Please stand and salute the flag. announcement of the sunshine law. In accordance with the open public meetings act, it is hereby announced and shall be entered into the minutes of this meeting that adequate notice of this meeting has been provided by the following. Posted on the bulletin board of the office of
the township clerk. >> Posted on the bulletin boards within the municipal complex. Printed in the Home News Tribune and Cranberry Press on December 26, 2025, posted on the Monroe Township website, and sent to those individuals who have requested personal
notice. Madame Secretary, roll call, please. >> Mr. Masters here, >> Mr. Lupo >> here, >> Mr. Busman, >> Miss Carritori, >> Mr. Tanzy, >> Mr. Jaffy >> here, >> Mr. Cole >> here, >> Mr. Jadis >> here, >> Mr. Vagani
>> here, >> Miss Berman >> here, >> chairman Lvada >> here. In the absence of Mr. Busman and Miss Couturi, Mr. Cole and Mr. Guichi or full voting members this evening. Okay. Uh meetings minutes from the last from
last month's meeting. Do I have an approval? >> Mr. Do all >> in favor? >> Thank you. >> Yeah. You want to do the car first? Okay.
>> So, what's it getting carried for? Let's just carry it. >> May 27th. >> May 26. >> May 26. >> Yep. Um so just the first three applications on the agenda tonight will be heard but
uh we had a request that BA5241-23 better uh 557 Franklin Plaza Realy LLC uh will be carried to the board's May 26th 2026 meeting. Uh the applicant did uh publish and mail notices in advance of tonight's meeting. So the applicant will not be required to uh notice or uh
in connection with that adjourned hearing. So uh BA524123 557 Franklin Plaza Realy LLC will be heard at the board's May 26th uh 2026 meeting at 6:30 in this room. >> Thank you.
>> Got it. Application BA-5260-25 Moheat Construction and Renovations. >> Mr. Chairman, members of the board, good evening. Jared Pap on behalf of the applicant Mohe Constructions and Renovations LLC. Um, as the board will
recall, this matter was carried from the March 31st hearing so that so that the applicant could address the comments that were raised by the board and its professionals before being asked to vote. A resubmission was made on April
10th. We are here this evening to confirm that the outstanding items have been addressed and respectfully request that the board act on the application granting amended preliminary and final site plan approval together with bulk
variance relief as previously presented on the record. I will briefly highlight the key revisions uh made in response to the board's comments and I'll also note that our clients professionals um Sharif Ali the design engineer, Steve Rodosti,
architect and Mark Remza planner are available this evening if there are any further questions and they're also available to reference exhibits as needed. Um, so just to highlight the revisions. First, the truck turning
template has been revised to eliminate the conflict between the delivery vehicle and the adjacent parking spaces that was identified at the last hearing. Um that's shown in the revised exhibit, the delivery truck circulation exhibit
plan prepared by Ammerche Engineering last revised April 7th, 2026 which was part of the uh resubmission package. Second, with respect to the discussion on energy backup that was raised at the
last meeting, the applicant's approach will ultimately depend on the final tenant or tenants which has not been determined. So no final decision uh has been made at this time. That said, the re plans have been revised to create
some flexibility for the applicant. The architectural drawings have been designed to now designate optional rooftop solar panels. That's there's a new sheet that was provided in the resubmission showing those solar panels
on the rooftop. Um, further there's a uh a gen should the applicant choose to go with solar as well as battery backup for solar which was discussed at the last hearing. Our client's uh architect did some research and found that for
commercial solar batteries those would be stored in a inside in a mechanical room properly ventilated subject to all building and codes and fire codes. Um, so that's now designated as uh on on the
plans. Alternatively, or perhaps in addition, the site plan now also shows a pad for a traditional generator should the applicant choose to go with that route. Uh, the traditional generator pad is
shown behind the refu area and is screened by landscaping. So that's again now shown on the plans that have been provided. So those are all just none of those are requirements or those are all just meant to provide flexibility for
the applicant depending on who the ultimate owner is or tenants are. Um so that's those are the the principal revisions that we wanted to highlight. Um as mentioned the applicants professionals are here if there's any
questions but Mr. Chair, we would look to the board's professionals to confirm what as to whether they're satisfied with the revisions that have been submitted to the board. >> Okay. Uh Christopher, we'll start off with you if you don't
mind, please. >> Uh sure. We had issued an updated report uh this Friday. We sent it out. I think it's essentially the same report as the previous one we just noted. We've received additional materials. I I see we have the new truck turning template and uh with the architecturals and the
the batteries would be stored in the building if they're even used for the solar. I don't really have any additional comments. I'll defer to Mark on the uh or any review of the truck turning template. It's it's the same template as before except now they're showing the truck does not clip any parking spaces. So, I'll I'll defer to
the engineer on the uh legitimacy of this this turning template to make sure that it's, you know, it's properly doing what it says it's doing is that was the concern was that truck would turn and hit three parking spaces and now they're showing that it won't. >> Okay,
Mark. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I did prepare in um a third review letter, updated review letter of the recent submitts dated April 22nd, 2026. Uh they have added a generator pad out on the plan. Uh it does not create any
variances. Um there's an optional solar panels are shown on the plan. I did review the turning template and the the adjustments to the curb lines. Um, I'm comfortable with the with what they've provided in in their uh turning template
plan. Um, they did or indicated delivery truck circulation exhibit plan. And I did have one question that I wasn't sure if it was addressed. Excuse me. um near the loading door of the building
and and the uh loading area there was an overhang that the architectural plan showed and there was a concern that the trucks would hit the overhang of the door and uh if I need clarification on that if that was changing
>> Mr. Roasi address that question. >> So Mr. Rodasi, if I could just swear you in quick, if you could raise your right hand. You swear the testimony, you're going to provide us the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. >> I do. >> If you could state your name, spell your last name for the record again, and give us your address, please. >> Steven Rodsi, R A Oti,
379 Princeton Heightstown Road, Cranberry, New Jersey 08512. >> And Mr. Rodosti, you previously appeared and qualified as an expert in the area of architecture before this board since last you so appeared and qualified. Have your credentials been detrimentally affected at all? Uh yes, I was qualified and no my credentials are the same. And
>> license is still in good standing? >> Yes, it is. >> Perfect. >> We'll accept your credentials. Please proceed. >> Thank you. >> Um so the louder than I thought. >> That's good. >> So the um the roof over the loading area originally it was 12'6 and we raised it
up to four have a minimum of 14t clear. Um that's over by the loading doors. Um so we did raise it up so we have uh at least 14 foot clear. >> So you have a 14 foot clearance there and that'll be reflected on the uh architectural plans. >> Uh we do have it on the drawings. We
added that to sheet CS2 on the south elevation. Uh we moved it up and we added a note that's 14t clear. It's a south elevation number two on the
left hand side of the sheet. >> Okay. The uh I believe the one other sheet needed be revised to reflect that. Um we we did raise it on >> west elevation. >> Uh we we raised it on all three
elevations, but I only put the dimension in one location, but we physically if you scaled it, it's you could see the 12t ceiling is is below that. Uh and we we've raised it up in all three elevations. >> Okay. So the so the 12t dimension on the
west elevation is actually the other side of the building that's over the sidewalk. Correct. In the upper right. >> Uh correct. Correct. So it would be if you looked at the the left side of the east elevation um I'm sorry the right side of the east elevation um the
>> that's the area >> left elevation and the um >> yes and then the left side of the west elevation. So in all those cases we moved. >> So it's 12t over the sidewalk area on the other side of the building and 14t clearance in the loading area.
>> Correct. Thank you for clarifying and apologize for missing that. >> That's okay. >> Thank you. Uh, Mr. Chairman, I I have nothing further. >> Thank you. Any board members have any questions? Any follow-up questions or anything to touch base on?
>> Seeing there's none, I'm going to open this portion to the public. Anyone from the public wishing to be heard on this application, please come forth. Seeing there's none, I'll make a motion to close the public portion. Do I have a motion? >> Motion. A second. >> Second.
>> All in favor? >> I. >> Public portions closed. Board members, you have an application in front of us that was here last month. They made the corrections that I think we were seeking or requesting. Our professionals agreed with everything. Do we have a motion to approve or deny?
>> I'll make a motion to approve and I'll second. >> Madam Secretary, roll call, please. >> Mr. Masters. >> Yes. >> Mr. Lup. >> Yes. >> Mr. Panzy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Jaffy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cole. >> Yes. >> Mr. Chadis. >> Yes. >> Chairman Lada. >> Yes.
