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I hereby call this meeting of H Township Council to order and will you please read the opening statement and rad call this meeting is being held in accordance with public law 1975 chapter 231 open public meetings act adequate notice has been provided in the manner prescribed
by law this agenda is complete to the extent known and formal action will be taken I'll begin with a roll call councilman fiser here councilwoman's apologies councilman nadell is absent councilwoman odono here Deputy Mayor gajer is also absent this evening and
mayor legio here thank you resolution 25-16 manager is a reason for us to go into executive session yes there is Mayor we need to discuss some ordinances Redevelopment and a COA challenge uh motion to go into executive
session a motion for executive session second second councilwoman fiser yes councilwoman odonnell yes mayor Alle you yes thank you recen meeting Pledge of Allegiance and a moment of individual
prayer pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liy and justice for all than
accept may have a motion for acceptance of minutes of February 18th meeting make a motion second second Council and fiser obain Council Ben Nell yes Council odonnell yes mayor
Leo yes thank you reports of Township official Mr Clark so I have a very quick one from our how fire Bureau uh Brian PR now who's our Fire Marshall asked me to share this so on Sunday March 10th
States throughout the US will turn their clocks forward for daylight savings time our Bureau of fire prevention reminds all that this is a good opportunity to change your home smoke alarm and carbon monoxide alarm batteries and test them to ensure that they're in good working
order um working smoke alarms save lives smoke alarms that are properly installed and maintained play a vital role in reducing fire deaths and injuries when working smoke alarms are present in your home the risk of dying in a home fire is
reduced by 60% fire spreads fast working smoke alarms give you an early warning so you can get outside quickly and in partnership with the New Jersey Division of fire safety the Howell Township Bureau of fire prevention can provide free smoke alarm Ms for those who
qualify Andor assist with the proper installation if needed additional information can be found on the town's website or by contacting the Bureau of fire prevention office so thank you Fire Marshall pran nothing for
me nothing for me as well all right I'd like to open the floor for hearing of citizens and public comments each person shall first give their name and address to the clerk the council should be addressed as a collective body and not as individual members each person shall have one turn to address
the council and comment shall not exceed a total of 5 minutes speakers shall be notified when their time has run and no time extension shall be permitted good evening Elaine Taylor uh 1055 Maxum sether Road um I told myself I was going
to come up here each uh at each meeting and ask that we might consider trying to find um create Zoning for tiny houses and to try to
start working on uh some tiny house Community within our town I don't know how we're going to do that yet but um I've been working with
an architect and a um some Builders and some investors and I just hope that we can um somehow try to find a place where we can create a little village of tiny
houses but that's all thank you anyone else from the public I am seeing none so I'll make a motion to close public comment motion to close public second all in favor I
I response to public comments Township manager so so we will look at our zoning to see where there's opportunities for that I mean if Elaine has specific ideas about her own parcel we're happy to sit down with her and go over some of that
um you know and we'll make it part of we we internally here have bi-weekly development meetings so I'll add that to our agenda to discuss just to give some specifics on like tiny tiny homes and um a community so how Township ordinance
and all of our residential zones doesn't have a min minimum structure size some towns do that there's actually a th000 foot minimum for a single family 1,250 for multi you know few things we don't have that so anybody can come in and build a tiny home um as long as it meets
code um you know that's not necessarily being made out of a c box or anything like that but if you can meet uniform construction code then no issue um what we don't have are tiny lots and I think that's more the request here tiny Lots many of them add density add
infrastructure requirements um a lot of our areas that are available for building are in our a zones which are acre plus zoning per residential structure they are rural character areas they don't have sewer they don't have
water so uh Wells and septic tanks have distances and that doesn't lend itself um to lots that are very tightly packed in um density and howl I think has always been a a soft and Hot Topic um so that's what comes with tiny homes um
again if somebody wants a tiny house our zoning permits it um if they want a community that's very dense and you're talking 10 12 20 structures to an acre um that comes with a lot of considerations traffic utilities just
just to mention a few that's all anyone else two no all right information you guys are good all right next we'll vote on consent agenda items
does anyone wish to uh separate any of these no so it'll be resolution r- 2596 through r-
