meeting will please come to order. Adequate notice of this meeting was provided in the following ways. Notice published in the Courier News. Notice posted on the Bolton board of 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
role? Mr. Tillery here. Mr. Patel is not here. Mr. Regio here. Mr. Blount. Mr. Mr. Haka here, Mr. Beno here, Mr. Elli here, and Chairman Ko here. 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 it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Mr. Mr. Canaly, do we have any changes to the agenda? Yes, we have several changes to the agenda. Gindo JL Auto Repair will be postponed until June 26th, 2025 with no further notice. Parkway Plastics, 561 Steelton
Road will be adjourned until June 26, 2025 with no further notice. Mary Joe Barnowski, 784 River Road will be adjourned until June 26 with no further notice. No, they have to notice. Oh, they had Okay. So, yeah, they haven't noticed yet. Uh, Mary Joe Barneski will
have to notice. Uh, and finally, on switch is postponed until July 10th, 2025 with no further notice. Those are all the changes that I have this evening. Appreciate it. Let's move on to item number six, 25-ZB-19V. Terresa Carr. Is Terresa Carr
present? I am. Can you car? I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? Okay. Actually, my husband's on as well. He's going to speak for me. So, then I need to swear both of you in. Could you Okay. Can we see him? He's He's not on. He's on. I can see
him. Okay. Uh, Mr. and Mrs. Carr, could you raise your right hand? Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give should be the truth? I do. I do. One at a time. We have your name and address, please. Teresa Carr, 66 Crestwood Street, Piscato, New
Jersey. Got a Mr. Carr Edward Carr 66 Carwood Street Scatteraway, New Jersey. Thank you. Could one of you explain to the board why you're here? Okay. Uh that will be me. Um first of all, uh thank you chairperson and board members. Uh thank you for the
opportunity to present. One, excuse me. One of you is going to have to turn your volume down because we're hearing double. Okay. Thank you. Okay. Sorry about that. Uh thank you for the opportunity to present at this variance uh hearing our proposal for a fence around our
backyard. If I may give a a brief background, my wife and I, we moved from New York to Piscatoaway in 1981. We have lived in three different areas of Piscatoaway these 44 years. Uh starting at Birview Gardens to our first home in Birfront area and for the last 27 years
at our current location, Maplehurst Farm area. We have three grown children and have been active in our community over the years. In short, we love our community. We appreciate the parks and services Piscataway provides and we love the diversity that Pit Scatteraway
offers. We are here as we wish to have a six-foot vinyl fence as the perimeter of our backyard. We feel that it is necessary for us to have a fence uh for our new growing young family as we would like to provide a safe, fun and
protective outdoor environment for our future grandchildren. The fence would provide safety to protect against the grandkids running into the street as we just want to air on the side of caution and safety. Additionally, since we have a large deer
population, having a six-foot solid fence will reduce the deer in the backyard and reduce the risk of Lyme disease that has been prevalent in our area. My son's significant other has a large German Shepherd that she will be bringing over to stay. A fence area will
be helpful for the dog's development and provide a safe area for him not to escape. Given the need for the children, a swing set that we're planning, and a large dog, we would like to maximize this space. We understand that there are
township codes and for a corner property because of potential sight blindness while driving local streets. However, after examining the dimensions and looking at the sight triangle, as I understand this, I believe that a fence can be set back 10 feet from the
sidewalk or 18.5 ft from the actual street. I have some satellite views of our home and street to better illustrate my point. So, I don't know if I can share this. Uh, you can. Yes. Okay. Um,
please bear with me. Take your time. Thank you. Um, now I lost several. Can Can you see you? Why? Yes. Oh, thank you. All right. All right. Start from the beginning here.