>> Thank you all. Good night. >> Next application. BA-5259-25 Jonathan Depiro. >> Good evening, Mr. Chairman and members of the board. Walter Toto on behalf of Jonathan Depiro. Uh, we did submit an affidavit of service and publication. I
trust everything is in order. >> I wouldn't let you be here if it wasn't. I know you. So, everything is in order. The board has jurisdiction to hear the application. Thank you for confirming, Mr. Toto. >> I appreciate that, Mr. Vignell. Uh, very much so. So, as I indicated, I'm here on behalf
of the applicant, Jonathan Dapiro. Uh, the owners of the property are Beth and and Charles Depiro. And what we're doing tonight or what we propose is a subdivision, uh, from two lots into three lots. Now, I know subdivisions are
largely the purview of the planning board, but just from a quirk, uh not necessarily in the land use law, but there's a two family house on uh one of the parcels, and uh we are decreasing the size of that lot, and the two family
home is non-conforming. It's been there since 1895, but nonetheless, it's non-conforming. Two family homes are not permitted uh in the R30 zone. So, we're decreasing the size of that lot. We're not changing the two st twotory uh home
or the two family home rather, which it it is two stories. Um we're not changing uh anything about the improvement except decreasing the lot size. So, that triggers the D2 variance and that's why we're here before you tonight. Otherwise, this would probably have been
somewhat more of a garden variety subdivision before the planning board. But again, we're decreasing a non-conforming lot um to some extent and that triggers uh the Dvariance. Um so every now and then I get to present uh
an application and if you'll indulge me that reminds me of my fa my family's beginnings uh in this country. Um, my grandmother came over from Italy uh in the early 1920s and was lucky enough to purchase a farm in East Brunswick and it
was about 10 or 12 acres and it was carved into three parcels and several generations of my family lived in that little compound of East Brunswick for over a hundred years. And there are some there are still some people in the
immediate area but not on these properties any longer. Um, but in any event, um, it was a wonderful way to grow up, uh, despite some of the craziness of, uh, of the Toto family. But in any event, uh, I mentioned that
my grandmother came here in the 20s. The Depiro family came here a bit earlier. I think it was closer to 1905. Um, and they at one point owned this property uh, early on in the 20th century. And it changed hands. And then
uh Beth and Charles Dur were lucky enough to purchase it in 1985. And they reside there and they raised two of their children there. And uh and there's a like I said that's the single family home, the larger uh lot. There's also,
as I mentioned, the two family home where uh Charles uh Charles's mother lives, Bett's mother-in-law, and they also have a tenant uh in that home. So I ra I bring all this history up to you
tonight just to talk about what drives or what's driving this application and it's about family and it's the desire for the Diuros to have their son Jonathan come home. He has some health issues which we'll talk about and uh that's what the driving force behind this
application is. It's it's about family. It's not about flipping property or earning earning a buck so to speak. It's about family. So to that end, I'd like to call Beth. Beth, if you would, >> I could swear again quickly. >> Sure. >> If you could raise your right hand, you
swear the testimony going to provide us the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. >> I do. >> If you could state your name, spell your last name, and give us your address, please, for the record. Beth Depiro, 404 Spotswood, Gravel Hill Road, Monroe Township. >> Beth, good evening. Just to confirm, are
you the owner of the properties uh that are the subject of this application? >> Yes, I am. >> Okay. And when did you purchase these properties? >> 1985. >> Okay. Uh let's discuss the current occupants of the lot. Who lives on the larger lot in the single family home?
>> Charlie and I. Okay. there. >> Uh, and your children no longer live there. Correct. >> Correct. >> And where does your daughter live? >> She lives in Monroe Township on Fernhead Avenue. >> Uh, how far away from you guys? >> Mile and a half. Okay. >> Two miles. I'm not exact. Very close.
>> Oh, fair enough. And your son Jonathan, where does he reside? >> He lives on Avenue D in the Alp section. >> And how far is that from you guys? >> About a mile. >> Okay. And who lives in the two family home on the smaller lot? My mother-in-law resides in the dwelling on the bottom and we rent the upstairs
apartment. >> And Beth, as I said in my my brief opening, your wishes for the family, particularly Jonathan, um to remain tight-knit with you guys, not only emotionally, but geographically. So, just if you would explain to the board
exactly why we're here tonight. >> Well, we would love for Jonathan to live closer to us. Um he has had health problems in the past starting when he was in college in New York City and it's
just easier with his progression of his illness. It's easier for him to be home. He lost the eyesight in one eye and he is battling to keep the eyesight in his second eye. So with him being closer,
it's easier for us to run over when he needs us. and vice versa, he comes to help us. And with his grandmother living while hopefully living behind him, he can help out in her case with her being 85 years old. We're just running all
over taking care of each other. But that's what we are. We are a family-based family. Family is very important to us. So the assumption is if the board were to approve the application that Jonathan would move from out to
>> to in front of my mother-in-law's house. >> Yes. Okay. >> Uh just a couple of other questions that were raised in some of the reports. Um there's an existing uh driveway easement uh which we're retooling a bit again assuming if the board acts favorably.
Is it your testimony that you and and Charles would take responsibility for that easement? Yes, definitely. >> Maintenance, insurance, etc. >> Exactly. >> Okay. Okay. >> Keeping it paved, keeping it clean. Yes. >> And on that note, the driveways will be asphalt.
>> Yes. >> Okay. And you agree to construct whatever roadway improvements that might be required, whether it's curb, sidewalk, road widening uh on Gravel Hill Road. Correct? >> Yes. >> Okay. >> Mr. Chairman, nothing further from Mr. Bureau.
>> Please continue with your witnesses. >> Sure. >> Thank you. Thank you for >> if you would. >> Next witness, Mr. Chairman, is Jonathan Diro, the applicant. >> If you could raise your right hand, do you swear the testimony you're going to provide is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but truth? >> Yes.
>> If you could state your name and give us your address for the record, please. >> Sure. Jonathan Deiro. Uh, just my last name. Spell it. >> You don't need to spell it, obviously. P I E R O 20 Avenue D country, New Jersey 080. >> Jonathan, good evening. How are you? >> Good evening. How are you?
>> Good. Good. >> Jonathan, where do you reside? >> Uh 20 Avenue D in Altult Monro Township. >> Okay. And how long have you been a resident uh of Monroe Township? >> Uh almost my entire life. I'm 37 years old. For the first 18 years of my life,
I lived in Monroe. I graduated from Monroe Township High School. I moved to Brooklyn and a little bit in Manhattan for school and then back to Monroe for five years and then Bridgewwater for five years and then back in Monroe now.
So like 28 of my 37 years of being here. >> Jonathan, explain to the board the nature of your health issues. >> Yeah. Um little tough to talk about. Um, yeah, it's >> I have a disease called bilateral uvitis
and uh glaucoma in both of my eyes. Uh, it started out in college. It's uh autoimmune pretty much what they told me. They have no idea what started it. Um, I have no vision in my right eye. I lost complete vision uh one night and I I try
very very hard uh to keep the vision in my left eye you know strong enough to work do video production and animation for a job. So, I rely a lot uh on my good eye, uh my doctor who's the best in the country, um who calls it the
billion-dollar eye, and uh yeah, I do everything I can to keep this vision. >> Jonathan, ideally, if the board were to uh approve the application, how would things be better for you health-wise or just from a lifestyle perspective if you were
closer to your family? Um, I mean, I've lived I haven't lived super far from my family, but when I did getting to the doctors is is really really tough. I I can drive myself there, but I can't drive myself home after they dilate my my one good eye. I'm constantly getting procedures. I mean, having my family
around is I can't speak for everybody, but I mean, I have incredible parents, the best parents, and I love living near them. I've always loved living there. uh and to to be able to to keep living there or to build a h to build a home and live there with my family would be
that's the ultimate goal. That's what I really want. >> And without tying you down to a certain size, we're thinking that the home would be approximately be one story. >> Yeah. And that's the uh it's easier for me. I live I've lived in a townhouse
before. The house I live in now is a one floor ranch. I would probably just like to keep it that way. Uh it's easier and I have no no issues. >> Does that size does avoiding a second floor is that part of your health uh concerns or health issues.
>> Yeah. And also I mean uh no spring chicken anymore so I don't want to keep going up and downstairs. I like having one floor. >> Fair enough. Anything else you want might want to add to the board, Jonathan? I >> um No, this is uh this is very important to me and uh I'm I'm very I'm very new
to this whole process and and how this stuff works. Um, and I just want to say thank you for your time and for doing this. I know this is very important. Uh, this is very important to me and my family. I would love to be close to them. I would love to remain close to my sister. Um, and yeah, I just have uh
very deep roots here and I would love to continue living in this town. Uh, Mr. Chairman and uh, everybody else. Thank you very much. Note, >> I have nothing further for Mr. Diab. >> That's fine. We'll wait till the end. >> Sure. Thank you, Mr. Chapman. My next
witness is the project engineer. He's actually uh he's pinch hitting tonight for Matthew Willard. Uh it's Patrick Lei. >> Patrick, do you have the testimony you're going to provide is the truth, all truth, and nothing but the truth? I do. >> If you could state your name, spell your
last name, and give us your address, please. >> Uh Patrick Lisi, L A U D I SI. It's 137 Central A in Island Heights, New Jersey. Patrick on the easel. I'm sorry. Um, do >> you want to move that a little closer? >> No, no, no. Actually, let's go through
your uh plans you guys have. >> Give the board the benefit of your uh of your CV. >> Oh, sure. Uh, I'm a graduate of NJIT with a bachelor in civil engineering and I am a licensed professional engineer. My license is in good stand. >> And you've been an engineer for how long? >> Uh, 10 years, licensed for six.
>> And have you had occasion to testify before planning and zoning boards? >> Yes, but not my uh this is my first time in front of him. Rob, >> well, Mr. the total will accept his >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate that. >> Sure, Patrick. Uh, go right ahead and just give the board the benefit of your engineering testimony. >> Sure.
