ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEET
JANUARY 9, 2002
The Regular
Meeting of the Wall Township Board of Adjustment was called to order by
Chairman Noorigian at 8:05 P.M. Members
present were Chairman Noorigian, Vice Chairman Clayton, Mary DeSarno, Thomas
Grasso, Ralph Addonizio, Dominick Cinelli, Anthony Rembiszewski, second
alternate Wilma Morrissey, Attorney Hirsch, Planning Coordinator Pam D’Andrea,
Recording Secretary Betty Schinestuhl,
Engineer Matt Zahorsky, Planner John Maczuga and Reporter Arnone.
Attorney Hirsch
announced that all requirements under the Open Public Meetings Act had been
complied with for this meeting and read the purposes of the Board of
Adjustment.
Chairman Noorigian
stated that Thomas Grasso, Ralph Addonizio, Anthony Rembiszewski and Wilma
Morrissey were reappointed to the Board of Adjustment. He gave his congratulations.
Chairman
Noorigian said this is the first meeting of the New Year. It is the Board’s reorganization
meeting.
Mr. Grasso said
he has been on the Board for many years and has enjoyed it. He stated he is proud to be working with
Attorney Hirsch, Chairman Noorigian and all the members of the Board. He said Chairman Noorigian is truly out for
the good of Wall Township.
Mr. Grasso
nominated Michael Clayton as Chairman, Mary DeSarno as Vice-Chairman. The motion was seconded by Mr.
Addonizio. Mr. Addonizio thanked Mr.
Noorigian for his years of service and his guidance. Mrs. Morrissey nominated Dennis Noorigian as Chairman, Michael
Clayton as Vice-Chairman. There was no
second. Mr. Grasso made a motion to
close the nominations. Mr. Addonizio
seconded the motion which was unanimously approved. Mr. Noorigian thanked Mrs. Morrissey for nominating him
again. He said he will continue to
serve the Board. He said Mr. Clayton
was always there when he needed him.
Mr. Clayton spent nine years on the Planning Board. He also said Mrs. DeSarno has been on the
Board of Adjustment for 10 years. He
said this is a good move. Attorney
Hirsch said the secretary will cast one vote.
Attorney Hirsch
read the resolution appointing Pamela D’Andrea as Board of Adjustment Secretary
for the year. Mr. Grasso moved to adopt
the resolution. Mrs. DeSarno seconded
the motion which was unanimously approved.
Attorney Hirsch
read the resolution appointing Betty Schinestuhl as Board of Adjustment
Recording Secretary for the year. Mr.
Rembiszewski moved to adopt the resolution.
Mrs. DeSarno seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.
Attorney Hirsch
read the resolution appointing Thomas Hirsch as the Attorney for the year. Mr. Cinelli moved to adopt the
resolution. Mr. Cinelli said Mr. Hirsch
has been Board Attorney for 20 years.
Mr. Grasso seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.
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Attorney Hirsch
read the resolution appointing Matt Zahorsky, Bay Pointe Engineering as the
Engineer for the year. Mr. Grasso moved
to adopt the resolution. Mr. Clayton seconded
the motion which was unanimously approved.
Attorney Hirsch
read the resolution appointing John Hoffmann as the Zoning Board Planner for
the year. Mr. Cinelli moved to adopt
the resolution. Mr. Grasso seconded the
motion which was unanimously approved.
Attorney Hirsch
read the resolution appointing John Maczuga, Bay Pointe Engineering as
Consulting Planner for the year. Mr.
Rembiszewski moved to adopt the resolution.
Mrs. DeSarno seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.
Mr. Grasso moved
to appoint Ralph Addonizio, Wilma Morrissey and Mark Brosnan to the Site Plan
Committee. Mrs. DeSarno seconded the
motion which was unanimously approved.
Attorney Hirsch
read the resolution appointing Deborah Arnone as the Court Reporter for the year. Mrs. DeSarno moved to adopt the
resolution. Mr. Addonizio seconded the
motion which was unanimously approved.
