e e e e e e e e e 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 C 231 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 by Chas to the municipal clerk's office roll call Mr Wy is absent Miss Martins here Mr Benta present M Scott here Mr Johnson here Mr mcneel here Mr Graves here M
rickets here and Mr Champion here there being a quum present this meeting is now declared open at the this time I'll entertain a motion for the approval of the minutes from the last meeting Mr chairman I move that the meeting meets of calendar number
3448 Ronald McCarthy 120 Elwood Road February 19th I'm sorry February 19th minutes be approved as written and dispens with the reading second all in favor hi I opposed
so move both of them there Mr manguso at this time are there any Communications uh there are no Communications Mr chairman hearing none proceeding with tonight's meeting our first uh case this evening will be calendar number 3447 Liberty assets LLC located at 1044
Wen Avenue block 309 lot 11 applicant wishes to subdivide and construct for new single family dwellings on the lot Mr casion would you like to begin good evening Mr chairman as you know council's name is Robert gason and the firm is gon Bako I
represent the applicant in this matter some legal issues have come up and we would like to adjourn this matter to your next regularly scheduled meeting to try to address those issues I believe that meeting uh is
April the 16th Mr panula yes Mr chairman and the board members uh Rob pansula the board attorney I did speak with Mr gash prior to tonight's meeting and and we TR to engage some of the issues but we need the professionals input on a lot of the
details for tonight so rather than uh burdening I I understand some of the public here tonight will be here for that so it's not going to be heard tonight uh we're going to make a motion to carry it the date the next available date Mr gason if your professionals are available is April 16th because we have full agendas before that is that date
that's satisfactory so it'll be April 16th at 7:30 in this room um and prior to that time any of the public you have the right to come to the building department look at the plans ask questions offer details that you might have and the board will be supplemented with any
information you provide uh so that's something to keep in mind but tonight we're not going to go forward with the public session so I I'm sorry I wav the time constraints and obviously I request that no further notice is required and you make an announcement and that is the
official notice so noted for the record I think that's appropriate under the circumstances Mr chairman if if a board member can make a motion in a second unless they have any other questions of me or Mr gion a motion in a second to carry this public hearing until the April 16th Wednesday night meeting at
7:30 in this room without further notice all right at this time can I have a motion in a second to adjourn tonight's meeting till April 16th Mr chairman i' like to make a motion to adjourn calendar number
3447 Liberty assets LLC 1044 Woodland Avenue block 309 lot 11 scheduled to be for April 16th uh Wednesday at 7:30 with no further notice second a motion roll call
Miss Martins yes Mr bent vagena yes Miss Scott yes Mr Johnson yes mcneel yes Mr Graves yes Mr champy yes thank you sorry if I inconvene anybody but I thank you for allowing the adjournment thank you Mr gon just for
the Public's benefit uh just so we're clear tonight's hearing for Liberty assets at 1044 Woodland Avenue is carried it's adjourned it will be heard on April 16th at 7:30 in this room there will be no further notice you won't get a separate mailing to your home or a
newspaper publication this is the only notice 7:30 Wednesday April 16th in this room right and any questions any details about the app you can come to the building department during normal business hours and certainly all of the details of the application will be
available to you thank you Mr G thank you Mr panula and not a bunch of happy campers yeah I can if they can hear me our next order of business is calendar number 3448 Ronald carthy
located at 120 Elmwood Road Block 4108 lot 17 applicant wishes to rebuild a garage with insufficient setbacks Mr McCarthy hi it's just karthy sir are you do you have any Witnesses yes I just wanted to move this is uh the
property owner his name is Ruben Leger I'm his son-in-law I'm just assistant can this is Rob panul the board attorney can I ask the applicant to come up as well just so I could swear them in and swear you in come over there you're Ronald I'm Ronald sir you're Ronald yeah you're the applicant
yes I'm his son-in-law oh okay and who's the owner Ruben legra okay and it's a can you hear me can I just ask you to swear or affirm both you but do it at the same time do both you swear or affirm that any testimony you provide this evening is the truth and the whole truth yes and for the record just one at
a time if you can first the owner if you can State and spell your name for the record so we can put it in the minutes do my name is Ruben Lea how do you spell that r u v e n l e g r
a and you're the owner yes and you authorize uh Ronald is your son to offer the details for the board tonight to consider your application yes okay uh Ronald for the record just identify yourself and confirm your relationship
with the owner Ronald karthy r o n a l d c a r t h y son-in-law son-in-law you said okay have you ever been through this type of process before with a barrance uh well various different I'll try to
help you I'm the board attorney so I don't vote but but it's it's pretty straightforward we understand I've marked A1 the application as you submitted it okay and it has the sketch in the survey so why don't you just authenticate what's there what you're proposing to do and and I'll try to move
it along so the board uh can consider the application absolutely uh just a correction it should be 120 Elwood AV uh not Road um I don't know if that makes a difference 120 El would add it yes it's wrong on the agenda you mean correct
um what we're looking to do is essentially just rebuild a garage with the same dimensions same measurements same height same width same length uh in the place of where the old garage was um it was pretty dilapidated um there was rodents getting in the roof was shot
siding was shot so uh we kept all the original posts all around the perimeter of the garage uh we're just reframing them with uh new studs new headers um new roof new beams new siding new doors
