Bound Brook, October 2019
Study Tour: Rapidly Growing Cities in Asia: Hong Kong, Hanoi, Singapore, October 2019
Amendments to Redevelopment Plan for Sub-Area 1.4 -- Borough of Bound Brook, September 2019
Redevelopment Plan -- East Second Street Area in Need of Redevelopment, Borough of Bound Brook, September 2019
Amendments to Redevelopment Plan for Sub-Area 1.2 -- Borough of Bound Brook, September 2019
Preliminary Investigation -- West Main Street Area in Need of Redevelopment, Borough of Bound Brook, July 2019
Preliminary Investigation -- East Second Street Area in Need of Redevelopment, Borough of Bound Brook, July 2019
Objector Representation -- Proposed Housing Element / Fair Share Plan, Borough of Far Hills, July 2019
Preliminary Investigation -- West Main Street Area in Need of Rehabilitation, Borough of Bound Brook, June 2019
Downtown Redevelopment -- APA-NJ Community Planning Assistance Program, Presentation to Dunellen Borough Council, June 2019
Use Variance Application -- Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment, June 2019
Use Variance Application -- Trenton Zoning Board of Adjustment, June 2019
Somerset County Planning Board - 2019 Outstanding Land Development Award -- Bound Brook Plaza, May 2019
Objector Representation -- Proposed Preliminary and Final Major Subdivision, Princeton, April 2019
Preliminary Investigation -- East Second Street Area in Need of Redevelopment -- Borough of Bound Brook, February 2019
Objector Representation -- Proposed House of Worship, Robbinsville, February 2019
Preliminary Investigation -- West Main Street Area in Need of Rehabilitation -- Borough of Bound Brook, February 2019
Preliminary Investigation -- West Main Street Area in Need of Redevelopment -- Borough of Bound Brook, February 2019
Land Use Plan element of the municipal Master Plan -- Borough of Bound Brook, February 2019
Planning Rebuttal Report in the matter of "area in need of redevelopment -- condemnation designation" of 312-316 Main Street in Metuchen, aka the Metuchen Forum -- February 2019
Creating Transit Hubs in Northern New Jersey (with Jeffrey Vernick, AICP; Nadia Milan, PhD; Paul Drake, PP; and Miriam Salerno) - American Planning Association-NJ Chapter Annual Conference, New Brunswick, NJ January 2019
Introduction and Moderator for Alan Mallach FAICP/PP -- The Divided City: New Jersey in National Perspective - American Planning Association-NJ Chapter Annual Conference, New Brunswick, NJ January 2019
Testimony on behalf of 13 Bank Street and 50 Princeton Avenue applications -- Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment, December 2018
Preliminary Investigation of Proposed West Main Street Area in Need of Rehabilitation -- Bound Brook Borough Council, December 2018
Community Design Workshop -- East Trenton Collaborative. With ISLES and New Jersey Community Capital, October 2018
Study Tour: Medieval Planned Fortified Villages (Bastides) in the Dordogne Region of France; Paris. September 2018
The Complete Guide to Planning in New Jersey (editor) 4th edition, August 2018. Published by American Planning Association, New Jersey Chapter
Planning Report - Submitted to the Springfield Township Planning Board on behalf of Allied Recycling, Inc in the matter of “area in need of redevelopment” designation of block 1201, lots 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, 2.01, 2.02, 2.03, 3.02, 33.01 and 33.02, June 2018
Objector Representation -- Proposed Preliminary and Final Major Subdivision, Princeton, May 2018
Master Plan -- Statement of Goals and Objectives - Borough of Bound Brook, May 2018
Managing Religious Land Use Controversies (with Leo Vazquez PP, AICP and George Williams, PP, AICP) - American Planning Association-NJ Chapter Annual Conference, New Brunswick, NJ January 2018
Formers vs Zoners -- How and Why Communities Shift to Form-Based Zoning (with Jessica Caldwell, PP, AICP and Barbara Faga, PhD, FASLA) - American Planning Association-NJ Chapter Annual Conference, New Brunswick, NJ January 2018
A Primer on AICP's Revised Code of Ethics - American Planning Association-NJ Chapter Annual Conference, New Brunswick, NJ January 2018
