ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
JANUARY 22, 2003
The Regular
Meeting of the Wall Township Board of Adjustment was called to order by
Chairman Clayton at 7:30 P.M. Members
present were Chairman Clayton, Vice Chairman DeSarno, Wilma Morrissey, Dominick
Cinelli, Anthony Rembiszewski, James Gray, first alternate Robert Kerr, Attorney
Hirsch, Planning Coordinator Roberta Lang, Recording Secretary Betty
Schinestuhl, Engineer Glenn Gerken and Reporter Arnone.
SALUTE TO THE FLAG
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.
CASE #BA39-2002
Date application
complete: December 13, 2002
APPLICANT: FRED BEHRINGER
PROPERTY: 1507 Wyckoff Road, Block 915, Lot 18, RR
zone
RELIEF
REQUESTED: Bulk
Attorney Hirsch
reviewed the file and stated the Board had jurisdiction to proceed.
Sworn by Reporter
Arnone: Fred Behringer
Pat
Behringer
Mr. Behringer
said they are proposing a 30 X 50 pool house to be connected to the main
house. He said they enjoy swimming year
round. He said there is an error on the
survey the height stated is 16 it should be 17. Mr. Behringer said the walkway will be enclosed.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if the pool will meet all setback requirements. Mr. Gerken said yes.
Attorney Hirsch
said being the walkway is going to be enclosed is there a problem with building
coverage. Mr. Gerken asked Mr.
Behringer if the garage was expanded.
Mr. Behringer said yes back in 1986.
Mr. Gerken asked if the garage was 26 X 38. Mr. Behringer said yes.
Mr. Gerken said if all dimensions are correct he comes up with 4,390
s.f. which is 8.7% coverage and 9% is allowed.
He said it conforms.
Attorney Hirsch
said they comply with building coverage so the only variance needed is for the
pool house which is not an approved structure.
He said this type of structure is not addressed in the ordinance. It is not a permitted structure so a bulk
variance is required.
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Attorney Hirsch
asked if the pool house is going to be 167 from the property line. Mr. Behringer said yes.
Attorney Hirsch
asked what was at the rear of the property.
Mr. Behringer said a residential lot with a house.
Attorney Hirsch
asked how far that house from your rear line is. Mr. Behringer said approximately 150. He said that lot is 600 deep.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if there was any natural buffering from your property line to the house
in the rear. Mr. Behringer said it is
heavily wooded. It is all natural
terrain.
Attorney Hirsch
asked what was on the property to the north.
Mr. Behringer said there is a house on that property and they will be
able to see the pool house.
Attorney Hirsch
asked how far that house is from the property line. Mr. Behringer said approximately 28 30.
Attorney Hirsch
asked where is that house located in comparison to your house from the street. Mr. Behringer said they are about the
same. It sits back maybe a few feet
more from the road.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if they had any structures in their rear yard. Mr. Behringer said no.
Attorney Hirsch
asked what was to the south. Mr.
Behringer said an existing house. Attorney
Hirsch asked how far from the property line.
Mr. Behringer said about 30.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if there was any buffering to the north.
Mr. Behringer said no.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if there was any buffering to the south.
Mr. Behringer said no.
Mrs. Morrissey
asked if the residents on the pool house side had any objections. Mr. Behringer said not that he is aware
of. He said he spoke to the neighbor
and told him what he was doing and he said he had no objections.
Mrs. Morrissey
asked why the pool house is going to be 17 high. Mr. Behringer said because the terrain drops off. Mrs. Morrissey asked why a 30 walkway. Mr. Behringer said he would like to use the
pool as much as he can.
Mrs. Morrissey
asked if there was any proposed landscaping.
Mr. Behringer said it is possible but he has nothing planned.
Mrs. Morrissey
asked what the pool house is going to look like. Mr. Behringer said the north side will have three windows. The roof will have sky lights. He said along the south side it will be all
sliding glass doors.
Mrs. Morrissey
asked Mr. Gerken if there will be any grading problems. Mr. Gerken said no problems.
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Mr. Rembiszewski
asked if the pool will be in the pool house.
Mr. Behringer said it will be an enclosed pool. He said the pool will be inside the
building.
Mr. Gray asked
why 17 high. Mr. Behringer said
because the building is 30 wide, the pitch of the roof and because the
building is the size it is. He said the
walls will be 9 and then the roof. He
said the pool house will have the same shingles as the main house.
Mr. Gray asked
what color. Mr. Behringer said the same
as his house, red.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if there will be anything in the pool house. Mr. Behringer said just the pool, heater and fiber optics for the
pool. There will be no shower, no air
conditioning and no bathrooms.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if there would be a walkway around the pool. Mr. Behringer said yes.
Chairman Clayton
asked what the height of Mr. Behringers house was. Mr. Behringer said it is the same height as the pool house.
Chairman Clayton
asked if there would be a loft in the pool house. Mr. Behringer said no.
Chairman Clayton
asked if the pool house would have electric.
Mr. Behringer said yes.
Chairman Clayton
asked if the pool house would have any sleeping quarters. Mr. Behringer said no.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if an architect designed the pool house or is it something Mr. Behringer
has designed. Mr. Behringer said he is
designing it. He said he has the plans
already drawn up. He said the building
is 30 X 50 with cathedral ceilings.
