Adequate notice. This meeting was provided in the following ways. Notice published to the Courier Notice posted on the bulletin bo of the Municipal Building Notice made available to the tow clerk. Notice sent to the Courier News and the Star-Ledger. Will the clerk please call the r Mr. Weisman. Here. Mr. Tillery. Here, Mr. Patel, Here Mr. O'Reggio I know you're here. He's there. You see him? Mr. Blount Mr. Mitterando here.
Mr. Ali here and Chairman Cahill Will, everyone, please stand for a salute to the flag. I pledge Allegiance to the flag United states of America and to the Republic for which st one nation under God, indivisibl with liberty and justice for all Mr. Kinneally, do we have any changes in this a Yes, we do. The application of Tilakraj Soni Boulevard has been withdrawn and will not by the board N.D.K.
Realty. South Washington Avenue is resch for June 25th with no further no Those are all the changes I have Thank you, sir. Let's proceed to item number six 26. - ZB. -15 V, and that is Harold Israel is Mr. Israel present. Harold Israel. Are you present? Yes, I'm presen Okay, sir, I need to swear you i Could you raise your right hand? Do you swear the testimony your about to give should be the
Truth? Thank you. Explain to the board why you're Please. So. Good evening, Chairman. My name is Harold Israel, and I reside at 41 Harte Place. Piscataway, New Jersey. I'm the owner of the property identified as BLOCK 2311 Lot 2 in the R 7.5 zone. I come before the board this eve to respectfully request a bulk v
on the section 21-61 9.1 of the Township zoning code to to retain an existing six foot solid fence located alo my Richards Avenue property line Thank you, sir. A Mr. Misrahi could use just some issues. Hi. Yes. With the new ordinance that was we can allow up to 12 and a half foot setback from the property l for such a six foot
solid fence. Alternatively, the the applicant could replace with a four foot high, 50% open There does appear to be a pretty sizable tree on the the north corner of the property that would impede a partial setback of the fence. Is that tree still present, Mr. Yes, sir. Okay.
So those are the those are the t the staff recommends. Either the moving the fence in t and a half feet, which would be past the tree or switching to a four foot. 50% open fence. That's still code complia So let me give a little background on the situa So my property sits on a corner with one side directly front in Richards Avenu So in 2020, I hired a licensed professional fencing company
to install a six foot solid fenc along that property line. The property contained an in-gro swimming pool. Now, that wasn't there at that time, and the fence serves as the pool enclosure barrier. In addition to providing the yard privacy an the fence has been in place for approximately five years. So while well-maintained, it has no complaints from neighborhood
neighboring property owners during that time So the reason you know that I'm requesting to keep the fence I respectfully submit the following reasons taken together, demonstrate that the requested variance is w and consistent with the public i First is pool safety. Legally required enclosure of my property contents. And in ground swimming pool on the New Jersey law.
NJ AC 523 residential swimming pool must be enclosed by a barrier fe The six foot solid fence along Richards Avenue is primary component of that enc Because my property is a corner directly accessible for a public from a public stree it faces an elevated risk of unauthorized access, in particular by children unfamiliar with the property
or taller solid fence provides meaningful, stronger protection than the four foot minimum. This variance directly supports the state pool safety requirements rather than working against them The second reason I'm requesting this is the property Security and Crime Prevention Piscataway property crime rate, which includes burglary, theft, larceny and motor vehicle thefts, is above the national av
with four residents facing approximately one in 103 of becoming a victim of property Corner lots like mine are particularly vulne because the present two open str facing sites providing easier access and less surveillance than interior lots. A six foot solid fence along Ric Avenue creates a meaningful phys deterrent in defined boundary that is property exposures.
