we're on record good evening and welcome to the meeting of the township of pcip Troy Hills Board of adjustment it is Wednesday March 19th 2025 and at 7:30 adequate notice is made I'm sorry announcement is made that adequate
notice of this meeting has been given and that is is being conducted in accordance with mjsa 10 col 4-6 at de of the New Jersey open public meetings act nor please call the RO Mr Burt here Mr
joso here Mr Petty Here Mr Quinn here miss grani here we also have our board planner Mr Chadwick here our board engineer Mr L manowitz here and our board attorney Mr Johnson here would you please join us in saying the Pledge of
Allegiance I to the of the United States of America and to the repice thank you Mr CH can you raise your right hand please do you swear or affirm that any testimony that you give tonight should be the truth truth B yes man do you swear or affirm and any
testimony that you get should be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes I do thank you is there anyone here here in the public that would like to speak on something other than it than is what in that is what on our agenda this evening c
not okay we're going to move on to correspondence uh correspondence received from attorney Joseph O'Neal requesting an extension of resolution approval for application 1903 Zoom Auto Group uh lot 38.1 lot one
for a period of one year from July jly 20 2025 to to July 20th 2026 yes would you please call the roll for a vote Mr
burtz Burt josowitz yep Petty yes Quinn yes grani yes and one other correspondents received from attorney Mike ruin requesting an adjournment from tonight's scheduled hearing of applications
2245 199 new road block 770 Lots 4 and 5 and be placed on the July 23rd 2025 agenda with notice and they also Grant um required extensions until July 31st
2025 motion we have a second please second bertz yes jitz Petty yes yes gani gani yes all right and then before we move
into the agenda we are excuse me Nora we're not hearing you too well back here I'm sorry can you hear me now yes thank you okay uh we are going to go through our resolutions applications
2470 um Schwarz application 2430 amadi and application 2480 Peterson um they can be approved by burkowitz not here josowitz and
grani motion burer with a second please I move those resolutions second burkowitz yes jtz yep grani yes okay and our next resolution
2471 uh last name Malik 318 Holly Road uh burwitz josowitz and grani again so move second burkowitz josowitz and grani yes hi and finally application 2413 jom
3 Green Hill we have burkowitz jtz he's not here Quinn and grani someone like to make a motion I move the I move the resolution second
burwitz yes josht yes Quinn yes grani yes okay good evening uh application 2416 Muhammad Z 24 seol Avenue block 539
lot 9 Zone R4 for a c variance to construct a front covered porch left side additions right side addition rear covered porch left side covered landing
and stairs relocate detached garage driveway front walk rear balcony and two AC units contrary to section 4 430-3500 could you please come
forward for the record Mr willings is here thank you okay can you raise your right hands please you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to against to be the truth to hold you say your names spell your last name starting with you to con I'm the
architect k e n iam okay great you can have a seat just make sure you speak into the microphone okay the AR I think you were qualified as an architect the last time you were here you're still licensed yes great thank
you um we' really covered most of that as the previous hearing um can you please pull the microphone CL yeah I I I actually listened to the tape earlier today it looked like what happen happened was that you hadn't gotten the engineers report before the meeting and
there was some concerns raised about storm water management and you asked for an opportunity to review that report and address those concerns yes and some of the concerns from man Engineers report we have addressed and a couple we're asking to
take another look at um we are in a flood zone which is one of the reasons we're up high pleas pull the microphone closer yeah we're not hearing it sorry about that is that better much better thank you okay um we acknowledge the fact that we're
going to need to come up with a stor Water Management plan which will probably involve detention and uh you would need expore moving permit and a couple other approvals that are mentioned in uh Mr lizard's report um have you met
with the township engineer about the storm water management issues CU that's what you asked to that's why you asked to carry it yeah unfortunately our engineer is not here uh which I don't know why uh but um I don't know if he met with them or not are you expecting
your engineer tonight no no do you know if he met with the town with the engineer with the town engineer I he spoke to yeah he spoke to someone in the engineer in here that's why he get the plan and this what plan is there
engineering plan is there a revised plan there's a architect there's your plan were revised but I don't know that any revised engineering PL yeah this is um I have it here the one I have is the same one we broke that last time so so
sign so it doesn't sound I I I don't know what to tell you but last time it I like I said I watched the tape this morning and Mr Chadwick had pointed out specifically that he had hadn't seen an engineering report from
the township quite as detailed as the July 2nd 2024 report and by detailed I mean potentially costly correct I remember that yeah so you had asked for an opportunity to explore how you might satisfy the town
Engineers concerns um that might be that's the old one um before proceeding and I I don't know whether apparent apparently they did have a conversation I haven't spoken so I don't know generally what we'll get is
a a second report from the engineer indicating if there's anything outstanding on what has been resolved so sounds like nothing happened there I think I think the better thing is you ask to carry
this somebody's got to get over and speak with the engineer and get a followup with that and writing otherwise we're just going we're spinning our reels no offense but why wasn't that done that was what was
requested it was done what was done the engineering plan whatever you asked in favor so I give to my engineering and he did everything but we don't have is there a new engineering plan is there a revised engineering plan yeah I give it to Nora when I came she asked for 16 uh
copy and I give copy of January 9th 2025 you all have that is that an engineering report that's that's Mr con report that's Mr con talking about this one there is one that's mine I know I know mine we're
