RW Church of God Application Finally Back

Perhaps the only issue that's seen than the Ridgewood Water hike ordinance is the planning board application to expand Church of God on Godwin Avenue, originally scheduled to be heard in the summer.

Well, West Siders opposed to the project may be pleased – or not – the application is back and scheduled for a robust discussion on Tuesday night.

In the one real hearing on the application, members of the planning board and the neighboring public have called into question aspects of the proposed expansion, commenting .

The professional experts hired by the applicant were unable to answer numerous questions the planning board had. 

If you stick around, you might be in store for another land-use issue on Ridgewood's West Side. The Watsons, of Beveridge Road, on the new lot. There are complicated Latin legal terms associated with the request (res judicata, anyone?) but what it really comes down to is this – neighbors say there's already a high water table and there's a fear another home would increase those existing issues.

The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. in the fourth floor of .