All right. This is our our survey. Uh so this is uh a satellite view of their home and this is the perimeter of the backyard that we're talking about. So on the left hand side of the diagram is Autumn Drive and our on the the top of the screen is Crestwood Street and this
is our corner property. Uh at the bottom of the screen where it's listed as the uh the back of the um what I have as the fence is actually mostly the fence of our neighbor who's already has a fence there. Um
so okay so in in this diagram what I did was um I I did a measurement from the corner of our house is there a I guess let me go with all the on the right hand side I have a a yellow line that's near the bottom left and that's showing the
10 ft from the sidewalk to the the proposed fence and the orange line that's right near it is actually from the street to the fence. And so, as I mentioned before, that's 10 ft and 18.5 ft. Um, the red line that's diagonals
from the corner of my house that I I brought out to the street um where it would be uh where I could see like um where a car would be looking at the stop sign, which is more than five car
lengths from the stop sign. So it's a a diagonal is the 90 ft from the corner of the house to that street and then from the to the stop sign that blue line is 93 ft to the stop sign itself which is
before the corner and then if you go that's even to the corner which would be uh a sewer drain is uh 108 ft. So um just going further on this Sorry. All right. So, the way I
understand the site uh triangle is is to look at um a right triangle that's from the corner in the middle of the street and that can go out 90 ft each way. And this uh red line that touches the the
corner of my house is also has a tangent that would touch the the farmost post and from the diagram before and what I see is that this is more than 100 ft and this conforms to the section 216 and the
subsection 21.606-4 which says 90 ft. And just want to show like if you're driving on the Crestwood Street where my house is on the left hand side and you see the the corner of the house right here. I don't know if you can see my
cursor where there's a car in the driveway. Mhm. And and then if you approach more to the street, I have a white line there. That would be the side of the fence where it would be. And as you could see, you can clearly see the
street as the the way our street bends is that it's not any sight blindness if that's 10 ft to the sidewalk. And if I'm looking the other way, if we're coming up Autumn Drive to our house, which is on the right hand side, and again, I put in this white
stripe, which would show like what the fence would be 10 ft away from the sidewalk. And the stop sign you could see that's uh straight ahead. And this is um we were showing the corner of the house before reaching out to about this
area is more than five car car lengths just to show again that there's no sight blindness. That's uh that any cars would be coming this way which would be the concern. Again our our the way the street bends it
actually gives a a better view. So, I don't feel that we're we have any issue there. Mr. Car, if I could interrupt for a second, I don't think I don't think the township has a problem with the line of sight anymore. Okay. Or I think the main concern is that you're only 10 feet
off the property line. Okay. And and um the ordinance calls for 40T. Okay. So, that's that's a that's a bit of a a drastic um cutback. Okay. But I my my understanding is the ordinance is 40 ft because of the a potential of a sight
blindness in general. Is there another compelling reason um why that is one of my experts answer that question if you could let me Jonathan? Yeah, maybe I'll
the the standards basically has to do with this streetscape and the maintenance of that. Your areas clearly show that most of the homes do not have fences in the front yard. In fact, they're mostly landscaped and all of a sudden you're going to have this 6 foot
high vinyl fence pretty close to the street and will change the viewshed of your neighborhood dramatically. And that's one of the reasons. It's a fundamental reason is to keep the neighborhood look. So you're
saying it's a potential eyesore. I'm sorry. I'm sorry to interrupt you. You're saying that it's a potential eyesore. It is not in keeping with the neighborhood. And yes, I wouldn't call it an eyesore. I'd call it a uh clearly
a a exception to what your streetcape is. Okay. Um if if I may, I guess in keeping with the conformity of the other homes, that's what I'm I think we're dealing with. Okay. I understand. So, is this on a case-byase basis that
we you make this decision? I understand you have a general code. Um the the reason why I asked is that there's some precedence here. If I show this house which is in our neighborhood and this is on the this is one Lavender Drive. It's
on the corner of Lavender and Maplehurst Lane and this is only 17 ft from the sidewalk. So it it's not the 40 ft that you mentioned and and there is no landscaping around it. Um that that's
one example. There's another example. Do you know if that's a legal fence and if it got all the approvals that were required? I do not know. So that the board takes these cases as they come before them. Uh we don't know if that was put in without
permits or with permits or whether it came to the board. Okay. Mr. Canal, I think I'm part of the board. But what what I am addressing is the comment that was made was that this would not look like the rest of the neighborhood. And my argument is that this would look like
the rest of the neighborhood because it's already there. Isn't that an exception? Yeah. One house in a in a a neighborhood. Okay. That you're showing here. That does that doesn't mean it's it's it's meeting with conformity. It's
it they Laura, did you say they came before us? Yes. One lavender came before us in 22. So we we will give and take. Uh I'm sorry I couldn't hear. John G. I thought they
were supposed to landscape that. No, we weren't really doing it back then. Okay. That that's something new with the landscaping. So, just the past year we've been doing it. And I heard someone mention if this is just one house in the neighborhood, that doesn't make it rule. But there is
another house that you can see on the left hand side which is even closer to the street. I had that measured as 12 feet from the sidewalk and that address would be 40 Crestwood Street. And then in addition, this is River Road in
Maplehurst. And this fence, which is actually on a a busier road, um is just uh 10 ft 8 in uh 10.8, sorry, feet um from the street, not even from a sidewalk. What address is that? Uh that
one address 265. Exactly. Okay. Because I don't think so. I have to send code enforcement out because they don't have approvals. Okay. So, I think maybe we should find out Jonathan weigh in on this. Yes. I was
about to say you got to look at the site impact that was dated on May is that 6th? May 6th signed on the 7th. I I saw it was the first the first slide in your presentation, Mr. Car.
