Transcript for Piscataway Zoning meeting on March 27 2025
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Speaker 0 00:00:08 Good evening everyone. Speaker 1 00:00:10 Hello, John. Speaker 0 00:00:12 Good. Speaker 2 00:00:13 Hi, John. Speaker 0 00:00:14 Beautiful day, huh? Speaker 1 00:00:16 Yeah. A little breezy in my area. Speaker 2 00:00:19 Yeah. Yeah. It's breezy here too Speaker 0 00:00:22 Breezy. Speaker 2 00:00:22 It's sunny. Hey, it's not snow. Remember that? Speaker 0 00:00:27 Did you guys get that little sleet storm yesterday? Speaker 1 00:00:31 No, we got rain. Speaker 0 00:00:33 Yeah, we all of a sudden it's like sleeting. I'm going. What? Speaker 2 00:00:38 Oh wow. No, just the rain. Speaker 1 00:00:41 Hello everyone. A little mic check and video check. Am I coming in? Can see you when we can hear you. Perfect. Thank you very much. Speaker 3 00:00:53 I'll give you guys the go moment, few moments after we go live. Thank you. Speaker 2 00:00:59 No problem. Thank you. Thank Speaker 4 00:01:00 You. Speaker 0 00:01:05 How you feeling today? You had a bad goal last month? Speaker 4 00:01:10 Oh yeah. No, I was sick. Speaker 0 00:01:13 I could see you. I Speaker 4 00:01:13 Couldn't. Speaker 0 00:01:14 Meetings Speaker 4 00:01:15 Going on. I was knocked out. I had walk pneumonia. I went to the walk-in clinic and oh, she put me on, put me on a Z-pack immediately. Some coughs are present. I had to be on death store before I decided to go see a doctor or how smart am I? Speaker 2 00:01:29 Well, I picked it three weeks. Speaker 0 00:01:31 Sorry. Did you ever take, Speaker 4 00:01:32 Hey, hey, hey. Calm down there, Buckley. Speaker 0 00:01:35 Did you ever have that shot? Do you have a shot? I Speaker 4 00:01:38 Did not get the shot this year. I forgot all about it. Speaker 0 00:01:40 You have to get every year. Speaker 4 00:01:41 I will not. Yeah, I will not make that mistake next year. Speaker 2 00:01:45 I'll remind you. In October, Speaker 1 00:01:48 She would really like to see you get the shot. Speaker 4 00:01:51 Yeah, Speaker 2 00:01:52 Sure. I'll just call your wife. Yeah, we'll, we'll figure it out. Speaker 4 00:01:54 She'll gimme a shot. All. Alright. Speaker 3 00:01:56 Sorry. You can, you can ask the chairman to begin. Speaker 2 00:01:59 Okay. Thank you. Speaker 4 00:02:01 The zoning board of adjustment meeting will please come to order. Adequate notice of this meeting was provided in the following ways. Notice published in the Courier News notice posted on the bulletin board of the municipal building notice made available to the township clerk notice sent to the Curry News and the star ledger. Will the clerk please call the role Speaker 2 00:02:18 Mr. Weisman? Here. Mr. Patel? Here. Mr. Regio? Yes. Mr. Blo. Mr. AKA here. Mr. Mitterando here and Chairman Cahill. Here. Speaker 4 00:02:33 Will everyone please stand for a salute to the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America Speaker 1 00:02:42 To the Speaker 4 00:02:42 Recovery public for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Kenley, do we have any changes to tonight's agenda? Yes, Speaker 1 00:02:54 We do. The application of Mary Jo Baranowski River Road is postponed until May 22nd, 2025. She must notice the application of On Switch is postponed until May 22nd, 2025 with no further notice except my announcement here tonight. Those are all the changes that I have. Speaker 4 00:03:15 Good. Let's move on to item number 6 24 dash ZB 10 V. Kevin Tovo Reyes? Speaker 5 00:03:25 Yes, sir. The Speaker 1 00:03:26 Applicant present? Speaker 5 00:03:27 Yes, sir. Speaker 1 00:03:28 I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? Speaker 5 00:03:31 Yes, sir. Speaker 1 00:03:31 Do you swear the testimony you're about to give should be the truth? Speaker 5 00:03:34 Yes sir. Speaker 1 00:03:36 Your name and address please? Speaker 5 00:03:38 Kevin