The zoning board of adjustment. Please come to order. Adequate notice of this meeting was provided in the following ways. Notice published on the courier news notice posted on the bulletin board at the municipal building. Notice made available to the township Clerk Notice sent to the Courier News and the Star-Ledger. Will the clerk please call the roll? Mr. Weisman. Here. Mr. Tillery. Here. Mr. Patel. Here. Mr. O'Reggio Mr. Blount. I know Rodney's here.
Mr. Mitterando here, Mr. Ali here. And Chairman Cahill here. Well, everyone, please stand for a salute to the flag and the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, everyone. Mr. Kinneally, are there any changes? And yes, there are.
The application of Harold Israel 41 Harte place will not be heard tonight. It will be postponed to May 28, 2026, with no further notice. Amritpreet Kaur 41 Chicago Avenue will be adjourned to June 11th with no further notice. Finally, Tilakraj Soni will be postponed until May 28th with no further notice. Mr. Chairman, that has been adjourned a number of times. You may want to authorize me to advise the applicant
that if they're not ready to proceed at the next hearing, it may be dismissed. Dismissed? Without prejudice? Yes, absolutely. Please do that. Thank you. Those are all the changes I have. Thank you. Thank you. Let's move on. 26-ZB-14V Adel Ahmed is Adel Ahmad present? Yes. I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give should be the truth? Yes. Thank you. Could you explain to the board why you're here? I'm trying to build a pool in my house,
and I need the variance. Okay. Mr. Mizrahi, do you have any comments on this? Yes. I just had a question for the applicant. Can you explain the type of equipment that's required for the pool? Like a filter pump, etc.? Heater heater, pump, filter. Or we're going to have a gate that's going to be opening towards the pool. We look for the equipment.
We're going to need to know where that is to be located. The survey provided only showed the pool itself, so that might require an additional variance depending on the location of the equipment. So we might be able to. Yeah. Excuse me. I mean, as long as he said under oath that it's ten feet off the property line, there's not going to be an issue because there's two here. You need to vote yes as long as everything is ten feet.
Decking, filter, anything off the property line. He's okay. Is that. Are you agreeable to that? Yes. Okay. It's a irregularly shaped lot. Mr. Chairman, we think it's a best possible configuration for the pool. Okay. All right. Thank you. Any of the members of the board have any questions or comments? It is individual hearing. Now. I'm going to open it to the public. Anyone in the public have any comments or questions? So this application is almost put together. You can either raise your hand.
Rodney said he could hear us, but he can't talk. Okay. Anybody, if you're on your phone, you hit Star six. We have quite a few public answering. Chairman Cahill Or you can raise your hand on the computer and I will unmute you for any application. No. One Chairman. Okay. Closed the public portion. I'd make a motion to approve this up. Secondly, please call roll. Mr. Weissman. Yes, Mr. Tillery?
Yes, Mr. Patel. Yes. Or I didn't. Come on. Mr. Blount. Raise your hand. Mr. Mitterando Yes, Mr. Ali. Yes. And Chairman Cahill? Yes. Your application has been approved. Will memorialize this in a written document at our next meeting. You don't need to be here for that. We'll mail that document to you. Good luck. Thank you. By the way, when is it going to come the document
The next meeting is in two weeks. So it'll be mailed the day after that. Okay. Thank you, sir. Good night, sir. Thank you, sir. 26 dash ZB dash at 13. V. Akshay Kumar. Raj. Ms.. Yes, Akshay Kumar. Raj. Present. Yes, Present. Okay. Sir, I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand?
Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give should be the truth? Do you swear that the testimony will be the truth? Yes. Thank you. Explain to the board why you're here, please. You know, I'm going to addition on my house second, second floor, two bedroom, one bathroom. Okay. I need the variance. I get the variance for the
percentage of the building coverage and fence located in the easement area. And on the right hand side, it should be eight foot proposed. It's 7.8 foot. yard setback Mix in one. Okay. Sir, I believe my expert has some issues he needs to address with you. Jonathan, please jump in. All right. Thank you
so much. Mr. Raj, you. We've gone over the staff report. You agreed to enter a memorandum of restriction that if we need to access the easement area, you will remove and replace a fence or any other improvement in that area at your cost. Yes. Okay. For the addition, we're going to need to address the front yard setback. It's a the overhang on the house is encroaching into the front yards out back.
