Planning Board

The Planning Board on December 1 approved another use exemption for St. Peter’s office building on Easton Avenue. St. Peter’s University Hospital on December 1 once again won an exemption from a prohibition on medical offices at its Easton Avenue office building, allowing for the transfer of some non-acute care specialties from its New Brunswick hospital. Thanks to the Planning …

Engineer’s rendering of the proposed five-home subdivision off Franklin Boulevard. More than two acres of trees would be cleared under an application for five houses making its way to the township Planning Board. The property is located at 360 Franklin Boulevard, an undeveloped and heavily forested lot directly behind Mt. Carmel Church. The parcel is bordered by Belmar Street and …

(Photo: Planning Board) Nine arrays of solar panels, targeted for the NJ Water property on Randolphville Road, were approved by the Planning Board at its November 3 meeting. The arrays will join several other panel arrays erected on the site in 2006, the Board was told. The approved plan calls for five ground-mounted arrays, two roof-mounted arrays, one array on …

An artist’s rendering aerial view of the project, presented at the Planning Board meeting. A project that will provide 37 three-bedroom apartments in eight buildings was approved October 20 by the Planning Board. The project is the latest phase in the Renaissance Redevelopment area, overseen by RPM Development of Montclair. The building will be constructed on four parcels of land …

The Planning Board approved this 100,000-square-foot warehouse on Cottontail Lane in May. (File photo). The Planning Board in the next few months will brainstorm over where warehouses are being built in the township. The discussion was the suggestion of Board member Robert Thomas, who is also Chairman of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Thomas said he was concerned about the …

Artist’s rendering of the three-story, 1-4,000-square-foot self storage facility approved by the Planning Board on September 22. A three-story, 104,700-square-foot self-storage facility targeted for Elizabeth Avenue won Planning Board approval on September 22. The building, which will operate under the “Cube Smart” brand, is situated on about 4.8 acres near the Somerset Run adult community. The site is currently used …

The landscape plan for the proposed southern branch of the Franklin Township library. The Franklin Public Library Board of Trustees should heed suggestions on its proposed southern branch made by the township Environmental Commission and planning department officials, the Planning Board recommended at its August 18 meeting. The Board passed on its recommendations over the objections of a handful of …

Environmental expert Susan Quackenbush told the Zoning Board of Adjustment about potential environmental impacts from a proposed temple on South Middlebush Road. The attorney for the developer of a proposed 21,000-square-foot temple slated for South Middlebush Road said August 5 that the building’s design will probably be changed. Attorney Peter Lanfrit told the Zoning Board of Adjustment that so many …

A member of the Tabatchnick family, whose food manufacturing plant is on Hamilton Street, told the Planning Board on June 2 that the company wants to participate in the budding cannabis industry. (Photo: Tabatchnick Fine Foods.) A June 2 Planning Board discussion on the new zoning ordinance changes for cannabis businesses had an unexpected participant: a member of the Tabatchnick …

Layout of some of the Sterling Pointe apartments approved May 19 by the Planning Board. The Sterling Pointe 55-and-over community will get a little bigger, now that two apartment buildings were approved May 19 by the township Planning Board. The Board approved the developer’s application to build two four-storey buildings, each holding 30 apartments. The application was a modification of …