Cultural and Religious Bias in Land Use Practice in New Jersey (with Leo Vasquez PP, AICP and Dianne Reeves, Esq)- American Planning Association, New York Metro Chapter Hind-Sight Conference, Hunter College, New York City, November 2017
Planning Report - Submitted to the City of Bayonne Planning Board on behalf of TK MAC, LLC and ASAP, LLC in the matter of “area in need of redevelopment” designation of block 373, lots 2 and 15, October 2017
Study Tour: Public Spaces and Waterfront Development -- Barcelona, Spain; Lisbon, Portugal -- September, 2017
Testimony on behalf of Oak Circle Realty and other neighbors/objectors - Wayne Zoning Board of Adjustment, July 2017
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Master Plan Reexamination Report - Final Presentation - Borough of Bound Brook, June 2017
Phillipsburg Waterfront Design Workshop - Phillipsburg, May 2017
Municipal Land Use Law ReForum - co-organizer - Hyatt Regency, New Brunswick, May 2017
Testimony on behalf of Vignola Rigging and Trucking and other neighbors/objectors - Hamilton Zoning Board of Adjustment, May 2017
BellWorks Mobile Workshop - American Planning Association Annual Conference, New York City, May 2017
Zoning for Small Urban Lots - American Planning Association Annual Conference, New York City, May 2017
Repurposing Suburban Office Parks - American Planning Association Annual Conference, New York City, May 2017
Repurposing Suburban Office Parks - American Planning Association-NJ Chapter Annual Conference, New Brunswick, NJ January 2017
MLUL Reform - Has the Time Finally Come? - American Planning Association-NJ Chapter Annual Conference, New Brunswick, NJ January 2017
Master Plan Reexamination Report - Interim Presentation - Borough of Bound Brook, November 2016
Planning for Emerging Centers - presentation at NJ League of Municipalities Annual Conference, Atlantic City, November 2016
Study Tour: Old and New Towns in Morocco: Casablanca, Fez, Agadir, Tourandant, Skoura, Marrakesh, others - October 2016
Repurposing Stranded Assets - presentation to Urban Land Institute Northern New Jersey Marketplace, September 2016
Study Tour: New Neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area - September 2016
Testimony on behalf of neighbor/objector Barney's Service Center - Lakewood Zoning Board of Adjustment, July 2016
Repurposing Stranded Assets and Revitalizing New Jersey's Suburbs - published by PlanSmartNJ, June 2016
Amendments to Redevelopment Plans for Area 1 and Area 2 - Borough of Bound Brook, June 2016
Redevelopment Plan for Sub-Area 1.5 - Borough of Bound Brook, May 2016
Induction as Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners - American Planning Association - Annual Conference - Phoenix, April 2016
Testimony on behalf of applicant Muslim Center of Somerset County - Hillsborough Zoning Board of Adjustment, March 2016
Study Tour: Transit-Oriented Development and Downtown Revitalization: Los Angeles - February 2016
Testimony on behalf of applicant TCMC, LLC - Hopewell Zoning Board of Adjustment, February 2016
Repurposing Distressed Real Estate Assets - American Planning Association, NJ Chapter Annual Conference, January 2016
Area in Need of Redevelopment Determination - Borough of Bound Brook, January 2016
Study Tour: Large Scale De-Urbanization and Abandonment Detroit - November 2015
Governor's Housing Conference - Atlantic City, NJ, October 2015
Study Tour: Neighborhood Revitalization Nashville - September 2015
Creation and Adoption of a Redevelopment Plan – New Jersey Redevelopment Authority, Annual Training Institute, Newark, September 2015
Testimony on behalf of applicant Heritage Home Builders - Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment, August 2015
Amended Redevelopment Plan for Area 1 - Borough of Bound Brook, August 2015
Amended Redevelopment Plan for Area 2 - Borough of Bound Brook, August 2015
A Short History of Suburban Office Parks - PlanSmart Regional Summit, Trenton, June 2015
Area in Need of Redevelopment Determination - Borough of Bound Brook, May 2015
Testimony on behalf of applicant Raging Capital Management, LLC - Rocky Hill Planning Board, April 2015
Design Principles for Redevelopment Projects - Workshop sponsored by the Rutgers University Center for Government Services - New Brunswick, April 2015