>> Um, as stated, this application is seeking minor subdivision approval on the subject site. Block 76, lots 7.03 and 7.06, also known as 404 and 406 Spotswood Gravel Hill Road. Uh, existing lot 7.06 is an 8.638 638 acre site and
contains existing single family residence with accessory structures. Existing lot 7.03 is a 1.158 acre site and contains an existing two family residence as discussed. Um both lots reside within the R30 residential zone of the township of Monroe. There are no
known easements, deed restrictions, or covenants associated with the subject property. And there is an existing uh wooden split rail fence within the township right of way to remain, but it will need to be modified in the future to accommodate the proposed driveway servicing the the new building to be
constructed. Um, proposed lot 7.07, as shown on our plan, is 8.250 acres and contains the existing single family structure from existing lot 7.06. Proposed lot 7.05
is 0.856 acres and contains the existing two family residence from existing lot 7.03 and then proposed lot 7.04 which we're creating is 0.690 acres and will contain that single family residence that we were discussing. Uh we are
requesting the following variances which we have a planner we will provide testimony for uh lot width where 150 ft is required and 31.9 ft are provided for both proposed lot 7.0 5 and 7.07. Lot frontage, same deal, 150 ft required,
31.9 ft provided for both lots 7.05 and 7.07. And lot depth, where 200 ft is required and 170.83 ft is provided for proposed lot 7.04. Um the April 23rd, 2026 review letter
calls out a minimum buffer width from right-of-way variance for proposed lot 7.04, 104 which is the one that we're going to be building in the future where 60 ft is required and 51.0 ft is provided. It's important to note that the uh depicted proposed structure was intended to represent a compliant
placeholder building footprint to be developed at a later date and the bufferwood variant was essentially created in error. We just put it in the wrong spot. We just need to shift it back 10 feet or 9 feet from where we show it. Um any approvals required by the development on proposed lot 7.04 04 will be addressed during the plot plan
and permitting stage of that development in the future. Uh proposed lot 7.05 also has an existing nonconformity for sideyard setback where 20 ft is required and 13.7 ft exists which is to remain unchanged.
Uh as discussed again kind of getting over a little bit here but as it sits the two existing principal structures are served by a shared driveway which is proposed to be modified. The proposed shared driveway provides access to uh to proposed lot 7.07 and 7.05 and has three
separate access easements to facilitate that access. Uh we represent easement A as 3,610 square ft, easement B is 2792 ft and easement C is 1568 ft.
The total asphalt impervious coverage preconstruction serving the two existing structures is two uh 26,91 square ft total. And the total asphalt impervious coverage post construction serving the two existing structures is 26,394.
So it represents a very slight reduction about 2%. Now that does not count the driveway for lot 7.04. It's just meant to uh depict essentially what's there now versus what would there after the fact for the existing two structures and representing
a slight reduction. Um the engineers letter ref or I'm sorry the planners letter actually uh references trees that are to be removed. We will locate the trees to be removed in the field and notate them on the plans as well as a result of the modified driveway layout. And obviously if a tree removal permit is required, it
will be obtained prior to the removal of those trees. Uh, one other concern was for a uh, NJ LOI, a letter of interpretation. Uh, we filed a determination request with the D in December of 2025 and we actually got
the response this morning, date stamp today, uh, stating that the Division of Land Resource Protection determined that freshwater, wetlands, and waters are not present on our subject lot, nor does any part of the subject lot occur within a transition area or buffer. I do want to
note that our plans originally called out a small area on lot 7.06 which will then become pro uh proposed lot 7.07 where we had some wetlands flagged. However, it normally the DP tells you you don't have enough wetlands. In this
case, they disagreed with us and said there isn't any. That's not correct. This is just essentially state open waters which means there is no um associated buffer with that because it is a man-made structure. It's not a a natural body of water.
And that serves no stormwater management purpose either. >> No, no, it does not. >> Okay. Um, moving to the engineers and planners letters. Outside of what I've already mentioned, uh, we take no exception to the items requested in those letters. Uh, we shall provide a
updated grading plan for proposed lot 7.05 and 7.07 07 to show proper drainage for that driveway as well as the entire proposed curb and sidewalk area along the frontage of the roadway showing proposed drainage patterns to ensure that the revised and previous coverage does not cause drainage issues on
adjacent lots. Copies of that uh approved letter of interpretation from the D will be provided during the resubmitt and the plans will be updated and corrected in accordance with the board engineers comments. All necessary outside agency approvals will be provided as part of
resolution compliance should the board vote favorably on the project. And that's pretty much all I got. >> I have nothing further for Mr. Leisi. Mr. German, >> the man we've all been waiting for.
Thank you, Patrick. I appreciate that. >> Thank you, everybody. >> Thank you. Do you swear the testimony you're going to provide is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? >> I do. >> If you could state your name, spell your last name, and give us your address, please. >> Yes. My name is Mark A. Rem. Last name
spelled R E MSA. Address is 10 Dubberry Court, Mount Laurel, New Jersey. >> Weak. Good. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mark, before you get started, I just want a point of clarification. Early on in the process, there was some confusion about the
proposed uh residence uh on Grahole Road. Um it's a single family home, not a two family home. Correct. >> Uh the proposed dwelling is a single family and of course the primary residence at the rear is single family, but there is that older home, the two
family uh from 1895 uh in the sort of the middle of the property. Correct. Yes, that's the that's the older older home is the um existing two family. >> Okay. Give the board if you would, Mark, the benefit of your planning testimony. >> Yes. Uh good evening board, board
members, board professionals, and members of the public. Um I'm going to just briefly touch on the uh existing property and then I'm going to progress into um the the proofs. Um so the
property uh which is uh block 76 lots 7.03 and 7.06 um there are uh relatively large uh parcels of land uh in comparison to the R30 zone in which they're located and
are also um irregularly shaped. As you can see on the drawing um that's um uh to my left. Uh that's the uh plans that were submitted um as part of the application package and you can see the
uh irregular shape of the property. Um and then to the north uh there are uh single family dwellings. Uh to the east more single family dwellings and and um uh woodlands. Uh to the south is a single family dwellings. And then to the
west across uh uh Spotswood Gravel Hill Road uh was the former Garvey's restaurant which is now uh proposed township open space. So gives you an idea of what the nature of the surrounding area is residential in
nature. And um uh the proposed all all three proposed lots will comply with the minimum lot area requirements uh of the R30 zone. Um, as a matter of fact, the
uh new new lot uh uh that will face along the um Spotswood Gravel Hill Road uh that will be uh a little over 30,000 square ft which will be compliant. And then the uh two two family uh will have a little over 37,000 square ft and the
uh one where uh Charlie and his wife reside uh that that will have almost 360,000 square ft. Um and as uh uh the engineer described, uh access to those two existing dwellings is through an existing common driveway that's
essentially uh going to to remain uh uh providing that access. Um so we do have some um uh variances associated with this application and uh the principally uh
they they deal with the um uh two existing lots cuz we're going to be creating um uh essentially uh two flag lots uh with with that common driveway. And so the um uh and also the the two
family home uh even though it's on a larger lot right now, it will be reduced in size and that's what triggers the um uh use variances why we're in front of this board. Uh so the the minimum lot widths are required to be 150 ft. Um and
uh the uh proposed lot widths for both proposed lot 7.05 and 06 will be 31.9 ft. Um the minimum lot frontage same things 150 ft required and we have the
same lot frontages of 31.9 ft for both proposed lots. And then the uh the lot depth uh this pertains to the um uh uh new lot uh where the new home will be is required to be 200 uh feet deep and it's
only 170.8 ft deep. Uh but that that particular lot will have the house fronting on Spotswood Gravel Hill Road with access uh to the same road. >> It will not share the driveway. Correct. >> Will not be shared driveway. It will be um the norm, if you will, that's
expected in in Monroe Township where the roads will uh the homes will have access directly from uh the the adjoining road with a driveway. And then we have an existing uh uh non-compliance and that's
the minimum sideyard uh for the um uh existing lot 7.05 where the um two family is. So looking at this um I'm going to be talking uh about the um uh um use
variance aspect first. And so in in my opinion, there's positive uh uh uh uh criteria that can be met. Uh in terms of the special reasons, I'm going to talk about NJSA40 55D-2. I'm going to give you the small letter
and I'm going to um paraphrase the uh the purpose of the municipal annual law that I believe this application will uh promote. So the first one is uh to provide is C to provide adequate light, air and open
space. And in this instance uh all of the proposed lots will comply with the minimum lot area and all of the minimum uh sideyard uh rear yard and um uh front yard setbacks except for the existing
home which cannot be changed uh the existing two family home. So in that case, adequate air light and open space will be provided around all of the um proposed uh uh the existing homes and the uh proposed home on the proposed
lots. Next one is G to provide sufficient space and appropriate locations for a variety of land uses. In this case, it's residential uh land use. And so we have an existing condition where we have two existing residential
dwellings. Um, one is a two family. It's been there uh for for over I guess over overund 130 years. And then we have the uh other one uh home that's tucked in farther in the back uh with an existing
um single family home. And then on the proposed lot that fronts along spots with Gravel Hill Road, uh the uh ordinance contemplates detached single family homes on 30,000 square foot lots. And so we're providing that um I that would be to provide a
desirable visual the vis desirable visual environment. Uh I essentially this is a a lovely treat and landscape property. Um um we're going to be maintaining all of those trees except for the spot where
the the new home will be built. And so, uh, I believe that, uh, situating that new home, uh, on the, uh, uh, new lot facing along Spotswood, uh, Gravelhood Road, uh, will be in keeping with, uh,
the character that's in in the, uh, in the neighborhood of the surrounding existing homes. Um so the next one is J and that is to um uh uh prevent urban sprawl and the degradation of the
environment. And in this case um uh th this uh uh portion of the property where the new home will be next to this uh to the two family home. I believe that uh uh it it's sort of a infill type of development and would have the proper uh
use of land and uh and the fact that the two family home would be on a slightly smaller lot uh I believe there will not be any uh significant detriment caused by that at all. Uh and then M that's for the uh more efficient use of land and
the same uh discussion is uh about using an oversized parcel of land and providing an additional lot and and certainly many times uh less uh many times less in terms of the the the
permitted density that's on the uh permitted in the R30 zone. And then finally a and that's pro to encourage municipal action to provide uh uh appropriate uses uh to promote the health safety public uh public health
safety morals and general welfare and I believe that given all the prior uh purposes being promoted uh we will certainly achieve that as well. Site suitability that's the other part of the positive uh criteria test. Um so and I
apologize for being redundant but the property is currently used as a two and one family uh uh dwellings. It can easily accommodate the additional lot. Um the uh single family home uh can be easily built on that uh uh new parcel of
land without causing any detriment to the uh uh two family home. uh we have a unique situation here uh where the two homes that exist are already served by uh a shared driveway and in in essence that's not changing so
that the property can continue to support that. Um the average lot area uh I is uh many times uh uh uh greater the average lot area uh which turns out to be 142,000 square ft if you average them
all together and the minimum lot area in the R30 zone is 3 30,000 square ft and again uh in terms of density uh this piece of property uh will provide an average density of 0.4 four dwelling units per acre where the R30 zone uh
permits up to one almost 1.5 dwelling units per acre and so uh and again the it's served by uh utilities uh and again the new home will also be served by new utilities uh same existing utilities.