Oh, that's the very end, right? Uh sorry. It's with the three signature zone. Yes. Yeah. So, you've you've seen this report. So, as we as we've been saying, the 40T is the requirement for the zone.
What we're offering is 20 ft. Uh it it's still going to leave you over 8,000 square ft of yard space. It's uh pretty consistent with what your neighbor has on one lavender. And uh we we think that's a a good compromise.
Um I appreciate that. Um, you know, thank you. Is it possible to compromise from 10 feet and 20 to 15 feet? Again, I'm just looking to maximize Mr. Mr. Carr. Mr. Carr, I think I could nip this in the butt. If if we
approved your neighbor on Lavender at 17 ft, I think that we can approve you at 17 feet as well. I would suggest as part of that approval, uh, have you have you bought this fence yet? I have not. Would you be willing to
one of your neighbors has that five foot plus the one foot above in that u lattice? Yeah. Lattice uh design. I think it's more attractive and it doesn't give the the size factor I guess is what I
would get to. Willing are you willing to do that one that design along the street? Not the rest of the fence. is along the street. I see. Um, is the concern the the height of the fence or the color? The height the height is not
a the height is not a concern. It's the the sanitary look I believe of a of a six foot straight vinyl is what I think Mr. Chad was alluding to. Yeah. Okay. It is it because white? I mean, if it was not white, if it was um light brown,
would that be okay or is that not matter? I I don't any of the experts want to chime in because it doesn't bother me either. I think we we'd still ask for the landscaping. Change in the color would would would wave that uh requirement.
Okay, Mr. car if we go 15 ft. We go 15 feet from the uh from the property line. Okay. Um and you do the bushes and landscape that um Jonathan is uh outlined in the site impact. I think I think we could come to
an agreement. Okay. I I I will come to that agreement then. Teresa, are you okay with that? Okay. I appreciate that. Thank you very much. Nodding your head. So that's fine. That's fine. Uh, any other members of the board have any question? Any
questions or comments for this application? Hearing none, I'm going to open it to the public. Anyone in the public? Oh, Mr. Car, could you take your screen down, sir? Oh, sorry. No, that's okay. Anyone in the public have any questions or comments about this application at
this time? No one chairman. Okay. close the public portion and I would make a a I would make a move to appro approve this application motion. Can I get a second? Second it. Okay. Please call the role.
Was that Arty? I can't. Yes. Just green still. Mr. Fillery. Yes. Mr. Reio. Yes. Mr. Haka. Yes. Mr. Morando. Yes. Mr. Rally. Yes. And Chairman Cahillo. Yes.
Your application's been approved as amended. We will memorialize it in a written document on our next meeting and we'll send that document to you. You don't need to be present for that meeting. Okay. Thank you very much. I appreciate it. The opportunity. Thank you. Um since I'm having so much trouble getting this,
I'm just going to log off. That's all right. If you log off, it'll go away. So yeah. Okay. Thank you. Have a good night. Good night, Cars. Right. Thank you. Let's move on to item number 7. 25-ZB-27B. Michael Cruz. Is Michael Cruz present?
How you doing? This is Michael. Hi, Michael. And I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? Oh, there you go. Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give should be the truth? Yes. Your name and address, please? Michael Cruz, 2808 Hudson Street, Skyway, New Jersey. Thank you.
