Zoning Board

The Zoning Board of Adjustment will hire an independent real estate consultant to vet a developer’s claims that a Cedar Grove Lane tract is only economically viable for a townhouse development. The decision was made at the end of the Jan. 19 hearing, after board members grilled a real estate consultant proffered by the developer, Levin Properties. The consultant, Chris …

Central Jersey College Prep Charter School received approval to move into a Mettlers Road building, but it had to temporarily give up a new gym to do so. The charter school received Zoning Board of Adjustment approval for the site at 101 Mettlers Road at the Jan. 5 meeting, This was the second consecutive meeting during which the board entertained …

The Long Island-based company that transports the school district’s children received approval Jan. 5 to store its buses on two Route 27 lots. Montauk Transit Service – which became the school district’s largest bus contractor just about three years ago when the previous contractor suddenly closed up shop – will be able to base at least 130 buses on the …

A township charter school will have to wait until after the new year to find out if it will be able to relocate. Central Jersey College Prep Charter School, which now occupies part of a building on Schoolhouse Road, wants to move into space in a Mettlers Road building. The school plans to take up two, two-storey wings of the …

Verizon Wireless received approval Nov. 2 to erect a 118-foot-tall communications tower near the Cedar Hill Swim Club on Cedar Grove Lane. The tower – which company representatives called a “monopine” – will be disguised to blend in with surrounding trees. The approval for the tower was given by the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Company representatives told zoning board members …

A plan to build 34 townhomes on two Cedar Grove Lane lots will probably come before the Zoning Board of Adjustment sometime this fall, not that the board will have much choice in the matter. That’s because the board must approve the project’s site plan and grant whatever variance waivers it needs as the result of a 2013 lawsuit settlement. The …

The Zoning Board of Adjustment had a busy night July 7, approving all four applications brought before it. Township residents Ed Potosnak and Jeremy Pike – Potosnak is the Board of Education president – received permission from the board to renovate and temporarily live in a barn at the rear of a Canal Road property they recently bought. The two want …

Two separate applications for gas stations and convenience stores were approved by township boards on Dec. 16 and 17. On Dec. 16, the Planning Board approved an application for a WaWa market and gas station on Route 27, and on Dec. 17, the Zoning Board of Adjustment approved plans for a 7-11 store, gas station and small retail center on …

One of the township’s two charter schools has received approval to move into a Pierce Street building. The Thomas Edison EnergySmart Charter School, now located at 92 Cortylous Lane, will next year move into about 60,000 square feet in a building at 150 Pierce Street, at the intersection of Worlds Fair Drive. The school received Zoning Board of Adjustment approval …

A Connecticut-based vocational school hopes to have a township campus in May, now that it has received approval from the Zoning Board. American Institute of West Hartford, Ct., will open a branch in DiSaronno Plaza at 80 Cottontail Lane. The school plans to turn a 6,358-square-foot space in the office building into classrooms and office space. The school’s offerings will include …