Study Tour: Rapidly Urbanizing Cities / New Approaches to City Building - Singapore, Phnom Pehn, Siem Reap - March 2015
A 21st Century Approach to Land Development Regulations - American Planning Association, NJ Chapter, New Brunswick, January 2015
The Form‐Based Code Guidebook: An Operator’s Manual for New Jersey Planners, Administrators and Boards – Design on the Delaware Conference, Philadelphia, November 2014
Testimony on behalf of neighbors/objectors Catherine and Mark Smith - South Brunswick Planning Board, November 2014
Testimony on behalf of objector Princeton Battlefield Preservation Society - Princeton Planning Board, November 2014
Creation and Adoption of a Redevelopment Plan – New Jersey Redevelopment Authority, Annual Training Institute, Trenton, October 2014
Place‐Based Approaches to Planning – New Jersey Governor’s Housing Conference, Atlantic City, September 2014
Recent Developments in Transit‐Oriented Development -- Raritan Valley Rail Coalition, Somerville, September 2014
Urban Planning and the Valuation of Natural Resources ‐- remarks to the Raritan River Conference, New Brunswick, June 2014
Extreme Weather Events and Their Implications for Historic Preservation: A Guided Bus and Walking Tour of Three Sandy-Afflicted Communities – New Jersey Historic Preservation Conference, Brookdale Community College, June 2014
A "Clam-Tastic" Plan for Highlands -- Bloustein Planning Studio Presentation to the Borough of Highlands, May 2014
New Uses for Defunct Office Parks ‐- New Jersey Future, Annual Redevelopment Forum, New Brunswick, March 2014
Design Principles for Redevelopment Projects - Workshop sponsored by the Rutgers University Center for Government Services - Morris Township Housing Authority, April 2014
Form-Based Codes Guidebook: An Operator's Manual - American Planning Association - New Jersey Chapter Annual Conference, January 2014
Visualizing Responses to Sandy: Case Studies - American Planning Association - New Jersey Chapter Annual Conference, January 2014
Planning for Religious Land Uses - American Planning Association - New Jersey Chapter Annual Conference, January 2014
Study Tour: Rapidly Urbanizing Cities / New Approaches to City Building - Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, Macau, Shenzhen, Taipei - January 2014
Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission - Testimony on Behalf of Princeton Area Battlefield Preservation Society - January 2014
City of Perth Amboy Graduate Planning Studio - Presentation to City Council, Perth Amboy, December 2013
Incentive Zoning in Redevelopment - New Jersey Redevelopment Authority's Redevelopment Training Institute, Newark October 2013
Form-Based Code Guidebook: An Operator's Manual - Prepared for NJDOT and the Sustainability Institute at the College of New Jersey, October 2013
New Jersey Superior Court - Testimony on behalf of objectors in W Neumann, A Neuman and M Gottardis (plaintiffs) v Trustees of Princeton University, Borough and Township of Princeton, Trenton September 2013
Take Me to The River - New Jersey Historic Preservation Conference, Newark June 2013
Renew / Rebuild: Sea Bright - Bloustein School Graduate Planning Studio, Spring 2013 - Prepared for the Borough of Sea Bright, New Jersey, May 2013
Case Studies in Riverfront Planning - American Planning Association Annual Conference, Chicago April 2013
Incentive Zoning in Redevelopment - Annual Redevelopment Institute, Institute of Continuing Legal Education, New Brunswick February 2013
The 21st Century Master Plan - American Planning Association - NJ Chapter, Annual Conference, New Brunswick February 2013
Healthy Communities: The Planner's Role - American Planning Association - NJ Chapter, Annual Conference, New Brunswick February 2013
Planning Report - Walter Neumann et al v Trustees of Princeton University et al Docket No: L-80-12, January 2013
Raritan Riverfront Greenway - Bloustein School Graduate Planning Studio, Fall 2012 - Prepared for Raritan Township, New Jersey, December 2012
Amended Redevelopment Plan, Sub-district A - Prepared for the Borough of Bound Brook, February 2012
Planning Analysis of Block A Open Space. Maxwell Place, Hoboken New Jersey - Prepared for Maxwell Place Condominium Association, Inc, December 2011.