So that's an additional variance, one that's existent along with the location of the house relative to the north side property boundary. So those are both existing nonconformity. So we'll need to get memorialized with this resolution if it's passed by the, by the, the zoning board for the addition, would it be possible for you to pull in the, the back wall, the, the wall that's facing the back yard,
align it with the exterior overhang. So it's going to make that it's going to make that proposed second floor a little bit smaller, but it'll all be in line with the existing overhang that you have now. Does that make sense? Yes. Are you agreeable today? Yes. And then any additional proposed overhang would be 18 inches or less. That's shown as 24 inches on your plan
in the future with making the overhang, the overhang more, more, more narrow in depth? Yes, I agree. So I would feel most comfortable with a new set of drawings that we can review and approve. But I see if the board would like we could conditionally approve this application tonight with those stipulations and Mr. Mizrahi, if he makes those changes, Do you have a lot coverage calculation or I'm sorry, a building coverage calculation?
So the existing building coverage calculation with the overhangs is non-conforming at 23%, 23.52%. If we move the rear wall in to align the existing overhang and the proposed overhangs are less than 18 inches, it would result in no additional new building coverage. An additional variance would be required for what would then be considered an existing nonconforming overage on our coverage.
Thank you. Thank you. Any other questions from the board hearing that I'm going to open up to the public? Anyone on the public have any questions or comments about this application? I have everyone un muted, so no one chair Okay. Closed the public portion. I make a motion to conditionally approve this with the language that was put forth tonight. Yes. So I'll take work on it.
Kalpesh is back. Mr. Weisman. Yes, Mr. Tillery? Yes. Mr. Patel. Yes, Mr. Blount. And raise his hand. No. He says yes. Mr. Mitterando Yes, Mr. Ali? Yes. And Chairman Cahill? Yes. You've been granted a conditional approval. You have to supply some revised drawings that show the changes that you agreed to with Mr. Mizrahi. We will memorialize this at our next meeting,
but you need to get those drawings into in. Okay. Yeah. All right. Okay. Thank you, sir. Let's move on to the number nine. 26-ZB dash 16 V Magan Patel. Magan Patel. Present. You got. Unmute yourself, sir. There you go. Okay. I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand, please? Right.
Do you swear that the testimony about this is the truth? Yes. Yes. Will you swear that the testimony shall be the truth? Yes. Thank you. Could you explain to the board why you're here? Explain to him I think there is two gentlemen there, so I want one of them sweard the other one if he's going to be giving testimony. Sir, do you want to testify as well? Hi. Good evening, everyone. My name is Devesh Patel. I am Magan Patel's son. Okay.
Do you swear the testimony you're about to give should be the truth? Yes. Thank you. Could you explain to the board why you're here? The board? If you allow us to speak on behalf. On behalf of my father. Yes. So we. We would like to build a roof over existing piers patio that we have in back of the house. That's pretty straight forward. Jonathan, we have some comments we need to add, right? Yes.
So this property was in front of the zoning board in 2014 for a lot frontage lot west and lot area. However, they were not previously granted a variance for building coverage as it currently stands. The building is at 22.56% coverage, including the shed with the addition of the proposed roof that would bring the building coverage to 26.27.
So I it's it's my opinion that if there's any additional coverage granted it would be further exacerbating this this overage and coverage. I wouldn't recommend the approval of this application. Yeah, I agree. 26 That's a little a little steep at this point. Any other members of the board have any questions or comments?
I'm hearing now I'm going to open it to the public and then when the public portion of any questions or comments about this application. Sorry, No. One. Chairman. Okay. Closed the public portion. Fortunately, I'm going to make a motion to deny this application. Can I get a second? I'll second it please call the role. Mr. Weisman. Yes, Mr. Tillery. Yes, Mr. Patel. Yes, Mr. Blount.
there he is Mr. Mitterando Yes, Mr. Ali. Yes. And Chairman Cahill. Yes, Mr. Patel. Your application has been denied because of excessive lot coverage. You can always submit a new application with less coverage to the board. Thank you very much to the board for the opportunity and for the time and for the meeting. Thank you.
We appreciate all that. Thank you. Good luck. Thank you very much. On a separate note, Mr. Kumar Raj You don't have to stay on. We have to be here. Okay, No problem. Thank you. Thank you very much. You're on. Yeah. Thanks. Thanks a lot, everyone. Number 11 And that is 26 dash ZB 18 v Sandeep Nijhawan Sandeep Nijhawan What present?