looking for the plan from Dy yeah I went to engineering and I pick up the plant from him and yeah I have it but what we don't have is any kind of communication from the town's
engineer or your engineer here to say hey we did all these things that were in his letter last year I spoke to engineer and he came here to the city hole and he met with the engineers and that's and based on what this F they he the plan
but your but your engineer is not here to testify that the concerns that were raised by the Municipal engineer in his July 2nd 2024 report have been satisfied we're not Engineers we don't look at these plans we rely on the
testimony of your experts in order to uh consider your application I mean there these I understand yeah but I asked him if he has to come he said I don't have to be there that's why about that he might not have to be here but his report
has to be here well we have we respons may ask a question the board apparently has a Engineers plan the one I'm looking at was last Revis 111 1924 that seem yeah that that's the one you still have certainly after the
municipal Engineers report yeah but it's it's the one we had at the last meeting is what I'm getting you had the last meeting I think it was was last July July 11th yeah July 10th July 10th was the last me so is this what we have in
theory what was the plan that came up think you came up the engineers came up with yes this is L months last two months the less than two months old yes all right so you're
saying they the town engineer and your engineer came up with this yes but we don't have a letter saying anything correct I talk to him and he said to meet up with the
engineer so he told me a face and him and the engineering here is sp so they came out with this the problem you have is your engineer didn't follow through either submitting report to the board or requesting the town engineer to see a
revised based on the agreements whatever they were so your caught in the middle and the again the only alternative I could see that you could suggest to the board is approve this
plan revised plan complying with the engineers Township Engineers approval obviously the risk is the same thing you had at the last meeting you had no idea what the cost were going to be to
address all of his concerns and you're still in that well well do you know what it's going to cost what this plan they give you any idea they tell you required yeah everything no no this so what we're concerned about is the the the water
issue the so the engineers came up with this plan yes and you're they told you how much it's going to be yes it's told around 7,000 to okay and you're comfortable in if we were to approve this application with the stipulations Mr chadrick said that the
verbiage is okay all right that you agreed to everything the town engineer requests that's your burden now yes even though we don't have the report right I'm not sure we'll do that but that's age Mr Johnson I didn't make that as I
want to make it clear I did not make it as the recommendation gotcha I think you should have the engineers report on the revised plan you're going to listen to our professional okay okay so that's that's issue one okay um there's there's
another issue and this this comes down to your plan okay so um it appears as though we might have two separate sets of architectural plans with the same
date but contain different um items um it's my understanding that there is a set of architectural plans 324 3 324 3324 one of the package I'm sure you
have those with you right yeah okay file January 9 January you January 9th filing date so you look at A2 on set of
plans you've got a proposed first floor plan which has a kitchen in it right yes and you have a proposed second floor plan which has a a abbreviation kit
presumably potentially designating a kitchen so um one of the issues that came up the last time is that there was some concern because you had testified that you were going to share this house with your I think it was your your father and his family um is that there
is a potential for a second kitchen yeah the second kitchen would remove we removed it but it's still noted it's still noted on so if you're going to come back anyway ways I would suggest that we have
one final revision date on a set of plans that does that clearly does not include a kitchen agreed on the second floor agreed just to make sure there's no question later on that this board did
not approve a second kitchen understood and agree okay with a with its own unique revision date for that last set of plans so if you're going to come back anyways I would suggest that take care of that issue too perfect you may want to make an appointment with the
town engineer you person that way I mean these are not we're not designing Rockets here we're just getting some water into some pipes and sit down with him so you'll know what has been agreed
to ask if you please put it right and we won't have to go through this again okay sounds good so we don't need his engineer we'll just be okay with this it's up I would suggest it's up to the applicant as to whether he
wants to bring his engineer the next time just to make sure the board is comfortable with the revisions to the plans have satisfied the concerns of the municipal engineer okay I got Nora do you have a date to be carried please June
11 June 11th yes so you're going to Grant the board all extensions through June 11 correct okay and we don't have to re notice you do not have to re notice we're trying to help you yeah I
appreciate it thank you thank you thank you thank you very much fine with that application 24 colon 77 rosalin Airman 52 Lawrence Road Block
288 block 6 Zone R4 for a SE variance to install an air conditioning unit with pad contrary to section 43035 column column column
4 you come forward can you raise your right hand please do you swear or affirm that the teson that you're about to give to the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth yes okay great you can sit down state your name spell your last
name please Roseland Ironman e y e r m n okay and are you going to testify as well possably I'm my name is Peter zelato z l o t t I live with rosin at 52 launch okay can you raise your right hand please do you swear or affirm that
any testimony that you're about to give should be the truth the the whole truth and nothing but the truth I do great okay so what would you like to do uh we had a uh replace our condenser and we put it in the same spot that it
was in place for 32 years okay same size same size just newer yes more efficient yes quieter yes Works yes yes summer is coming can we move