Could you explain to the board what you'd like to do here? Um, I'm looking to replace an existing fence that was up around the yard of the house. I've been here for about 15 14 and 15 years and there was an existing fence that went
around the yard. Um it was a red wooded six foot fence. Um a shed was in the corner of there when I purchased the home. I'm looking to pull the fence up forward. As far as what's on the diagram, I don't I don't have uh any
slides, but um looking to pull it up to maximize the yard space on the corner. I do have two two dogs and children where they're looking to go out and play outside. Um I did go for a permit for a
I think was approved for a 4ft picket, but because my daughter wants to go outside some more and there has been some concerning um issues around the neighborhood, I don't feel comfortable
having um her out back. um with a 4ft picket. That's I'm looking to have a six foot uh privacy fence, white vinyl around. Um on the application, I put three feet from um the the Ellis
sidewalk way um to match what was existing because there's an existing shed that was there um when I purchased the home. But that's about it. Okay. Um, did you s see the site impact that
was provided by our engineering department? Uh, yes, I did receive that. Uh, yes. I just Yeah. Jonathan, could you go over a couple of things with him? Maybe we can resolve this. Yeah. So, uh, Mr. Cruz, could you tell us a little bit more about the shed that's in the corner
of the property? Is it still there? It is. Oh, yes. It's still there. Um, it's a it's an aluminum. aluminum shed that it's been sitting on the corner uh there for I guess even before I don't even know how many years, but it's it's existing. And when when I took the old
fence down because the board it was falling the the shed just sits there now and want to cover it up. Okay. What What sort of base is it constructed on? A concrete pad or just uh wood posts? I
think it's wood. Um if I it's there's no concrete. I think it's wood and um it could be sitting on something. I'm not sure. It doesn't look like a pad. Okay. Our main uh our main concern, we we'd like to see the fence brought in 18 18
ft. So 35 is required. We want to see it brought in 18 and that shed would have to be relocated inside the fenced area. We don't want it sitting out in the sitting out in the open. So, so it's it is existing. There is a
shrub line in the back, a high set of bushes that's behind the shed that's there, and I have multiple neighbors around and I can take pictures like the other gentlemen and and look around, but there's six foot vinyls on just about every other corner
um in in the neighborhood over here. Okay. Uh, I would I just feel 18 I just feel 18 feet is is really excessive on um it it's it really takes away from the small yard as it is
already. I mean I can I I I I have to now if if I have to move the shed now I have to spend money to move something that was already there existing that the township allowed you know to the house to be sold. I'm looking at, you know, to all of these
things were ex existing before. Can I interrupt a second? I think maybe you ought to you were present when the prior application was discussed. Mr. Gus, uh uh the the previous
gentleman that was that was Yes. Yes. I I was listening. We see the facts that he put before the board. Uh maybe you can table this. Won't hurt you. I don't think go out and do kind of what he did.
You say there's that many fences in your neighborhood. Uh the streetscape issue probably is not as important as I think it was in the prior case. and uh then present and discuss it
with Jonathan and see what you can come up with because I think what we'll get into here is you want it one way and the town's ordinance says it should be another way and I don't think that's a good situation to be in. Yeah, I think that's a great idea, John, because quite
honestly, M I don't think you're going to get the outcome you want with the evidence you provided. So, I agree. I I want to throw Can I throw something out, Mr. Chairman, really quickly? Uh I I think I'd be I think I'd be open to a
landscape screen, an evergreen landscape screen for the shed. Uh if we're all right with if we're all right with moving the fence in, if that's going to be a deal breaker, moving the shed, I think as long as it's screened, that's going to be the most important thing here. Okay. That was the intent behind
moving it behind the the fence. So, I I'm happy I'm happy to carry this and and have a conversation with Mr. Cruz, but I just want to put that out there now in case that Mr. Cruz, if you were to put shrubs around the uh shed when it's going to be outside the fence, is that something you could do because then
we could resolve this this evening. Hold on. I'm trying to picture it to see what that means. So, take a minute or two. Take a minute. I think the issue was moving the fence back shrunk his back yard down to a area that he felt uncomfortable and that's why I was
