Transcript for Piscataway Zoning meeting on May 22 2025
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Speaker 0 00:00:00 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 Bolton Board of the Municipal Building Notice made available to the township clerk Notice sent to the Courier News and the star ledger. Will the clerk please call the roll? Speaker 1 00:00:18 Mr. Tillery here. Mr. Patel is not here. Mr. Regio? Here. Mr. Blo. Mr. Hika? Here. Mr. Benardo? Here. Mr. Ellie here. And Chairman Cahill. Here, Speaker 0 00:00:34 Will everyone please stand for a salute to the flag. Speaker 3 00:00:41 IP All Speaker 1 00:00:41 Allegiance Speaker 3 00:00:42 Be Flag. United States America. United States America. And to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. All. Speaker 0 00:00:54 Mr. Kinneally, do we have any changes to the agenda? Yes, Speaker 4 00:00:57 We have several changes to the agenda. GDO JL Auto Repair will be postponed until June 26th, 2025 with no further notice. Parkway Plastics 5 61 Stelton Road will be adjourned until June 26th, 2025. With no further notice, Mary Jo Barki 7 84 River Road will be adjourned until June 26th with no further notice. Speaker 1 00:01:22 No, they have to notice. Speaker 4 00:01:23 Oh, they had, okay. So Speaker 1 00:01:24 Yeah, they haven't noticed yet. Speaker 4 00:01:26 Mary Jo Barki will have to notice. And finally on switch is postponed until July 10th, 2025 with no further notice. Those are all the changes I have this evening. Appreciate Speaker 0 00:01:37 It. Let's move on to item number 6 25 dash ZB dash 19 v. Theresa Carr. Speaker 4 00:01:43 Is Therea Carr present? Speaker 2 00:01:46 I am. Can you Speaker 4 00:01:47 Hear me? Ms. Carr, I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? Speaker 2 00:01:50 Okay. Actually, my husband's on as well. He's gonna speak for me. So we both swear. Speaker 4 00:01:54 Swear. Okay. Then I need to swear both of you in. Could you? Okay. Can we see him? Speaker 2 00:01:59 He's, he's not on Speaker 0 00:02:01 Ed. He's on, I can see him. Speaker 4 00:02:03 Okay. Mr. And Mrs. Carr, could you raise your right hand? Do you swear that the testimony you're about to give should be the truth? Speaker 5 00:02:10 I do. I do. Speaker 4 00:02:11 One at a time. Do we have your name and address, please? Speaker 2 00:02:14 Theresa Carr, 66 Crestwood Street, Piscataway, New Jersey. Speaker 0 00:02:22 Mr. Carr, Speaker 5 00:02:22 Edward Carr, 6 66 Crestwood Street, Piscataway, New Jersey. Speaker 4 00:02:27 Thank you. Could one of you explain to the board why you're here? Speaker 5 00:02:31 Okay. That will be me. First of all. Thank you chairperson and board members. Thank you for the opportunity to present one. Speaker 1 00:02:40 Excuse me. One of you is gonna have to turn your volume down 'cause we're hearing double. Speaker 5 00:02:45 Okay, Speaker 1 00:02:45 Thank you. Okay. Speaker 5 00:02:47 Okay. Sorry about that. That's okay. Thank you for the opportunity to present at this variance hearing Our proposal for offense around our backyard. If I may give a a brief background, my wife and I, we moved from New York to Piscataway in 1981. We have lived in three different areas of Piscataway these 44 years, starting at Birch View Gardens to our first home in Birch Run area. And for the last 27 years at our current location, Maplehurst farm area, we have three grown children and have been active in our community over the years. In short, we love our community. We appreciate the parks and services Piscataway provides, and we love the diversity that Piscataway offers. We are here as we wish to have a six foot vinyl fence as the perimeter of our backyard. We feel that is necessary for us to have a fence for our new growing young family as we would like to provide a safe, fun and protective outdoor environment for our future grandchildren. Speaker 5 00:03:48 The fence would provide safety to protect against the grandkids running into the street as we just want to err on the side of caution and safety. Additionally, since we have a large deer population, having a six foot solid fence will reduce the deer in the backyard and reduce the risk of Lyme disease that has been prevalent in our area. My son's significant other has a large German shepherd that she will be bringing over to stay a fence area will be helpful for the dog's development and provides a safe area for him not to escape. Given the need for the children a swing set that we're planning and a large dog, we would like to maximize the space. We understand that there are township codes and for a corner property because of potential site blindness while driving local streets. However, after examining the dimensions and