##VIDEO ID:vvcVG4wOSFA## you record okay I'd like to call to order this meeting of the minor site plan and subdivision Committee of the parpan planning board announcement is made that adequate notice of this meeting has been given and that is being conducted in accordance with njsa 10 col 4-6 ex of the New Jersey open public meetings act Nora will you please call the role Mr did here Mr mey here Mr poano here chairman Matt present Miss Winters our board planner Mr kiano our board engineer and m steinle board attorney I wish I was an engineer but did I mix two guys up you know what you do yeah okay um Pledge of Allegiance flag United States of America indivisible and Justice all right this meeting is open to the general public is is there anybody wishing to bring forward any business is not on our agenda seeing none let's move forward with application 24 col 513 is that you sir I guess 19 yes 19 and 21 Lincoln all right if you please raise your right hand do you swear affirm that the testimony that you're about to give will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes all right you can just speak into the microphone say your n your state your name spell your last name and provide your address for the record sure uh my name is nul kasad Wala first name is knuckl spelling n a k u l last name Kasa k a s a d w a l a I'm representing the owner of this property uh I think the author isolation letter is already with you and my personal president address is 102 Min haha Boulevard Lake haata New Jersey 07034 I stay literally 5 minutes walking distance from the subject property thank you you must walk pretty fast me okay um all right yeah feel free to sit down um so you're not an engineer a surveyor you just a representing the owner yeah I'm representing the owner but uh I'm a local Builder here uh and I had build uh 1 2 3 4 five five houses in 07034 zip code that's Lake haata in last 3 years and I'm doing uh one major renovation next to this property as such like two three property away from this property I built three houses in Lake parip Pani area also I had gone through the process of C variance and D variance so I'm uh I know a lot of stuff about the zoning board as such but I'm coming first time in front of the planning board but I regularly look out for all the videos online for my education purpose okay are you actually going to be building this property uh that's the plan just now but as the thing go something may change but just now uh as you know this is a charitable trust and I'm uh affiliated with them since many years so I'm helping them out on a lot of stuff related to construction because that's the main bread and butter for me and I'm doing it full- time now okay all right so you want to just give us a quick overview of what what you're proposing right now you want do the waivers real quick oh sorry waivers yeah uh real simple waivers for uh let exemption from D or documentation showing that no Wetlands exist the property has no wet mapped Wetlands from um as far as the Jersey Geb shows um if or when you go to submit permits for the actual building that may be required but for the subdivision we we don't object to it's not being provided yeah uh I had done just a uh I had done a few Wetland delineation also okay and uh I know about this property and the area like back of my hand there is no way there can be any that L [Music] okay just this I can you hear me prop thank you so we just need a vote for the yeah how many was that the only waiver that's the only waiver all right can I have a motion to accept the waivers Mr chairman a motion to approve the waivers as noted second Ed okay all in favor uh I guess we're in unanimous all right let's uh so we can move forward you want to just tell us briefly what's uh what you're proposing sure uh so uh as the picture of things has been also submitted at the initial stage just for the representative purpose I just open the Google Map also so these are the two properties I'm sorry we can't accept um that type of exhibit unless we mark it and we have to have physical copies so okay fine y I don't have a physical copy I was just trying to show from the picture perspective but maybe at the initial application for when I did it I submitted the pictures and the initial assessment of the stuff so basically these are the two lock next to each other uh the lot size of each lot is 50 by 150 so that is give take 7500t lot it is in R4 Zone and the requirement is of 6,000 ft but the uh front lot should be 60 ft uh from the As for the zoning and it is 50 just now so it's a two lot next to each other which are non-confirming from the front width of the property as such otherwise there is like from the zoning perspective it meets all the requirement uh these two lots are owned by the uh trust and uh as you can see those are both are two small Bungalows are there it's the typical thing in the uh upper and the Lower Lake haata section those are really old houses uh especially the property on the left side which was bought later it requires a lot of Maintenance and um it's uh continuous attention is needed there in a way so basically uh there are uh two uh homes are currently are occupied by the two families of the prist which serves this uh trust as such and um due to continuous maintainance and everything the logic Deion was made that let's have a a bigger house there and uh where the all the people can stay together and we can have a more amenities there and it can be current and we don't have a maintenance headache and going further as such so um we were thinking about that and uh so we thought that it's better to merge the lot which is like in know very odd request in Lake haata of the parip area where people come for the subdivision not the merger uh once the new house will be built it will only confirm to our Township loss because the new lot will be 100 by 150 in the R4 zone so just now the front lot withth is 50 which is not complying with the R4 Zone