So turning to the substantial detriment to the public good. This is part of the negative criteria. We have to examine what this proposal will have any detrimental effect on surrounding properties. I see no detrimental effect to the uh uh
uh maintaining the two family home and the single family home and adding an additional one family home that is compatible with the homes that already exist to the north. I see no uh detriment at all. acrewing uh to the residents that are way far away from the
property to the east uh and to the south. Again, I see no detriment because the um uh uh new home that will be on Spotswood Gravel Hill Road will be of similar character and size uh of of the surrounding homes. And then to the west,
I see no detriment to the proposed open space uh uh across the the the roadway. And then finally, uh, looking at does this cause any substantial impairment of the intent and purpose of the zone plan
and and zoning ordinance. Um, I I I do not because the master plan calls out for this property to be R30 type of of zoning. Uh, and the zone plan calls for RT type uh zoning. Again, the densities that are proposed are well below what's
contemplated in the master plan and shown uh and required in the uh zoning ordinance. Um now in terms of um the uh the uh variance for the lot widths uh frontage and lot depth um it's a
combination of um of of C1 hardship in terms of relationship of the new lot that's uh going to be next to the single family home lot. Um that single family uh that I'm sorry the two family home lot that's fixed. We cannot move that
two family home. And so the area that's in front of that going towards Spotswood Gravel Hill Road um is the amount of area that uh can be developed. Even though it's 30 over 30,000 square ft,
we're just short on the um u the the lot depth. Now, in terms of the flexible sea, uh we're we're creating the the two narrow uh stems, if you will, where they're a little over 30, uh feet each in lot
width and a lot frontage. Uh that's an existing condition that we're trying to um provide uh uh adequate road frontage touching touching upon spots with gravel road. Even though it's an unusual uh um uh shape and arrangement of of the lot
lines, what's essentially happening is that um we're still maintaining that u uh shared driveway and then those stems will have uh the easements uh to provide the the future access uh rights uh to
those two new lots. So in summary, I I believe the uh use variance as well as those uh bulk variances can be uh granted uh for this application. >> Okay. Thank you, Mark. And Mark, no objection to any of the
professional letters. We can comply. >> No objection at all. >> Okay. Uh Mr. Chairman, nothing further for Mr. Ramsey. >> Thank you, Mr. Total. Mr. Christopher, you're up. >> Now it's on. Okay. First of all, make a
point of clarification. Our letter we sent out April 23rd last week. Due to that a little bit of confusion in the way the application was initially filed, we weren't clear if the new house was going to be a two family or a single family. They've made abundantly clear now it's going to be a single family. So any reference in my letter to a D1 use
variance that you can strike that that that doesn't apply. The actual the use variance that Mark is talking about is a D2 variance for an expansion of a non-conforming use. And in that case, the non-conforming use is the two family house. So when you hear use variance, you're usually thinking of something
completely not permitted in the zone. What we're talking about tonight is simply an existing home that has two dwellings within the home where only single family homes are permitted. So the actual use variance, the devariance here is just because the lot size of the existing two family home is shrinking in size. And even though it's not really an
intensification of that use, which is what would typically trigger a D2 variance, they're not expanding it under case law by just simply reducing the lot size is considered an intensification of the use and therefore a a D2 variance is required. I have no objection to the testimony provided by any of the
witnesses tonight. Um the bulk variances are are relatively minor in my opinion. It's it's for uh essentially for flag lots. the lot frontage is doesn't meet the minimum required, but otherwise the lots are more than sufficient in size. Uh the newly created lot uh fully
conforms to the code other than the lot depth. Uh they've eliminated one of the variances I was going to ask about if they could move the house back a little bit just looks like about 8 ft. They'd meet the buffer requirement as well and they they've already agreed to do that before I even had to ask. Um,
yeah, half of my letter doesn't doesn't even apply anymore since they don't need a D1 use variance. And the actual bulk variances are either for an existing condition or just for those flag stem portions of the lots that don't meet the the minimum lot width requirements. But otherwise, this is residential dwelling
units in a residential zone where they meet the overall net density more than meeted actually. And in my in my opinion, the actual variances being sought here are relatively minor. And I don't see any significant impact from the essentially reconfiguration of the lot pattern here for the existing two
family dwelling, which is what which is what triggers them coming before this board rather than going to the planning board for a minor subdivision. >> Thank you, Chris. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. They have already agreed to meet the comments in my February 16th, 2026
review letter. Couple additional items. Uh propose lots 7.04. Uh suggest I suggest a K turnaround for the driveway. Um this is a busy road to make it safer for backing out of the driveway to be able to provide a K
turnaround so they could pull straight out. Um agreed. No problem. And I might have missed it in your testimony with regard to the fence that's existing along the the in the rightway along the frontage. Is that
fence being removed? >> We're proposing for it to remain. I'll we'll have to make a modification to it to accommodate the driveway for lot 7.04, but I don't believe that they have an objection to removing it entirely. >> No objection removing it entirely if requested, but we're we're asking for it
to stay. >> Okay. Leave it up to the board. >> If it's going to stay, we need some, you know, a little more information and I'd have to defer back to our planner because it is in the right away. But, uh, you know, height and just information. >> We'll remove it. >> Get rid of it. >> Yeah. Yeah. It's not necessary.
>> Um, the next item, it was uh Oh, there's uh street lighting proposed now under this revised plan. Um, I don't I don't have any existing street light information provided on the plan uh in that area. So, if you're proposing the street
lights, then you just need to see what lighting's in the area across the street, how far the next fixtures are. Additionally, the proposed uh street light need to uh meet the uh JCPNL uh approved street lighting for Monroe Township, and there's a street light
contribution agreement that would be provided to have those uh Cobrahead fixtures installed. >> That's fine. No problem. >> And that's in accordance with our uh township requirements. And the last thing, um, I believe it was noted in your review
letter or in your response letter that the, uh, deeds would be filed by subdivision map. Are you going to file by deed or you're going to file by subdivision map? >> I I think by map. >> Okay. If you file by map, the map needs to be updated to meet the New Jersey
state map filing laws. And uh and again, if you're doing it by map, then uh the maintenance responsibility for the easement should be noted on the map >> in the notes. >> And if you do it by deed, it would be in the deed. >> Understood. >> Uh but again, if you're doing it by map, uh this needs to be updated to meet the
map filing law. >> Fair enough. >> That that's my comment. >> Thank you, Mark. Any board members have any questions pertaining to this application? >> Seeing there's none, I will open this up to the public. Anyone from the public
wishing to speak on this particular application, please come forward. Seeing there's none, I need a motion to close the public portion. Do I have a motion? >> Motion. >> Second. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. Board members, you have an
application in front of you for a minor subdivision. You heard our professionals. You heard the testimony. We need to put it to a vote. Do I have a motion to approve or deny? I'll make a motion to approve under the stipulation the applicant adheres to our
professionals requests. I'll >> second it. >> Madam Secretary, roll call, please. >> Mr. Masters, >> yes. >> Mr. Lup, >> yes. >> Mr. Tanzy, >> yes. >> Mr. Jaffy, >> yes. >> Mr. Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Jadis, >> yes. >> Chairman Latada. >> Yes. >> Thank you.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman and members of the board. We appreciate >> You're welcome. Yeah. >> Walter, are you using the same stenograph for the next? Okay, we're going to give her five minutes. >> Absolutely. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. >> We're going to get cramps. All right.
Angel. Next application is BA-5092-14. Excuse me if I pronounce it wrong. Jakee M. Fernandez LLC. >> That is correct, Mr. Chairman. >> Dismissed. Let's go. Walter Toto on behalf of Joke Fernandez
LLC that's the holding company uh the owner of the property and the the operator proposed operator is Fernandez uh construction and uh I have one of the principles of the company the principal of the company Paul Fernandez uh here to testify tonight. Tonight we're seeking
uh use variance uh and preliminary uh major site plan approval. We are not seeking final tonight uh in accordance with uh this board's uh typical protocol with regard to site plans. Um I have Sharif Ali as our project engineer uh
and Mark Remaha as our planner uh in in 2004 2006 and 2008 uh Star of the Sea Concrete uh received approval from this board for a much more ambitious project on this site. more
parking, larger building. Uh we're pairing that down and it's significantly reduced. Nonetheless, we still require a use variance. Uh this type of office and uh storage of construction material and and parking uh construction vehicles is
not premiered in the zone and that that's what's triggering uh the use variance. So, Mr. Chairman and members of the board, I'll call my first witness, Paul Fernandez. >> Thank you. Sir, if I could swear you in quickly, if you could raise your right hand for me. Do you swear the testimony you're going
to provide is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? Yes. >> If you could state your name, spell your last name, and give us your address for the record. And please try to speak into the microphone. That makes everyone happy. >> Hi, my first name is Joim Fernandez. Feels
own Fernandez LLC and also Fernandez Construction, Inc. Um, and my address is 25 Sungate Drive, Monroe. Paul, how long have you lived in mind if I call you? I know that's my name. That's my middle name. 25 years. So, um Paul, where do you uh uh how long have
you resided in Monroe Township? >> Uh since 2017. >> And your current business operations are where? >> Uh right now, uh most most of our work is down south Mammoth County, uh like Bradley Beach, Ocean Township, all of
those towns. That's where we've been and we store our equipment down there. But I would like to move up this way because I live in town >> and uh you know I'd like to be you know >> like to work in town. It's like working in your backyard, you know. So that
would that's the intent here. >> Well, do uh how many employees do you have? >> We we're about 20 20 employees. >> Okay. A lot of them from the area from Monroe. >> Some of them. Yes. Majority from South River, but >> Okay. And the proposal is to keep that number of employees Yes. at 20.