It will be all cedar. It will
have six sky lights. The south side
will be all glass with sliding glass doors. The inside will be sheet rocked.
He said it will be pretty much all glass.
Chairman Clayton
asked if the walkway to the pool house is going to be open. Mr. Behringer said it will be closed.
Chairman Clayton
asked if it will be on a slab. Mr.
Behringer said no it will be on pavers.
The application
was open and closed to the public.
Mr. Rembiszewski
moved to approve the application for bulk variance subject to additional
landscaping around the pool house. Mr.
Gerken said the landscaping should be put closer to the property line. Mr. Gray suggested putting landscaping on
the north side. Mr. Behringer said
there is already buffering on the west side.
Mr. Rembiszewski said he revises the motion to planting some type of
evergreens on the north and south property line and to the rear. Mr.
Behringer said
he has no objections on the north but on the south he does not think it would
be very appropriate. He said he feels
it would look better if there was nothing on the south side. Mr. Kerr suggested buffering along the
walkway.
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Jane Alwell,
1509 Wycoff Road, was sworn. Ms. Alwell
said she lives on the south side and she said she does not think anything is
needed. She said it will take away from
the structure.
Mrs. DeSarno
asked Ms. Alwell what she sees now. Ms.
Alwell said because of the angle of the windows we are looking back toward the
wooded area.
Mr. Gray said
plantings should be along the pool house on the north side only and along the
walkway. Mr. Gray seconded the motion,
which was unanimously approved by a roll call vote. (Messrs. Rembiszewski, Gray, Kerr, Ms. Morrissey, Mr. Cinelli,
Mrs. DeSarno and Mr. Clayton voted yes.)
CASE BA#38-2002 Date application complete: December 9,
2002
APPLICANT: BLAIR & ROBERTA QUIN
PROPERTY: 2919 Belmar Boulevard, Block 227, Lot
10, R-10 zone
RELIEF REQUESTED: Bulk
Attorney Hirsch
reviewed the file and stated the Board had jurisdiction to proceed.
Sworn by
Reporter Arnone: Blair
Quin
Roberta
Quin
Mr. Quin said
his house faces Belmar Boulevard. Mr.
Quin is proposing to remove the 4 fence and replace it with a 6 privacy
fence. He said he will landscape the
Belmar Boulevard portion.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if he was proposing a solid fence.
Mr. Quin said yes.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if this property is a corner lot and has frontage on Belmar Boulevard and
Washington Avenue. Mr. Quin said yes.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if variances were needed to install the pool. Mr. Quin said it was there when he bought the house about three
years ago.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if the wood deck was also there.
Mr. Quin said yes.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if Mr. Quin was proposing a 6 fence where there isnt one now. Mr. Quin said there is a gravel
driveway. The fence will go from the
corner of the house and pick up the existing fence and go down the side of the
driveway.
Attorney Hirsch asked
if he was about 30 from the street.
Mr. Gerken said in the low 20s.
Attorney Hirsch
said the variance is for the 6 fence where it encroaches into the front
yard. Fences are not permitted in front
yards. He said the variance is needed
just for the fence on Belmar Boulevard.
The fence on the side is legal.
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Attorney Hirsch
asked what is on the side where the pool is.
Mr. Quin said a house.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if that house faces Belmar Boulevard.
Mr. Quin said yes.
Attorney Hirsch
asked if the setbacks were the same.
Mr. Quin said they setback a little more.
Attorney Hirsch
asked where the driveway was on the neighboring house. Mr. Quin said on the opposite side.
Mrs. Morrissey
said the property at 2913 would be the one affected by this fence. She asked if they had any objections. Mr. Quin said no they even offered to help
pay for the fence.
Mrs. Morrissey
asked if he was going to re-landscape.
Mr. Quin said yes.
Mrs. Morrissey
asked if the fence would be similar to the one that is there now. Mr. Quin said no it would be a white, solid,
vinyl fence.
Mrs. DeSarno
asked if there was landscaping done recently.
Mr. Quin said yes.
Attorney Hirsch
asked Mr. Gerken if he had any problems.
Mr. Gerken said there is a sight problem now but it would not be a
problem after the new fence is put up.
Mr. Gerken said
the fence at the back is on the neighbors property. Mr. Quin said the new fence will be on my property line.
Mr. Cinelli
asked if the fence would be on Mr. Quins property all the way to the back of
the property. Mr. Quin said yes.
Mr. Cinelli
asked about the fence where the asphalt driveway is. Mr. Quin said that belongs to the neighbor behind him.
Mr. Cinelli
asked what is in front of that fence on your property. Mr. Quin said nothing.
The application
was open and closed to the public.
Mrs. DeSarno
made a motion to approve the application as applied for. Mrs. Morrissey seconded the motion which was
unanimously approved by a roll call vote.
(Mesdames DeSarno, Morrissey and Messrs Kerr, Rembiszewski, Cinelli,
Gray and Clayton voted yes.)
There being no
further business to come before the Board, a motion was made, seconded, and
unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 P.M.
Respectfully
submitted,
Betty Schinestuhl
Recording
Secretary