Present. I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? Do you swear the choice you're about to give should be the truth. Yes, it is true. Thank you. Could you explain to the board why you're here? Sure. So good evening, Chairman and member of the board. So my name is Sandeep Nijhawan I'm the owner and applicant of the property. At 221 Wyckoff Ave. I'm requesting approval for a minor, minor bulk variance related to the lot area and an existing accessory structure, which is a storage shed. The property is short by approximately 14 square feet
from the required 43,000 square feet, and that comes out to be around 0.03%. And so and currently it is an RR one zone. And, and in addition, there is an existing storage shed which is located about eight and eight and a half feet from the property. Here are a real property line when ten feet is required. And these are all long standing and very, very minor conditions and they do not create any substantial detriment
to the neighborhood and do not impair the intent of the zoning ordinance. So the proposed construction, which is going to be building new house, will remain consistent with the surrounding area here. So so my question is for both the consideration and approval of this variance. Thank you, sir. Jonathan, you want to jump in here? Sure. Can you provide any testimony on the condition of the existing accessory structure that you're seeking, the variance for
the shed on? That's for me. I'm sorry. Yes. Yes. For your side setting. I mean, what is the condition of the structure? Yes. Does it need repair? Is it in good shape? What? What? Yeah. Physical condition. Sure. So that's accessory structure, which we're talking about. This was actually inspected by the township in December of last year, December 23rd of December, if I'm correct. And 2025 and and everything was formed up.
So nothing wrong here. I would like to use it if the board allows me. Okay. And you would agree to if this needs to be reconstructed significantly or replaced, you would relocate it in a conforming location. Yeah, definitely. Okay. All right. That's. That's all I have, Mr. Chairman. Okay. Thank you. And either members of the board have any questions or comments. Okay. To the public. Anyone in the public portion have any comments or questions on this application?
I forgot to unmute again, Kathy Devito Kathy Devito present. Yes. I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand saw where the testimony you're about to give should be the truth? Yes. Go. Could we have your address, please? 410 Brentwood Drive. Thank you. Go ahead with your question or comment. So the letter we received from the township states to construct a new single family home,
which made me think was this to demolish the the current home that's in place there. But then listening to the owner's statement, it sounds like it. This is just for a shed. It's not to take down the current existing structure of the actual the home, not just the shed. The home. Yeah, I can I can take that. I don't know if I'm supposed to, but I'll take that. So this really answer request here is existing, not abnormality
that's only related to the lot and the shared structure. This is not related with the new house. Okay. Well, now he is constructing a new single family home. He was short 14 square feet for his lot site for the new house. And then the shed was brought up because he was doing it. He has no variances for the new home, but he does have variances on the lot itself. So that was nothing. A new house but the shed happened to be there and he wants to keep the shed
so that I'm guessing. So does that mean that we would be sorry? Does that mean we'd be receiving another letter at some point if that house is going to be getting torn down and a new house gets rebuilt? No, he is he is constructing a new house, but he's in front of the board because his lot is undersized by 14 square feet. That was in the notice. Also, he needs 43,000. He has 42 and change. So once you put up a new house, your lots under size, you automatically have to go through the variance. So is this for an additional house on the property on the line?
No, No replacement replacement. They're taking down the old house, putting up a new house. Okay. And what's undersized by a whole 14 square feet. So if he was 43,000, he wouldn’t be in front of the board or he'd have to just go for the shed So that triggered it. Okay. Can I ask just like how long the process will take as far as like coming from a noise pollution, what the time frame would be for this? From noise pollution perspective, I don't get it. You're talking about the noise pollution
from the construction, which really is public. Yes. Mean that's just normal. Whatever happens, right? As a state standards, municipality standards with any construction. So it's going to be similar to how we say the duration of construction isn't mandated by this board that's going to be under General Township of Piscataway. Ordinances for days and times of day when work is to be conducted. If there's anything happening outside of those times, you can follow up
with our code enforcement department and they can investigate and pursue any incidences where their work is not conforming with the requirements for the town, but any sort of duration of construction isn't this isn't the jurisdiction for that. I'm just curious as to why the whole house would be getting demolished and rebuilt. He's got to he's got a right to do that. I'm glad. Yeah. Okay. He owns the property, right?
You know, he could do what he wants at this point, to be honest with you. I don't know if this was an ill repair. The home was in bad shape, and I don't have the right to ask him that question. He's before us trying to get a variance, and that's it. Okay. All right. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for asking the question, iliamyers Yes. Before. Yes. I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? I swear the testimony you're about to give should be the truth. Yes, can I have your name and address, ple
My name is Ilia Myers. Ilia Biaggi. Myers and I live a 43 Cherrywood drive. Thank you. Go ahead with your question or comment, Mr. Nijhawan welcome to the neighborhood actually live behind in your home. So good luck. We did an extension a couple of years ago and it's a lot of fun. It's just depends what your definition of fun is. But just real quick, I have no issue.
Obviously, like you mentioned before, it's going to go to the standards. A new home is going to follow the new ordinance or whatever that are by the state. In regards to the shed, the shed used to be a lot closer to the property line and you moved it to eight and a half feet. Is there a particular reason why it didn't get moved the whole ten feet? That's right. So when I look at the CEO after purchasing the homes, right. So there was a mandate there.
