a journal 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 Andor The Star Ledger the newspapers of record a notice has been posted on the bulletin board in the municipal building adjacent to the municipal clerk's office roll call Mr Wy here M Marts here here Scott I'm sorry Johnson here bne here Mr Graves here M rickets here Mr Champion here there being for present this meeting is now declared open are there any Communications uh yes Mr chairman our Communications for uh calendar number I apologize calendar number 3428 uh from J war that Council will uh discuss when they're going to call so noted proceeding with tonight's meeting our first order of business will be the adoption of a resolution for our the board of uh adjustments 2023 annual report Mr pan Sula who prepared the report would you like to make any comments just a brief summary Mr chairman it's in the packet it's been uh circulated to the members I know everyone had a chance to review it um and I didn't hear any feedback we'll confirm that on the record tonight uh it summarizes the board's activities from 2023 we we do this every year it's an obligation under the municipal land use law um and and by by way of relevant summary we we heard 18 cases to uh resolution last year we have 40 or SO meetings normally scheduled so we were a little slower than normal in terms of volume uh that's in part because the zones have changed over the last couple of years there certainly um I don't know if it was impacted by last year as well uh the town through its planning department uh did upgrade a lot of the details based in part from some of these reports um that we do to show for example that we only heard a handful of use variance cases um so the only ones we really heard were related to a car rental oblig in RB Zone I think and that was denied by the board but other than that it really was service stations and limited so and that's what you want to see um the big change is warehousing that the town specifically change the ordinances to make warehousing non-permitted so we are seeing more uh of Warehouse expansion cases so that's something that the town did consciously though so the Zone had changed so that's something we'll deal with going forward um you know the service car centers and things affiliated with some of the existing businesses really are the only d one use variances that we dealt with and I don't think there's any real change we can recommend to the township committee or to the planning board to consider in that regard so uh the summary that I did concludes that the areas and I think we've done this in the past that the town may look to uh deals with the parking standards there's a lot of variances dealing with the setbacks that the parking spaces have to the buildings or the property lines but once again some of that is the limitations of the site uh size so there's really really very little you're going to do with that and then also some of the signage details in particulars and and that also is an everchanging area you have the illuminated signs and the town does Chase those those variables I know we've done a lot of ordinance changes over the years so um and if there's no other changes or recommendations uh I've set it up that Mr bener can move that the resolution be uh adopted as written and dispense with its formal reading with Miss Martins to Second and then if that is passed tonight after a roll call uh the board secretary can send a copy of the signed resolution to the planning board and Township committee to fulfill our obligations under the the municipal annus law thank you for that explanation Mr pansula board members you've all had a chance to read the resolution are there any board members who would like to comment or make changes or modifications to the to the resolution as it is written hearing none may have a motion in a second to adopt the resolution Mr chairman I move that this board adopt the resolution as written and is accurately memorializing the previous findings of the board second roll call Mr manguso Mr Wy yes M Martins yes Mr yes Mr Johnson yes Mr mcal yes Mr Graves yes and Mr Champion yes continuing with tonight's meeting it will be um our next case is calendar number 3428 Amanda Jennifer LLC located at 558 rway Avenue block 3703 lot 15 and it's for the addition to the second floor with three one-bedroom apartments ma'am would you like to begin Mr chairman I have a conflict tonight so I'd like to recuse myself yes Mr chairman I spoke with Mr bagner before the meeting he's actually done work at the property and I said that that's a basis to recuse and he would remove himself from the days and not participate so I thank you thank you Mr bent hi Natasha Montalvo uh attorney for applicant amander Jennifer uh we are requesting an adjournment until February 28th um the applicant had a last minute uh family emergency and our professionals have a lot of conflict or our next available date would be February 28th uh yes Mr chairman referencing the correspondence the communication the board secretary stated at the start of the meeting uh the the correspondence referred to by council is dated January 23rd it was sent by email and regular mail to Mr mongus so I did receive a copy as the board attorney uh legally the the reason is legitimate obviously they need their Witnesses and you can't factor in hardships and difficulties and scheduling it happens fortunately the board has the availability of that date I confirmed with Mr manguso February 28th um so if you could uh consider that and make an announcement to carry it without further notice since they did notice for tonight to have a hearing but are not going to go forward so the public knows when the hearing would actually would happen they did wave any time constraints to confront the board in writing in the letter so perfectly appropriate request for an adjournment um with the date certain uh unless anybody has any questions I think we can consider it so noted so at this time can to have a motion in a second to adjourn calendar number 3428 for tonight's meeting and continue it on February 28th 2024 with no notice they do not have to Reen notice can I have a motion in a second Mr chairman I make a motion to adjourn calendar number 3428 to uh for February 28th second R Mr Wy yes M Martins yes M rickets yes Mr mcneel yes Mr Johnson yes Mr Graves yes and Mr champy yes for the benefit of the public the meeting will be held on February 28th at 7:30 and at this time can I have a motion in a second to adjourn just so you know too the meeting will be in this room same time for the public I know there's a couple public here you won't get a new notice mailed to you or it won't be in the newspaper again so if you have any questions about the adjournment you certainly could reach out to the uh building department during business hours the representatives can help you or certainly the applicant's attorney is here I'm sure she'd be more than happy to give you her contact information if you have any specific questions if you're here for the Amanda Jennifer LLC 558 rway Avenue matter that's being adjourned February 28th 7:30 in this room Mr chairman there being no further business coming before the board tonight I make a motion that we adjourn second all in favor I opposed