Zoning Board

Second Street resident Neil Patel’s plan for a “sport court” and in-ground pool in his backyard wasn’t winning raves from the Zoning Board. Update: A Second Street resident’s application to install an in-ground pool and build a pickleball court in his backyard was partially approved at the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s March 3 meeting. The Board approved a modified plan, …

Artist’s rendering of a proposed self-storage facility that ran into stiff opposition at the December 16 Zoning Board meeting. Sensing his client’s application was going to be denied by the Zoning Board of Adjustment, the attorney representing the developer of a proposed self-storage facility on Route 27 withdrew it in favor of some “re-envisioning.” Arizona-based 1784 Capital Holdings wants to …

A rendering of the proposed 3-story self-storage facility targeted for the current Fama Nursery property on Route 27. An Arizona-based self-storage developer is eying the Fama Nursery property on Route 27 for a 125,000-square-foot, 3-story facility. The application by 1784 Capital Holdings is scheduled to be heard by the Zoning Board of Adjustment at its December 16 meeting. All of …

The Township Council is going on record opposing a plan by Levin Properties to build a 4-storey residential building in Rutgers Plaza. In a rare move, the Township Council is inserting itself in a Zoning Board of Adjustment application, opposing a plan to build a 4-storey residential building in Rutgers Plaza. The Council voted to take the action at its …

The Zoning Board on November 4 rejected an application that would allow these buses to continue to park in the rear parking lot of JFK Plaza on John F. Kennedy Boulevard. A plan to park 15 school buses in a rear parking lot at JFK Plaza on John F. Kennedy Boulevard was rejected by the Zoning Board of adjustment at …

A rendering of the updated site plan for the Dada Bhagwan Institute on South Middlebush Road. A year of hearings brought some closure to an application on October 21 when the Zoning Board of Adjustment gave preliminary site plan approval to a 21,000-square-foot Hindu temple targeted for a parcel on South Middlebush Road. Board member Alan Rich was the only …

Louis Luglio, a traffic expert hired by opponents of the proposed 21,000-square-foot temple on South Middlebush Road, came under fire at the July 1 Zoning Board meeting. Things did not go well at the July 1 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting for the opponents of a 21,000-square-foot temple proposed for South Middlebush Road. Testimony given by the opponents’ traffic expert …

Amar Patel told the Zoning Board of Adjustment that his pharmacy would serve mainly the patients of the doctors in his building. Patients visiting doctors at 49 Veronica Avenue will soon have one-stop shopping for their pharmaceuticals. That’s because the Zoning Board of Adjustment at its June 17 meeting approved an application for a pharmacy in one of the building’s …

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 …