on di Minimus in nature nature I think application 24 wait a minute one sec are there any questions from the board are there any questions from the audience yes sir ask any questions I I have one question you don't ask questions you can
ask a question of course well it's a two Zone unit do we have to go through this again because the other one's 32 years old old also do will the this variants cover both of them no no no okay so when the other one needs to be Poli your application
do you want to amend the application include both of the air conditioning yes yes okay please that would be you putting in both we are not not yet not to the Bri but 32 years old yes okay the the these
approvals last for year okay we'll take our chance okay thank you now wait you're going to take your chance and go for approval of one unit or two one unit's already installed okay so we need that variance for that my question was
would it include the second one what it eventually goes so do you want it to or not I do want it to the second unit it's right next to the first one it's right next to the first one further away from the street okay but you don't know whether you're going to replace it in
the year I do not but so why don't you take the option of the board approving both of them and if you don't then you'll have to come back okay okay that makes sense right yes any other questions from the
board any questions from the audience Mr willings application 24 col 77 rosin Ironman 52 Lawrence Road 288 lot 6 Zone R4 recommending gr a seed variant to
install two air conditioning units with pad contrary to section 43035 column 4 second burtz yes josco yes pdy yes Quinn yes willing yes brani
yes thank you thank you application will be memorialized be notified I know I don't have that terminology corre but application 2472 Julio Ortez
170 Allentown Road Block 7 276 Lot 2 Zone R4 see variance to install an air conditioning unit and legalize an air conditioning unit contrary to section
43035 column 8 raise your right hand please you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to give should be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth you can have a seat make sure you speak into the microphone please state your name spell your this o r t i
z what would you like to board I have in C already two units uh heating and cooling units and we decided to replace and all one all of them by 15 years old and we
realized that the other unit not and then really need approv from you guys the my sitation so you have one air conditioning unit that you replaced what was there with another unit correct um one we replace when you
already replaced yes okay and that one you need to replace correct no the second one is already from years ago when they build my second floor and everything has been approved and now you're legalizing another air conditioner is that correct second I'm
talking about we don't like that one second floor and we want to place one in the first floor okay so if I understand it correctly you already replaced one and now you need to replace a second one both can be replaced both have been
replaced okay so you need to legalize two AC units that have already been replaced right okay were they replaced in the same place same C yes same size Flor and second floor um second floor M
unit per floor the same side unit than the old one we have a central unit from the first day we purchased the house c unit and the time hitting only so they replaces we replace hitting
fing with the same setup the same construction and that that we never realiz that we approval for record okay that's why I came today to let you know two units are in
place running and both need to be legalized okay okay they were in the same location yes as before same approximate size yeah okay are there any questions before board any questions in the audience of
the testimony given by this gentleman I see none Mr willings Mr Josh quitz uh dimin in nature application 24 call 72 Julio orti 170 Allentown Road Block 276 Lot 2 Zone r four recommend granting the SE
variance uh to install two air conditioning units and legalize an air conditioning unit contrary to section 43035 column 8 actually have to install through legalized legalized yes second burtz yes
jit yes pedy yes Quinn yes willings yes okay your application's been approved will be memorialized and you'll be receiving a letter from Miss Jolie and at that time he comes the thank
you okay application 24 colon 67 Katan 29 l Drive block 734 -06 lot eight zone
prd2 for a c variance to construct a sen room addition on a new second floor deck Landing stairs and a concrete slab contrary to section 430-3500 oh I missed that one okay I missed that
one and sir I I assume you're going to be testifying can you raise your right hand please you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to give should be the truth the whole truth and not the can you stay your name and spay your last name please and what is your relationship to the okay great you can have a seat just
make sure you use the microphone yeah okay um why don't you tell us a little bit about what you'd like to do so currently I have a a deck uh would you please pull the microphone closer thank
you so currently I have a this deck and uh um it's like 25 years old I could you please talk into the microphone yeah U I have this deck that is about like 20 something years old and um that space um
we haven't been really able to use it because of it's open my little one is a little bit allergic to the Poland and we haven't been able to use the space as uh we would have liked it
to so um I'm trying to make a sun room instead of the deck about the same size as the uh deck is so is the so you're going to take off the existing deck correct and
build a new deck and and put a sun room on top of it is that the plan yes is and remove those paers yes yeah so there's papers that are there's a paper patio that's all going
to be removed yes that um was existing when I bought the home but I I found out when I applied that it was on the easement or something as a part of uh this project
I'm willing to take that off okay now where is the landing Landing is on the side okay so are there is there a landing and a stairs there now yes the stair right
now is towards the back property instead of I'm cutting that space off and putting landing on the side oh so you're removing the rear stairs and you're adding stairs on the side right so the backyard is actually
going to be more than what it is right now cuz I'm taking that space off okay and the back do all right I I I just have a question on on our Engineers report talking about legalizing the increase in approprate coverage I don't see that there's you're
asking for increase in appropr coverage but anyway uh storm water rent runoff the applicant is required to address the increase in storm water runoff you read that report from the insurance I'm sorry okay letter dated uh January 17 2025 for your
