Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to the zoning board of adjustment regular meeting of July 22nd, 2026. Will everyone please stand for a salute to the flag? >> I aliance to the flag of the United
States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God. liberty and justice for all. >> Roll call. >> Mr. Green >> here. >> Mr. Kazenski >> here.
>> Mr. Espazito >> here. >> Mr. Johnson >> here. >> Mr. Cooper >> here. Notice of the meeting has been satisfied in accordance with chapter 231 PL1975 by advertising in the Home News Tribune,
notifying the Sentinel Publishing Company and the Star Ledger and also posting on the bulletin board and filing with the Burough Clerk in reference old business or carry on applications.
Uh, case number 2521, which is the billboard down on Route 35 in the Melrose section, is scheduled for August the 26th. That will not be heard tonight. Under new business, the first
application that we have, oh, excuse me. Uh, one of our applications tonight will not be heard and that's 26-21 15 Cambridge Drive. That's a bulk variance that will be held on August the
26th of this year. Our first application for tonight will be 12 Devonshshire Road. Please come forward. >> Please raise your right hand. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? So
help you, God. >> I do. >> Okay. You're under oath. >> You give your name for the record. >> Uh Carl Dulli, 12 De. >> Would you tell the board exactly what you want to do at your residence? >> Yes. I'm uh looking to um have an
ingground pool. I mean, sorry, above ground pool. Uh I'm requesting the setback be brought from 10 to six uh which will allow me to have uh upwards of a 14 foot deck from the house. Uh without that uh the deck will be only 10
ft uh to the pool to get in. Uh in addition uh I'm requesting a 6t to the left side property setback and 6t to the rear. So, um, the pool will be positioned at the left back property.
Uh, with that being said, I would like to I have a deck already, but I'm looking to expand upon the deck so it can meet the, uh, above ground pool. As of right now, the deck is uh, 15 ft. Um, to reach the pool in a certain section,
I have to bring it out a little bit more so it kind of wraps a quarter of the above ground pool. Um, and I would like to put a pergola over the deck. Um, [snorts] with that, I'm requesting the setback
from 25 ft uh for 14 ft. That allows me to um have the deck within 15 to 20 ft from my house. Um, probably won't use the whole 20 ft. I'll probably be around 17, but
I'm just not sure how that's going to be with the staircase and everything. So, that's why I requested the 14 um to have that potential 20ft distance from the house uh to be cost effective to be doing what I'm uh to do what I'm doing because uh you know 14T 15T with the
pergola's kind of a little small. Word have any questions concerning this application? What are the variances? >> Minimum side rear set back for the pool is 10 ft minimum. Yeah, proposing six foot side for rear. And then for the
cover deck with the per 25 rear setback required and 14 ft. >> If there was no pergola, the deck wouldn't require a variance, would it? It's all covered. >> Right. Okay.
Any other questions from the board hearing? None. I'm going to open it to the public. Is there anyone from the public who wishes to speak in reference this application? Hearing none, I close the public portion. What's the pleasure of the board
concerning this application? >> Move the application be approved. Second. >> I have a motion and a second to approve this application. Roll call. >> Mr. Green. >> Yes. >> Mr. Gazinski? >> Yes. >> Mr. Escida? >> Yes.
>> Mr. Emma? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Scott? >> Yes. >> Mr. Cooper? >> Yes. >> Okay. Your application's been approved. We will memorialize it at our next meeting, which will be August the 26th. >> Thank you so much, board members.
Appreciate it. You don't need to be here for that meeting. >> Yeah, I'll be there. >> You You don't need >> You don't have to be here for that. >> Okay. Receipt. >> After August the 26th, we'll memorialize it. All you would have to do is go to the uh construction office and pick up your permit.
>> Received. Thank you. >> Okay. Our next application is 26-22 746 Wardentown Avenue. >> Good evening. Raise your right hand. You swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, nothing but the truth. Help you God. >> I do.
>> Can you please give your name? >> Barry J. Nielsen. Sir, can you tell us exactly what you want to do in reference that garage that you want to put on your property? >> Um, I'm hoping to get a garage uh
after uh 28 years there and uh and hopefully this will this will happen. Uh twocar garage. Uh it's got a five foot at least at least a 5ft set back from the nearest property
line. Uh my next door neighbor, it's at the end of a gravel drive. Just want a place to put my cars. Uh keep the snow off of them and do whatever garages do. >> The the garage that you want to put up
there is just for your own personal cars. Correct. >> Correct. >> No commercial uh >> No. No. >> Okay. Are you going to have um electric in in that garage?