>> Yes. >> Okay. How about hours and days of operation? >> So, normally um uh during the working season, which is like um March 15th to uh December 15th, uh most of our stuff
is always out. The guys don't even go to the yard. They would just they just go straight to the job. So, there's there's very little movement, you know, on this specific property. Uh it only gets a little busier during the winter time. just do a little maintenance, you know,
and get ready for the next season. But during the during the summer, maybe one or two people there, you know, just doing regular maintenance and stuff. >> Well, I've gotten a bit ahead of myself here. Describe for the board exactly what it is that you do. What is what is your >> So, basically, you know, we are a
concrete/paving company. We do uh we we're very heavily uh um pretty much like 99% of our work, it's all municipal jobs. uh we only work for for uh so we are a union company um and um we've been
doing pretty good you know um that's we do what we like to do and I'd like to keep it that way but again I'd like to come up this way a little bit cuz you know after a while driving an hour you know each way to go to work it'd be nice to kind of plus you know I like this town I'd like to do a little more for it
you know I do own a couple properties in this town so Um, it would be nice to get this approval and to kind of keep things where they should be. >> Well, let's talk about proposed operations on site. Is there on-site
fueling of the vehicles? >> There's no fueling on site. >> Okay. >> Where does that occur? >> So, usually what we do, we have pickup trucks with diesel tanks. So, they usually go to the nearest gas stations. >> Okay. to pump the diesel because it's
not feasible to have uh fiveman crews put just go to the yard to pump yeah 100 gallons of diesel >> understood they could do the job >> and with regard to repairs or maintenance of the vehicles is that occurring on site and if so what's the extent or the nature of of those
>> so normally you know like uh in the winter time we would do just the regular maintenance which it would be done inside of the building not outside inside and we're usually very careful with for instance like the old oil goes in the container and then the company picks it up. So, we're very thorough as
far as plus it's my property. I don't want to contaminate it because if I want to sell it understood, >> you know, that's one of those things that I'm very big with that. >> Let's talk about the types of materials that you intend to have on >> materials is not going to be anything
major because we normally pick up the material and take it straight to the job. So it would probably be a couple couple of three/ quarter clean stones, some Belgian block, things like that that you like to have handy in case if you got an emergency to do over the weekend or whatnot. >> And what's the intention with regard to
vehicles? Describe for the board. Well, so the vehicles will be more like stored there during the the the slow season, which will be the winter time, you know, like three or four pickup trucks, uh, six, it says here, seven dump trucks, two pavers, um,
milling machine, two excavators, things like that of that nature. >> So, in the in the busy season, which again is mid-March, >> everything is out mid-March until November. >> Yeah. Everything is out. >> Everything is out. >> Okay. Um and again so no major repairs
are occurring on site and everything that's happening is happening inside. >> Yes. Yes. There's no I mean and the guys they don't like to be you know like working on top of dirt or or stone. They want they want a nice flat surface which would be inside of the building. That's
the intention here. >> Understood. How about deliveries? How often and what types of >> There's not many there's not many deliveries, you know, other than maybe, you know, uh just UPS or something, you know, parts that we order for the to fix something, but other than that, it's,
you know, I mean, it it's really it's it's really a lowkey company. It's not going to grow much more because I'm I'm okay with the way it is. And uh and it's I can tell you this that I know there's I have a neighbor across the street.
He's got a company. I'll make I'll do a lot less noise and everything else because, you know, I'm I'm more like I work more like outside and and I spend a month or two on the same job, you know. So, >> understood. Now, we're proposing a 5,000
foot office. So, how many employees would be in the office on a daily basis? >> Well, it's not office. Technically, it's a flex space. It's Yes. So, it's just going to be two probably two or three at the most on a daily basis if that. So, >> okay, Mr. Mr. Chairman, I have nothing further for Mr. Fernandez.
>> Thank you. Bring your first professional up, please. >> Sure. Share. >> You're good. >> There you go. Do you swear the testimony? You're going to provide us the truth, all truth, and nothing but the truth. How you doing? If you could state your name, spell your last name, and give us
your address for the record, please. >> Uh, Sheree Ali, A L Y, 757 Richwood Avenue, North Brunswick. >> Is Sheree still qualified from the first application? >> Yeah, we'll accept his We'll accept his
credential. All right. Um, >> fire away, Sharief. >> Yeah. Uh, so you heard that we on uh 12 Union Hill Road. Uh, so Union Hill Road. Um, if
you're traveling is, uh, coming into Monroe, you be coming from Marorrow, uh, Manalbin area. So that's Union. Uh, her road is one of the gateways into Monroe. Uh this site here, it's about uh little
bit shy of 11 acres. Uh mostly wooded as you see uh all the green on the exhibits. >> Call this A1. >> Yes. >> Perfect. >> Thank you, Peter. >> And Mr. Ali, if you could just describe what A1 is.
>> Uh so A1 is the site plan, a color site plan. Uh uh so so as you're coming from uh Manalbin, we're on the border with Manalbin uh on Union Hill Road. Uh
across the street will be Pursua. You approve this application. It's the same pretty much application uh contractor site that is across the street. We the second lot is you coming in tomorrow. Um
most of the lot uh it's an L-shaped lot uh and mostly wooded uh environmentally sensitive area pretty much uh all over the site between the uh wetlands and uh flood hazard as well as the buffer that
uh goes along with both of them. It's only tiny area that as you see on the color map that is outside uh the wetlands and the uh flood hazard area. Uh to the west of us uh is the gun club. Everybody knows where is the gun club
there. And as you proceed and you come to Englishtown road, you will see Franklin Plaza on the same side as us. So uh that is as far as the location uh the acreage on site and we happen to be a NC zone the neighborhood commercial uh
zone uh what you see out there if you been out there you will see there is a gate it's a gated uh site and you will see a long driveway long gravel driveway uh there is no improvement on the existing roadway uh and uh what's out
there too is uh a shelter Uh it's about 1,500 square ft. There is no walls, just a shelter. Uh actually there is two two walls on the side, right? Yeah. Uh so that's that's what's out there. Uh there is no water in the
area. There is no Monroe water at all on Union Hill Road there. Uh and as well as there is no sewer. So this is one of the areas that's been kind of like pushed to the side for a while there. So hopefully we'll have so motor water soon in this area. Uh so again, you know, this is a
gateway into Monroe and we would like to improve the area. It's just like you approved Pursusa and you uh the gun club and they look much better with the landscaping and everything as it coming uh from an albin area. Uh the proposal you heard that it's 5,000 square ft.
There is no office probably just a small room uh let's call it gathering room for the three employees. uh is going to be uh along with that uh eight parking spaces. What's required by ordinance is six. We have um I hope I'm right. Uh
yes, six is required by ordinance and we will have uh eight spaces. Uh one of them will be typical ADA space with the striping. The spaces will be 9 by8 typical 9 by8 ordinance again that
requires 10 by 20. We all know that. Um so that will be uh a variance along with the uh proposal to uh the building. We're going to have five uh 30x30 uh at max 8 ft high uh construction
pins. And you heard um our client uh Paul is talking about is just whatever is left from the site or some for the reason of just emergency reason if they need some of the materials to be uh installed somewhere. Uh so we're not
talking about a lot of activities. We're talking about only three employees that at max that will be on site. Uh so we have very very low traffic generated site here and the reason for that it uh the reason I mentioned that that because
we would like to get a traffic waiver on one of the items in the injuries report. Um so that's pretty much it as far as the site uh the bulk requirement in the NC zone. None of them have been
violated. We comply with all the bulk requirement. I give you an idea. So the building coverage required in the NC zone is 30%. We only have like 1%. Uh the impreous coverage required in the
uh NC zone is 60%. We only have about 18% and most of that 18% is already on site. So uh with that said um we'll have a well we'll have a septic. The area for
the septic is already been tested by the uh uh the county and uh there is no issue there. Uh we have about uh five uh six variances uh to go along with that along with the use. The
use is one and then I mentioned the 9 by8 the parking spaces uh where 10x 20 is required. We also have a small freestanding sign that will be just an ID sign for the facility here. Again, we're not inviting public here. So, this
is just if UBS decided to come to the site that it's just an ID sign. Uh it's about 20 square ft uh and will meet the all the requirement uh for a typical uh zone in uh in in Monroe would be the
commercial zone. uh however that there is a variance required for the sign because the NC zone for whatever reason the ordinance is not allowing a sign in an NC zone even though that we have a lot of retails in the NC zone but that is uh a variance
and then we have also uh the typical uh 60 ft buffer uh that is required along any existing roadways that's another variance uh we will we shy of that 60 on one side of the roadway we have that 60
ft of the driveway we have the 60 ft the other side we have a septic and that's the only area that we can have a septic in that area uh so uh we went from 60 to 29 the site is wooded like to keep the
woods uh unless that you want us to remove the woods and put a burm and comply with the ordinance so uh that part of the burm landscape burm also it is a variance and uh the other two
famous uh variances or design waiver is a building to be 30 ft from the parking area. We have six uh this is a construction uh uh flux building. Um and the other one is the driveways. Uh we
every application asks for this variance here in town. uh where is allowed 35 ft we have 115 ft opening for a driveway with radi point of tension to the other side radi point of tangent. So this is the
variances and and I'm pretty sure Mr. R uh Mr. Ramsa will be addressing all of the variances. So I believe I covered all the engineering the bulk requirement the existing condition and uh what we are proposing on site >> shar how about the building height
what's proposed >> the the building here you go >> 45 is permitted correct >> no that's the NC zone 35 >> NC 35 >> okayed
>> so this type of ball barns or frame buildings. They don't do not exceed 28 ft. So this is what the building is going to look like. >> That includes the peak share.