Mr. Noorigian
said Annette Kane has retired after nine years. He welcomed Ms. Arnone.
Attorney Hirsch
read the resolution for the Open Public Meetings Act with dates for the 2002
hearings. Mr. Addonizio made a motion
to amend the calendar. The meetings of
July 17, 2002 and August 21, 2002 will be eliminated. Mr. Clayton seconded the motion which was unanimously
approved. Mr. Clayton moved to adopt
the resolution as amended. Mr.
Addonizio seconded the motion which was unanimously approved.
8:33 P.M. Mrs.
DeSarno left the meeting.
Newly appointed
Chairman Clayton said Tower Lodge will be carried to February 20, 2002 and the
Bennett application was withdrawn. The
Board will hear the Proctor and Mary Baker application.
CASE
#BA29-2001 – Date
application complete: October 30, 2001
APPLICANT:
PROCTGOR AND NANCY BAKER
PROPERTY:
2404 Tilton’s Corner Road, Block 806, Lot 7, OR-5 Zone
RELIEF
REQUESTED: Minor/Use/Bulk
Jeff Thakker,
Esq. appeared for the applicant.
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Attorney Thakker
said the applicant is here for a use and bulk variance with a subdivision. The property is located at 2404 Tilton’s
Corner Road. It is Block 806, Lot
7. The property is 11½ acres. It is shaped like a horseshoe. If approved the lot on the west would be 6¼
acres. The lot on the east would be 5¼
acres. In 1991 there was an approval of
a variance for the storage of piping and other materials. The applicant will remove all items from the
easterly lot.
Sworn by
Reporter Arnone: Proctor
Baker
Attorney Thakker
explained Mr. Baker has a hearing problem so he may have to ask the Board to
repeat questions.
Attorney Thakker
asked Mr. Baker if he intends to subdivide the property into two lots. Mr. Baker said yes.
Attorney Thakker
asked if the new lots would be 7.01 and 7.02.
Mr. Baker said yes.
Mr. Grasso asked
Mr. Baker if he has done work for MRRSA.
Mr. Baker said yes. Mr. Grasso
said he is on the MRRSA board and he would recuse himself. Mr. Grasso left the meeting.
Attorney Thakker
asked Mr. Baker the hours of operation.
Mr. Baker said 7:00 A.M. – 5:00 P.M. during the week and 7:00 A.M. –
12:00 noon on Saturday.
Attorney Thakker
asked how many employees are on site.
Mr. Baker said one. Attorney
Thakker asked how many employees at the construction company. Mr. Baker said about seven. They will not be on site all the time.
Attorney Thakker
asked what type of equipment will be stored on site. Mr. Baker said trucks, etc. just construction equipment.
Attorney Thakker
asked how long has this site been in operation. Mr. Baker said concerning the distribution of wholesale sealer –
15 years, construction – 30 years and
the sale of membrane – 10 – 11 years.
Attorney Thakker
asked about additional traffic. Mr.
Baker said there will not be a lot of traffic.
The trucks will come in and leave for the day. Mr. Baker said this will all take place on the easterly portion
of the property.
Mr. Baker said
everything will be removed from lot 7.01.
Attorney Hirsch asked if the equipment that was being removed from lot
7.01 was going onto the other lot. Mr.
Baker said it will not be relocated to the other lot. Attorney Thakker asked how long will it take to clear the new
lot. Mr. Baker said 30 – 60 days.
Attorney Thakker
asked if Mr. Baker had permission to store things on the property. Mr. Baker
said yes, he was awarded a use variance in 1991.
Entered into
evidence:
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A-1 Resolution dated 1991 approving use
variance
A-2 As-Built dated 1994
Attorney Thakker
asked Mr. Baker what his intentions were concerning lot 7.02. Mr. Baker said whatever it is zoned
for. He said the resolution would be
null and void concerning lot 7.02.
Attorney Hirsch
asked what would be done with the .6 acres marked storage area on the
plan. Mr. Baker said that will all be
deleted. He said everything will be on
the easterly lot. He said he is going
to get rid of all the storage trailers.