Tova Reyes. Address is 5 0 1 Plainfield Avenue, Piscataway, New Jersey. Speaker 1 00:03:44 Thank you. Put your hand down and explain to the board why you're here. Speaker 5 00:03:48 Ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for first off, thank you for, for coming to this meeting. I am here today to request a variance for the property of 5 0 1 Plainfield Avenue where I currently reside with my fiance and my 10-year-old son. We have pets, we have dogs and cats. And the reason for the variance today, the request for the variance is because I am a police officer in the city of Elizabeth and the city of Elizabeth is a very busy city with a lot of calls and a call volume. And we recently moved to this town and bought our first home here in October of 2024. And we fell in love with the city, with the, with the town of Piscataway and, and our new home. And I, the reason for the move was to provide safety and security for my family, and I just want the most of that as, as, as I can, as I can possibly get. Speaker 5 00:04:55 We need the privacy for my son and future kids, for our pets, for our home, and for my mental health overall. There was a recent incident that occurred just this past week that was reported with Piscataway PD with case number 25 0 0 6 7 9 4, where two males approached the property and their direction of entering the property was, is unknown. I caught it on the ring camera and they were acting very suspicious, very shady. I met with them face to face and they couldn't provide me a company that they worked for. They claimed that they worked for some kind of flooring company to to to, to do some flooring to our property, but it, it was just in their statements were inconsistent and it was just really suspicious. And from my experience as a police officer, it just, it, it concerns me for my safety and my family's safety. So like I said, the six foot fence that we want to place around our property is mainly for my mental health and our privacy and our safety. Speaker 4 00:06:10 Understood. Thank you for that explanation. Jonathan, do you have any comments or statements that you might want to give to the board? Speaker 6 00:06:18 Certainly. Mr. Val, did you have a chance to review the staff memorandum dated February 26th, 2020, 25? Speaker 5 00:06:28 Yes, sir. Speaker 6 00:06:29 Okay. We'll start with the, we'll start with the shed. Is it the shed in good condition? Speaker 5 00:06:34 Yes, sir. Speaker 6 00:06:35 So just moving forward in the, in the future, should the board approve this application, if that shed needs to be replaced, you just need to move it in a conforming location if it ever needs to be replaced, if you understand that. Speaker 5 00:06:48 Absolutely. Speaker 6 00:06:49 And then secondly, with the, the fence location along Wade Street, whenever we see these corner lot applications, we like to see that fence moved in a little bit just to promote safety on that intersection for driving. So we're asking for the fence to be moved in 15 feet from the property line. So I just, I just drew it on this, I just drew it on the plan here. It ends up being about 20 feet from the structure along Wade Street. So that's still, we feel like plenty of room and then we'd like to see the, the fence along Wade Street to be landscaped with the, with the planting buffer. So are you agreeable to those terms? Speaker 5 00:07:32 Yes, sir. Speaker 4 00:07:33 Okay. Any other members of the board have any questions or comments for this application? Hearing none, I'm gonna turn it over to the public. Anyone in the public have any comments or questions about this application? Speaker 2 00:07:48 No. One chairman. Speaker 4 00:07:49 Okay. Let's close the public portion and I'd make a motion to approve this application. Second, I'll second it. Okay. Call the roll. Speaker 2 00:07:58 One