This concern is further on the on the score by New Jerse on legislative response. In October 2024, Governor Murphy signed a new legislation, P L two and 24 c. 83 elevating h to a first degree crime Derrick and I'm now lodgment of level that residential security is a pressing public concern. Third reason is traffic safety on residential streets
which carries on part police dep has been running its Piscataway Safe Streets initiative for four consecutive years, continuing into 2026. This campaign specifically targe unsafe vehicle speeds on residen on roadways. It was launched in direct respon to community concerns about collision, new homes, my property sits on the corner. Lot along
Richards Avenue, placing my yard indirect exposure to passive vehicle traffic. A six foot solid fence provides a physical barrie Consistent with this, with the s of the township's own traffic safety goals. A four foot fence will offer substantially l protection against a vehicle leaving the roadway Four. And that's not my priority, is p because I've lived there for 22
and I've never had any issues. I've kept my property. My property is well-maintained and nobody ever complained about the fence from the 5 to 6 that it's been there. So the fourth reason is privacy, corner latch or exposed. On two sides. Two public streets. Frontage. Interior light owners enjoy a natural degree of your p The corner that owners do not and which is very unfair.
The Richards Avenue side of my p offers little natural screening, meaning my yard and pool area are fully visible to passing vehicles and pedestri without the fence. The six foot fence restores a reasonable level of privacy consistent with what my neighbor on interior lots naturally enjoy and is particularly important given the pressure. The presence of the pool of four fence will provide
minimal practical privacy in thi Know that our school that's not too far away from my from my And I have to ask, you know, school students that pass by around 2:45, 30 to and most of the time their behav are not the most pleasant ones. They are sometimes walk through and sometimes they go to the bac When I had no fence
of four feet, minimum open gates will create some type of on un u ness to my family, to myself. And even though I'm given the op to move the the fence 12.5 feet from the front of the property l that also create a financial bur also creates the tree that's the that's already present, creates an impossible move for me.
Moving the fence from where it's at now to try to even further away from the tree. So I’m requesting that I'm giving a variance because the fence is not causing any problems in the neighborhood is not causing any unsafe situat It's not creating anything. It's been there for the past six and there's not been not one com from the neighborhood or from from anybody in the neig
Okay. Mr. Israel, let me help right now. Yes. Your sense we're not asking you to give up the six foot fence. We're telling you it has to move if you want a compromise, Jonath 12.5 is what we could accept, ev what's the variance called for? Seven The code. The code calls for 12.5. We could even do ten feet if tha It just can't stay where it is. And if you had a license profess put the fence up. He should have pulled permits and realized that he couldn't put the fence up in that area.
So to my defense, when this happened, that was dur So there was no way for him to get a permit for myself to get a permit, as I I guess I got to know the township was open. We were open, 100% township was open. You could have received permit, which I don't know was who’s tal Well, there's me and Laura, I wa that's okay. You know, it's like you real quiet as a pr to put the fence up because you in a spot where it doesn't belon
So. So we can we can talk, but each other for the next hour You said you're going to move th You're either going to move it, you know, nine or ten feet or you going to move it 12.5. And then no one's telling you to get a four foot fence with all the points that you mad I wouldn’t suggest you get a four foot 50% fence. But you got to take the fence. You've got and you've got to mov You think it's a violation of co Mr. Cahill Now I have to say thi This there are multiple people in the neighborhood
that has a corner fence, and they have done. I'm not going through what I'm going through tonight. They have they're not in front o now, sir. I understand, but you call me in front of you so I could explain And you already did. And I appreciate that. Yes. And I appreciate you allowi if you if you will say something, I would appreciate you allowing me to say something Yes, please. You. You the only one who's been for the last 10 minutes. So please, if you have anything else to add, please. Added,
I understand I'm the only one that's been tal 10 minutes and I appreciate everyone listen But we also have to say that I'm financially where the room has to pay to mov the the township. is not going to help me move this. Right. All right. Now is creating. One second, sir. Allow me to speak all if you wan first, go ahead yet again. Here's your grab. Your gripe shouldn't be the financial burde You should contact the fence com tell them they didn't pull any p and you could get a lawyer and s Let them let that be the financial responsibility.