looking at the site triangle, as I understand this, I believe that a fence can be set back 10 feet from the sidewalk or 18.5 feet from the actual street. I have some satellite views of our home and street to better illustrate my point. So I don't know if I can share this. You Speaker 0 00:05:05 Can? Yes. Speaker 5 00:05:06 Okay. Please bear with me. Speaker 0 00:05:11 Take your time, sir. Speaker 5 00:05:12 Okay. Thank you. Now I lost everyone. Can can you see you my Yes. Oh, thank you. All right. All right. Speaker 5 00:05:32 Let me start from the beginning here. All right. This is our, our survey. So this is a satellite view of their home, and this is the perimeter of the backyard that we're talking about. So on the left hand side, the diagram is autumn drive and our, on the, the top of the screen is Crestwood Street. And this is our corner property at the bottom of the screen where it's listed as the, the back of the, what I have is the fence is actually mostly the fence of our neighbor who's already has a fence there. So, okay, so in in this diagram, what I did was I, I did a measurement from the corner of our house is a, I guess let me go with all the, on the right hand side I have a, a yellow line that's near the bottom left. And that's shown the 10 feet from the sidewalk to the, the proposed fence. Speaker 5 00:06:32 And the orange line that's right near it is actually from the street to the fence. And so as I mentioned before, that's 10 feet and 18.5 feet. The red line that's diagonal is from the corner of my house that I, I brought out to the street where it would be where I could see like where a car would, would be looking at the stop sign, which is more than five car lengths from the stop sign. So it's a, a diagonal is the 90 feet from the corner of the house to that street. And then from the, to the stop sign, that blue line is 93 feet to the stop sign itself, which is before the corner. And then if you go, that's even to the corner, which would be a sewer drain is 108 feet. Speaker 5 00:07:26 So just going further on this, sorry. Alright, so the way I understand the site triangle is, is to look at a right triangle that's from the corner in, in the middle of the street. And that can go out 90 feet each way. And this red line that touches the, the corner of my house w is also has a tangent that would touch the, the far most post and from the diagram before. And what I see is that this is more than a hundred feet and this conforms to the section 21 6 and the subsection 21.606 dash four, which says 90 feet. Speaker 5 00:08:20 And just wanna show, like if you're driving on the Crestwood Street where my house is on the left hand side, and you see the, the corner of the house right here. I don't know if you could see my cursor, where there's a car in the driveway. And, and then if you approach more to the street, I have a white line there that would be the side of the fence where it would be. And as you could see, you can clearly see the street as the, the way our street bends is that it's not any site blindness. If that's 10 feet to the sidewalk. Speaker 5 00:08:58 And if I'm looking the other way, if we're coming up autumn drive to our house, which is on the right hand side, and again, I put in this white stripe, which would show like what the fence would be 10 feet away from the sidewalk. And, and the stop sign you could see that's straight ahead. And this is, we are shown the corner of the house before reaching out to about this area is well more than five car car lengths just to show again that there's no sight blindness. That's, that any cars would be coming this way, which would be the concern again, our, our, the way the street bends, it actually gives a, a better view. So I don't feel that we're, we have any issue there. Speaker 0 00:09:43 Mr. Carr, if I could interrupt for a second. Sure. I, I don't think, I don't think the township has a problem with the line of sight anymore. Okay. Or I think the main concern is that you're only 10 feet off the property line. Speaker 5 00:09:54 Okay. And, and Speaker 0 00:09:56 The ordinance calls for 40 feet. Speaker 5 00:09:58 Okay. Speaker 0 00:09:59 So that's, that's a, that's a bit of a, a drastic cutback. Speaker 5 00:10:03 Okay. But I, my my understanding is the ordinance is 40 feet because of the, a potential of a site blindness in general. I, is there another compelling reason why that is? Speaker 0 00:10:19 Again, I have one of my experts answer that question. If you could let me, Jonathan. Speaker 8 00:10:22 Yeah. Maybe I'll it on the, the standard is basically has to do with the street scape and the maintenance of that. Your areas clearly show that most of the homes do not have fences