new new roof the original structure has already been uh demolished correct about 90% of it yes sir the survey that's attached to the uh Frank Cisco Associates that's accurately shows the detail of where the foundation of the
structure and where the garage is proposed yes um I believe uh the main thing that threw threw us off was the fence is more than 3 ft away from the foundation but where the property line sits it's just under 3 ft so that was
that was our hiccup but that Foundation is existing and you're not disrupting that you're not adding to it correct yes and then the sketches there's two pages in the back of the packet that you submitted uh who who actually is offering those details did you draw them or is somebody doing that for you me me and Reuben okay now are you actually
doing the work or do you have a contractor assisting yeah no I've been working construction for uh a long time so it's going to be me and a few of my buddies I'm doing the roofing siding door uh they're doing all the framework okay can we note for the record you understand that you're going to have to work through the permitting process in
the building department and and you'll work cooperatively with them to the extent any issues come up as it pertains sometimes it comes up to a drainage or different issues about the way things are channeled Etc yes sir did you get any contact with any
neighbors one way or the other after they received their notice about what you're proposing to do uh a few of them sto by asking if they needed to show up they they have no problem with what we're doing there okay and we'll make an announce but I think most of the public that was here was here for the other application so I don't
yeah but that can happen in an application just so you know so is the home the existing home at at 120 uh is just single family residential correct and it's going to continue after
you're reconstructing this garage right there's no accessory apartment there's no other detail that you're providing you're just basically restructuring the garage that existed at the same dimensions correct and there are it it seems based on the survey there is more
area there but you're opting not to expand or try to become accommodating to the standards because why I mean just explain that to the board just the cost involved with having to remove all the existing concrete report New Foundations the existing Foundation is solid it was just essentially the lumber on the walls
that was starting to go anybody else have questions of the uh applicants representative Andor the applicant they're both here any board members I just have one do theage used
to house vehicle or Storage storage any other board members would like to question what was that I'm sorry I didn't hear cuz they were talking out there the question was is the garage being rebuilt new house vehicle or storage answer stored so you didn't okay thanks
I'll note that for the record I would just note that that should be added on your application building department okay I I have a question would a car fit if need be uh yes
sir have you ever used it for cars in the past how how long have you actually owned or your father-in-law own the property uh this April will be 25 years okay so it's been you the whole time or him yes me just for the last 12
that's are there any other board members that would like to question Mr carthy's testimony hearing none are there any members of the public that would like to question Mr carthy's testimony hearing none would your would
Mr Leger like to come forth and make any comments I'll go to get no thank you only we need the permit for Ral my Gage I have close to eight month in in
waiting for yeah are there any members that would like to question or comment on the application or or ask questions of Mr legra no any members of the public would like to comment or question Mr
just for the record Mr chairman as Rob pansula board attorney it is rather straightforward he is committed to rebuild it as is right he's going to use it in the way that it was used prior which means no accessory residential housing or apartments uh Mr mcneel confirmed you're
not really using it for cars but you're going to use it for storage but it is set up and accommodating that the the variances that you need are based on Dimensions but you're replacing what was there so corre um I think there's really nothing further if no one has questions I think we can do a motion in a second since there are
no more comments by board members of the public I believe we can conference this Mr B B would you like to begin sure thank you Mr trond like Council just said it's just straightforward
application um they're using the existing Foundation just doing an upgrade um I'm going to vote Yes tonight Mr Johnson thank you Mr chairman I agree it's a straightforward application and I will be voting yes also miss morens
thank you Mr chairman this is a a straightforward application I will be voting yes as well thank Miss Rick thank you Mr chairman I too will be voting yes it is a straightforward application as well as you just you know fixing up something that would allow to see it
so Mr Grace I con all my colleagues and I will also be voting yes Miss Scott I also my colle thank you and Mr mcneel thank you Mr chairman
I I agree wholeheartedly with my colleagues thank you will vote thank you as for myself the construction of this new garage will not have a negative impact on the property or the neighboring Property Owners so I too will be voting voting
yes okay at this time can I have a motion and a second Mr chairman I move that the board Grant the variant applicable to this application that council is directed to prepare a resolution consistent with the board's decision second a motion roll
call M Martins yes Mr bent Vega yes Scott yes Mr Johnson yes Mr mcneel yes Graves yes Mr Champion yes March 12th the board will pass the resolution that they just voted on and it'll be memorialized and become become
a part of your building department record so anytime after that you can work cooperatively with Mr Mongo's office great thank you so much every I really appreciate it uh do I have to wait until the 12th to start construction Mr manguso I mean I it's a small enough project we're just keep keep him in the loop in terms of you're
doing and just realize you have to satisfy the particulars that his office commands 100% yes the permits uh have to be released after the resolution but we'll start thank you very much guys thank you Mr chairman there be enough further
business coming before the board and move that we adjourn thank you all in favor opposed so moved