sec. Mr. Weisman? Yes. Mr. Patel? Yes. Mr. Regio? Yes. Mr. Hika? Yes. Mr. Mitterando? Yes. And Chairman Cahill? Speaker 4 00:08:08 Yes. Speaker 1 00:08:09 Your application has been approved. We will memorialize it in a written document at our next meeting and we'll send that document to you. You'll need that for your permit. Speaker 5 00:08:17 Thank you very much, sir. Understood. Good Speaker 4 00:08:19 Luck. Good luck, sir. Thank you for your service Speaker 2 00:08:22 Chairman. I just want the record to show Rodney Blount is on. Speaker 4 00:08:25 Oh, thank you very much for that update. Speaker 2 00:08:26 He's in attendance. Thank Speaker 4 00:08:27 You. Let's move up to item number seven, which is 24 dash zb dash 78 slash 79 v. Je Singh. Speaker 7 00:08:38 Thank you members of the board, board professionals. My name is Tim Arch. I'm an attorney licensed in the state of New Jersey. I'm representing Manjit Bois Singh. As you may recall, this was an application that we had presented last month in front of the board. We are requesting relief to build a gas station with a small convenience store at 1781 West seventh Street. We did put our entire testimony, our application on last time. The board had requested some time to go out and do a site visit, drive by the site so that they can get themselves more familiar. And we certainly appreciate the, the interest of the board. We're back here tonight. You know, our, our, our witnesses are back here again tonight. We did, if you recall, agree to all of the comments in the staff reports with one minor comment that we did. We did, we would prefer to be able to sell low flow diesel at the location. There was a comment that indicated that the staff wanted no diesel. We did make that request. We do understand at the end of the day, it's entirely up to the board and it's in your discretion to, to make that decision. But that is the, that is the only thing that we are asking for in terms of the comments on the reports. So with that said, I I, I think we can take it over Speaker 1 00:10:00 From here. Tim, thank you so much. May I just interject, Mr. Chairman? Yes, please. Since the last meeting, Mr. Arch, the staff has issued a revised report March 26th, 2025. Are you still in agreement with complying with that report? Speaker 7 00:10:15 Yes. The only, the only additional comment was just for timeframes for making sure that any easements or any recordable documents are done in a timely manner. We certainly agree with that and absolutely. Speaker 1 00:10:27 Thank you. That's all I had. Mr. Chairman. Thank Speaker 0 00:10:29 You. I have a couple comments, Jim, I had, and I think they agreed to 'em, so I'll just go through it. The mature trees in the back of the property are gonna remain, is that correct? Yes. Speaker 7 00:10:43 Yes. Speaker 0 00:10:44 The canopy will have no signs. Speaker 7 00:10:52 I don't, I'll, I'll defer to our architect. I, I don't actually recall what our testimony was on that. I apologize. Speaker 0 00:11:00 I have a note that it said there was, that there was no sign shown. And as far as I know, there's none proposed. Speaker 8 00:11:10 Tyler Vander here, the engineer for the project, but we did provide testimony last time. You are correct. It wasn't shown on the plan. We would expect there to be two delta signs, one along each street frontage during the testimony of the last hearing. Speaker 1 00:11:26 Is that on the, on the canopy. Speaker 8 00:11:29 On the canopy, yes. Speaker 1 00:11:30 Thank you. Speaker 0 00:11:32 Are these stretched out across the full length or are they Speaker 8 00:11:37 No, I think we indicated it would be the height of the facade of the canopy, which is three feet. I think it was six feet long. So three by six for each of those signs. Speaker 0 00:11:47 And they would be on which basis? Each street frontage? Speaker 8 00:11:53 Yes. The one facing West seventh, which would be the northerly