Raritan Riverfront Redevelopment Strategy - Bloustein School Graduate Planning Studio, Fall 2011 - Prepared for Borough of Raritan, New Jersey.
Planning Report - Al Falah Center v Township of Bridgewater US District Court for the District of New Jersey, June 2011
Out and About: A Guide to Sustainable Local Circulation Planning - Prepared for New Jersey Office of Smart Growth, January 2011.
Bound Brook Downtown Urban Design Plan – Prepared for the Borough of Bound Brook, August 2010.
Form Based Codes in New Jersey – Issues and Opportunities -- Prepared for the New Jersey Office of Smart Growth, July 2010.
Bergen County Master Plan: Briefing Book for Visioning Conference – Prepared for the Bergen County Planning Department, May 2010
Bergen County Master Plan: Briefing Book for Visioning Sessions – Prepared for the Bergen County Planning Department, January 2010.
Route 22 Corridor Study – Prepared for the Warren County Planning Department, June 2009.
Park Ridge Downtown Urban Design Plan – Prepared for the Borough of Park Ridge, May 2009.
Designing for Success: The 2009 New Jersey Mayors Institute on Community Design – Prepared for the New Jersey Office of Smart Growth, March 2009.
The Box and Beyond: Urban Design for Infill Housing in Newark – Prepared for the Newark Planning Department, January 2009
Redevelopment, Mobility and Waterfronts: The 2007 Northeast Mayors Institute on City Design – Prepared for the National Endowment for the Arts, November 2007
Sustainable Development in the New Jersey Highlands: the 2007 New Jersey Mayors Institute on Community Design – Prepared for the New Jersey Office of Smart Growth, September 2007.
New Visions, New Neighborhoods: Borough of Newton – Prepared for K Hovnanian, November 2006.
Master Plan Re-Examination Report: Borough of Metuchen – Prepared for the Borough of Metuchen, June 2006
Frankford Village Center – Prepared for Sussex Commons Associates, May 2006.
Infill and Redevelopment Strategy: Borough of Sussex – Prepared for K Hovnanian, January 2006.
New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan (co-author) Trenton, New Jersey State Planning Commission, April 2001.
Employment and Community: Reintegrating the Work Place into Mixed-Use Centers reprinted in New Urbanism: Comprehensive Report and Best Management Practices Ithaca NY, New Urban Publications, 2001.
Employment and Community: Reintegrating the Work Place into Mixed-Use Centers New Jersey Office of State Planning, April 2001.
Designing New Jersey: The Design Guide to The State Plan New Jersey Office of State Planning, June 2001
New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan - Reexamination Report and Preliminary Plan (co-author). NJ State Planning Commission, June 1997.
Land Use Governance Reform State Planning Memo Vol. 3, No. 1, NJ Office of State Planning, February 1997.
Brownfields State Planning Memo Vol. 2, No. 4, NJ Office of State Planning, July 1996
Development Codes for Centers State Planning Memo Vol. 2, No. 1, NJ Office of State Planning, February 1996
Big Box Retail State Planning Memo Vol 1, No. 2, NJ Office of State Planning, December 1995.
The Development Review Checklist State Planning Memo Vol. 1, No. 1, NJ Office of State Planning, November 1995.
Warren Town Center: Retrofitting the Suburbs Planners Casebook, American Institute of Certified Planners, Washington, DC Spring 1992.
Clandestinos em Portugal: Leituras (editor) Lisbon, Livros Horizonte 1989.
A Paisagem Urbana Translation of Gordon Cullen’s “Townscapes”. Lisboa, Edicoes 70, May 1984.
Imperfeicoes ou Dualismo no Mercado da Habitacao? Lisboa, Sociedade e Territorio, March 1984.