Are you are you a lawyer for my understa Correct. Oh, no, I'm not. Okay. So so I was going to ask advice, as you know, since you might kno better than I do, because I don' because you're telling me to sue So I don't know what that entitl of suing them, what that's entit So how you go about to do that is you and as well. So second, sir, I do understand that this board meeting is more for other board members to take a vote and also to voice themselves and not for you alone to make a
Is that is that my understanding collect we have to vote it in a majority Absolutely. Yeah. That's why I'm asking. But the way but I'm saying right the way you're presenting yourse it feels like you're taking out everyone else else that's on thi No, I'm the chairman. I have a comment to make. I'm going to make sure. Mr. Chairman, please allow me to say one word. Yes. The question I was answerin I didn't finish my question. I will not cut you off. Okay. Want to speak? Go ahead, Mr. Chairman. No, go ahead. Please make your p As you see, I'm seen in my car. I work and I work in the city.
I drive. I spent 13 hours back and forth. I've been doing this for 22 year Okay. That back and forth so that I ca some peace of mind in the townsh I've been living there for 22 ye Right now I don't feel that I have that peace of mind right I feel like I'm being violated o something that isn't so minimal that, I mean, my family and I are bein and something that's that does n any type of assist in this or create any problems for anybody in the neighborhood.
But I feel like I'm being attack with a rule that's been changed because when I went to the towns I was told that the 12.5 or whatever changes that was mad because they were getting so many variances right being being filed that that the board or the the the US of the some people voted two two in Jan In January there was a vote to make it 12.5
So and nobody knew when that wou Nobody was invited to that vote. No, there was no public hearing. There was no decision. There was nobody involving the neighborhood. I vote every election. I voted. I voted the county council membe You know, I heard they met then they made a decision. The last time this war was reinf was back in which, guys, you started reinforcing this. What was in November of of of of of of 2021.
That's when you first had a member meeting about fenci I've had I've with my neighbor n right across from me who's now sold his house. He was the first one to put a fence on his own. He didn't even get a company to And nobody ever bothers him. Never, never had to go in front of any committees fighting for his life or his pea This we his peace. Right now, I'm in front of a few here, and the only voice I'm hea is the chairman's voice in nobody else's voice in
And we all part of the same neig I believe. Right. We all live in this Piscataway, Do we all live in Piscataway? I'm just asking. All of the members of the board live in Piscataway. I am the board attorney. I do not live in Piscataway who’s the board attorney? It's on the West Coast. Okay, That's Kinneally. That's James Kinneally. And you go and your board member and you don't live in Piscataway No, no, he doesn't. He doesn't vote. Is not a board I do not vote. I give the board and legal advic
all of the board members are residents of Piscata Okay. All right. So all the boar All so you're all my neighbors for the past 22 years, correct? That's how long you've been in P Yes, sir. That's me, Piscataway. I have three children. Went to Piscataway Middle School, elementary school, high Oh, three girls. Okay. And that's that's that's that's. You know, it's my wife and I. We've been there for the past 22 Okay? So I feel like the treatment that I'm getting from the from t
member now, I can see the board from the from the chairman, because the chairman is voicing he says he's talking for everybo No, I didn't say that at all. I'll ask them to stay because I had a question to ask. I asked it or I had a statement I made it. They will have free voices if they want to chime in. They're more than you know. Okay. I would like to I would like to from the from from from the rema from the from the other board me at all. You on this call, Mr. Isreal, the way this works is you present your case when you are done presenting your case, okay?
The public will have a chance to in case there are any members of the pub that want to speak. Once that is concluded, the memb will take a vote on your applica I understand. Oh, because this was I got to sa this was not explained to me. This should have been explained the beginning of of or before we You started talking. They should have explained the p the protocol. None of the protocols were expla before before this meeting start I'm so. Mr. Israel, if I could just two quick points
Our staff has been completely av for you. If you have any questions, this code change for the fencing ordinance was put in front of th council, your township council, for two readings prior to a vote All of the township council meetings are advertised and everyone from the public is welcome to attend. Just echoing what Chairman Cahil you should definitely review the contract documents you have with that fence installing compa and seek an attorney to get advi on how to
I hear you when you say the financial burde that would be a civil matter that you can discuss outside thi So the solution we're focusing o we can come to a compromise nine feet to ten feet that we ca to off of Richard's Avenue. We can even have they put a time limit on it so we can exten when we're expecting that to hap to give you time to seek legal r privately outside of the setting But we could come to a compromis
We could the board could find to deny the applicati I don't want to see this escalat and any further within a disciplinary view. So I would just advise as we come to a come to a compro So I'm going to say the Jonathan correct. If I call you, I call you by the first names. Okay. All right. We met. We met before, Jonathan. I don't believe so. Okay. All right.