canopy side and then the southerly canopy side along walnut. Speaker 0 00:12:00 Okay. The EV stations are gonna be operable by time for co. Speaker 7 00:12:08 Correct? We had agreed to that. Speaker 0 00:12:11 The layout of the store didn't show any tables or chairs that you don't plan any. Speaker 7 00:12:19 Correct. As we testified last time, the the point is not to have anybody document. Speaker 0 00:12:24 Lastly, there's no pole, new pole lights being proposed. Speaker 7 00:12:29 My understanding was no. Speaker 0 00:12:30 Okay. That covers it. Mr. Chairman, sorry to interrupt. Speaker 4 00:12:34 No, no, no. Thank you for your input. Any other members of the board have any comments or questions? Okay. I'm gonna open it up to the public. Anyone in the public have any comments or questions about this application? Any, anybody put Laura? Speaker 2 00:12:54 Yeah, everybody in the public, you can either raise your hand or you could unmute or if you're on the phone, star six. Those are the two ways to do it. I gave everybody permission to speak. Chairman, nobody's speaking. I guess Speaker 4 00:13:08 Any members of the public have any questions or comments? Speaker 2 00:13:14 No. One chairman. Speaker 4 00:13:15 Okay. Close the public portion. I'd make a motion to approve the application without low flow diesel or any diesel. Can I get a second? Speaker 0 00:13:23 I'll second it. Speaker 4 00:13:25 Can we get the roll Speaker 2 00:13:27 Mr. Weisman? Speaker 1 00:13:28 Yes. Speaker 2 00:13:29 Mr. Patel? Yes. Mr. Regio? Yes. Mr. Blo? Speaker 4 00:13:34 Yes. Speaker 2 00:13:34 Mr. Heka? Yes. Mr. Mitterando? Yes. And Chairman Kay? Speaker 4 00:13:39 Yes. Speaker 1 00:13:40 Mr. Mr. Arch, we'll prepare the resolution and show it to you in advance for your comments. Speaker 7 00:13:46 Thank you so much. Everybody. Have a wonderful evening. Speaker 4 00:13:49 You too, sir. I Okay. Let's move on to item number 10, the option of resolutions from the regular meeting of March 13th, 2025. Speaker 0 00:13:57 Before you go to that, I just noticed that the case number nine, which is the postponed on switch Speaker 4 00:14:06 Yes. Right. Speaker 0 00:14:07 Has an action date before the Speaker 2 00:14:11 No, they're, they're sending me a check for a new extension. I sent 'em the form already. I don't change it until I get the, the form from them. Yeah. Speaker 0 00:14:18 Assume you had something but, Speaker 1 00:14:19 And, and they have requested the adjournment, so I'm not worried about an automatic approval. Speaker 2 00:14:24 Good. April, may, June. Yeah, I think I gave 'em the June 15th. I think that's how we did it. So as soon as I get the check I will update John. Thank you. Speaker 1 00:14:33 First resolution, DD and ufe Jao, which you voted to approve. Mr. Weisman? Yes. Mr. O'Reggio? Yes. Mr. Patel? Yes. Mr. Mitterando? Yes. Chairman Cahill? Yes. Next resolution. Tyler Boche, which you voted to approve. Mr. Weisman? Yes. Mr. O'Reggio? Yes. Mr. Patel? Yes. Mr. Mitterando? Yes. Chairman Cahill? Speaker 4 00:14:58 Yes. Speaker 1 00:14:59 Next. Kenneth J. Pine, which you voted to approve. Mr. Weisman? Yes. Mr. O'Reggio? Yes. Mr. Patel? Yes. Mr. Mitterando? Yes. Chairman Cahill? Yes. Final resolution Con Yen, which you voted to approve. Mr. Weisman? Yes. Mr. O'Reggio? Yes. Mr. Patel? Yes. Mr. Mitterando? Yes. Chairman Cahill? Yes. Those are all the resolutions I have this evening. Speaker 4 00:15:26 Thank you sir. Item number 11, adoption of minutes from the regular meeting of March 13th, 2025. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Item number 12, adjourn. All, all in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. All right guys. Once again, thank you for your volunteering and stay safe and whatnot. We will see you again in a couple of weeks. Take care. Thank you everybody. Have a good weekend, everybody. Bye. Take care. Bye bye.