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Englewood puzzles over future of club property tax assessments. The committee has debated their accuracy, and is using them only as rough guidelines. "They're not conceived totally in a vacuum, but a lot of it is theoretical," said Murphy. The committee was appointed by the mayor and council last fall after the golf course was purchased for $3.5 million by The Barken Development Company of Rahway, whose principals are Allen Weingarten and Charles Reid, a former freeholder. committee members is luxury town houses, built at a density of four per acre.

That was the recommendation of a special planning-board committee that met three years ago, although the recommendation was not unanimous. The state Department of Community Affairs, in a December report, also recommended town houses, at a density of up to eight per acre. "Town houses are the option most certain to preserve the residential character of the neighborhood and the projected income from, FROM PAGE B-l with something if it doesn't get ar proved," said Harvey Bingham, Muscarelle project engineer. "To see in the newspapers that XYZ corporation lost cut that doesn't read well with the stockholders." But committee member George Roberts says that zoning could help determine the final user. "If we zone it for 250,000 or 200,000 square feet, the odds are we'll get a corporate headquarters," he said.

An alternative preferred by some CD 30 3 a -o 30 -T JtStt.lS WC1 JL N. f. TWO. I ENGLEWOOD i ENGLEWOOD GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB UONIA Jk RiOeETIElO r. 1 iVw town-house development is the same as the projected income-from a more commercial kind of development, which would also bring in more traffic" said Mrs.

Breslow. However, Muscarelle officials say that heavy truck and car traffic thundering by on 1-95 result in a noise level of 70 to 80 decibels on the site, a leveL they say, that exceeds federal Department of Housing and Urban Development standards. Readings verified "Why spend a quarter of a million dollars for a town house where you can hear the whir of truck traffic all day?" asked Bingham. Some skeptical committee members have borrowed the city's decibel meter and have found that their golf-course readings have generally verified Muscarelle's claim, but that other parts of town with expensive housing, including Broad Avenue, are just as noisy. Hotel option A third alternative, recently dis-cussed by the committee, is a hotel-town house combination, with the hotel acting as a noise barrier for the town houses.

"Some feel there's planner Joseph Murphy. However, hotels and town houses are an unusual combination. "I'm not sure they're marriageable," said Bingham. Study being done committee has been given financial data from the Center for Urban Policy Research at Rutgers University, which is doing a $25,000 economic study on the city. Thevfigures show that 160 town houses would net $646,660 annually in tax revenue; 240 town houses would net $528,660 because they would cost the town more in school and service costs; 300,000 square feet of office space, 500,000 square feet of office space, and 300,000 square feet of office space combined with a 300-room hotel, $759,000.

By contrast, single-family homes would net only $166,060 annually. How computations are done The figures are based on 1978 dollars, and are computed by subtracting projected costs for such things as roads and schools from projected Deadly driver sought FROM PAGE B-l 50 acres in Leonia Another 50 acres of the former golf course lie across 1-95 in Leonia, and 128 single-family houses are being constructed on quarter-acre lots in that section. Three years ago, Leonia officials had suggested that the two municipalities purchase the property with Green Acre funds for recreational use. However, Leonia voters turned down the proposal by a 200-vote margin two years ago. Founded in 1896, the golf course began declining in 1963, when it was bisected by 1-95.

The clubhouse was closed down in 1977 after four years of financial difficulty. bottom ot the embankment, police said. They declined to release the name of the man who found the body. Barrett was pronounced dead at the scene by Dr. Arthur Zampella.

An autopsy was performed late Saturday by the Passaic County medical examiner's office. Loughlin said police have several leads in the accident, but he declined to elaborate. He urged anyone who may have passed the accident scene, or who might have any relevant information, to call police at 728-7551. He said all information will be kept confidential. Loughlin also requested calls from persons, who have seen a vehicle with new damage to its front end and grille.

nesses have led police to believe that the accident occurred about 1 a.m. Friday. Laughlin said other leads should be provided by an autopsy report that is expected to be released today. Detectives could say only that Barrett's injuries were massive and were certainly caused by a motor vehicle. 1 1 Police said Barrett was last seen Thursday night when he left a friend's house and began walking home, Police said Barrett was walking on the northbound side of the road when he was struck from behind.

The body was discovered about 2:30 p.m. Saturday in a ditch at the a void in Englewood's services and facilities because of the absence of a Clinton Inn-type hotel," said city New bridge plaza expected to toll for thee The company also widened the eastbound roadway by more than 18 feet to make room for the additional width of the new booths and for an extra, 12th booth that will process 350 to 400 vehicles per hour, said Giorgi. The extra footage was stolen from the westbound lanes. With construction on the facades of the southern booths completed, workers are now turning their attention to the northern booths. added a special Fort Lee exit ramp.

The reconstruction of the westbound lanes has drawn complaints from motorists, who contend that it has created confusion over how to exit to the various roads connecting with the bridge. In July 1980, Belleza Construction Company Inc. began work on the temporary booths where motorists now pay the $1.50 toll. the new booths can be made from inside the canopy, traffic can continue flowing through a malfunctioning booth, said Giorgi. The renovation of the toll plaza began in 1978, when engineers corrected the bank of the westbound lanes "to accommodate high-speed traffic.

The lanes had originally been designed for motorists who were stopping to pay tolls. The engineers als FROM PAGE B-l ists will be shielded from view by the metallic canopy that will run the lenghth of the toll plaza. Because the old booths were large enough for only one person, they had to be shut down completely if a breakdown was serious enough to require a repairman. However, because most repairs to 5 FULL MOUTHS ADDED TO YOUR NEW ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP Stolen artworks recovered in truck in N.Y. WHEN YOU JOIN NOW Zv.

way in Manhattan's SoHo district, an area known for its art galleries. The truck had been parked there by Vaughn Kurtz, 43, of Chicago, a painter who supplements his income by transporting paintings between Chicago and New York. The works included 21 painted wood sculptures by Louise Nevelson, valued at more than $500,000, an oil by Ellsworth Kelly, worth $85,000, and an acrylic painting by Roy Lichten-stein, valued at $65,000. Volpe said the works that appeared to have been damaged included some of the Nevelson sculptures and a pastel canvas by Jane Freely. Detective Robert Volpe, the sole member of the police Art Investigation Unit, said it appeared all the missing artworks were inside.

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