suggesting that the fence issue needed to be discussed where well I I'm under the impression that the shed is going to look like an eyesaw if the shed comes I think I think what Jonathan said you can landscape
it's just a little metal shed it's not a you know big thing. It's if if I'm not mistaken correctly, so the shed if the shed stays where it is, you mean pull the fence in as close to the shed and then put shrubs? No, he's the shed would
be the f the shed would be between the road and the fence. The fence would be behind the shed as per the recommendation. And that's I thought what you Oh, Jonathan, is that I have the plan in front of me. I'm
measuring it off. It could it could work. I mean, we could also I don't want I don't want Mr. Cruz to feel rushed here. If we can, you know, we can carry this, no problem. And we can discuss further. I mean, if I can talk about it, you know, offline or so, like like said, just to see because I mean, it it's for
me then that would be a security type concern because it's going to be outside of the property. So, I I would if we can connect. Absolutely. Because I'll be honest, makes sense. Yeah. Um Okay, Laura, what do we got looking
next month? Laura, sorry. I thought I was on uh June 12th. Is June 12th acceptable for you? June 12th. Okay, Mr. Cruz. Uh yes. Yeah, that's right. Uh yes. Yes. Yes. Okay. So, anybody here on the application of
Michael Cruz, 2808 Hudson Street, it's going to be carried to June 12th with no further notice by the applicant. The only notice you're receiving is my announcement here tonight. Okay, Mr. Cruz. We'll see you in a month. Okay. I have one question. Uh then should I go back to the I guess to
Jonathan to talk to you or someone to the to the township or just just so I have an understanding before the next meeting? I have your phone number and your email on your application. I'll reach out to you tomorrow and we'll we'll connect after that. Awesome. Thank you much everyone.
Have a good night. Bye. All right. You too. All right. Let's move on to item number 825-ZB-29V. Sean Ali. Is Shan Ali present? Yes, I am. Okay. I need to swear you in.
Could you raise your right hand? Yes. You swear the testimony you're about to give should be the truth. Yes. Your name and address, please. Sean Ali, two drive, Piscato, New Jersey. Thank you. Could you explain to the board what you'd like to do here? Sure. So, um, I
just moved in two months ago. um to drive and the corner of my fence um small portion of it goes over a utility easement for the township. Um so when we bought the house um we had to do
a temporary um co um and for the variance to basically say that if the township ever needs to come um I'm happy to remove it and you know cover the cost of removing that portion of the fence. I'd ideally like to keep the fence. I also have a
two-year-old daughter, so just it's a corner lot. I don't want her getting out obviously when you're not going onto the street. And if if the board were to grant this application, you would have uh to sign a memorandum of agreement that says that you would be responsible for the cost of removing and replacing
the fence if necessary. Yes, Mr. Chairman. That's all I have. And you're in agreement, Mr. Ali. Correct. Yes, I am. Okay. Any other members of the board have any questions or comments for this application? Hearing none, I'm going to open it to the public. Anyone in the
public have any questions or comments for this? No, one chairman. Okay, let's close the public portion. I'd make a motion to approve this application. Can I have a second? I'll second it. Please call the RO. Mr.
Tiller? Yes. Mr. Reio? Yes. Mr. Haka? Yes. Mr. Morando? Yes. Mr. Mr. Elli, yes. And Chairman Cahill. Yes. Mr. Elli, your application's been approved. We'll memorialize it in a written document at our next meeting, and we'll send that document to you. Thank you so much. Have
a great night. Have a great night, sir. You, too. Bye-bye. Let's move on to item number 13, adoption of resolutions from the regular meeting of May 8th, 2025. First resolution is T-Mobile Northeast, which you voted to approve. Mr. Tillery, yes. Mr. Hookah, yes. Mr. Midando, yes.
Mr. Ali, yes. Yes. Chairman Cahill. Yes. Next is Kasim Badat, which you voted to approve. Mr. Tillery. Yes. Mr. Hooka. Yes. Mr. Metando. Yes. Chairman Cahill. Last is Miguel and Leticia Ule which you
voted to approve. Mr. Tillery. Yes. Mr. Juka. Yes. Mr. Midando. Yes. Mr. Ali. Yes. Chairman Cahill. Yes. Those are all the resolutions for this evening. Item number 14, adoption of the minutes from the regular meeting of May 8, 2025. All
in favor say I. I. Okay. Item number 15 is adjournment. All in favor say I. I. Once again, everyone, thank you for your commitment to the township and have a great holiday. Have a great night.