Zoning Board

Layout of the proposed Dada Bhagwan Vignan Institute. The applicants for a temple on South Middlebush Road would have sailed through the Zoning Board of Adjustment approval process were it not for their desire to accommodate the concerns of their neighbors, the Board was told at its May 20 meeting. Kevin Obrien, a planner hired by the applicant, Dada Bhagwan …

Traffic engineer Elizabeth Dolan said that two proposed temples on South Middlebush Road would not have a negative effect on traffic. Two proposed temples targeted for opposite sides of South Middlebush Road won’t have a negative affect on traffic, the Zoning Board of Adjustment was told on May 6. The Board’s hearing was for one of the proposed temples, the …

The Zoning Board of Adjustment on April 15 held its fifth hearing on a proposed 21,000-square-foot temple targeted for South Middlebush Road. A lawyer for some opponents to a proposed 21,000-square-foot temple went on the attack at the April 15 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, grilling a temple representative on his sect’s practices, and the need for such a large …

Artist’s rendering of the proposed Hamilton Street apartment building. The Hamilton Street Business District re-imagining continued on April 1, with the approval by the Zoning Board of Adjustment of a three-story, nine-unit apartment building. But unlike other apartment buildings approved in the District, this one will not feature retail space on the first floor. Instead, and in recognition of reality …

Owners of South Middlebush Road properties abutting the site of a proposed Hindu temple won some concessions from the developer, but that doesn’t mean they endorse the project, the Zoning Board of Adjustment was told on March 18. Changes to the site plan for the proposed Dada Bhagwan Vignan Institute were presented at the fourth hearing on the application, which …

Pillar of Fire International won Zoning Board approval December 3 of a plan to enlarge its church parking lot. The church, located in Zarephath off Weston Canal Road, sought to add 224 new spaces to the rear of the church building. With the approval, the church will now have 475 parking spaces, still far less than the 1,305 spaces called …

An artist’s rendering of the 21,000-square-foot temple proposed for a parcel on South Middlebush Road. In a virtual meeting cut short because of recurring technical difficulties, the Zoning Board of Adjustment on October 1 began hearing testimony about a proposed 21,000-square-foot temple on South Middlebush Road. The board generally takes testimony past 10 p.m., with a 7:30 p.m. start time. …

Prolonged squabbling over whether notices announcing a hearing on a proposed temple on South Middlebush Road forced the Zoning Board of Adjustment to postpone hearing the application until October. The Board has a standing rule that no new testimony will be heard after 10 p.m. The Board heard two applications prior to the temple’s, which didn’t begin until after 9 …

An artist’s rendering of the proposed Trimandir temple, targeted for a 16-acre tract on South Middlebush Road. An application for a 21,000-square-foot temple on South Middlebush Road, adjacent to Snyder’s Farm, is set to be heard at the September 17 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. The temple has been in the works for at least the past five years. A …

Artist’s rendering of a proposed office-warehouse on Veronica Avenue. The Miami, Fla.-based developer who wants to build two warehouses on open land along Veronica Avenue will have to wait two weeks to see if his project is approved. That’s because there were only six Zoning Board of Adjustment members eligible to vote on the application at the July 2 meeting. …