>> Yes. So A2 and what I see here the height of this here let's say 9 and 9 is 18 ft. So I said 28 ft at max.
So we'll comply with the height. We have no problem with the height. Uh and Yep. >> Chief, what about uh any other waiverss environmental impact statement? I know you mentioned traffic.
>> Yes. So uh in the engineers report uh we have a number of items will comply with all the items. Um and we have an item on page
is P page three you're not numbered but uh page yeah uh let me get so will be 14E uh an environment impact statement needs
to be provided you heard me saying that we've been before the state for a letter of interpretation And we have that we have a flood hazard. Uh we only limit it to uh let's call it for the lack of better word the upland
area. We will appear before the environment commission that would like to ask for a waiver on the environment impact statement. Uh that is another waiver that would like to have and you heard me before asking for a waiver on a
traffic study since we only have three employees. uh uh at max in one day uh I heard uh Paul our client talking about maximum of 20 people in the company but they're not going to be there on site uh
so this is a very low traffic uh generated site and this is item 14G a traffic study that would like to get a waiver on that too >> shar I need you to to address or confirm
or clarify uh in Mr. Dne's report on page two with regard to uh the zone zone X zone AE um Mr. Doy calls out the FEMA uh national flood hazard layer. Can you uh shed some light on that?
>> Yeah, I think I already did. So, uh 2023 the state added 3 ft on top of FEMA. So whatever female elevation you pick up add there online you add another three feet. So
and uh we're required uh as we as engineer producing site plan to go to the state and get flood verification which is pretty much equivalent to what we call a letter of interpretation for wetlands. So that is already been secured by the state. >> Okay.
>> That will address that total paragraph. So we don't follow FEMA anymore. Uh so we follow flood verification. >> Is that good enough? >> That's fine. Yes. Thank you. >> Okay. >> Anything else? And the septic's been
approved. You said, right? >> Uh the the septic uh the pl preliminary assessment for the septic, which is the soil logs, they already been approved, meaning that we just have to design a septic and that's going to be a very tiny septic. >> Okay. Anything else, Share?
>> No. Uh the one thing is that I would just like to add to what Walter talked about is the previous application that was approved by your board back in ' 06. That was a huge application. You are
talking about um an application of uh 9,000 square ft office building. In addition to that, another freestanding building of 18,000 square ft. So we're talking about total
of 20 thou 27,000 square ft, two building, two sheds and 75 parking spaces. This application talking about had eight parking spaces, 5,000 square ft. So it's
a night and day between these two applications. >> Sharie, even though that prior applicant, Star of the Seat Concrete, obtained uh final uh major site plan approval, none of the improvements were constructed. Correct. Uh, only the driveway. >> Only the driveway. >> Only the driveway. Yeah, >> understood.
>> Yeah. Yeah. >> Nothing further for Mr. Ali. >> Mr. Ramsey. >> You're still under oath. Put your hand down. Just tell us who you are. >> Mark Mark A. Ramsa, 10 Dub Court, Mount
Laurel, New Jersey. >> Super. You sure his credentials haven't been affected recently? >> Did something happen in the last hour? >> Have you been arrested in the last hour? Mark, >> you stepped out of the room. Did anything bad happen? >> I filed a challenge again, so he's not
going to find out till tomorrow. >> We'll we'll accept Mark's credentials. >> Thank you. >> So, Mr. Chairman, board members, um this is a unusually shaped piece of property. Uh it's almost 11 acres in size and it's
in the NC zone. Um what's unique about the property is it has these environmental constraints with the wetlands and flood plane and the developable portion of the property is actually set very far back from the road. It's uh not really conducive for
the typical types of uh commercial uses that are permitted in in the NC zone. NC zone has uh um stores and shops and things of that nature that really want want to have good visibility uh from the roadways. This is the opposite. This is
actually a very wellbuffered u uh property with a lot of uh woodlands uh uh surrounding it. Um, so I'm not going to rehash what um, Sharief was and Paul were talking about the
uses, but I will uh, talk about uh, what surrounds the property. Um, uh, to the north is essentially woodlands. Uh, to the to the uh, east or woodlands and much farther uh, to the east are are uh,
residential development in the neighboring town. And then to the south across the roadway uh is that other uh contractors contractor's type of yard and then to the west is the uh the gun club.
So um let's jump right to those those variances. Um so the primary reason we're here is because um uh the proposed uh use the construction equipment storage yard and and that small maintenance building are not permitted
in the NC zone. Uh the NC zone wants to see retail, personal service, uh eating and drinking establishments, banks and things like that uh in the NC zone. Uh also uh the minimum buffer from the right ofway is required to be 60 ft. Uh
we're proposing uh 29 ft and the 29 ft is caused by the fact that uh the only good location for a septic system is located and I'm going to point it out on uh on A1. Uh is that A1 or two?
>> That's A1. >> A1. Thank you. >> You got it. The location is essentially right here in this lower corner of the property. And this is the 60 ft buffer. What I'm what I'm drawing as the 60 ft buffer
supposed to be here. This is all heavily wooded. And then the area here will be a clearing for the septic system. And then also related to that buffer required to have that 6 foot high um
burm. Um uh to to me it's much better to maintain the existing woodlands uh in its natural state than tear it down just to put a a six foot high excuse me burm in place.
Uh also when you have an parking area of three or more vehicles, um what's what's required in the ordinance is to have permanent pavement and and here we want to continue using uh the gravel uh for
uh the parking area. Parking space size in the NC zone. Yes, 10 by 20 feet required when you have stores and shops and things like that where people need a wider swing of the car door. This is more of a a what I'll
call a light industrial type use where there's none of that's happening and a 9 by8 foot uh stall would suffice. Um and then also the minimum distance between a parking area and um building is required to be 30 ft. Um 6 feet proposed here. Uh
and also a groundmounted sign. Uh they're not even permitted in uh uh the NC zone. Facade signs are but but not uh uh groundmounted signs. And um the groundmounted sign here is a maximum of
5 ft high and and 16 square ft in area. And that's enough to to identify uh the the business and and the street address uh for um good identification uh for deliveries but also for emergency
services and things of that nature. And then the one design exception is where the ordinance permits up to a maximum width of uh the opening of a driveway along the edge of the curb line. Uh 35 ft and you heard Sharief say that it's
115 ft and 115 ft is essentially for uh the uh accommodating uh the uh types of vehicles that may be stored and then driven in and out of the property on occasion. So terms of the legal proofs positive
criteria uh special reasons um again I'm going to talk about NJSA4 55D-2 provide the small letter and paraphrase the uh purpose that's being promoted first one is C provide adequate light
air and open space in this instance we're complying with all the bulk standards uh all of the setbacks and maintaining so much of the existing uh woodlands uh around the property uh uh and also the
uh amount of floor area ratio in this instance is 0.01 where the the maximum permitted in the zone is 0.35. So this is this is a very uh low intensity uh um underdeveloped type of property principally because of
the uh environmental constraints and also maintaining all the woodlands. Um G to to provide sufficient space and appropriate locations for a variety of land uses. In this case, this is a a very light industrial type of use, not
not a commercial use. Um it's essentially the storage of some vehicles um the u offseason maintenance of vehicles and the uh storage of some some material that's used uh in in the
construction. Uh I to promote a desirable visual environment. In my opinion, the provision uh providing the um uh uh uh the the amount extensive amount of woodlands and maintaining the the
natural environment uh will will maintain that nice rural feel uh along this section of of the roadway. Uh J and that's to prevent uh uh urban sprawl. And this property already started to be
developed uh uh as as Shre uh indicated that the driveway and and some of the openings have been uh in the back have been uh constructed and we're basically reutilizing uh this this vacant uh uh
light industrial type of property uh for this uh proposed uh uh use. More efficient use of land. uh same same argument would apply uh to this one and then a to promote the public health safety morals and gentle welfare. I
believe that uh given all the uh prior uh uh factors uh of promoting those other uh uh purposes of the municipal angus law are being achieved. Now in terms of site suitability uh the site's 48 times larger than
what's required in the NC zone. Um but the site is also very heavily wooded. um has uh the wetlands and flood hazard areas around it which will maintain uh the um uh integrity of the existing woodlands. But uh they also on this
property provide excellent screening uh from adjoining properties. Uh um uh the the homes that are farther to the east uh that heavily wood woodland area will be maintained and it already has the existing gravel
driveway. uh uh and and some of the clearings in in in the interior of the property and I believe the property can uh uh is suitable for this proposed use. So let's turn our attention to the negative criteria.
