Transcript for Piscataway Zoning meeting on April 11 2024


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Speaker 0     00:00:00    Chairman  
Speaker 1     00:00:00    Will do Zoning. Board of adjustment meeting will please come to order. Adequate notice to this meeting was provided in the following ways. Notice published in the carrier news notice pub posted on the bulletin board meeting the municipal building notice made available to the Township clerk and notice sent to the carrier News and the star ledger. Will the clerk please call the roll?  
Speaker 0     00:00:20    Mr. Tillery? Here. Mr. Patel?  
Speaker 2     00:00:23    Here.  
Speaker 0     00:00:24    Mr. Reggio? Here. Mr. Blo. Mr. Heka? Here. Mr. Mitterando? Here. Mr. Ley  
Speaker 2     00:00:34    Here.  
Speaker 0     00:00:34    And Chairman Cahill. Here.  
Speaker 1     00:00:36    Will everyone please stand for salute to the flag?  
Speaker 3     00:00:41    Yeah. Looking pretty cool. Republic Indivisible. Justice on  
Speaker 1     00:00:56    Can, are there changes to the agenda?  
Speaker 4     00:00:59    Yes. There are two changes. HBR properties on Highland Avenue is postponed until June 12th, 2024 with no further notice by the applicant. NBD 1 4 31 Park Avenue is postponed until April 25th, 2024. They will re-notice. Those are all the changes that I have.  
Speaker 1     00:01:19    Thank you sir. Let's move ahead and move on to item number 5 24 dash ZB dash 11 v Manishh. Patel.  
Speaker 4     00:01:26    Is Manishh Patel present?  
Speaker 5     00:01:28    Yes.  
Speaker 4     00:01:30    I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? Yes. Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give shall be the truth? Yes. Your name and address please?  
Speaker 5     00:01:38    56 Manish Patel. 56 Rachel Terrace. Piscataway.  
Speaker 4     00:01:43    Thank you. Could you explain to the board what you'd like to do here?  
Speaker 6     00:01:49    Can I speak on his behalf or  
Speaker 4     00:01:51    I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? Sure. Do you swear the testimony you're about to give should be the truth?  
Speaker 6     00:01:57    Yes.  
Speaker 4     00:01:58    Your name and address please?  
Speaker 6     00:01:59    Mira Patel. 56 Rachel Terrace, Pisca, New Jersey.  
Speaker 4     00:02:03    Thank you. Could you explain to the board what you would like to do here?  
Speaker 6     00:02:07    Yeah. We're trying to do an extension to the side of our house since it's being considered like the, not the front door is the, the front of the house, but the side is 'cause we're a corner lot, so we're doing an eight foot extension to the side of the house, the entirety of the house and in the back. Because of that, it doesn't reach like the minimum 25 foot from the property line requirement. So that's what the variance is for. And then we're, because we're going through variance, we're also asking to extend our fence in the front, like the front side of the yard.  
Speaker 3     00:02:45    Okay.  
Speaker 4     00:02:46    Mr. Chairman, you may wanna check with Mr. Chadwick. Do  
Speaker 1     00:02:48    You, Mr. Chadwick, do you have any comments about this?  
Speaker 2     00:02:51    Only as to the fence. Did you meet with any of the staff members before you filed this?  
Speaker 6     00:02:59    Yes.  
Speaker 2     00:03:00    And I wasn't present. So can you summarize that meeting  
Speaker 6     00:03:06    In the sense of meeting? It was just like while submitting, I explained it in the drawings also. We had it drawn out. I didn't really like speak in detail or anything with anyone.  
Speaker 0     00:03:19    Mr. Chadwick, Henry did a report on this one?  
Speaker 6     00:03:21    Yeah, we did get a memo.  
Speaker 0     00:03:23    I'm wanna look at Mr. Stein's report.  