Because. Okay. All right. Because you made it sound like we've spoken befor like we we met at the township because everybody time at our to don't even live in Piscataway. They just work at the township, but they not leaving Piscataway, which is crazy, right? So I've been living there for 22 Okay, Once again. All right. And I find I find this hearing the burden to put this burden on
financial burden on me, especially in a time like this where everything's too expensive I think we lost the lawyer. No, I'm still here. Okay. All right, So I have a question the lawyer, because you you all So you know that the when you do a contract with a company, okay, if they have an enclosure that says that when you go back and read the contract to look at and they say they haven't told y
that says that advice for you to get a permit. Right. But during COVID, you guys said you were open. But I know that all all state offices were closed right? I cannot afford them. I cannot sue them for them to cover the fence. See, everything that we're seein right now, all the legal advice, advice that you guys are giving me, the they they have no substance
because I will look into multipl Before I came to this meeting. Okay. Right now, my hands are tied. I’m being threatened right now b Right. Because he's threatened Jonathan He threatened me saying he's thr me, saying that let's come to a conclusion. Now, before we offered you three different options Mr. Israel you said is nobody thre There's a script being recorded for this meeting, right?
He said come to a conclusion or I don't want this to get ugly. That's technically what he said So that code and that means get that ugly. So I don't feel like I'm coming into a meeting where I'm being h I know I feel like I'm coming to has already been decided because John and said I met twic and I already voted. That's what he said. So I don't understand how the la Mr.. Mr..
Oh, kill. I'm Cleve. I got to call you by first name. James Right. He said that first you're going to listen to and then we vote. But Jonathan just said they alre No, we didn't. No one has voted. We have. I mean, I misheard. I mean, he w Mr. Israel Yes. Let's Jonathan got this point cl Mr. Israel We're going to move on at this p because right now you're not hea what you what you want to hear.
So you just continuing to take a your narrative. We've offered options. We're trying to compromise with You want what you want and you want to keep the fence where I don't want what I want. yes you do, I don't want to. I want the same I want the safety of my family. I've want the safety of my three I want the safety of my wife. Mm And you'll get that with a six foot fence that's ten feet c I want to go get. You'll get that same safety with the same fence, only off the ten feet off instead of where it is now.
No. Nope. No threat at all. You say you say ten feet. But I got a tree. So I got a tree in the way. I mean, I think you guys come an and then take pictures, do some measurements. Okay. And see what I'm talking about. I don't think any one of you guy have driven round the neighborho and took a look and see before. Yeah, place Judgments on me. I mean, you are putting a burden and my family
in and ever since this thing sta that thing that's stressing me o I've never been so stressed livi than I am right now. Mr. Israel For what I'm asking f maybe we should adjourn this and give give everybody should take a drive and take a l Have some proof. Mr. Israel Can I speak not wanted to speak now. Okay. Please. You got to. You said that you've already looked at the option of suing th manufacturer of the fence. I have.
I mean, I said that's suing them not suing them. I've looked into them coming back in, try to replace t But I can't do that based on the on what it says on the contract. I would have looked into it. Rig So the suing part is nonexistenc Right. So now not only this going to cr a financial financial burden, a real financial burden, because a lot of money to put the fence Okay. Then I got to pay alot of money I'm going to take it off and rep and move it to somewhere else.
