In recent months the Russian government has been passing measures to clear the way for the project, which had languished since the mid-1990's awaiting new regulations and commitments to fixed tax rates that ExxonMobil called vital.
On March 29, those memos were rescinded by the Trump administration's Bureau of Land Management, potentially clearing the way for the project to go forward.
As President Trump promised on the campaign trail, he has cleared the way for the project, which his predecessor had blocked.
The Architectural Review Board gave final approval to the project's design and landscaping in a 5-0 vote Wednesday, clearing the way for the project unless an appeal is filed within 10 days.
The Indigenous Tree Ordinance was initially adopted in 2007 to appease community fears that developers would remove mature, indigenous trees to the clear the way for new projects.
The timeline appears to end months of turmoil over how quickly the companies would be pushed out, and it should clear the way for projects that had been delayed by security concerns to resume development.
The City Council approved a zoning change on Wednesday that cleared the way for the development project, a vote that Ms. Feldman said she supported, given St. Ann's long relationship with the developers, David and Jed Walentas.
-When done, I move that material off my physical and computer desktop, clearing the way for the next project to move in and get my undivided attention.
Zimmer said that top officials in the administration threatened to withhold superstorm Sandy aid unless she cleared the way for a development project that had ties to David Samson, chairman of the port authority and a top Christie ally.
The other would clear the way for most of the Laguna Laurel project.
Congress is heading home for its August recess having passed the first significant energy legislation, aside from some tax changes, since 2009, after the Senate approved two bills on Thursday that clear the way for faster licensing of hydroelectric projects.