Does this proposed use cause any substantial detriment to the public good? So we have to look at the uh impacts on surrounding properties. Uh so did the north would this proposal have any negative impact on the woodland? uh
wooded area to the north. I I don't believe it would have any any impact at all. Uh to the east, maintaining those uh existing woodlands and buffers, I don't believe that will any substantial negative uh uh impact to uh the uh
residents farther to the east nor to the woodlands that exist adjoining uh the property. the south. Uh I don't believe there's any uh negative impact at all to the existing uh construction yard that's across the street. Uh this is actually a
a similar type of use, albeit much better uh uh screen uh from the public view. And then to the west, I don't believe there's any uh detriment cause to the indoor shooting range. Um so the other thing is now we have to reconcile
this with the master plan. Does does this proposal substantially impair the intent and purpose of the zone plan and zoning ordinance? Well, the 200 2022 master plan um uh recommends this area for a non-residential use. Res recommends it for essentially commercial
and retail types of uses. This property is is unsuitable for any type of retail or commercial type of use. In my opinion, it's it's suitable for the less intensive
storage yard for the construction vehicles and and material. Um, so the master plan talks about goals and objectives and they want to achieve a balance of land use types in in in the uh uh in the township. I believe that uh
this proposed use uh will advance that because the property again is not really suitable for the NC zone uh in terms of the uses that are contemplated. It's much more compatible with uh the types of uses that have started to develop
around it like the um firing range and and the construction yard across the street. Um also it talks about um promoting a light and industrial type of view of development in appropriate locations. And so again this is an
appropriate location for this because of the uniqueness of the property, the challenges that it has and the amount of screening and buffering that it can afford uh and encourage the uh infill development. uh this property started to be developed for for a light industrial
type of use and in this instance um uh it will keep uh uh and maintain that that uh character of the area. Now, in terms of the uh the variances, in my opinion, they're all related to to C2 type variances. Uh that minimum
buffer and and the and the um birming. Um is it better zoning uh to provide the septic system in the only location that it can be be shown? Uh when the septic systems built, it'll just be a grass area on top. It'll be much more natural
looking. I don't think a burm would be adequate here, appropriate here because um uh the uh uh burming would displace uh the existing uh woodlands. Uh in terms of the impervious uh in providing uh paved areas for the
parking, this is a construction yard. Uh I I believe that the gravel is more than sufficient uh to provide the the min limited parking that's on the property and and actually suitable for the type of of of trucks and equipment that will
be parked on the property. A minimum parking st uh part minimum parking space size uh this smaller 9 by18 is is standard for uh non-commercial uh types of uses. In this instance, this
is a light industrial use parking of employees. Uh the public doesn't come to the property. So I think the 9 by8 is appropriate. Um the minimum distance between the building um 6 ft away. Again, it concentrates all the all the
parking and and and minimizes any further spreading of more developing of the of the property. So I think keeping it close together is a better uh design, better zoning. and that groundmounted sign. Um, certainly we're not going to be able to show uh uh the public any
facade signs here because because as you look on the uh uh A1, you can see all that green that's all woods. So that will never be visible from the from the street. And locating a a sign out by the
street so it could at least identify the business for deliveries and emergency services is more appropriate in my opinion. Uh and then again the uh e extra wide uh driveway area uh where it meets the roadway is appropriate for the type of
vehicles that will be uh visiting uh the site. So in conclusion, I believe the use variance and those uh variances and that design exception can be granted. Mark, with the exception of the waiverss that Sheree uh testified to earlier, can we otherwise comply uh with the
memoranda uh from Mr. Dne and Mr. mice. >> Uh, yes. I I believe the the applicant can comply. >> Okay, Mr. Chairman, I have nothing further for Mr. >> Thank you, >> Chris. >> Thank you. We issued a report April 24th. Oh, I just noticed now our report
says April 24th, 2024, but I believe it was last week, so that should be 2026. We did not review this two years before we got the >> No, >> not not that quick. >> Good. >> I am not clear. >> Okay. Okay. I I take no objection to the
testimony provided here. It's a a D1 use variance for essentially a contractor storage yard in the neighborhood commercial zone which contemplates more retail restaurant uses. I agree that this site uh probably is not appropriate for that sort of use. I don't think it would be feasible at all given the odd
configuration of the lot and the um environmental constraints for the wetlands taking up most of the property. So an actual conforming use would be very difficult here if not entirely impossible or infeasible. Uh I also think all the the bulk variances are all pretty minor. It's the
buffering, the birming and the buffering, the parking size, the parking setback, and then the sign. I do have a couple of questions um about the site plan itself. I'll defer to Mark for any more specific details. Um so parking is supposed to be on an
impervious service and you're proposing a lot of I guess uh vehicle storage would be on on a gravel area. Is that correct? I apologize if some of this was covered in the initial testimony. I didn't quite catch it, but there's clearly the eight parking spaces in front of the building are standard vehicle spaces, but there
is going to be machinery or uh construction equipment that will be stored on site. Is that accurate? >> Uh yes. And will be on gravel. Yeah, >> be on gravel. Okay. I don't know if that would qualify as because parking areas are supposed to be impervious service, temporary storage of construction equipment. I don't know if that's
parking or storage. I'll defer to Mark on how he wants to interpret that and whether or not that might need a design waiver. But any any additional comment on that, I'll defer to Mark if he has a problem with it. Uh then lighting um looks like most of the lighting is okay, but the lighting levels were lower than
required at the the storage bin area. So I don't I don't necessarily have a problem with that. I assume there's not going to be a lot of uh operations here at the Wii hours of the night. It's a primarily daytime operation. >> That is correct. Yes. >> Okay. Uh, let's see. Parking
>> and they're essentially shut down in the winter as well. So, >> Oh, okay. >> I'm sorry. I I don't know if you'd mentioned it. The existing little building on the site, the one shown in yellow on the plans, what what is that used for? How is that going to figure into the uh the operation? So, um
that is the uh it looks like about close to 1500 square ft of uh shelter. Um and I go ahead take my seat. Take my seat. >> So, what that is, it's called like a
Pocahontas uh you know uh shelter. That's what it's called. And uh what that does, it just doesn't let rain fall on expensive equipment. >> Okay. So, it's just a storage building. >> Just Yeah, it's not even a building. What that is, it's just like >> a shed roof over
>> Yeah. Just with Yeah. >> Okay. >> Aluminum post with the the the hard cloth. >> It has two walls, right? >> Yeah, it has two walls. That's all there is. But I intend to move that actually and put it next to, you know, to the
building eventually so it covers like for instance the millers, you know, the the miller the pave expensive equipment that you don't want rain to fall on. >> Okay. If you're going to be moving that yellow box, could you revise this or eventually for compliance plan submit
plan showing where that yellow box is going to be on on the >> Yeah. updated plan just so whenever you know on the assumption this gets approved >> you know three months from now your your plans the town engineer looking at it'll say okay yes you're moving this here that doesn't have to go back to the
forward for a site plan change >> yeah well we have to come back again for final >> sorry yes but if you're going to be moving it please show that on the plans >> absolutely >> yes we'll do >> um okay and then you're there's going to be some tree removal required
>> yes and we'll go through exercise with Mr. Lavalo and yes. >> Okay. >> See, >> uh I have no further questions or comments. >> Thank you, Chris. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Board received my April 28, 2026 review letter dated today. Um I believe the applicant did receive that as well. >> Yes, we have, Mark. >> Um >> no issues. So right off the bat, the application was for use variance preliminary and final major site plan.
So I I commend the uh the applicant by uh pulling the final uh request and only seeking use varants and preliminary major site plan approval. Um you know there is some cleanup of these plans that we certainly want to see before you
come back for final. Um let me go and should you get approved before you come back for final course. Um, with regard to a couple waiverss that were pointed out, environmental impact statement, uh, there's no objection to the waiver. The applicant did indicate they would go to the environmental commission and
whatever comments uh, the environmental commission has, they will, uh, address accordingly. And, uh, and I my recommendation is to have that before coming back for final. So, you have that in hand. >> Yes. >> Uh, waiver for the traffic study. Will the public be coming to your facility?
>> No. So this is just for your employees and thank you. And then um there was some testimony at the low traffic generator. You just stated there's no public coming to it. So uh I have no objection to uh a waiver of the of a full traffic study uh for this
application. Um on-site fueling did what was the indication of that? Are you are you performing on-site fueling or >> No, he testified that there they have pickups with diesel tanks that go from sight to sight.
>> It sounds economically infeasible to have uh >> there is a the site is in the airport safety zone as well. Um my item number four um you may need to go to the commissioner of the DOT for approval.
Um, so you'll have to uh uh meet meet the township ordinance of that and the state statute. Um, again, just pointing that out. Uh, a couple other items to point out, not not necessarily spelled out in my
review letter. Lighting. Uh, well, let me start with the roadway. the the driveway, it's delineated beautifully up on that exhibit, but the site plan, it there's portions that it's really not delineated on and it and it's hard to make out. So So the plan should be cleaned up to show the entire
driveway. >> Yep. >> Um >> also, additionally on the driveway, lighting, it looks like you got lighting at the building, some lighting at the entrance, but nothing along that roadway. Um it's a it's a substantial length of roadway. It's only your
vehicles are going to be using it, but there there still needs to be some some lighting along there, I imagine. Um, though you don't work at night, there's still uh early morning hours uh into into the fall um and and the late evening hours uh you know, starts
getting dark, you know, 4:30, 5:00. So, >> that's acceptable. >> Need some lighting. >> Um uh another question. Uh I see in the area of the building, the proposed building, um the parking lot appears to be
delineated. Is is that a fencing? Is that a retaining wall? Um what is provided around that? My concern is um you know, you have this area laid out, but but but how do you prevent it from you know, the trucks creeping further
into the wooded area and and it just this whole site starts to expand before you know it? So is is there some it appears to be delineated by something? It >> it is. Yes. So it's the same materials uh for the um
uh the storage pins. Uh so it's basically they're blocks. You see the construction blocks the um you have seen them on pursu there. Most of the construction site they have that they like 3x3 blocks and that's what is going
to be delineating the entire parking lot. be no encroachment. It will basically will act like a a curb, >> but it pretty much we need that because we lifting that area by a foot and foot and a half of soil there for storm water management.
