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 …

An application to create two “flag lots” on Cedar Grove Lane was approved December 7 by the Planning Board. The applicant, Stephen Sliwka, will eventually build one house on each of the two new lots. A house currently exists on the smaller lot created by the subdivision. A flag lot is a rectangular-shaped lot that has access via a long …

An artist’s rendering of the new restaurant’s layout. A 62-seat, 4,400-square-foot McDonald’s targeted for Rutgers Plaza on Easton Avenue was approved November 9 by the Planning Board. The Board, holding a special meeting to hear the application, also approved several variances for the project, including ones allowing for more signs than normally approved, and for a free-standing sign facing Easton …

Planning Board chairman Michael Orsini told the applicant’s attorney that he thought their project was too big for the space they had. It’s back to the drawing board for a township church that has wanted since 1999 to raze its building and rise again from the ashes. Macedonia Church of God in Christ was told by the Planning Board that …

Levin vice president Sidney Singer talks to the Planning Board at. the special October 12 meeting. Township residents packed the Council chambers on October 12 for the chance to give the Levin Management Company their thoughts on the plan to turn the former Kmart building in Rutgers Plaza into a four-story apartment building. Those thoughts were not positive. Levin wants …