application suggest that you were increasing storm water uh I meaner coverage I don't see that in VAR you yeah I don't know can't be they take that's what I'm saying so I okay I
just had that highlight why do you say that I think you're looking at the incorrect application okay all right I'll sh what I think you're looking at the incorrect application May are there any other questions from the board
here any questions from the audience on the testimony that this gentleman has just given Mr will your answer you're satisfied yes I'm fine I'm good okay Mr Burwick would you like to approve this
framework please oh I'm a little confused is there two patios here application we skipped skip deal with
thisy hear the name 2467 I apologize 67 report I have a question you want me to do the resolution frame
please um application 2467 uh the time car 29 Line Drive Lo 7334 as 06 not a z pd-2 i move approve the C variant to
construct the sunro Edition on the new second FL deck Landing stairs and concrete SL contrary to section 430 his35 col 7 okay motion
please is there a second we need a second second burwitz josowitz peddy yes Quinn yes willing yes grani yes been approved you will be
notified you can come to the board thank you 24 24 you guys have a good night okay so you skipped over 2476 yes I did skip over that and I apologize
2476 I knew you are here and M grima 11 Brandon lane block 73 409 lot 18 zone prd2 for a c variance to legalize driveway expansions patio expansion and
pillars contrary to section 430-2639 column 13 good evening can you raise your right hands please you swear or affirm the testimony that you're about to give should be the truth the whole truth talk about the truth yes State your names and SP last name
starting with you ma'am an a e r a here a e r yes gotcha kumu can you pronounce your last name again please Kum kumre great thank you you can have a seat just make sure you use the
microphone and tell the the board what you'd like to do well this is to legalize something that was done I believe that's the case okay my question was is it all constructed no no so first of all our apologies right I we did not
know of this process so as soon as we were made aware of it we kind of stopped the construction right so it's partially done um we have like we we stopped the work wherever wherever it was so what's done so the papers have
been put but they have not been sealed is the driveway expansion completed um we used to have a asphal uh driveway which was which was broken and we need we had to fix it um so we kind of took our neighbors driveway as an
inspiration and we started putting the the pavers on the driveway um and then when we heard that a Township approval was needed we submitted it for an approval and then the work was stopped right so the the asphal is taken away payers have been put in place because we
needed a space to park the car but the pavers are not sealed so the entire ashalt driveway is gone replaced with pavers both where the driveway existed and where you wanted to expand it yes so those pavers are in but
they're just not sealed that's correct is that the only work that's been done and the pillar pillar is half done so they started with the pillar as well but the pillar are half done in the sense even half is halfly nothing has been completed there okay so those pillars if
I understand your plans Cor correctly there's pillars at the end of the driveway yes right one on each side of the driveway is that right so our house is on a cisac and it does not have lights um in the neighborhood uh it gets pretty dark at night we have we have
kids and a dog so we wanted to put something to add lights at the end of the driveway to just create that additional visibility so we constructed we started constructing the pillars like you said we've built it halfway but then we stopped what are the pillars made out of uh they're Hollow from the middle and
then they have blocks on the side so are they cement are they are they brick what are they what it outside brick they brick on the what is your house they got beening okay now besides the driveway and the pillars I understand that there's some raised
garden beds tell the board about the raised garden beds are those installed yet um yes right so we weed used to so there there was a section that we had plants on the sides of the driveway and we have a dog who have a tendency of digging in the
mulch so and and she eats all kind of dirt from there so we I wanted to create something that would restrict her access to that and in that process I I just raised the sides of the edges of the flower bed but they Hollow from the inside okay
so you want to go you want me go ahead I call you pillars sorry how tall are the pillars going to be 2 ft by 2 ft so they are not tall the height height height oh the height uh I think around around 3
and a half 4 ft I'll tell you exact uh you going to put a light on top of them right 30t 30 inch pillar so you have lighted driveway near the street right near the street and the light will be on the top of the pillar yes yes so I'm slightly
confused uh here it's saying 32 existing allow 24 propos 32 okay so you're kind of legalizing what what you had but and then 4140 and 41 is enough is minor now
it's confusing to me is in the engineers letter he's saying that there's going to be an increase in the storm water situation however they took up the black top they're putting down papers so it's actually actually going to be
better see I that I think they said they want to see them so I was I was home and the engineer uh came to actually take the pictures and he himself said that the variance is is minor and I should actually tell uh you that the flower beds are Hollow from the inside so it
the the one person variance is actually because they they've been considered solid but the driveway are you sealing it where water will not get through normally p could have a they're going to gr grout it okay you're going to grout the papers before it was all asphalt as
you put in papers that should actually be better from saying the grout will be uh impervious okay okay it's so minimal okay so it's really the Minimus minim yeah but just just just to make sure the record is is is clear because I just
want to make sure there's also another extension of your patio in the back correct so so when we when we moved the p IO was of that size but when we started looking at the records because we wanted to submit it for approval we realized that the size of the patio was
not what was there on the record so we we use this opportunity to correct that size as well okay so when you bought the house the patio had already been expanded not legalized so you're not making any changes no okay and your neighbors have no problem with any water coming from