I suppose that's it's on the agenda. I have no immediate plans. I just want to get the place built hopefully before the snow flies. Uh uh so I have a place for the cars. Uh do I plan on electric? Yes. Uh but I have no immediate plans in
motion at this time. I was when that time comes, I'll just file the appropriate uh uh paperwork and and proceed with that. I probably want to put in some electric garage door openers or something like that for especially
for my wife. She's partially disabled. It would be a real help. >> Any questions from the board? What are the variances? >> The size of the garage is 552 ft.
Maximum 15 23 by 24 is pretty pretty standard for a twocar garage. And then the height of the garage, it's maximum 15 ft is permitted and 17. The only thing I wanted to mention was just since your plot does angle, make
sure you're holding that 5 foot set back point. Yes, I I went off the the way I planned it was I uh I went off a certified property survey that I got when I uh purchased the house and uh rather than measure to my neighbor's
fence line, which I don't know where that is, uh actually it's that's if I go to the fence line, there's plenty of room. But I went by the survey with known property markers and uh I went with 23 ft and an abundance of caution
make sure that setback is is maintained according to the survey which I think is the more accurate standard I right okay any other questions from the board hearing none I'm going to open this to
the public is there anyone from the public who wishes to speak in reference this application Hearing none, I close the public portion. What's the pleasure of the board concerning this application? >> Move the application be approved. >> Second.
>> I have a motion, a second to approve this application. Roll call. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kazinski. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Emma, >> yes. [clears throat] >> Yes. >> Okay. Your application's been approved.
We will moralize it at our next meeting on August the 26th after which you don't have to appear here. You can just go to the construction office and pick up your permit >> and that's it. >> Okay. Uh do I have to file any more
>> paperwork, a permit or anything? No, we're good. Okay. >> Very good. >> Okay. >> Well, ladies and gentlemen, thank you very much for your time. Thank for appearing here tonight and uh we'll move along. Let's everyone go home.
[laughter] >> Do I get to go to the pool? >> Yeah. All right. >> I'm out. >> You guys can all leave if you want. >> Thank you. Have a great night. >> Okay. on our agenda.
There are uh two cases we we will not memorialize tonight. It's uh 30 Bane Hurst Avenue and five Fiser. We memorialize that on the 26th of August.
We will memorialize the other four tonight as everyone had an opportunity to read the moralization on 27 Adam Boulevard. >> Yes. [snorts] >> It's the pleasure of the board concerning the 27 Adam Boulevard
memorialization. I move the uh memorialization be approved as written. I have a motion, a second. Roll call. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kazinski. >> Yes. >> Mr. Espaza?
>> Yes. >> Yes. >> Yes. Mr. >> Yes. >> The next moralization is 33 Elm Terrace. Has everyone had the opportunity to read that moralization paperwork? >> Yes.
It's the pleasure of the board concerning the 33 Elm Terrace memorialization. I move the mormorial memorialization be approved as written. >> I I have I have a motion and a second. >> Roll call.
>> Mr. Green. >> Yes. >> Mr. Kazinski. >> Yes. >> Mr. Estad. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> Mrs. Scott. Yes, Mr. >> Yes. The third one is 175 Oak Street. Has everyone had the opportunity to read the
paperwork concerning that mortalization? >> Yes. >> It's pleasure to board concerning that application. >> I move that memorialization be approved as written. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second to approve. Roll call. >> Mr. Green.
>> Yes. >> Mr. Kazinski? >> Yes. >> Mr. Escalaza? >> Yes. Mr. >> Yes. >> Yes. >> The last one is 48 Buttonwood Drive. Has everyone had the opportunity to look over the paperwork concerning that moralization?
>> Yes. >> It's the pleasure of the board concerning that moralization paperwork. >> I move that it be approved. >> Second. >> I have a motion and a second to approve 48 Buttonwood drives moralization. Roll call.
>> Yes. Yes. >> Mr. Escidito. >> Yes. >> Mr. Emma? >> Yes. >> Mrs. Scotty? >> Yes. >> Mr. Clifford? >> Yes. >> Has everyone had the opportunity to read over the minutes of the regular meeting of June 24th, 2026?
>> Yes. >> It's the pleasure of the board concerning the minutes from our last meeting. >> Move they be approved. >> Second. I have a motion, a second to approve the minutes of June 24th, 2026. Roll call.
>> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. >> Yes. >> Mr. Espazita. >> Yes. >> Mr. Emma. >> Yes. >> Yes. Mr. >> Yes. >> Are there any comments that the board wants to make before the adjournment?
Hearing none, I make a motion to adjourn this meeting. >> Motion in a second. Meeting's adjourned. >> Yeah, >> three hours off the last meeting. >> You didn't even have to come. [laughter]
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