in the front yard. In fact, they're mostly landscaped. And all of a sudden you're gonna have this six foot eye vinyl fence pretty close to the street and will change the view shed of your neighborhood dramatically. And that's one of the reasons. Okay. It's a fundamental reasons to keep the neighborhood look. Speaker 5 00:10:57 So you're saying that it's a potential eyesore Speaker 8 00:11:00 I'm sorry, Speaker 5 00:11:01 I'm sorry to interrupt you. You, you're saying that it's a potential eyesore Speaker 8 00:11:06 It is not in keeping with the neighborhood and Yes, I wouldn't call it an eyesore. I'd call it a clearly a, a exception to what your street scape is. Speaker 5 00:11:20 Okay. If, if I may, I Speaker 0 00:11:22 Guess in keeping with the conformity of the other homes, that's what I'm, I think we're dealing with. Speaker 5 00:11:26 Okay. I understand. So is this on a case by case basis that we, you make this decision? I understand you have a general code. The the reason why I ask is that there's some precedence here. If I show this house, which is in our neighborhood, and this is on the, this is one lavender drive. It's on the corner of lavender and Maplehurst lane. And this is only 17 feet from the, the sidewalk. So it, it's not the 40 feet that you mentioned and, and there is no landscaping around it. That that's one example. There's another example. Speaker 4 00:12:03 Do you know if that's a, a legal fence and if they've got all the approvals that were required? Speaker 5 00:12:09 I do not know. Speaker 4 00:12:10 So the, the board takes these cases as they come before them. But the, we, we don't know if that was put in without permits or with permits or whether it came to the board. Okay. Mr. Speaker 5 00:12:20 Canal Speaker 1 00:12:20 Think in front of the board. Speaker 5 00:12:22 But what, what I am addressing is the comment that was made was that this would not look like the rest of the neighborhood. In my argument is that this would look like the rest of the neighborhood because it's already there. Speaker 8 00:12:36 Isn't that an exception? Speaker 0 00:12:39 Yeah. One house and the, and a neighborhood. Okay. Showing here that doesn't, that doesn't mean it's, it's, it's meeting with conformity. It's, it they, the lord. Did you say they came before us? Speaker 1 00:12:51 Yes. One lavender came before us. Okay. In 22, 20 22. So Speaker 0 00:12:56 We, we will approve fence supposed to l that give and take. Speaker 5 00:13:00 I'm sorry, I couldn't hear Speaker 0 00:13:02 John. Go ahead. Speaker 8 00:13:04 I thought they were supposed to landscape that. Speaker 1 00:13:05 No, we weren't really doing it back then. Speaker 8 00:13:09 Okay. Speaker 1 00:13:10 That, that's something new with the landscaping. So just the past year we've been doing it Speaker 5 00:13:15 A and I heard someone mention if this is just one house in the neighborhood that doesn't make a rule. But there is another house that you can see on the left hand side, which is even closer to the street. I had that measured as 12 feet from the sidewalk. And that address would be 40 Crestwood Street. And then in addition, this is River Road in Maplehurst. And this fence, which is actually on a, a busier road is just 10 feet, eight inches, 10.8, sorry. Feet from the street, not even from a sidewalk. Speaker 1 00:13:54 What address is that? Speaker 5 00:13:56 That one Address. Address. Speaker 0 00:13:57 2 6 5. Speaker 5 00:13:58 Exactly. Okay. Speaker 1 00:13:59 'cause I don't think so. I have the same code enforcement now 'cause they don't have approvals. Speaker 5 00:14:04 Okay. So I think Speaker 0 00:14:08 Mr, Speaker 8 00:14:08 Maybe, maybe we should find out. Jonathan weighed on this. Speaker 0 00:14:12 Yes, I was about to say, did you get a look at the site impact that was dated on May? Is that sixth? Speaker 9 00:14:19 May 6th signed on the seventh? I I saw it was the first, the first slide in your presentation, Mr. Carr. Speaker 5 00:14:27 Oh, that's the very end, right? Sorry? Speaker 0 00:14:34 It's with the three signatures on it. Speaker 5 00:14:36 Yes. Speaker 9 00:14:36 Yeah. So you've, you, you've seen this report. So as, as we, as we've been saying, the 40 feet is the requirement for the zone, what we're offering is 20 feet. It, it, it's still gonna leave you over 8,000 square feet of yard space. It's pretty consistent with what your neighbor has on one lavender. And we, we think that's a, a good compromise. Speaker 5 00:15:01 I appreciate that. You know. Thank you. Is it possible to compromise from 10 feet and 20 to 15 feet? Again, I'm, I'm just looking to maximize Speaker 0 00:15:13 I, Mr. Mr. Carr. Mr. Carr, I think I can nip this in the bud. If, if we approved