Zoning Board

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 …

Several members weren’t happy about doing it, but the Board of Adjustment Oct. 1 approved a developer’s application to build a house on an undersized lot on Hollywood Avenue. The target lot, at the corner of Hollywood and 12th Street, will hold a 1,700-square-foot three bedroom colonial. What irked some board members is that the lot is about one-fifth the …

The stars were in alignment July 16 for the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting, which saw the board swiftly approve three applications for variances. The board approved a Kingston couple’s request to build a covered porch on the front of their home, a Somerset man’s application for an addition on his home, and a new businesses’ application to install a …

The Zoning Board of Adjustment on April 16 denied an application by an owner of a Kingston yoga studio to move her business from the Kingston Mall to a residential area. Following a four-hour hearing – the last of four on the matter since January – board members voted 5-2 to deny the application of Nagisa Manabe of Bay Head, co-owner of Simply …

A township charter school on Feb. 5 received Zoning Board approval to construct an inflatable bubble next to its School House Road building. The Central Jersey College Prep school wants to use the bubble as a gym. The structure will also be shared by the New Jersey Chinese Community Center on a limited basis for its students. The community center …

[wpgmappity id=”16″]   A proposal by the co-owner of a Kingston yoga studio to move her business into a residential zone has many of her prospective neighbors upset. Residents whose homes abut the property at 24 Sycamore Place told the Zoning Board Feb. 5 they don’t want the noise from cars or the glare from the proposed parking lot’s lights in their …

Applications for a home addition, a new “bubble” for a township soccer center and a new home were approved at the July 17 Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting. Amwell Road resident Daniel Cook told the board that he needed to enlarge his home. The plan is to build a master bedroom suite, enlarge the kitchen and build a 0ne-car garage. …

There will be a new home going up on Ray Street soon, but it won’t be what its developer initially envisioned. The Zoning Board at its Feb. 6 meeting made it clear that the plan for a four-bedroom, two-story home at 57 Ray Street wasn’t going to pass muster, so its developer – Diamond Investor & Builders – substituted plans …

The Family Dollar Store on Hamilton Street will sport a new, larger sign when it reopens. The Zoning Board on Jan. 9 approved the placement of a new sign on the store that is about 13 square feet larger than the previous sign. The increase is due to a change in the corporate logo, said Ira Weiner, the store franchisee’s …