Okay. This is this is this is this is this is unfair. You put up the fence, sir. Sir you put up an illegal fence. I've wasted this. You said it's not what Mr. Wright wants. Let me get some clarification, p What makes it illegal? Well, what am I? What is it that we are protectin What is it that we are protectin with our fence that move up ten from where it is? Well, what a difference that is going
I want that explained to me, bec nobody could ever explain that t Can somebody please explain to m Somebody. Ali. Mr. Ali? No, You're not going to pick. He just said yes. You know, for the for the past t Mr. Israel, You do not run this You don't run this meeting. I'm sorry, Mr. Chairman. He's the chairman. Okay. If you want to put this off. All right. Postpone it. Work with my engineers on a solu
It's not the fence. It's not staying where it is. That's the bottom line. If you want to work a compromise My department here in town, then I'll postpone this this vot until a future date. And in the meantime, contact an attorney because anybody can be sued. Don't say you can't sue the fence installe He did not live up to his end of the bargain. And you said he was a licensed f person. Yes. And to also say I can't. Can I talk now? Can I talk at my meeting? Yes. You also say that the township w
when I was at the township every during COVID. Signing papers and doing whatnot is not accurate. So let me postpone it. You work at the township. I'm sorry. You work at the towns I don't work at the township, no But I sign papers Well, you say you don't. He comes into the office to do z board business, Mr. Israel. I don't know of any positions he He told me, is really not import to be honest with you. On the township or not. That's not important. I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. Let's. Let's. Let's do some clarification ques I'm just trying to be clear, but think the Ali said to say I think everybody should voice if there was the hand there isn’t a hand up if he had his hand up, he. Yes. Nothing to say. Okay. Yet here's the option. You want us to vote tonight? You want us to vote right now with the information that we've by our expert Jonathan? Or do you want a compromise? Come back. Get in touch with my department and see if we can work out a com I have a question.
You said your expert, Jonathan, but can I ask your expert, Jonat a few questions, please, since I didn't know he was the e Now you can. You can talk to Jonathan outside of this meeting. Sir, we have other matters, to h Yeah, we've got other people that wanted to clarify a questio Is, do you want to support me in Do you want to adjourn this to another to another day? I would like to adjourn this because I would love to have the for everyone to speak and then and to be heard right n I feel like I'm in rush and I'm being I'm not being hear Respectfully, we start we've been talking for a half ho
but how how are you being rushed We've been talking for half hour But yes, but this meeting starte It's now 7:28. We've been rehashing the same things over and over ag because we've been talking for a half an hour. But I feel like I'm being rushed to make a decision because because it's like you, you, you, whatever you want, no matter wha I'm moving on. Do you want to postpone this or do you want us to vote on it Make your decision right now. Pl Let's. Let's have an adjournment, and we will do that.
We're done in Israel matter. It is going to be adjourned until June 11th, 2026, with no further notice by the ap The matter will be heard again on June 11, 2026. June 11th. We'll see you again. Mr. Israel Okay. Thank you. I appreciate you guys. Have a go Have a good night. I think you'r Let's move on to item number 7 26-ZB - 17V Angeline Mapa is Angela Mapa present? Yes, sir. Good evening.
Are you in? Could you raise your right hand? Sure. Do you swear the testimony you're about to give should be t Yes, the truth. Your address, please. Hi, I'm Angeline Mapa I live at 118 Heffernan Street, Piscataway, Ne Thank you. Could you explain to the board why you're here? Yes. So I am applying for a vari for a front yard setback with a requirement of 35 feet and the proposes 19 to 11 feet building coverage as well.
Proposals were required as 20%, but the proposal is 20.64%, which is 2064 square feet. And the reason being why I wanted to build again, this is a one story addition ins on the northeast side of the hou adjacent to Middlesex Avenue. The addition will accommodate a guest bedroom suite with a sleeping area, bath and a closet. And the reason why I wanted to d this is because my
parents are aging, so I work in health care. I am a nurse practitioner. I've been in health care for about 20 years now and my mother has a chronic prog medical condition called dementi They currently live in Jersey Ci with my dad, so my parents are both living to in Jersey City. But unfortunately at this point my dad cannot handle it on his o And being in the medical field, I want to care for my parents. I want them to be with me and I want to care for them. I don't want them to be in the nursing home.