you nothing no okay okay any other questions from the board Madam CH just one item I noticed in the uh that there is a discussion about an asilt survey in the engineers report which is it is is particularly important
because the pillars cannot be in the in the town RightWay and the town RightWay is usually 8 to 10 ft behind the curb so you have to make sure that those pillars are not too close to the to the roadway sure where were they installed
so um well they're not finished yet so you if you need to correct them you could yes we could pull them out yeah yeah we can we pull them out okay okay all right Scott this is you
okay yeah you have to ask if anyone El question any questions from the audience of testimony that has been given Scott would you like to FL frame a resolution please sure I have the paperwork in front of me I don't know
what I do with it okay uh yeah so this is the Minimus in nature I'll be voting for it so application uh 24 call 76 Aya aare and meind gy 11 Brandy uh Brandon Lane box
73409 lot 18 Zone pr-2 recommend granting a SE varant to legalize a driveway expansion P expansion and pillars contrary to section 43027 H and section 43-35 column 13 do we need to say
anything about the pillars not being in the right away please uh pillars not being the right way and the has buil survey to be submitted after completion uh exactly as Mr Johnson said and I will include those in the resolution thank you second second will second burtz yes
jitz peddy yes Quinn yes willins yep grani grani grani yes congratulations you'll be notified when you can apply for your zeld thank you thank you do you learn
some enj your thank application 24 colon 75 huam 17 Cambridge Road Block 25 lot 40 Zone R1 for a c variance to construct a
single family dwelling and Ste slopes even good evening looks like you're going to get set up you have couple of witnesses uh we do so um can
you this one yes hello okay so um uh my name is Adam candel civil engineer here we have our architect and we have the planner as well okay can you ra all swear in one yeah sure you're all going well I could do you all as you come off and start testifying so I guess you're going to take the lead yeah sure could
you raise your right hand please you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to give should be the truth I do can you state your name spell your last name yeah Adam candel last name spelled k a n d i l and what is your relationship to the project uh civil engineer professional licensed
civil engineer okay you been qualified had this board before I have and your license is still on good standing yes it is and is the applicant here as well just the applicant is here okay great just wanted to make sure that the board was aware as to whether the applicant was here or not okay why don't you tell the board about the project yeah so uh
essentially we're looking to um to construct a single family home uh we're in front of this board uh for three uh reasons um so it's on an improved road but we're here for three reason which is the uh minimum lot width which is existing on performance uh Building
height variance both for the number of stories as well as the height and a minimum front yard set back um do you need any variances with respect to the steep slopes portion of the or yes so that that's the last one
so okay uh we do have we do need a variance for steep slopes or critical slopes that are greater than 25 uh% uh and we um are requiring so we're proposing um we're proposing
6,24 and .15 Square ft where 46152 3 is allowed as per our steep slopes analysis that was submitted to the board I think the board would probably find helpful a description of
the Contours associated with this lot s yeah so the the site and I I'll go to the grading plan actually this is the existing conditions plan uh this is the existing conditions plan this is Cambridge Road here the
site is uh entirely surrounded by single family homes there's uh in the back there's the rail uh New Jersey Transit rail over about 120 ft from the actual house in the rear and the uh grade is the high point is at
Cambridge and there's about a 60t drop from the front of the site to the rear of the site um and we're proposing to keep the house as close as we can to the front of the the road um this is the grading
plan so we're actually uh proposing to keep the house as much as we can to the front of the the um Road for Cambridge hence the front yard um um variance so that we can minimize the disturbance on the on the hill and uh down this uh so
to bring the the the um to bring the house as close as we can to the roadway so we can gain access and to minimize our disturbance of the seep slopes so that's why we pulled the house up to the front and the lot's empty now right it's currently vacant and I think part of it
also there was a previous approval uh February 19 2014 for this very lot for a house in that proposal the house was set back all the way back by the tracks and there was a series of like eight or nine different retaining walls so that was approved for
steep slopes but it was much more aggressive than the plan that we're uh proposing today where we're we're minimizing the steep slopes and tucking the house much closer to the road so we can gain access to the driveway we do
have um a few a couple retaining walls um and and basically the height variance that we have is because there's such a drop off to the back of the house when we go as for the Ordnance 6 ft away from the each side of the house that's where
we trigger the uh the height VAR so if you were to pull up to the front of the house you don't see a three-story house yeah and that'll be is that right certainly and that'll be uh displayed uh on the Architects plan much better and you can see that yeah um but yeah
looking at a one-story house when you look at it from the road it's just where it drops off in the back that's where um the height that's where the ordinance we're trigging those variances and how what what is the front yard setback that you need uh 50 foot and we are uh
providing 30 we're providing 30.8 is that to the garage or the front of the house uh that is to let me go back to my site PL
it is show um the minimum set setback is to the garage which is right by the cold guesstimate of how far the actual house is another 10 ft 15 ft got be at
least 20t it uh it's kind the house itself is probably another it's probably around 50 ft set there the house itself the house itself that's SC which would come
for um slightly um in the 50 foot step back of that the corner of the house I I think is probably around 40 40 ft it's clock to the road anyway correct and in the neighborhood when