we will comply with that it will be a little bit oversized lot compared to R4 Zone but we are complying with the zoning there um and we'll add the to the overall beauty of the area uh if you know that street as well like of literally 90° opposite to that there is a big Temple has been built in 20 9 is one of the most beautiful building I would say and on the end of the street also there is a new construction was made in 2019 which is like very similar Big Lot just before the school uh and uh so it will comply with and it will suit more in that area as such from the street perspective on top of it uh as the lake her area and the lake pareni area is changing lot of new constructions are happening on the Lots where the small Bungalows are there so here we are not asking for two houses we are merging the lot making the lot compliance with the zoning and the new house will be built uh we are still working on the new house how it will be but we are not looking for any variance there on such a big lot and it will be typical uh Colonial House with the two car garage and the respective bedroom and the bathrooms as such so uh I got uh we got the feedback from the sewer and the water department with whom I had worked a lot also they are okay with that that letter us are with you guys um and uh I will say that's it on this side like we are bringing a brand new home uh to this area and which will comply with everything comparatively we are not looking for any variance here we are just merging the lot and uh planning to demolish the two existing small bungal which needs a lot of Maintenance and work I will not hesitate to say the left side of the house which is like covered by the bush deis and little bit of ey show from the lookwise also and internally from the maintenance perspective also so we are looking for the approval to merge this lot once it is done we'll demolish the house and we'll build the new house plan is to do sometime next year the new construction that's it from my side so is everything going to be removed from the existing lot before you built yes so all improvements yeah everything will be new uh existing Foundation uh it's a crawl space in the both the house everything will be removed and we are going to create the new house with the basement so everything needs to be out just one last question the the plan doesn't show it that we have but is there going to be a driveway definitely there will be a driveway on the right side of the once the lot will be merged we are planning to put two car driveway house a garage house the driveway will be on the right side of the property okay so you're not going to be able to use the existing curb Cuts correct yeah we will not able to use existing curb once the house hous is finalized uh we'll try to use the right side house driveway just now but we are not sure because how the house would fit and uh maybe we have to definitely for the left side house we have to raise the cup where the driveway is there but for the right side house we may use partial curb or we don't know as such like as we go we'll play around that yeah I mean because we do have a requirement you have to be 5 ft off the property line if it's oh for sure we are not I don't believe the existing one looks like it's more than like it looks like it's closer than 5 ft for sure uh we'll take care of it we are not looking for the variance for that okay so um as part of this plan when you do your improvements are you going to remove the existing curb Cuts I beg your pardon are you going to remove the existing curb cuts and restore yeah okay that's normally as a builder we do whenever we put the new driveway wherever the driveway line is we depress that part of the curve and if any part of the curve in the property line is depressed raise it and we comply with the Paran engineering I had done that like seven eight times so we'll follow the same procedure okay so um any other board members have any questions I thank you uh they have like four sheds between the two properties what's going on with those so basically uh there is a comment also from the planner that uh although not noted in the application the proposed removal of the existing shares on the properties will eliminate existing non-conforming with the respect to the accessories building set back so any shade which is not complying uh with the zoning definitely we'll remove that but anything complying we'll try to keep it and use it if it doesn't come in the way of the home so as the home plan will be built we'll take care of that okay uh is this is this natural gas or is there oil on this property I'm pretty sure there is a gas on the street I'm not sure about the houses I need to check that but uh as a part of a procedure before the demolition we need to remove the njng gas line and we'll follow that process and definitely if the gas line is there which I'm pretty sure we'll bring uh the heating to the gas only okay that's it anybody else uh miss winter you have any questions not really it's a two non-conforming lots you're making a compliant lot uh it's a right by right application okay Mr K uh just a follow up just as condition um since it's a lot consolidation and uh you'll be recording that become one lot uh I would make it the recording of that to be conditional on the demolition of the building so you don't have a situation that you have two principal dwellings on one lot so um uh I would recommend that the approval is conditional on uh demolition of the improvements prior to recording of the uh lock consolidation okay prior to perfecting the lock and salaries otherwise you'll have an issue with principal structures two principal structures on one lock makes sense or accessory structures absolutely makes sense just a followup question on that for that that's the intention that we are going to demolish the house uh but you saying that the recording will be done after the demolition of the it it really should be yes it should be done