So I am asking the board to help us out in doing this and And it is an issue for my parent especially my mother. She actually fell already going down the steps from my sec down to the first floor. So it's not advisable for her or for them to live on the secon which I have a bedroom where I a now, but it's not advisable for or for them to live there because again, the fall risk is So that's the reason why I actua
asking for the board for assistance in this one. And before I forgot to mention T Doris is my architect. He's here as well with me. Just again, just for any assista If there's anything that I do not understand. Okay, Jonathan, can we can we work something out? Yeah, that's some. Thank you for coming on to me. So I have a couple questions. We Absolutely. Oh, I apologize. I didn't see th So we have one or two concerns.
So the the separate entrance is Can you speak to that at all. The separate entrance is just for more privac Again, I live with my two children, two seven and four and my husband and I, we we live in one single The reason being is just for pri just for my parents, so they can have their own entra in that side. Again, I know you notice I did see the memorandum on the that you didn't mention. And num I think you were asking for architectural plans related
kitchen. We're not going to do that becau this is strictly for my parents. It's really not for us. I have no desire of expanding my But again, unfortunately, because of the situation that we in right now, my mom is getting worse each day So I really have to make a choic and, you know, care for them. And can you speak at all to the the shed that you currently have in the b Oh, yes. Yes. I wanted to I forgot to mention I know when I applied for the ap your secretary did mention that. Oh, Angeline
And by the way, this is a proble the zoning, with the shed and th But I just wanted to mention tha when we bought the home, you kno the inspector didn't flag it to So what I mean to say is that they were already purcha when I purchased the home in 2017 of December, they were already present the sh and the on the fence. They were going there. So we just kept the and bought t the way it is. And what's what's what's the shed’s condition like Oh, it's pretty good. I mean, the roof is leaking some but again, it's still good. We're using it accordingly. Okay
And you you mentioned you had a design professional on Yes. Tom, Dores is here with us. He's my architect And I might have a question or two for Do we need to show? Absolutely. his name again? Oh, Tom, Tom, Dores, D O R E S Is Mr. Dores present? Yes, I'm here. I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right h Sure. You swear that testimony about the gives me the truth? I do. Thank you. You're a registered architect in the state of New Jersey, corr
Thank you. Go ahead, Mr. Misrahi Thank you. So I'm curious what consideration was given to doing this addition towards t yard. You have an additional five feet to the rear yard, and so you are, I guess, is considered a side ya because of the corner lot. How what what consideration have towards towards going towards the back of the home with the ad as compared to as you're proposa Yeah. We've ruled out the rear yard pretty quickly
because there's only a few feet to the rear yard setback. Also, the owner would like to ma that rear yard for, you know, recreational use. And it just seemed pretty difficult to to kind of manage spatially. So we capitalized on, you know, the larger open space the front yard. The second floor was also consid But as the owner testified, you accessibility is a big concern.
I agree. Okay. And what about reconfiguring any sort of with the living room and half bath downstairs, any any reconfiguration of the e ground floor behind the garage into a small suite for the paren I again, it was it was sort of a narrow space. The family is already kind of ut
all of the spaces on the ground and first floor. So we chose to make a sizable and more functional ad toward the street. And if we compromise on that secondary entry, how how much can we cut down on the 15 foot width of the additio The 15 foot width would probably be similar.
Whether we have that entry or no it's kind of like the front faci So it it wouldn't really help us with the width of the addition, perhaps the depth slightly. But we did kind of lay the plans with furniture and fixtures. And you can see that, you know, giving up even, you know, half a foot in some dimensions c could, you know, drastically compromise you know, the functionality of of the of the addition.