Speaker 2     00:03:33    You on mute? Looking at it. Alright. Mr. Mr. Hinterstein did submit a report's dated March 26th and he does not object to the defense as proposed.  
Speaker 1     00:03:49    Okay. Any other members of the board have any questions or comments about this application?  
Speaker 2     00:03:54    Don't worry.  
Speaker 1     00:03:56    Mute it. Hearing none. I'm gonna close it. I'm gonna open it rather to the public. Anyone in the public have any comments or questions about this application? Buckley?  
Speaker 0     00:04:07    No. One Chairman.  
Speaker 1     00:04:09    Okay. Close the public portion and I'd make a motion to approve this application. Can I get a second? Thank you. Please call roll  
Speaker 0     00:04:16    Who second. I'm sorry. Kalpesh. Kalpesh. Okay. Mr. Tillery? Yes. Mr. Patel? Yes. Mr. Regio? Yes. Mr. Heka? Yes. Mr. Mitterando? Yes. Mr. Elli? Yes. And Chairman. Cahill? Yes.  
Speaker 4     00:04:34    Your application has been approved. We will memorialize it in a written document at our next meeting. You don't need to be here for that. We'll send that document to you and you'll need that to get your permits.  
Speaker 6     00:04:45    All right.  
Speaker 0     00:04:46    Do we let the record show Mr. Blo has joined the meeting?  
Speaker 1     00:04:49    Great. Goodnight Patel. Let's move on to item number 6 24 dash ZB dash zero seven V. Eileen Soo,  
Speaker 4     00:05:03    Is Ms. Soo present?  
Speaker 1     00:05:06    You might be muted, ma'am. Ms. Soo, we can't hear you. Yeah,  
Speaker 0     00:05:14    She's not muted. Her, her, her speaker's not working because she's not muted.  
Speaker 1     00:05:20    Okay.  
Speaker 2     00:05:23    This is the case where we needed an updated survey. They,  
Speaker 0     00:05:29    Well, we got one. John, I had emailed it to you,  
Speaker 2     00:05:31    Right? No, I'm just,  
Speaker 0     00:05:33    Oh, okay.  
Speaker 2     00:05:34    More up to speed.  
Speaker 0     00:05:35    Wanna make sure we're all on the same page?  
Speaker 2     00:05:37    Yeah. That was really why we didn't go forward with it. That's what my notes indicated. Is that correct, Laura?  
Speaker 0     00:05:45    Correct. Yeah. Yeah, because there was the garage, but we'll discuss that. Ms. Sono, if we can't hear you, you're gonna have to go on your phone and call in. Yep. Okay. The headphones. Go get your headphones. I think that's what she said. Mariano.  
Speaker 4     00:06:08    Mr. Chairman, would you like to do the resolutions while we wait?  
Speaker 1     00:06:10    Let's do, let's do item number nine. The adoption of the resolution from  
Speaker 4     00:06:14    Meeting which you voted to approve. Mr. Patel?  
Speaker 1     00:06:19    Yes.  
Speaker 4     00:06:20    Mr. O'Reggio?  
Speaker 1     00:06:22    Yes.  
Speaker 4     00:06:22    Mr. Blount?  
Speaker 1     00:06:24    Yes. Mr.  
Speaker 4     00:06:24    Mitterando?  
Speaker 1     00:06:26    Yes.  
Speaker 4     00:06:26    Chairman. Cahill.  
Speaker 1     00:06:27    Yes.  
Speaker 4     00:06:28    Next is venture net properties for a temporary use permit, which you voted to grant. Mr. Patel?  
Speaker 1     00:06:33    Yes.  
Speaker 4     00:06:34    Mr. O'Reggio?  
Speaker 1     00:06:35    Yes.  
Speaker 4     00:06:36    Mr. Blount?  
Speaker 1     00:06:37    Yes. Mr.  
Speaker 4     00:06:38    Mitterando? Yes. Chairman. Cahill.  
Speaker 1     00:06:41    Yes.  
