Planning Board

OPPOSITION IS HEARD – Mary Paist-Goldman testifies about the B9 Schoolhouse warehouse project’s water management plan while attorney Stuart Lieberman looks on. Opponents of a proposed two-warehouse development at Schoolhouse and Mettlers roads got the chance on July 19 to convince the Planning Board that the application should not be approved. The opponents, the majority of whom are Canal Walk …

PAYING RAPT ATTENTION – More than 200 people crowded into the Board of Education community room at its Route 27 administrative campus July 5 for the third hearing on the proposed B9 warehouses. Testimony on changes to a plan to build more than 200,000 square feet of warehouse space at Mettlers and Schoolhouse roads elicited sometimes aggressive questioning from members …

ON THE HOT SEAT – Corey Chase, a traffic engineer for the developer of the proposed B9 Schoolhouse warehouse project, testifies during the June 21 Planning Board hearing. The traffic engineer for the proposed B9 warehouses at Schoolhouse and Mettlers roads came under prolonged questioning from the Planning Board and public during a continuation of the application’s hearing at the …

TESTIFYING – Jacqueline Jackson of Lilac Lane tells the Planning Board her thoughts on the Wilf application. A plan to build 10 single-family homes and install a large solar array on land adjacent to the Wilf Campus for Senior Living on DeMott Lane was reluctantly approved by the Planning Board on May 17. The project calls for the installation of …

CROSS-EXAMINATION – Stuart Lieberman, an attorney representing a residents’ group opposed to the warehouses, questions three of the developer’s witnesses at the May 3 Planning Board hearing. The developer of two proposed warehouses at Mettlers and Schoolhouse roads took another shot at approval May 3 in a marathon hearing before the Planning Board. Link Logistics presented a plan that has …

PROJECT DESCRIBED – Adnan Khan, an engineer hired by the project’s developer, tells the Planning Board about the proposed 25-unit mixed-use building. A three-story, 25-unit mixed-use building was approved for a tract on Hamilton Street by the Planning Board at its April 12 meeting. The building, targeted for a half-acre lot at the corner of Hamilton and Shevchenko Avenue, will …

A Hamilton Street developer is suing the Township over claims that political pressure scuttled an apartment building project targeted for the Hamilton Business District. The developer, John Park, claims in the suit that after township officials became aware of his project – comprised of two four-story buildings holding 233 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments and retail space, and a covered …

Mark Healey, the Township’s principal planner, describes the Master Plan changes to the Planning Board at the January 18 meeting. The ban on warehouse development in the township came a step closer to reality on January 18 with two actions taken by the Planning Board. The Board approved amendments to the Master Plan that excised any mention of warehouses from …

Township Planning Director Mark Healey described the proposed zoning changes that would effectively ban new warehouses in the township. Planning Board members didn’t have a lot to say about proposed ordinance amendments that would effectively ban new warehouses in every zoning in the township. The Board considered the amendments during a special Master Plan review meeting on January 11. The …

Concerned residents packed the School District office community room at the January 4 Planning Board meeting to hear testimony on the proposed B9 Schoolhouse warehouse project. A proposal to construct two warehouses totaling nearly 250,000 square feet at Mettlers and Schoolhouse roads was given a chilly reception by the Planning Board at its January 4 meeting. With about 200 people …