I just I'm sorry, I just wanted this is my Mrs. Mapa, I just want to add we wanted to functionality as we for my parents again, working in health care. I know eventually with progressi diseases, chronic diseases, whee will eventually perhaps again, I do not know if that will happe So we wanted to just make sure functionality wise, I wanted to make sure again if I'm already doing this for my parents, I wanted to just make it correct for them because I don't want to We change everything again in th I just wanted more of a flex fun as far as wheelchair, just in ca
Again, I don't think it will hap but I just want the best for the You know, they have given us enough alread and I just want to give to my pa Understood. And thank you. Okay. And my my one of my other concer is that when we calculate the bu coverage, including the two foot as well as the covered porch, it comes out to 21.65%. So this this might be a this might be another another ca where we adjourn and we perhaps and see what we could do architecturally here,
unless Mr. Chairman or any other members of of any other comments. We were also sorry about that, M Mapa here. We just want we wanted to let yo that we also are willing to comp with the zoning as far as the sh I think the sorry, the fence, if there's any issue in relation we are willing to compromise whatever it is that we need. I just you know, again, my dad is just having a hard tim so I'm really trying my best that I can to help him out. If we did if we did adjourn, this is still available.
Looks it is. Okay. I think that might be in our bes for you to adjourn it. Get some good insurance. Mr. Miz If they change the two feet to a cantilever doesn't cause of the How much would that change their The well, the two feet, I believe, is exis So that would be them changing their roof in the rear So that would be kind of like additional work. But I could I could certainly do calculation when we sit down and
but there’s nothing we could do to bring it back down because one report had it at just over 2 I don't know where the 21 is com in. I apologize. The overhang is the overhang is not on the proposed addition, which would I agree to the make Let me just say they don't have to wait anot I'm just trying to. Right. I agree with you. I hope you're thinking that. Well, you're working at somethin You're just measuring here. It's proper. Correct. I'm sorry, sir. Mrs. Mapa.
But I just wanted to clarify that in the future, if the room being used by your parents anymo you would not be renting it out. No, because my brother is single He is not married, so we are going to use it for hi And then again, likewise after h He is seven years older than me, so he's almost 50 years old. After that, it will be me and my So there is no again, there is no need for me to do an Again, this is really strictly for my parents and for.
Okay. So always a question that we ask Rutgers being so close in the pr Oh, absolutely. Oh, I totally understand. But that's not even in the back. That's not even that didn't even notified you so clarified it. No problem to it deed restriction that the house be used as a two bedroom or a two family house. Yes, you did mention that. And I vouch and truthfully say y yes, yes, No, we are not doing t but we'll make it a deed restriction. That's fine. Yeah. Okay.
Yes. Mr. Dores, if the the overhang going back over the living room, that's 50 squar So that would that would certain if the shed's not I mean, if the sheds are being u that could be replaced with something smaller that would, that would take care coverage issue, then it would just be a matter o Ms. Mapa already talks about the that would only bring us up with the front yard setback along Middlesex as the only remaining variance. So what number can we give them?
Like 20? Because I know Dawn had 20. 0h s 21.650 2165 yeah So if they bring it down 20 I mean it's up to you Chairman the board for around 21 I'm comfortable with that, espec And so if they say they could bring it dow you know, we can move forward.
Yes, I'm comfortable with that. Okay. So we'll we'll need a new set of we'll need a new set of drawi we can discuss offline how we're going to get that 21%. And the fence will need to be sh in a conforming location. Okay? Okay. All right. Any other members of the board? Any questions or comments? Hearing None. I'm going to open up to the publ Anyone in the public have any qu or comments for this application
You can either Hit Start six, if your on your phone or raise y no one chairman. Okay, close the public portion a make a motion to approve this ap with the modifications that were at least. Well. Mr. WEISMAN. Yes. Mr. TILLERY. Yes. Mr. PATEL. Yes. Mr. O’REGGIO Yes. Blount never got here. Mr. Mitte Mr. Ali Yes. And Chairman Cahill
