Hold on, S. You ready, S? Good evening and welcome to tonight's meeting of the zoning board. Is this This mic isn't working. Good evening and welcome to tonight's meeting of the zoning board of adjustment of the township of union which is being held pursuant to the open
public meeting law C231 laws of New Jersey dated 1975. Notice of this meeting was advertised in the local source the newspaper of record and notice has been posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building adjacent to the municipal clerk's
office. Roll call. Mr. Wy here. Miss Martins here. Mr. Bentega here. Miss Scott here. Mr. Johnson here. Mr. McNeel here. Mr. Graves here.
Miss Ricketts is absent. Mr. Champion here. There being a quorum present, this meeting is now declared open. At this time, I'll entertain a motion and a second for the approval of the minutes from June 18th. Mr. Mr. Chairman, I move that the
meeting minutes of June 18th be approved as written and dispenseed with their reading. Second a motion. All in favor? I I opposed. So moved. Mr. Monguso at this time. Are there any communications? Uh there are no communications. Mr.
Chairman, hearing none, we can proceed with tonight's meeting. We have one case this evening. That's calendar number 3458. Richard, I apologize if I mispronounced your name.
Van Fullic. 423 Conet Avenue, block 304, lot 21. Applicant wishes to install a pool with insession setbacks. Will you be representing yourself? Could you step forward to the podium,
please? Good evening, Mr. Fanfolk. This is Rob Pansul in the back. I'm the board attorney. Can I just ask you to swear or affirm that any testimony you're going to provide this evening is the truth and the whole truth. Put my arm up or just say yes. Just I do. That's it. Yes. And just for
the record, state and spell your name. Spell it. Yes, please. Richard. Rh. And you're the property owner for 423 Con Avenue? My wife and I. Yes. And for the record, I marked the application that you filed
on your behalf with the survey. It's part of the record. It's marked day one. So, the board has that. Okay. Now, I see you have people here tonight. I don't know if you want to kind of summarize the pool aspect. You're here for a pool. The the requirement is 6 ft on the sides. You're proposing two on
each side. You have enough distance from the house and you have enough distance to the rear. And I see by the survey the the lot's kind of irregularly shaped. I guess it goes to a point towards the back where that caused the hardship in essence. That's correct. I understand you had a pool there in the past, but you had removed it, right? Or
someone did. So far, it's not it's still there, but we're going to remove it when we get the approvals. Okay. And this one's in kind. It's like the same location where the one exists. Same size. Okay. You know, that kind of thing.
And is somebody going to do the work for you or is somebody who who's actually doing the contracting? Uh No, I forgot his name. Um, Nick something he's worked from or what people from blue ribbon in Lindon. Just so you know, if the board acts
favorably tonight on your application, that contractor you have when you go through the permit process has to work cooperatively with the building department here in in township because sometimes there's some details about a fence, maybe a buffer through a landscape or some kind of recommendation
that the town can make. uh that will be suitable to allow the variance and and have less impact on anyone in the neighborhood. Did you discuss this at all with the people that live on either side of you who are most impacted? Discuss. Yes, both sides. And did they give any cause for concern?
Okay. You did speak to them as I know the notices went out to all the neighbors. Yeah. I got two letters back from one's a real realtor and one is they moved on us. Yeah, that's fine. You're only obligated to try and notice them.
You don't have to tell us that they actually got the notice. So, that that's okay. Um the survey that is a part of the application, you authorize that to be submitted on behalf of the application, right? And that that's an accurate depiction of the property that you have. How long have you lived there?
Uh since 1989 89. And it's a single family residential home. Yes, it is. And it's going to continue if the board acts favorably. This is going to remain a single family residential home. Any other improvements or additions, details about the house or is it just the pool that we're dealing with tonight?
It's just the pool that we're Okay. Okay. Um I don't know if you have other witnesses tonight. It looks like I guess you have family members here with you. I mean, you you did fine, by the way. So, it's not my daughter and my grand uh I'm trying to move you along. So, I'm trying to help. I hope you find my
conversations helpful. Um I don't know if any board members have uh any questions of the applicant but uh this is pretty basic. If you look at the survey uh towards the back of the property it is a regular I mean the pool itself. Do you know the dimensions of
the pool overall? 21 uh diameter. 21. Yeah. And you said it's it's in kind to what's already there. So it's really a replacement. Yes. Okay. And the fencing that's there, is that going to be upgraded too or are you using what's there?
The fence that will be upgraded. Okay. As I said, that you could work cooperatively with the building department. They're asking replacing the fence that's there. Yes. Replacing the fence. The fence on the pool. No. How about the one outside? The perimeter fence. That's okay. He can
answer because I don't want to There's a perimeter fence now. That's going to remain. That's on the pool though. It's going around the pool. It's on the pool. Oh, okay. Okay. All right. Well, we'll we'll get it through the plans with the contractor when he comes into the building department. So, we'll be able
to work that out. Okay. Are there any board members that would like to question Mr. Pampleik? Hearing none. Are there any members of the public that would like to question Mr. Pampleik?
Hearing none. I believe we can conference this right now. Mr. Bengma, would you like to begin? Sure. Uh, thank you, Mr. Chairman. After hearing the applicant's um testimony, um there's an existing pool there now. He's just upgrading. Um I see no issues
with this application. I'm going be voting yes. Okay, Mr. Johnson. Yes, I agree. Since he replacing an existing pool, I see no problem with it. I will vote yes. Also, thank you, Mr. Graves. I see it's a clean application. I would be supportive of
the application. Thank you, Miss Martins. This is a a clean, straightforward application, so I'll be voting yes as well. Thank you, Miss Scott. Yes, I Thank you, Mr. McNeel. I also concur with my colleagues a very
clean application and I will be voting yes. And Mr. Wy? Yes, Mr. Chairman, I will be voting yes. It's a good application and I'll see your problem. Thank you. As for myself, I have no problem with this application. Uh I feel that the applicant is entitled to the relief
requested. So I too will vote yes for this application. May I have a motion and a second to grant the application? Mr. Chairman, I move that the board grant the variance applicable to this application and that council is directed
to prepare a resolution consistent with the board's decision. Second a motion. Roll call. Mr. Wy, yes. Mr. Martins, yes. Mr. Bentega, yes. Mr. Scott, yes. Mr. McNeel, yes. Mr. Johnson, yes. Mr. Champion, yes.
July 23rd, the board will pass a resolution. You don't need to be here for that uh purpose, but July 23rd, the resolution will be passed by the board and then it will go to the building department and you can pursue your permits that way. Okay. Thank you. Good luck. Thank you very much. You're welcome, Mr. Chairman. There being no further
business coming before the board, I move that we adjourn. Second. All in favor? I I opposed. So moved.