you're accessing or looking at from the street again it'll be a single family I a single story I'll in terms of excavation guesstimate of how much the are so um the area that we're uh Excavating and and this was also in the
review writer um the excavation in this patio area is where we excavate the most and we go down about 4T uh four 4 feet and based off our Geotech we're not we're not hitting any rock or any um any rock or Boulders or
anything it's more or less fill in this area are you um removing soil from the site we we are uh we're we're removing soil from the site um and we provide our uh cut fill calculations a it's a total
net cut fill of about 56 cubic yards that will be um leaving leaving the site so what what's what's uh beside this property neighbor uh the size of the property it's the side the neighbors oh so you
have here you have uh a single family home single family home and then in the rear you have the rail railroad if you go further Beyond you have 53 which is way further Beyond so the Lots the either side of you feel they're not flat
but they're not they the plateau kind of runs with the raar is it correct it really drops off as it goes down to the rail so the fact that it's a steep slope it's really not affecting anybody that right no and
and also storm water we we provide storm water management as per Township ordinance and fully containing it with a series of dryw you saw the township Engineers review letter um the township engine I think it was a review
letter I I don't I don't that's something they should have mailed you for the applicant yeah I don't think we we saw it um here one yeah this was December 11th 2024 I have
nor nothing that's really oh yeah we I saw this this was just recommending for the soil moving I did see that you okay with that yes we we will comply with that I do have a copy of that I thought there was a a review of the site plan
sorry so as far as yard space goes there's obviously not going to be any front yard there's not going to be any front yard basically right correct and that's why they put in that uh the the double retaining wall so they can have like a
Pao area in the back uh so it's a you'll have a walk out to that patio area between the two retain walls so that'll be essentially a level uh area and also to the left of the home to the left of the garage if you're looking at the garage to the left is a a level area as
well the patio will be elevated first floor erress of the house to the back correct yeah you but essentially it'll be carved out in the middle here and there'll be
access from the house here you can walk around the wall but also from the building there'll be direct access to that patio area is this lot buildable unless you do it this way is this it's not not buildable it's not buildable unless you uh disturb
the steep slopes in your opinion is this the most efficient way to build on the law certainly yeah in my opinion and I do have as an exhibit the old plan showing that the whole site was completely Disturbed um so and that was previously
approved in 20 4 where this is much less intensive to me it's a very interesting uh design it's unusual yeah looks like your clients are happy well we'll see how the meeting goes
yeah did you see the sewer uh superintendent report I I did I saw the sewer in the water report and uh we we will comply with those no problem with that not a problem at all Mr L manowitz do you have any questions of this applicant yes Madam chair thank
you uh just a couple of questions on the limit of disturbance which is obviously Keys into the disturbance of the steep slope how is that uh sanitary pipe going to be installed um so going where's it going to go too so it's
going to go to the um the 30 foot easement um and that is something that with regards to and when we uh interact with the so erosion siment control I don't know if I have that
be I I doubt it would be directionally drilled so it be excavated which I I think the limit of sale would have to be increased well that's what I was getting at because Bas I mean this is a reduced plan so I'm I'm estimating off your graphic scale you've only got about a 3
foot wide disturbance there to put them maybe closer to 8 foot wide right and then also as you as You Follow that um service line from the main and the easement towards the house when you approach the um dry Wells there's a
little sliver of land in there that is according to this is not going to be be disturbed which I think is a little impractical uhhuh um also the the limit of excavation comes right up to the pretty much to the back of the house in a lot of areas and again digging a
foundation you need a machine you got it to do footings so I think your limit of of disturbance of the steep slopes is a little understated uhhuh um I just don't want I just want to make sure you get the variance that you need to do this yeah I think yeah we
would like to include uh what's needed for temporary disturbance in those areas even though it'll be restored back to the uh existing grade um there might be incidental uh disturbances as needed to put in uh that sewer line to connect to
the um to connect there yeah this area here yeah we've accounted for about about 5T here but it may be closer to 8 ft or so depending on make it 8T yeah so how does that affect the total disturbance
area um it it it's It ultimately it'll probably be insignificant it may be another um if I if I have to guesstimate let me just look um based off it's going to be three times if I have get my scale my back there sorry I
just want to make sure that the resolution accurately reflects what it is should the board approve it I me the length of that pipe looks like it's 60 70 ft 70 fet long something yeah I'm estimating it because it's not a scale drawing so let's say 70 ft by even 10 ft
would be uh about 700 Square ft so that's about a 10% increase um you're at 62 something now aren't you yeah I mean we could we can I mean we're at five so three we did three by
three by um 3x 70 would be about 210 so maybe just say 250 that only gives you six feet wide well we currently have five now not according to your plan looks like maybe two or three looking at the graphic scale on
what I'm looking at yeah so you're going to need at least 6 feet to get any kind of machine of size in there MH so that's 420 plus the sliver by the dry well plus the stuff you're probably pushing 1,000 square ft
more we got to get num going make CR that's what I'm saying how Beau I mean I would I would say it's probably be because I'm getting it about three but the length the length I'm getting a little longer
though may maybe a way to move this along instead of uh putting your scale up on that map is Tom what do you think is probably a con conservative estimative
