Oh yeah. Good. How you doing? 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. Bente, present. Miss Scott, here. Mr. Johnson, here. Mr. McNeel, present. Mr. Graves, here. Miss Rickett is absent. Mr. Champion here. There being a quorum present, this meeting is now declared open. At this
time, I'll entertain a motion for the approval of the minutes from June the 4th. May I have a motion in a second? Was here on June 4th? I don't think I was here. Mr. Wy was not here on June 4th. All right, Mr. Chairman, I move that the
meeting minutes of June 4th, 2025 be approved as written and dispensed with their reading. Second a motion. All in favor? I opposed. So moved. Our first order of business this evening will be the adoption of a resolution for
calendar number 3455 Bruno and Sarah Tavvaris. Location is 2347 Lurana Road, block 3913, lot 52. Applicant wishes to construct an addition with insufficient setbacks with
a driveway in front of the living space. Board members, you've all had a chance to read the resolution. At this time, are there any members that would like to comment, make changes or modifications to this resolution as it has been written? Hearing none, may I have a motion and a
second to adopt the resolution. Mr. Chairman, I move that this board adopt the resolution as written and accurately memorializing the previous findings of this board. Second motion. Roll call. Mr. Wy, yes. Miss Martins, yes. Mr. Bentegan, yes. Mr. Mr. Johnson. Yes. Mr.
Graves. Yes. And Mr. Champion. Yes. Our next order of business this evening is calendar number 3456 Nicole Drake. Location is 2428 Terrell Road, block 3901, lot 10. Applicant wishes to
construct an ingground swimming pool with insufficient setbacks. Miss Drakeford. Uh for the record, Mr. chairman and for the applicant we have two members that are going to recuse themselves based on a relationship
uh with the applicant. So both Ricardo and and Henry uh will recuse and leave the deis. So we do have enough members to go forward. So it's not an issue. Uh can I ask the uh I'm back here. It's Rob Pansil, the board attorney. Um if can I
ask you to swear or affirm that the testimony you provide this evening is the truth and the whole truth. I affirm. And for the record, state and spell your name with your address. Nicole Drake. N I C H O L E D R A K E F O R D 2428
Terror Road Union. Okay. And you are the owner and applicant for tonight's presentation, correct? Yes, sir. Do you have any other witnesses tonight or is it something you're going to just summarize for the board? I can summarize. Okay. Why don't you do that? You're here for the variance. you're you're short on the required distance
for the pool as it relates to the structure. You're conforming to the lot line. So, why don't you just summarize how we're here? And I did mark the application as you submitted at A1 and I marked A2 the survey that was updated. So, the board has that information. Okay. Okay. Uh somewhere around the 29th
of May, I submitted a permit for building, plumbing, electric, and fire protection for an ingground pool 15x 26. Um the permit was issued on the 11th of June, 2024. Uh excavation began on the
9th of July. Uh Rebarb went in uh and excavation again on the 22nd of July. Uh, I received inspection, past inspection on the 25th for building, plumbing, bonding. Um, yes, pass
inspection there. And then I received a telephone voicemail uh from the building department from the township on the 15th of August um letting me know that the pool was not in compliance uh as far as
the distance from the home should have been 10 ft uh instead of six and I believe it's seven 7.25 25. Uh so it is short on uh closest to the residency
but all around the six I'm fine on the other angles. So you were expecting it my mic on. You were expecting it to be conforming but somewhere along the construction line it winded up not being conforming to the original permit plan. Correct. Um it the plan submitted was
four six feet set back from the home. Mhm. Um but when I received the voicemail, they said it should have been 10. That was that was after it was originally uh it it originally passed in. So what are the
numbers now? The the the original plan that's in the office is 10 ft from the house and 6 ft from the property line. That's what was approved from engineering. Okay. And 6 ft from the property remains. That's conforming. Correct. Yes. What's the standard from the
structure? 10. It is 10. 10. And you're proposing in total what? Eight. They're proposing 8.09 and 7.54. Okay. So, it's a minor two less than 3 ft adjustment on the setback off the
structure. The lot line is conforming. Have you had any discussions with your neighbors or anybody about what you're proposing? I know the notices went out. So, yes, notification went out. I have had discussions with neighbors. One of my neighbors actually he just stepped in. Okay. But you haven't had any
negative feedback or any positive because just wondering how long. Good. And you realize that through the process if you get approval tonight, you still got to complete the permit process. Any other cooperative measures with building to make sure it gets done correctly will be expected to get it completed.
Certainly. Okay. Um, and the fencing that includes whatever requirements by code uh would be required to be implemented. There's a permit in for the fence as well. Okay. Uh, Mr. Chairman, I don't know. I assume you don't have any other witnesses. No, sir. If there's questions of the applicant and u we can
probably ask the public and then deliberate. Are there any board members that would like to question the witness? Yes, Mr. Chairman. Can you just confirm the fence that you're going to put around um the pool? It's a vinyl uh fence. I believe it was six foot uh
fence. Uh I spoke with the gentleman uh upstairs in the building and he just told me it needed to be uh I believe it was 2 in from my neighbor's fence where it is standing. I have a fence that's there now. Uh we did put up a temporary
uh fence in the front because we had to take that down in order to get the materials in. But there is a standing fence, but I wanted to replace that with just an upgrade to what I have now. Any other board questions for Miss
Drake? I should have asked, too. This is a single family residential use that you have. You are the owner and the applicant. You reside there. Yes, sir. And if the board grants favorably, that use will continue. There's no changes to the use. Okay. Any other board questions?
Hearing none. Are there any members of the public that would like to question the testimony Miss Drakeford has given? Hearing none. Are there any members of the public that would like to comment on this application? Hearing none, then I believe we can
conference this. Mr. Beng, would you like to begin? Sure. Uh, thank you, Mr. Chairman. I see no issue with this application. Um, the variance that's um granted is very minimal. We're talking less than three feet. So, I'll be voting yes tonight.
Mr. Johnson, I also agree and I would like to thank you for your service. I will be voting yes. Thank you, Miss Martins. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Um, I also agree with my colleagues. Very straightforward application. I will be voting yes as well. Miss Scott. Um, yes, I also agree with my colleagues and will
also be voting yes. Mr. Graves, I see no measurable negative impact. As for myself, I see no negative impact either. Uh pool will not have a negative impact on your property or the neighboring property. So I too will vote yes.
At this time, can I have a motion in a second? Mr. Chairman, I move that the board grant a variance applicable to this application and that council is directed to prepare a resolution consistent with the board's decision. Second motion. Roll call. M. Martins.
Yes. Mr. Bentega. Yes. M Scott, yes. Mr. Johnson, yes. Mr. Graves, yes. And Mr. Championy, yes. June 25th is the regular meeting of the board will have the resolution memorializing the ruling. That's next Wednesday. Okay. You do not need to be
here for that. Appreciate it. Okay. Thank you so much, Mr. Chairman. There being no further business coming before the board, I move that we adjourn. Second a motion. All in favor? I I opposed.