Speaker 4     00:06:41    Those are all the resolutions for this evening.  
Speaker 1     00:06:43    Well, it looks like Ms. Soriano's back.  
Speaker 0     00:06:47    Oh, I do the minutes number 10. Okay.  
Speaker 1     00:06:51    Well thank you Chairman.  
Speaker 0     00:06:53    No, I got you. I'm here for you, Sean.  
Speaker 1     00:06:55    Swear to God, I mean I'll be lost without you. Adoption of minutes in the regular meeting of March 28th, 2024. Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Thank you. Aye.  
Speaker 0     00:07:07    There we go.  
Speaker 1     00:07:10    Ms. Sur, are you there?  
Speaker 0     00:07:14    I think she's trying.  
Speaker 7     00:07:15    Am I still on? Yes. Yes, you  
Speaker 4     00:07:19    Ms. Ano, I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give shall be the truth?  
Speaker 7     00:07:25    Yes.  
Speaker 4     00:07:26    Your name and address please?  
Speaker 7     00:07:28    Eileen Sono. 9 8 9 Sunset Road, Piscataway, New Jersey.  
Speaker 4     00:07:33    Thank you. Could you explain to the board what you'd like to do here?  
Speaker 7     00:07:36    I would like to have a, a sunroom 80 by 20 by 12 sunroom at the back of, of my house. And the plans and documents that was required by the Township was submitted by a representative of the New Jersey sunroom additions, which, which is a company is going to, to build the sunroom for me.  
Speaker 1     00:08:00    Okay. Mr. Chadwick, you were alluding earlier to some revised plans or something. Could you elaborate?  
Speaker 2     00:08:09    We have an updated survey and showing all the improvements, some of which were authorized by the board, and particularly the garage was going to be a carport and it is slightly larger and closer to the street than the ordinance permits. Maybe you get some history from the applicant as to how that occurred.  
Speaker 7     00:08:38    I previously applied for a, a variance for that carport and which was approved by the zoning board. And I believe that that application was mentioned.  
Speaker 2     00:08:52    What did you build though? You didn't,  
Speaker 7     00:08:55    It's a carport. Nothing was changed according to the plan that that was approved by the Township and yeah, it looks like a, a garage in front because it's, it's open in the back. So it's a carport the way it was.  
Speaker 2     00:09:14    It's not in, it's not in the location. The, the variance approval. However,  
Speaker 7     00:09:22    I do not  
Speaker 2     00:09:23    Closer to, it's closer to the street than what was approved.  
Speaker 7     00:09:29    I do have the approval from, I think it was documented, so I'm not sure. I don't understand actually what was  
Speaker 2     00:09:39    Well, Mr. Chairman from the this plan, this plan started off in the Township offices and with Mr. Ey and we, since that date, we have a new survey submitted. It's supposedly showing and it looks to be accurate. Okay. But it, my understanding through this whole process is that the garage, whether it's now cosmetically from the street, looks like a garage. But if you go in the back, it's a carport. Okay.  
Speaker 7     00:10:20    The plan is, it  
Speaker 2     00:10:21    Doesn't, it doesn't appear, at least the information I have now to be the same location as the prior approval. So I would suggest that we carry this to the next meeting so that I can clarify it and we're not just going from shooting from there.  
Speaker 1     00:10:47    Okay. Ms. So are you okay with that?  
Speaker 2     00:10:53    I don't think there, Mr. Chairman, I don't think there's a whole lot of other issues involved here. Right. It's just getting things to be accurate.  
Speaker 0     00:11:02    Mr, can I just ask what she would have to give in to clear up because her contractor dropped off the new survey, so I don't know what you need to give me for the next meeting.  
Speaker 2     00:11:11    She's not gonna give you anything. John Chadwick is going to get straightened out in terms of, is it or is it not in the same place as were previously approved?  
Speaker 7     00:11:25    It was on the same.  