after the demolition can I uh apply to the building for the building profit uh before the recording just to uh do some par it should not have any effect on your ability to get a demolition permit and the construction permit also both are different would be separate you have to do a separate filing for the build for the exactly so most of the time is consumed by the building permit rather than the demolition permit so generally we try to do something in parallel so that way we don't lose the time because I I understand that and and and maybe our camps will chime in but I I I I just to protect the township I don't want a situation where you have a non-conforming dwellings up and in case the uh and the lot being recorded and the building's not coming down that's the issue that's fine I'm going to interrupt if that's okay no you cannot begin construction until you're fully finished with the board and you uh submitting the recorded deed is part of getting through the board and I'm going to suppose there's also going to be um uh the new um subdivision map that will be stamped and signed as as well which is you as you know very last piece uh I don't want to start the construction I want to start the process of applying to the building permit I'm not going to start any construction to I I don't know that they will if if this wasn't commercial they would do simultaneous but this is a residen okay makes sense so I will uh work on the time timeline also because some people are staying there so I need to give them the timeline that when they will be back so I will add that as a part of the timeline for me okay all right one more question in uh sorry so you said this is two families are going to merge into one house is that right yeah so basically uh there are uh this two house is currently occupied by the two family of the priest who Ser to the charitable trust which is like a temple 90° opposite to this house as such right and then the the driver you're going to propose is going to fit all these cars plus a garage so uh we will there are two car garage we are proposing and driveway will easily accommodate at least four cars so at least six car can be accommodated easily and if you need a more space I'm pretty sure will not exit the imper coverage by expanding the driveway but the front width for the Curve will put 24 ft from the engineering perspective but uh after the right of way we can expand the driveway and maybe we can accommodate six cars also if we need to we will uh we'll go as we play around but I think six car parking including two car garage should be sufficient all right and I'll just add it's in my letter though but uh this is just for lot consolidation that's what this approval is for obviously full engineering plot plan as you sounds like you're familiar with needs to go to the township engineering office for review and inclusion with that you'll need the uh minor development uh criteria for storm water dry Wells um and U you know the full review from engineering and building codes and Zoning for whatever you're proposing for the house we'll take care of it just now my three applications are in the engineering for the other projects Brandon is the person who takes care of it we'll take care of the stor water and the full engineering PL so they will review it approve it and then only I will uh the the building department will start considering my application we'll take care of that okay anybody else all right um now it's time to open to the public I guess yep okay any members of the public wish to speak in favor or in opposition to this application please step forward all right seeing none uh I'm moved to close the public portion do we what do we do now just I just move it or do we have to vote on it uh you don't have to make take a vote to open or close to the public okay close the public portion um what's the feeling do we need to go into discussion or we just want to go for a vote V okay can can somebody please please make a motion to uh to approve or deny this application Mr chairman a motion to approve application number 24 col 513 nul kasad Wala 19 and 21 Lincoln Avenue block 608 block 12 and3 minor subdivision for lot merger with the condition as the study so the applicant will comply with the township department and board professional letters and comments recommendations and if the development on the property is non-conforming to the Township Code you have to come back for additional relief and the recording of the deed for merger will be conditioned upon the demolition of the H the principal dwellings um on the property and and any other improvements that are going to be removed and the applicant will seek all engineering and other Township approvals as required just push you okay right so that's the motion we need a second second M thanks Cuz Nick was on his phone so to it yes yes yes yes all right motion's approved thank you very much really appreciate that wonderful can I know we appr it but we have a condition demolition before yes yeah can I have a motion to uh adjourn the uh minor sove and all in favor I I all right meeting over and we're done on time the adult table was you're on record what go stand meeting of the township of pacif Troy Hills planning board for Monday November 4th 2024 at 7:30 p.m. Nora would you call the rooll please here Mr de here councilman MC here Mr mey here Mr me pres Mr NPO here sh here Mr St here J we have a board plan miss winter our board engineer Mr kiano and our board attorney M announcement is made that adequate notice of this meeting has been given that is being conducted under in accordance with njsa 10 4-6 at SEC of the New Jersey open public meetings act we could stand for the Pledge of Allegiance please I pledge aliance to the flag of the United States of America and to the repic for stands one nation under godible liberty and justice this meeting is open to the general public is there anyone here who has something that is not on our agenda