Mr. Baker said the portion on the inside of the easterly lot where the
truck storage is, that will stay.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if the .6 acres on the easterly side of the lot being done away
with. Mr. Baker said no he will
continue to use that.
Attorney Thakker
asked if the hours of operation will increase.
Mr. Baker said no. He also said
the traffic will not increase. He said
nothing will change.
Attorney Thakker
asked if there will be additional equipment on the property. Mr. Baker said no.
Attorney Thakker
asked about water run-off. Mr. Baker
said they put in a detention basin.
Attorney Thakker
asked about the structure to the south of the cell tower. Mr. Baker said that was all taken down.
Mr. Maczuga
asked if that was a storage trailer.
Mr. Baker said it was demolished.
Attorney Thakker
asked about the front yard set back.
Mr. Baker said it is 100’. It is
pre-existing.
Attorney Hirsch
said the Board Professional letters needed to be addressed.
Mr. Maczuga
asked if there was a cell tower on the
property. Mr. Baker said yes.
Mr. Maczuga
asked if that site was going to be disturbed.
He also asked if Mr. Baker was going to remove the existing
vegetation. Mr. Baker said no.
Mr. Maczuga asked
if Mr. Baker agreed to Subtitle 1, Title 39.
Mr. Maczuga explained what Title 39 was. Mr. Baker agreed.
Mr. Maczuga said
there were no other comments that needed to be addressed in his letter.
Mr. Zahorsky
said he had no objection to the waiver of a grading plan being submitted.
Mr. Zahorsky
asked that a note be added to the plan indicating if the subdivision is to be
perfected by the filing of deeds.
Attorney Thakker said they will do it by deed. Mr. Zahorsky said a note should be put on the plan and submitted
to his office.
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Mr. Zahorsky
said a sight triangle easement should be dedicated to the Township at the
intersection of Tilton’s Corner Road and Ridgewood Road. Attorney Thakker agreed.
Mr. Clayton asked
about the buffering along Ridgewood Road.
He said that is zoned R-60 and residential. Mr. Maczuga said any new development that comes in will be
responsible for that. He said the
buffer would be regulated because it abuts a residential zone.
Mrs. Morrissey
asked if there were any environmental violations. Mr. Baker said no.
The application
was opened to the public.
Ms. Eileen
Stevens, Block 805, Lot 39. Ms. Stevens
said she is concerned about the traffic.
She said there is no water or sewer and that would have to be brought
in. She said she thinks it has some
environmental problems. She asked the
Board to consider these problems. She
also said the road is in terrible shape.
The application
was closed.
Attorney Thakker
asked Mr. Baker if he was aware of any environmental problems. Mr. Baker said no.
Attorney Thakker
asked about traffic. Mr. Baker said it
would not increase.
Mrs. Morrissey
asked Mr. Maczuga about water/sewer and traffic. Mr. Maczuga said this is a sub-division application not a
development application. He said he
would not comment on water/sewer and traffic.
He said it would be just speculation.
Mr. Cinelli
moved to approve the application subject to the applicant complying with Title
39, sight triangle easement, removal of all storage and complying with Board
Professional review letters. Mr.
Rembiszewski seconded the motion, which was unanimously approved by a roll call
vote. (Messrs. Cinelli, Rembiszewski,
Addonizio, Noorigian, Clayton and Mrs. Morrissey voted yes.)
Mr. Addonizio,
regarding the time limits, will wait until there was a full Board.
RESOLUTIONS
TO BE ADOPTED:
ROBERT AND
ELIZABETH BEEBE – BA#30-2001
Block 866, Lot
25 Noorigian/Rembiszewski
JIM SAYRE –
BA#28-2001
Block 811.01,
Lot 56 Addonizio/Rembiszewski
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There being no
further business to come before the Board, a motion was made, seconded, and
unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at 9:28 P.M.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty
Schinestuhl
Recording Secretary