increase well it's about 70 we're talking that's 420 just for the lateral you got that little piece between that's probably five this is the percent off the 25 greatest L right you're saying to connect to the that triangle between
right yeah just forget about that little piece between yeah just connect it now the other thing is there any way right now you've got the sanitary lateral coming out of the more or less the back corner of the house if you bring it out of the front corner of the house with the way the property lines
are your pipe length will be less if you hit that if you hit that sanitary line the main closer to the road by coming out of the front corner of the house MH you'll limit you'll shorten it by looks like 15 ft yeah we we could we
could shift it to the front of the house over there um that that could work as well um we probably say yeah we'd save probably a good 20 ft so I don't know how the board wants to handle the it sounds like a good
recommendation to me if they're agreeing with it I mean the other way is I mean and you know contractors are doing it more and more we could directionally drill that to uh to make that connection especially down that slope so it is something that would be huh why not yeah
yeah that is something that we could do I just want to make it a condition bill has got to get a a number in the resolution and I asked what would you I mean in comparison to the other
plan that was previously approved we would like to just conservatively assume that we would excavate that and and and ask for the additional with the understanding that if we can minimize it by directional drilling we we would also they want a number for the addition not
just to say it's additional come up with a number yeah I would say 500 square ft additional additional other than what you what we're showing plans you're asking for to amend that to add an additional 500 square ft that's
correct so rather than six yeah rather than the um the 6,000 um what was the other number 6,24 we would look for
674 okay are you comfortable with that I I think that's doable and again I think if you move that lateral up it'll help you meet that number I don't mind doing that as directional drilling I appreciate the offer but you're on a steep slope and that's that's not going to be easy
yeah and that that would be a dominous amount of increase to me would be from 6,400 to huh and is that that's not getting moved well being disturbed corre it's going to be temporarily Disturbed and then it'll go right back so it's not
like we're changing the grade in that area we'll just be going back to us excuse me Adam I'm sorry Mr kandil uh your planner will be here he is here he is here okay do you believe that he will concur with what has been discussed here yes I do okay is that okay by I think we
need to get his name whatever okay when he gets up okay Mr L manowitz any more nothing else I'm thank you okay do you have any other testimony uh
no okay who's up next uh the AR y okay can you raise your right hand please you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to give should be the truth the whole truth and nothing about the truth yes I do great St your name spell your last name please uh avart Patel a a v a r t p a t l and
you're an architect uh yes on the state of New Jersey yes it is true testified before this board before yes and you're the architect for this project yes I am thank you very much thank you thank you okay um going to quickly walk through um the different levels of the the floor
plan um the structure is about three story stall uh from the back and uh uh this is the topmost level which we are calling a second floor plan uh because we are entering at this level and then we go
down for other levels uh due to the topography um this is the access point to the driveway I mean access point to the site we have a twocc car um parking uh garage um main
entrance um a small foyer and then um living dining uh kitchen uh more like an open living dining kitchen area here uh one bedroom um bathroom and then a small pantry off of the kitchen uh we are
proposing a um a deck here um and partially the the deck would be covered with a roof over it uh and then the rest would be open with a with a staircase leading down to um the the backyard or the sidey yard uh that's the
um relatively flat area of the site uh so that's why we kind of situated the uh uh the cover deck and then the uh the backyard or the side yard um as you can see on this view um you know this is more like a
uh uh approach uh perspective you know when uh looking at the front of the site and uh um the garage the main entry uh with a little wrap around porch and then uh the main structure
um the floor plan on the uh on the left side of the page that is the first floor which is the level below um and uh that consist uh uh the additional bedrooms um as well as a couple of uh uh there's a small balcony on this side and a and a a
wraparound deck on that side which is the the lower tier and uh I'll go through the arrangement of the decks on the uh on the 3D views um but again here we have uh one two three bedrooms uh a small office space um and then two
bathrooms how many squ feet is the house uh the total square footage comes out to be so the uh the second level is about 2600 ft which is uh uh the upper level and uh
uh the subsequent levels are about uh um 1,800 ft 1800 to 1900 ft CH sure yes so the house is about 5,000 square ft correct and uh you know the I mean the the the size seems larger but that was
needed because of the site uh and and uh mainly the the the bottommost level which is we calling it a basement level it is just the uh the open uh space with the utilities there and and that was needed because you know we are building up from uh from the low grade there and
then gradually coming up no problem no no elevator there is a there is a small elevator proposed okay I see oh I see it yes um it looks like there's a full there's a full bath on the basement level uh yes
there is one why is there a full bath B uh just you know this is an open area and uh if someone wants to use it they don't have to go to the upper level um that's the only reason it's provided there so how many bass total four bass in the house so we have one two three
and then one on the Upp four baths so we're always concerned about uh two family homes multi family multif family homes and I guess that's Mr Johnson's getting
at a little bit in why a full bathroom in the basement um again as I said you know just the the use point of view uh we are providing the bathroom I mean it's there's no intention of of splitting it