>> So that'll prevent vehicles from going further into the wooded area into the wetland areas. Yes. >> Okay. Um >> and I I think that's all I have >> at this moment. That's all I have. >> Thank you. Any board members have any
questions? >> Yes, Mr. Chair. >> I have a I have a few questions. Uh, regarding the the repair, most of the repair is being done inside is what I'm what I heard. >> That's correct. Call. >> Are you going to be doing any welding
inside? You going to be doing any torch burning, any gases, anything like that? >> No. No. >> Nothing. Okay. Um, I see you got some pretty heavy duty equipment. I like all that equipment
actually. Um, you got a long way to go to get that equipment in there. How how are you planning to get it in there? >> Paul, what's the proposal for the >> Oh, boys. Uh, >> the maneuvering of the equipment. >> I I don't follow >> how do you move the your excavators and
>> Well, we got a we got a a lowboy trailer, >> right? Yeah, that that was >> Yeah, >> that's what I thought. Now to get that's going to be a gravel driveway. >> Yes. >> And that's quite a hall that you have there. That that's heavy equipment. You think that >> gravel will hold it?
>> Totally fine. Absolutely. >> You okay? >> I've tried it. >> Uh you okay with that, Mark? >> Yes, I'm okay with the gravel driveway and and certainly, you know, it's his driveway. So, if uh if there's some
settlement areas, he's going to have to address it. But I will ask um the entrance way. Yes. >> Um are you providing asphalt at the entrance way? Because we'd like to see uh I think it's about 100 ft of asphalt apron or 50 ft of asphalt apron in uh
>> Yes. >> Uh what are you providing? I see some I see a darker area on the plant. >> Yeah, it looks like close to 100 ft. uh we we don't like to see gravel uh being traveled on the roadways. So we don't have uh close to 100 ft.
>> So so 100 ft is is is adequate cuz you want to be able to fit the low boy in there and any equipment and and we want it stopped on asphalt and that asphalt would need to be uh you know full depth um in accordance with our ordinance. Uh um
yeah in accordance with the ordinance. So I need a detail on the plan for that as well. But the rest of it being gravel, I have I have no objection to it. >> Yep. We'll agree. >> Also, you don't have any you don't have any city water or anything going in, right? >> No city water lines.
>> There is no water, no sewer in that area. Yeah. >> Okay. Right. So, the um >> people that are working there, you're going to have eyewash stations and places for them to wash. You're going to have portagons, all that kind of thing. >> There's going to be a bathroom that we're going to build a bathroom. >> You are?
>> Yes. Yes. Bathroom. And you're going to supply the water from the wells? >> Yes, we'll have the filtering system so the water is healthy enough >> and so forth. >> Okay, Mr. Chair, that's all I have. Any other board members?
>> I just have uh one. I was unclear on the height of the building. We I heard 28, then I heard 18. >> What's the height of the building? >> Is it 18 plus 9? Is that what you said? Is it 27? >> No. what I said typically uh those type
of buildings like bullb barn do you don't exceed 28 ft so when I looked at the architectural and we put that on the board there they were about 18 ft in height >> so the building's 18t in height >> yes
>> okay that's awesome any other Mr. Dano, >> quick question. I know this is in uh Monroe Township that this is being built, but being so close to Manalapin, is there any notification to Manalopin required? >> I had Yes, I notified the clerk in
Manalap and I notified some of the surrounding property owners that are within 200 feet >> and they're okay. >> They're not here. >> They're not here. So, I I'm to that. No, all kidding aside, we don't have to formally appear before Manalapin because no part of the property is in
specifically in Manalapin. Only within 200 feet. >> Okay. Okay. >> And the sorry, the gun club next door, I don't see anybody here. They're not concerned about loud noises or anything. >> They make more noise than I
>> But I I do know them. There's no issue. I don't >> No, I'm kidding. I was waiting for the >> I guess the gentleman passed away too. >> Yeah. Yeah. >> Couple weeks ago. >> I have a quick question. Uh you started touching on the hours and never
completed it or the days of operation. >> Yeah. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I did catch that. So hours and days of operation. >> So we normally only work during the week five days a week. We don't work Saturdays. >> So it's Monday to Friday. >> It would be Monday to Friday. and uh and
the hours >> an emergency on a weekend. How does that work? >> Emergency, I mean, we would probably go in there, grab whatever we need, and just go do what we got to do. And but I mean, normally the last time I got an emergency call, it was about six or
seven months ago. So, >> and how about hours, Paul? >> Well, hours usually it would be probably from 7 to 5, something like that. And the busy season again is when >> busy se season it starts March 15th
usually to uh December 15th. That's the when you have a little more traffic going in and out, but nothing crazy. Like I said, it's going to be a lowkey construction uh yard maintenance. >> Okay. The two to three office workers,
are those plus the 20 employees or minus? >> No. No, they are part of part of the 20. Yes. Yes. Okay. The gate, the gate at the roadway. When you pull in, is that gate closed and secured all the time or is it left open? >> That gate I'm going to make it where
it's going to be an automatic gate. It's going to be far back enough where >> so a truck can pull in and have it open and Okay. They're not going to be on the roadway. >> It's not They're not going to be standing on the roadway. >> Very good. Okay. Any other board members? Seeing there's none, I'm going to open
this application to the public. Anyone in the public wishing to be heard on this application and this application only, please come forward. >> Seeing there's none, I need a motion to close the public portion. >> Motion to close. >> Second.
>> Second. >> Second. >> Okay. All in favor? >> Public portions closed. Okay. Board members, we have an application before us for approval or denial. Do I have a motion to approve or deny?
>> I'll make a motion to approve under the stipulation like last time that our professionals they adhere to our professionals requests. >> I would second it. >> Secretary, roll call, please. >> Mr. Masters. >> Yes. >> Mr. Lub. >> Yes. Mr. Tanzy.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Jaffy. >> Yes. >> Mr. Cole. >> Yes. Yes, Mr. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Thank you for your time this evening. We appreciate it. >> Gentlemen, thank you. >> Walter say totally Walter. >> Uh
>> oh. >> Conor retail. >> So, we want to go through the discussion for the extension. >> Oh, before we go to the memorialization, >> I think Mr. Toto would be happy to have you do that. >> Let him wait a little while. But, >> Mr. Chairman, whatever your pleasure is. >> Now, we're going to do the uh our
extension. So BA5-5201-20 >> you're so Connor retail the board granted we bifurcated this application uh we obtained use variance approval first and then site plan uh we have not
uh satisfied the conditions of site plan uh as of yet we've changed uh project engineers sort of midstream and that's been largely the reason for the delay Right. I I really can't say that it's been any uh agency delay. It really has
been uh the applicant's been a bit back on its heels uh but are completely committed to this project. Um >> what type of extension are you looking for? >> Uh one year. I >> think you had asked for an extension through the end of June when you
initially asked for it which would have been three years from the resolution. >> So I can't Right. So that's my that's my limit. Yeah. Right. >> Absent absent some delay from obtaining outside approvals which
>> I concur, Peter. That's right. >> And and if and if for some reason between now and then you find some reason for longer than that, you can always tell us the reason why. >> Yeah, we're going back sort of. Yeah. It's retroactive. So when I say a year, I don't mean to disrespect the board and try to hoodwink the board into getting
me, you know, into June of 27. It's June of 26. So yeah, uh, respectfully, I would request an extension through June of of 2026. I think we're close enough to get compliance, maybe put a shovel in the ground, hopefully, but if not, I'll
I'll be back in >> we'll figure it out. >> May Okay, board members, you heard there he's looking for a roughly a two-month extension. Uh, is there a motion to approve a two-month extension? >> Motion approved. >> Is there a second?
>> Second. Madam Secretary, roll call, please. >> Mr. Masters, >> yes. >> Mr. Lup, >> yes. >> Mr. Tanzy, >> yes. >> Mr. Jaffy, >> yes. >> Mr. Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Jadis, >> yes. >> Chairman Lefada, >> yes. >> Thank you again. I appreciate that. >> And Mr. Chairman, typically with these
types of applications, I prepare a resolution in advance just memorializing because it's pretty ministerial. I provided that to the board. I would ask that the board consider that resolution now. >> Thank you. And it was acceptable to the applicant. Board members, we have a memorialization of application BA5201-20.
It's basically what we just voted on given allowing them the extension. Do I have a motion to accept the resolution? >> Make a motion. >> Second. >> Second. >> Roll call, please. Or you just want to do >> Masters? >> Yes. >> Mr. Lup.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Tany, >> yes. >> Mr. Jaffy, >> yes. >> Mr. Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Jadis, >> yes. >> Mr. Chairman Latada, >> yes. >> Thank you again everyone. Peter, thank you for that. Uh, of course we came down. >> Okay, board members, we have a memorialization of application
BA-5264-25. Do I have a motion to memorialize? It's the Shabbad Jewish Center of Monroe. I think if anyone is here recall, it was in reference to putting up the fence for security around the property. >> I'll make a motion or a second. >> Motion second.
>> Approve. >> I'll second it. I in favor. >> Mr. Masters, >> yes. >> Mr. Lup, >> yes. >> Mr. Tanzy, >> yes. >> Mr. Jaffy, >> yes. >> Mr. Cole, >> yes. >> Mr. Chadise, >> yes. >> Chairman Lvada, >> yes. >> At this point, we'll open it to the
public. Seeing there's none, can I have a motion to close the public portion? >> Any correspondences? A motion to adjurnn? >> Second. Second. All in favor? I. >> See you next month.