Planning Board

Update: The township Planning Board on May 20 approved the plan, which now goes before the Township Council for its approval. A developer wishing to build a 600-unit housing development off Bunker Hill Road has objected to the plan, saying the township erred in its calculation of its affordable housing obligation. This is a developing story. Original Story: The township will exceed …

A proposal to build 20 one-story office/warehouse buildings on Weston Canal Road was approved Feb. 4 by the Planning Board. The approval is the fourth on the property since 2003. The plan by Russo Development calls for buildings ranging in size from 28,000 square feet to 44,000 square feet on the roughly 71-acre parcel near Randolph Road. The 46-foot-tall buildings …

A more than 30,000-square-foot retail center for the Summerfields at Franklin active adult community was approved Feb. 4 by the Planning Board. The center, which will be located at the corner of School House and Randolph roads, will also serve residents of Canal Walk. The center will be built in two buildings on about 8.5 acres. One of the buildings …

The Somerset Volunteer Fire & Rescue Co. No. 1 and Fusion on Ice won Planning Board approval July 16 for expansion projects. The fire company won approval to build a new pole barn behind its fire house to make room for a new truck, and Fusion on Ice won approval to expand its Worlds Fair Drive building to build a …

A township resident won Planning Board approval June 18 for her plan to split a Vanderbilt Avenue lot into two to allow her to build a home close to her family. Margaret DeGeorge told the board that she currently lives in a townhouse on the other side of town, and she wants to be closer to her mother and brother …

Kingston will soon be getting a new Italian deli and market on Route 27. The Planning Board at its May 7 meeting approved expansion plans for a building at 4587 Route 27, owned by township resident Gennaro Costabile. Costabile, owner of Gennaro’s Restaurant in Princeton, needed to expand the rear of the building by 400 feet to accommodate a kitchen …

Applications to build two homes on undersized lots on Douglas Avenue and two warehouses on Roosevelt Avenue were approved at the March 5 Planning Board meeting. The home developer, Edison-based Gregory Kingburk,wants to build two, two-story homes with four bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms, he told teh board. The homes would also have full basements and one-car garages, he said. Paul …

The Zoning Board had Como Drive residents on its mind Jan. 9 when it approved a proposal to build a 3,935-square-foot church at the street’s intersection with Cedar Grove Lane. The unanimous approval came with a laundry list of restrictions: Church services can only be held on Sundays and Thursdays The church parking lot cannot be used for outdoor festivals …

The Planning Board on Jan. 8 approved applications for Trap Rock Industries to build a concrete plant, balconies for a Somerset Street housing development and an outdoor storage plan for a Randolph Road water tank manufacturer. Trap Rock got the OK from the board to construct a 2,400-square-foot concrete manufacturing plant on its property off Kingston-Rocky Hill Road in Kingston. …

An application for a controversial digital billboard near Grant Street and Davidson Avenue was approved Dec. 18 by the Planning Board, but that’s not the final word in the matter. That’s because the issue of the Constitutionality of a township ordinance banning digital billboards is making its way through the state Appellate Court system, with a decision not expected to …