into a a second dwelling but uh so people don't have to go up or down you know that's just a point of view step of uh could you make it a half bath sure we can absolutely I think that would probably make us a little more uncomfortable yeah
right Dave me and again the the way the house is situated uh you know let's say if this happens you know to two family have situation again the access point is to the main staircase you know it's only one point of access your intentions
but it's get it absolutely come back okay um these are the uh the building elevations the one up top is the uh the frontal view
um this is the the rear elevation which kind of depicts the U the height of the structure the three four three stories uh plus uh uh a base and that's due to the the the the Topography of the site
um this is the uh the elevation looking at the uh the back of the garage uh the sidey yard and then uh two- tier deck over here one access from the the living dining uh area on the second floor and then the bedroom level at the um at the
first floor um as you can see some of the balconies the decks on the rear elevation as well and these are the uh some of the 3D views based on uh the current topography and how the wall structures would be
played out what's the sting is it Hardy planker uh yeah so the base uh would be uh some sort of uh masonry material uh culture Stone and then up top uh we're going to go with the with a siding Hardy siding it would be a combination of a
Hardy um would look sighting little something a little more so John is the uh bathroom becoming a p Overkill if they can't really do anything with them yeah I was going to say why about it they want a full bom
who cares yeah let it be okay so what is the board saying we're saying why why change change powder room they don't have a second they don't have a second outside entrance so the terrain probably prevents it anyway so I
got generation and particularly a guy in his 80s I'd rather go downstairs and go up three FL steps anyway would rather be the elevator well take the elevator I see that the open Hall on that basement level is approximately 2,000 square ft
yes it is and as I said you know uh the whole reason is you know the grade over here so we have to build that regardless in order to support the house so um you know it's a use it it okay good thank you
yes thank you any questions of the board thank you any questions in the audience testimony no Beau okay I have question I men it to
John what we need for this ra your right hand do you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to give is the truth the whole TR say your name your last name pleas Matthew YNN ctif professional planner I am I
have my professional planner license my aicp license I testified before this board and many others okay would you agree with the testimony that you've heard so far in terms of any planning issues I I agree you have anything in particular that you want to
say that's a good question um no I mean really the the essence of my testimony was really just going to be this is a substantially conforming project we comply with the impervious coverage um most of our setbacks and really the point of all of this uh was to bring the
building as close as possible away from those um slopes in the back bringing it as close as possible to the street um which is a vast improvement over what was originally approved um and really with that I think this is like was already mentioned the most efficient and
productive use of the property um that we can get given the constraints of the site um if there are any other questions I'd be happy to walk the board through anything else none for me any questions from the board nope any questions from the audience testimony just given C none
I think maybe just to be safe what I will say is I think we're going to just rely on the C2 balancing test the benefits substantially outweigh any potential detes just to put that on there sure just put on the record sure there is a question of the applicant himself
um and I I don't don't want to butcher your last name is it could you pronounce it for mea yeah could you come forward please sure can you raise your right hand please you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to give shall be the truth all truth other okay so State your names your last name
please uh my name is heres aadia uh first name h a r k i s h a n last name aadia a e r v a d i y a okay so the question was on the application you list your address as 38 to cros
court yes and the the uh location of the property is 15 Cambridge Road correct is it your intention to move into the property is that the plan yes okay okay that was that was a question that I asked the attorney thank you thank you very much sir than and your family's
going to be moving with you yes I have a 2 and a half Monon old kids so and another fouryear old so yes okay great thank you thank you we have any other questions of the board no no would uh one of our board
members like to frame a resolution please sure I think it's a a really nice looking project um it's an unusual an unusual project it's different but it seems like it makes total sense for the property uh in Good Taste and uh not
affecting anybody so I'll be voting for it I support that uh the only the only thing I would uh ask is uh when you have a cocktail party on that outside patio when the train comes by let me know
okay application 24 col 75 paresan orvia 15 Cambridge Road block 25 lot 40 Zone R1 recommend granting a c variant to construct a single family
Drilling and steep slopes do I need to add anything else well there's there's three variances correct just to make sure the records clear there's the variance from the steep slope or critical slope disturbances there's the height variance for the the square the
height of the building there's a variance for the stories of the building and there's a front yard setback variance correct that's everything right modification existing nonconforming on the law have I covered everything okay
okay as Mr Johnson has said second second M Burk yes yes Teddy yes Quin yes willing y BR on yes applications been approved
you'll be be notified by our secretary when you can apply for your per I very unusual home and we wish you much much happiness good job thank you thank you thank
you very unusual home you all you better call everyone for the party oh nor has something to say oh I'm sorry continue um if I put out an email for additional dat to special and I need
everyone to respond May 28 I think we I think we may 28th seems to be most the date that most just the the engineer I have problem April yeah okay
what weting our next meeting is April 1 April 2 at the high school okay thank you conratulations congratul beautiful home motion to motion to
no nobody in the back nobody the