that would' like to present to us tonight hearing and seeing none first off we have some resolutions that were emailed out [Music] is the district we have a resolution for the district at 1515 and the lross so the district at 1515 the resolution I received a couple comments from the applicant attorney um just some minor changes a clarification on page six about indicating the drawing sheet um where the uh where the reference to the signage would be located and on page nine some additional clarification that um regarding the signage on Building B and Building C and then throughout an edit that the major that the amended preliminary and final site plan approval included a conditional use and C variant relief all right do anybody you have any questions about the resolution they nor emailed them out this morning I want to apologize I did not give you the page of who can vote so those who can are dich deero McGrath meth Napolitano stanel and denore that's for both of them all right is shall we move them both together uh do I have have somebody willing to uh uh move these resolutions or are there any questions before we go I just had one more comment for the milross resolution um there was test there's an edit from the applicant's attorney about on page five um regarding the testimony on the fencing around the storage container um the fence will be 8 ft high so that requires an additional variance so that relief was also part of the approval wait a minute I apologize hold on you know I I need to go into each one uh I apologize we had uh MOS and the 155 so please forgive me and what I just said um okay and they are different so uh you could just you saw you saw who could vote I did send that out you could just call those who are eligible to vote okay okay so well did DDP McGrath matth theano Shaw and den Moore can vote so who wants to make a motion this is for MOS all right we'll do them one at time let's let's do MOS do I have somebody who has I'll I'll make a motion to approve the resolution for MOS do I have second did it second uh D yes yes mcrath yes M yeso yes sh yes yes and the same group we eligible uh no no no I apologize I was looking at something incorrect so so uh we have D DP math Napolitano Shaw and then we on this one so somebody would like to make a motion Mr chairman a motion to approve application number 24 colon 522 at 15 15 through 10 do I have a second a second thank you Mr Shaw nor would you call the RO please did yes yes math yes Alano abstain sha yes denmore yes all right so we have an agenda tonight we start off with our 169 laana Avenue block one 136 lot 33 it's actually for a study for an area in need of re uh development and I'm going to turn it over to our planner and she is going to walk us through this all right so this is not our first rodeo but the purpose of tonight's meeting is to determine whether or not the 169 lacana Avenue study area meets statutory requirements to be determined an area in need of Redevelopment preliminary investigation essentially in existing condition report the study area is one lot at 169 laana lot 136 lot 33 is a 20. 638 parcel with a 3story 284,000 ft commercial office building and Associated parking lots in SD s 5A specialized Economic Development District the building was originally constructed in 2001 as a single user office and data center for New York Life who occupied it until 2016 when it was conveyed by deed and L foreclosure the building was modernized at that time for multi-tenant use with class am menes but has never been fully leased out since there's currently one tenant occupying less than 10% of the building who will be leaving at the end of the year as we are all well aware perne is in the middle of the historically High vacancy rate for its Office Buildings many of the older buildings have become functionally obsolete with the rise of remote work and corporate tennants downsizing their office spaces into higher quality buildings and new construction the assessed value of this particular property has dropped by $3.5 million over the last 3 years on August 5th I did a site visit which showed evidence of water damage and mold the parking lot exhibits extensive cracking and holes there are low spots in the paving which would create ponding and standing water can be a breeding ground for mosquitoes and the illnesses they carry so the Redevelopment law provides for eight different Criterion to determine if an area qualifies as in need of development the important thing to note is that a study area only has to meet one of these criteria to qualify the first Criterion a as documented the generality of buildings are substandard unsafe unsanitary adaptated and obsolescent criteria B the discontinu of the use of a building or buildings previously used for commercial purposes or significant vacancies of such buildings for at least two consecutive years um and as the use will be discontinued as the end of this year and it has has had significant vacancies since 2016 uh Criterion C does not apply um but it also qualifies under Criterion D which Builds on the previous criteria a the building is dilapitated obsolescent in the current Marketplace and it shows a faulty Arrangement and design and obsolete layout the pending vacancy will result in a lack of productive use resulting in a site that will support no jobs and be of no public benefit Criterion e f and g do not apply and finally it qualifies under Criterion H the city area is located in uh the pa1 or the Metropolitan planning area of the state plan and the intention of this is to provide for much of the state's future Redevelopment Revitalize cities and towns promote growth in compact forums stabilize older suburbs redesign areas of sprawl and protect the character of existing stable communities um in conclusion the stud area qualifies under local Redevelopment and Housing law under four of the eight criteria therefore recommend that the planning board find as such and recommend that