your neighbor on lavender at 17 feet, I think that we can approve you at 17 feet as well. Speaker 8 00:15:25 I would suggest as part of that approval. Have you, did, have you bought this fence yet? Speaker 5 00:15:32 I have not. Speaker 8 00:15:34 Would you be willing to, the one of your neighbors has that five foot plus the one foot above in that Speaker 9 00:15:41 Lattice. Yeah. Speaker 8 00:15:42 Lattice design. I think it's more attractive and it doesn't give the, the size factor. I, I guess is what I want get to Will, are you willing to do that one, that design along the street? Not the rest of the fence, just the, along the street. Speaker 5 00:16:03 I see. Is, is the concern the, the height of the fence or the color? Speaker 0 00:16:08 You The height, the height is not a, the height is not a concern. It's the, the sanitary look, I believe of a, of a six foot straight vinyl is what I think Mr. Chadman was alluding to. Speaker 5 00:16:21 Okay. I i, is it because white, I mean if it was not white, if it was light brown, would that be okay? Or does that not matter? Speaker 0 00:16:32 I, I don't any of the ex wanna chime in 'cause it doesn't bother me either way. Speaker 9 00:16:37 I think we'd, we'd still ask for the landscaping, so I don't think a change in the color would, would, would wave that requirement. Speaker 0 00:16:46 Okay. Mr. Carr. Okay. If we go 15 feet, we go 15 feet from the, from the property line. Okay. And you do the bushes and landscape that Jonathan Rahi is outlined in the site impact? I think, I think we could come to an agreement. Speaker 5 00:17:04 Okay. I I will come to that agreement then. Okay. Theresa, are you okay with that? Okay. I appreciate that. Thank you very much. Speaker 0 00:17:12 Nodding your head so that's fine. Yes, that's fine. Any other members of the board have any questions? Any questions or comments for this application? Hearing none, I'm gonna open it to the public. Anyone on the public? Oh, Mr. Carr, could you take your screen down, sir? Speaker 5 00:17:26 Oh, sorry. Speaker 0 00:17:27 No, that's okay. Anyone in the public have any questions or comments about this application at this time? No. One chairman. Okay. Close the public portion and I would make a a, I would make a move to approve. Approve this application. Motion. Can I get a second? Second it. Can I please call the Speaker 1 00:17:50 Roll? Was that Artie? I can't, yes. Screen still looks I can't Mr. Ery? Yes. Mr. Regio? Yes. Mr. Heka? Yes. Mr. Mitterando? Yes. Mr. Riley? Yes. And Chairman Cahill? Speaker 0 00:18:06 Yes. Speaker 4 00:18:08 Your application's been approved as amended. We will memorialize it in a written document on our next meeting and we'll send that document to you. You don't need to be present for that meeting. Speaker 5 00:18:16 Alright? Okay. Thank you very much. I appreciate luck the opportunity. Thank you. Since I'm having so much trouble getting this, our, I'm just gonna log off if that's all right. If you log Speaker 0 00:18:27 Off of the goway. Thank. Yeah. Speaker 5 00:18:28 Okay. Thank you. Have a good Speaker 0 00:18:29 Night. Have a good night cars. Speaker 5 00:18:30 Bye. Thank you. Speaker 0 00:18:31 Let's move on to item number 7 25 dash ZB dash 27 B. Michael Cruz. Speaker 4 00:18:38 Michael Cruz present. Speaker 10 00:18:41 How you doing? This is Michael. Speaker 4 00:18:43 Hi Michael. And I, I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? Speaker 10 00:18:47 There we go. Speaker 4 00:18:47 Do you swear the te the testimony you're about to give should be the truth? Speaker 10 00:18:51 Yes. Speaker 4 00:18:51 Your name and address please? Speaker 10 00:18:53 Michael Cruz. 2 8 0 8 Hudson Street, Piscataway, New Jersey. Speaker 4 00:18:57 Thank you. Could you explain to the board what you'd like to do here? Speaker 10 00:19:00 I'm looking to replace an existing fence that what's up around the yard of the house. I've been here for about 15, 14 and 15 years. And there was an existing fence that went around the yard. It was a red wooded, six foot fence, a shed was in the corner of there when I purchased the home. I'm looking to pull the fence up forward as far as what's on the diagram, I don't, I don't have any slides but looking to pull it up to maximize the yard space on the corner. I do have two, two dogs and children where they're looking to go out and play outside. I did go for permit for a, I think it was approved for a four foot picket, but because my daughter wants to go outside some more and there has been some concerning issues around the neighborhood, I don't feel comfortable having her outback with a four foot picket. That's, I'm looking to have a six foot privacy fence white vinyl around on