The paper there was a printer page which was given to me by the township, and that had bullet point checklists and that stated that shed has to be eight feet away and that's where you need to be in conformation. And that little bit movement was done so that it's okay. And then that's where I which I mentioned earlier, the inspector came and he did inspect the shed, checked the condition, he checked that is actually away from that rear setback and about the certificate of occupancy you have issued.
So it's actually half read more than what was written on the checklist right now. So again, this is a little confusing. If I would have gotten a right dimension at that point, probably we wouldn't be talking about this exactly. That's what I was confused. I'm like, I got moved from it used to be only about three and a half feet and it got moved to eight. And every that was a certificate of occupancy requirement. So that that was okay. And just to clarify, so you're keeping as is or are you building
a new one in that place, you mean the shed or the shed, the brown shed or. I'm keeping the shed. Keeping the shed resources. Okay. That's right. And maybe like you've probably heard of that right? I don't know what board will decide if that was a significant development or changes made to that, then it will be built as part of our board's understood. All right. Thank you, ma'am. So, you know, there's groundhogs and foxes have lived there for the past 25 years, so don't be surprised when you move them.
Thank you. And thanks. Thank you. Looking forward. Looking forward to meet you guys like anyone else. Laura? No, that's a Chairman Well, if you close the public portion and make a motion to approve this application, can I get a second? Oh six, please? Call roll Mr. Weissman. Yes. Mr. Tillery? Yes. Mr. Patel? Yes. Mr. Blount We had more comments, and nobody is going to listen.
Nobody else is raising their hand. At the time, my husband raised his hand. He's sitting right here. I watched them do it. Well, it didn't show up on the screen here, ma'am. I'm sorry. Yeah, What is it, Kevin Weeks. It just popped up now. Yeah, that's. That's correct. He's. He was doing it from before when everyone else was like, Sorry, I don't know what was happening. Anyway, I it, I understand about the shed. I'm not sorry for that. I'm sorry. What's your name, sir? My name is Kevin Weeks and I live at 215 Wyckoff Avenue in Piscataway, literally
one house away or two houses that you raise your right hand. I need to swear you in. Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give should be the truth? Yes. Thank you. Go ahead with your comments. My comment is this is only about the shed and of 14 square feet, which is fine with me. I have no issue with that or getting a new home on the block. But my question is, why is the line in there seeing the applicant also request any and all other variance relief,
You know that they need that when every notice is necessary just in case something comes up. Nothing came up in this application. The only thing the applicant is here for is the shed and the 14 square feet. What about going forward? If there are other variances that are identified going forward, he'd have to come back to the board and serve new notices. Okay, Because I just didn't want to see this. It's like a carte blanche thing. And I know I got a Taco Bell damaged and conforms with all the setback requirements.
If he builds it in the wrong spot, he's going to have to come back to the board. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Weeks. Okay. I still stand by my notice to approve this application. Same here. Okay. Please call the roll Laura Your muted Princess. Your muted your court at the same time she's yelled from the other room. We got up to Rodney. Mr. Mitterando
Yes, Mr. Ali? Yes. And Chairman Cahill? Yes. Thank you. Your application has been approved. We’ll memorializes in a written document at our next meeting. And send that document to you. Good luck. Thank you so much for your help. Good luck, sir. Thank you. Thanks. Bye. Item number 12, Adoption of resolutions from the regular meeting of April 23rd, 2026. First Resolution. Edniel Elimanco which you voted to approve Mr. Weissman Yes. Mr. TILLERY Yes.
Mr. O'Reggio No. Mr. Blunt. Mr. Mitterando Yes. Mr. Ali Yes, Chairman Cahill Yes. Next is Michael and Eldora Thompson, which you voted to approve? Mr. Weissman Yes. Mr. TILLERY Yes. Mr. O’REGGIO Mr. Blount. Mr. Mitterando. Yes. Mr. ALI Yes, Chairman Cahill Yes.
Finally, is Acmy LLC, which you voted to grant a six month temporary use permit to? Mr. WEISSMAN Yes. Mr. TILLERY Yes. Mr. O'Reggio Mr. Blount. Mr. Mitterando Yes. Mr. ALI Yes, Chairman Cahill. Yes. Those are all the resolutions for this evening. Item number 13 adoption of the minutes from the regular meeting of April 23rd, 2026. All in favor, say I, I, I am number 14, ADJOURNMENT
all in favor Say I. All right, guys, thanks for coming out. Seen a couple of great Memorial Day world. Why