Speaker 2     00:11:26    That's not What is that I, my understanding at this point.  
Speaker 1     00:11:33    Okay, Ms. Sirano, you're gonna, the right option here would be for you to afford us the opportunity to come out, survey the property, Mr. Chadwick come out, take a look, make sure if the, the carport is in the, in the place where we had approved it prior.  
Speaker 7     00:11:47    It is, it is.  
Speaker 1     00:11:49    If indeed that's the case, you are gonna be an open and shut case next time you're in front of us because we have no other problems with your application.  
Speaker 7     00:11:56    So, alright. And, and should I, should I have, should I submit the original plan with the, with the survey that, that in, that includes the location of the carport, which is No, we have, this is what it is right now as approved by the zoning board. Zoning board. I do have the plan that's supposed to have a, it should have been documented in the, by the Township. I do have the, the, the required illustration of the location within the, the plan or, or what do you call this? The who,  
Speaker 2     00:12:35    Who prepared the updated survey that you filed? You  
Speaker 7     00:12:40    I did.  
Speaker 0     00:12:41    Okay. No, his, her contractor dropped it off. Mr. Chadwick,  
Speaker 7     00:12:45    I'm talking about  
Speaker 0     00:12:45    That. Measured it and, and redid the survey and dropped it off to me.  
Speaker 2     00:12:50    Right. You said it to me.  
Speaker 0     00:12:51    He didn't measure it. The contractor went out and measured it.  
Speaker 2     00:12:53    Okay.  
Speaker 0     00:12:54    Right. And originally they were approved at 53 feet and she did 50 feet. So they're off on the garage by three feet.  
Speaker 2     00:13:00    So I was correct.  
Speaker 0     00:13:02    Yes. Oh, you're absolutely correct. Three feet there. Right.  
Speaker 1     00:13:04    Well, to save it, to expedite this process, the three feet doesn't bother me. Or, well, I'll, I'll ask the rest of the board. So I I think we can move ahead tonight with this, to be honest with you.  
Speaker 2     00:13:13    That's why I asked the question to the outset. Is it exactly the same place? Gotcha. She said yes. Three feet off. Well, it isn't. Okay. So now I agree with you totally, Mr.  
Speaker 1     00:13:23    Fine, Mr. Ano, you, you, you measurements are off, albeit by three feet, but I don't think that's something that we should stop this process over something so small. So do, does any other, do any other board members have any questions or comments about this application? Hearing none, I'm gonna open it to the public. Anyone in the public have any comments or questions about this application?  
Speaker 0     00:13:48    No. One Chairman  
Speaker 1     00:13:49    Okay. Close the public portion. I'd make a motion to approve this application.  
Speaker 7     00:13:53    I'll second.  
Speaker 1     00:13:54    Thank you, Kalpesh. Hold the roll please.  
Speaker 0     00:13:57    Mr. Tillery? Yes. Mr. Patel? Yes. Mr. Regio? Yes. Mr. Blanc?  
Speaker 2     00:14:04    Yes.  
Speaker 0     00:14:04    Mr. Hika? Yes. Mr. Mitterando? Yes. And Chairman. Cahill? Yes. Mr. Ali? I'm sorry, Mr. Ali? Yes. I don't know. I skipped your Dave, I'm sorry. Thank you.  
Speaker 1     00:14:17    Thank you, sir. Ms.  
Speaker 4     00:14:18    Sono, your application's been approved. We will memorialize it in a written document at our next meeting. You don't need to be present for that. We will send that document to you to get your permits.  
Speaker 7     00:14:27    Thank you very much. Appreciate this. Thank  
Speaker 1     00:14:29    You. Have a good night, ma'am.  
Speaker 7     00:14:30    Good night.  
Speaker 1     00:14:32    We're gonna move on to item number 11, which is adjournment. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All right guys. Once again, thanks for coming out and volunteering. Have  
Speaker 2     00:14:42    A great evening everyone.