the council recommend to the council that the 169 laana Avenue study area be declared in area in need Redevelopment and any questions yeah I'm sorry did you did you say that there is someone actually occupied in there right now there there's one tenic currently um they take about 18,000 Square ft of a 284,000 sare foot building but their lease is up at the end of the year and are there are they working anywhere near these mold spots that you you photographed and I mean sounds seems pretty unsafe for people work in this building well we you know this study didn't go as so far as test mold um but it it can cause a health hazard um right I'm looking at the photos that you provided um I mean I I can see why they're leaving at the end of the year so and who who actually is respons for maintaining that building the owner of the building not that tenant the yeah the owner would be responsible um those areas were not in tenant occupied spaces okay well that's good to hear and there is there a new owner or is this going to be the same owner do we know that is the owner that's currently the owner currently there who had this kind of building that's unsafe for people to work in I believe it was bought let me see if it clearly stay that here um [Music] I guess my question is the same exact owner who's letting their other building fall apart and become decrepit are they going to do the same thing with the new building they're going to build I I would hope not um all right okay can we ask um is there is there a potential new tenant going in there who it is what what industry it is I believe uh they're looking for warehousing warehousing M that's a good spot for us yes it is yeah okay okay so we don't know we don't know who is going to own it and what they're going to do with it once once the area is been given the permission to be redeveloped quite often people will property to somebody who going to my understanding is that the current owner will be the one who develops the property okay once that building is built whether they lease it out or sell it I can't answer that well it's not really in our purview but it's sometimes matters to the board they don't have to be any other questions by members of the board on on this particular issue we've seen a number of these at this point but here's a spot that looks like it's a lot more reasonable for warehousing to be I'm just hoping that this I mean if it's the same owner that they do take better care of their of their property if they're coming to us in the Town Council too one of the issues with these vacant or nearly vacant buildings and maintaining them becomes just because you don't have people in there daily you don't notice the problems right away so they're become harder to fix yeah okay any other questions by members of the board okay is there any discussion that uh anybody wishes to have ask public there's any yes all right are there any members of the public who have any comments or questions on this topic hearing and seeing none any desire for further discussion or do we want to move to a resolution so all we're doing is recommending to the council that they declare an area in need of Redevelopment I've got my language right and we'll see usually the proposed Redevelopment plan for cons the master plan is the next step correct next time we see it okay at that time we should have an idea what they're looking well we've got two on our agenda tonight you're going to say it's more referrals two more referrals Mr chairman is this the one that you U say it's not inconsistent with the master plan is that how this one goes no this one is just whether you accept the report of the planner and would recommend to the council that this property be designated as an area in need of Redevelopment yeah okay next one we do so do I hear a motion approving the planner's report to send the planner report to the council and that uh we we agree with her findings that this is an area in need of Redevelopment motion meth do I have a second second DED nor would you call a rooll please yes yes MC yes NE yes mat yeso yes sh yesel yes yes all right that moves us next to two silven way block 202 lot 1.1 referral for area needed Redevelopment Christine I'm going to turn to you um so basically the Town Council has asked the board to look into the property as an area that needs to be redeveloped and I would be writing a similar report for that so all we're doing is we're asking you to write a report based on a referral from the council correct or right is there any real need of discussion CU what she'll do is just present the report just like she presented just now and we have multiple steps multiple bites at this Apple so it's not uh it's not a done deal we're just getting her to report on it and then we'll be get we'll be getting this similar packet about that similar packet for that specific property I'll make a motion I have a sec I'm sorry real quick is there any way to get sorry Mike uh any way to get pictures of the area from like a couple years ago and then I mean you're going to go out and take more pictures this time around is there any other other pictures on file anywhere you can figure out and find um if possible I mean I can look at previous street view from I greatly appreciate that thank you all right so I've got a motion and a second second yes all right sorry who second there SE sh did yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes all right and number four gate Hall Drive block 175 BL 5 we're doing exactly the same thing we're just going to ask the uh uh planner to present a report on whether this should be an area in need of Redevelopment I'll make a mo do I have a second second nor would you call the RO please yes yes yes yes yes yes yes all right we've passed both of these things is there anything else that needs to come before this board at this time hearing and seeing none I have a need a motion to adjourn motion toj anybody [Music] oppos good meeting