25-13 uh 104 has been removed and so R and then also R-25 -105 I have a motion to approve I will make a motion to approve uh those specific resolutions I'll second councilwoman
Fischer yes councilman Adel yes councilwoman odono yes mayor legio yes thank you the consent resolutions passed ordinance to this is unfinished business public caring adoption of ordinances ordinance to exceed Municipal
budget appropriation limits and to establish a cap Bank njsa 40a May anyone from the public like to speak on this did I'm seeing
none may I have a motion motion to close public second all in favor I I motion to adopt ordinance 25- 05 I'll make a motion to adopt ordinance
25-5 second councilman fiser yes councilman Nel yes councilwoman odonnell yes mayor leio yes thank you the ordinance is adopted next up is um -25
06 Nance amending chapter 2 22 244 Right to Farm article one right to farm and supplementing the article two on Farm direct marketing activities of the revised General ordinance of the township of Howell anyone from the public
seeing none may I have a motion to close motion to close PA second all in favor I I I have a motion to adopt I'll make a motion to adopt ordinance
25-06 second councilman fiser yes councilman Nell yes councilman odonnell yes mayor legio yes the ordinance is adopted thank you next up is ordinance
-25 07 an ordinance amending articles 10 of the Township Code and entitled zones revising section 18 18884 point5 entitled moderate and lowincome housing
overlay Zone 15 known as ml-1 15 Zone anyone from the public see none motion to close motion to close second all in favor I motion to adopt motion to adopt
ordinance 257 second councilman fiser yes councilman Nell yes Council O'Donnell yes mayor legio yes thank you the ordinance is adopted on to in introduction of
ordinances -28 in ordinance of the township Council of the of the township of how Mammoth County authorizing the leasing of a portion of Echo Lake Park in the township of Howell pursuant to NG njsa
40 A1 12-15 may I have a a motion I'll make a motion to introduce ordinance uh 258 second councilman fiser yes councilman Nell yes councilman Donald yes mayor L you yes thank you the
ordinance is properly introduced to the formings uh clerk each one of these you want me to individually yes do you want me to read as we do it yes no I'm saying um abstain or you could do whatever you
like individually or you just wanted you know you vote individually please just do individually individually please all right ordinance 0-29 an ordinance amending chapter8 land use article one title purpose definition
section four entitled definitions rules of general actability of revised General ordinances of the township of how motion introduce ordinance 25-9 I'll second that councilman Fisher
yes councilman Nel yes councilman OD yes mayor legio abstain thank you the or is properly introduced I will could I explain why OB station sure I'm in favor of everything that's in this ordinance with
the pertaining to the farmers and the markets and the stands um as far as upstanding I've been uh directed by our Council to uh in the best interest to obstain on some of these ordinances
tonight so I am going to follow their Direction and abstain okay 0- 2510 an ordinance amending chapter 188 land use article 9 zoning requirements to add section
64.1 entitled Farm related special events small scale of the revised General ordinance of the township of Howell I'll make a motion to introduce that ordinance second councilman fiser yes councilman
Nell yes Council odonnell yes mayor Lego abstain thank you the ordinance is properly introduced same on this ordinance I support everything that's in it I support the farmers and I believe it's fair everything in here is
fair into their uh to their liking and you know to the liking of the township to get us through this ordinance 02511 an ordinance of the township of how supplementing chapter 188 article 10
zones supplementing section 18869 entitled architectural rural estate zones ar1 AR3 ar4 and AR6 and section 19-11 69.1 69.1 I'm sorry architectural
rural estate ar2 to include Farm Rel special events large scale and farm related special events small scale as permitted use I'll move to introduce ordinance 25-11 second councilman Fischer yes
councilman Adell yes councilwoman odonnell yes mayor legio abstain thank you the ordinance is properly introduced fully full support of that ordinance next one -25
12 in ordinance amending chapter 139 fees article 17 land use subsection 31 entitled land use certificates subsection 34 entitled site plans and subdivisions and subsection 41 rules of
General accountability of the revised General ordinances of Township of Howell motion motion introduce ordinance 2512 second councilwoman fiser yes councilman Nell yes councilwoman odonnell yes mayor
leio obain thank you the ordinance is properly introduced ordinance - 2513 an ordinance amending application checklist subdivisions site plans and variance applications to add am addendum
and entitled form related special events checklist of the revised General ordinances of the township of Howell I'll make a motion to introduce that ordinance second Council fiser yes councilman Nel yes Council odonnell yes
mayor legio abstain thank you the ordinance is properly introduced all right that's it our next regular meeting is scheduled for March 18th
2025 executive session begins at 6 pm. and a regular session at 7 p.m. seeing no further business before the council they have a motion to adjourn I'll make a motion to adjourn this meeting and happy St Patrick's Day
everybody second all in favor I I I 23 minute meeting