Ms. Mapa Your application has been approv You need to do some work with revised drawings to make su that you can comply with the app It will be memorialized at our next meeting in June. You don't need to be at that mee Will mail that document you. Thank is the board. Thank you so much. I truly, truly appreciate this. I appreciate you. Good luck. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Item number eight, 26 - ZB - 19V Christopher Eodice. Hello, sir. Good evening. I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right h
Do you swear that the testimony about the gift should be the tru Yes. Your name and address, plea Christopher Eodice. 211 Elizabet Could you explain to the board what you'd like to do here? Seeking relief or variance for the excess of roof coverage? Okay, Jonathan, you've been a popular guy tonigh so the access and coverage
we're talking about is 73 square feet here. The Mr. Eodice did you see the report that we i The 26th? I did. Okay. Can you speak at all to the sump it's set up now, where it's disc Yeah. I don't know why that that even to be honest with you. That was never even in the plan or thought of. Currently, my sump pump discharges out to my rear yard. I have no discharge going to the
I don't have a sump pump access to the street. There's no PVC pipes going to th Great. Yeah I know we I saw it when I saw the the note about th pump on the architectural plans. It just we have an issue with homes discharging into the stree When that water freezes, it creates a hazardous condition. Public safety. I just wanted to So if it's discharging into the that's great. Is there any reason why you weren't able to get those 73
So so we're we're trying to gain into our garage to avoid the elements during the winterti the rain, because currently righ we have a detached garage with this little bit of a setbac We're going to gain entrance into the garage to have an attac as well. Well, can I just say something? I'm not Heather. I'm the wife. I'm for you. And h I get it. So you swear that the testimony you're about to give you the tru
Thank you. Your name, please. Okay. Heather Eodice 211 Elizabe Thank you. So we basically are doing this t to join the house through to the instead of having to go outside and then back into the garage and the little extra room that we did put on is basically to make that space also practical. So we're making the kitchen slightly bigger,
taking away any of that. The 73 square feet, I think make that space really useless. Yeah. I don't know what else. That's fine. You it's I mean we're trying to get into the garage. Okay. I'm just looking at the just looking at the architectura That 72 square feet. If we took it from the
the side away from the refrigera where you need the access to the I mean that's a six foot reducti over a 16 foot proposed width ad So I can I can agree with that s So yeah, that's those, those are, those are my comments Chairman. Okay. Have any questions or comments? Hearing none. I'm going to open it to the publ Anyone in the public have any qu or comments for this application
Again, you could raise your hand on the bottom or Hit Star six No one chairman Okay, closed the public portion make a motion to approve this ap Can I get a second? I’ll second Thanks and hope. Mr. Weissman. Yes. Tillery? Yes, Mr. Patel? Yes, Mr. O'Reggio? Yes. Thanks Roy, Mr. Mitterando. Yes. Mr. Ali. Yes. And Chairman Cahill. Yes. Your application has been approv will memorialize it in a written
at our next meeting. You don't need to be there for t We'll mail that document to you. You'll need that for your permit Thank you. Thank you. good night guys luck. Let's move on to item number 11, adoption of resolutions on the regular meeting of May 14 First Resolution. Adel Ahmed Which you voted to ap Mr. Weissman Yes. Mr. TILLERY Yes. Mr. Patel Yes. Mr. O’REGGIO Yes. Mr. Mitterando Yes. Mr. Ali Yes, Chairman Cahill Yes
Next is the application of Sandeep Nijhawan, which you vote Mr. Weissman Yes. Mr. TILLERY Yes. Mr. Patel Yes. Mr. O’REGGIO Yes. Mr. Mitterando Yes. Mr. Ali Yes, Chairman Cahill Yes Final resolution tonight is Maga This was a resolution that was denied to an applicatio That was denied, and the resolut indicates that it's a denial. So voting yes is a vote to deny. Mr. Weissman Yes.
Mr. Tillery Yes. Mr. Patel Yes. Mr. O’Reggio Yes. Mr. Mitterando Yes. Mr. Ali Yes, Chairman Cahill. Ye Those are all the resolutions for this evening. Okay. Item number 12 Adoption of the minutes in the regular meeti of May 14th, 2026. All in favor. Say I. Hi. Number 13 adjournment. All in favor, say I I. By the way, board. Thank you very much for tonight. Never feel threatened or bullied
by an applicant who is singling If you have something to say, yo If you have nothing to say, say Don't let any applicant come in and intimidate you on my meeting All right, all, have a great nig Thank you so much, you two. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your support Shawn Goodnight.