the application. I put three feet from the, the Ellis sidewalk way to match what was existing because there's an existence shed that was there when I purchased the home. Speaker 10 00:20:28 But that's about it. Speaker 0 00:20:32 Okay. Did you see see the site impact that was provided by our engineering department? Speaker 10 00:20:39 Yes, I did receive that, yes. I just, yep. Speaker 0 00:20:43 Jonathan, could you go over a couple of things with him? Maybe we can resolve Speaker 9 00:20:47 This. Yeah. So Mr. Cruz, can you tell us a little bit more about the shed that's in the corner of the property? Is it still there? It is. Speaker 10 00:20:55 Oh, yes, it's still there. Okay. It's a, it's an aluminum, it's aluminum shed that's been sitting on the corner there for I guess even before, I don't even know how many years, but it's, it's existing. And when, when I took the old fence down, because the board, it, it was falling, the, the shed just sits there now and wanna cover it up. Speaker 9 00:21:18 Okay. What, what sort of base is it constructed on a concrete pad or just wood posts? Speaker 10 00:21:25 I think it's wood. If I, it's, there's no concrete. I think it's wood and it could be sitting on something. I'm, I'm not sure. It doesn't look like a pad. Speaker 9 00:21:35 Okay. Our main, our, our main concern, we, we'd like to see the fence brought in 18, 18 feet. So 35 is required. We want to see it brought in 18 and that shed would have to be relocated inside the fenced area. We don't want it sitting out in the, sitting out in the open. Speaker 10 00:21:55 So, okay. So it, it is existing. There is a shrub line in the back, a high set of bushes that's behind the shed that's there. And I have multiple neighbors around and I can take pictures like the other gentleman and, and look around, but there's six foot vinyls on just about every other corner in, in the neighborhood over here. Speaker 9 00:22:19 Okay. I would be, Speaker 10 00:22:21 I just felt 18, I just felt 18 feet is, is really excessive on it. It's, it really takes away from the small yard as it is already. I mean, I can, I I I, I have to now, if, if I have to move the shed, now I have to expend money to move something that was already there existing that the township allowed, you know, to the house to be sold. I'm looking at, you know, to all of these things were ex existing before. Speaker 8 00:22:51 Can I interrupt a second? I think maybe you ought to, you were present when the prior application was discussed. Mr. Cruz, Speaker 10 00:23:03 The, the previous gentleman that was Yes. That was on. Yes. Yes. I, I was listening. Speaker 8 00:23:07 You see the facts that he put before the board, he, maybe you can table this won't hurt you, I don't think. Go out and do kind of what he did. Yeah. If you say there's that many fences in your neighborhood, the street street scape issue probably is not as important as I think it was in the prior case. And then present and discuss it with Jonathan and see what you can come up with. Because I think what we'll get into here is you want it one way and the town's owned and says it should be another way. And I don't think that's a good situation to be in. Speaker 0 00:23:52 Yeah, I I think that's a great idea, John. 'cause quite honestly, Mr, I don't think you're gonna get the outcome you want with the evidence you provided. Speaker 10 00:24:01 So, I, I agree. Speaker 9 00:24:04 I i I wanna throw, can I throw something on Mr. Chairman really quickly? Yes. Of, I, I think I'd be, I think I'd be open to a landscape screen, an evergreen landscape screen for the shed. If, if we're all right with, if we're all with moving the fence in, if that's gonna be a deal breaker moving the shed. I think as long as it's screen, that's gonna be the most important thing here. Okay. That was the intent behind moving it behind the, the fence. So I'll, I'm happy, I'm happy to carry this and, and have a conversation with Mr. Cruz, but I just wanna put that out there now, in case that Speaker 0 00:24:35 Mr. Cruz, if you were to, to put shrubs around the shed when it's gonna be outside the fence, is that something it could do? 'cause then we could resolve this this evening. Speaker 10 00:24:46 Hold on. I'm, I'm trying to picture it to see what that means. So it defense Speaker 0 00:24:49 Take a minute or two, take a minute Speaker 8 00:24:50 Or two. I think the issue was moving the fence back, shrunk his back yard down to a area that he felt uncomfortable. And that's why I was suggesting that the defense issue needed to be discussed where it's Speaker 0 00:25:08 Gonna be. Well, I I'm under the impression that the shed is gonna look like an eye saw if the shed fence Speaker 8 00:25:14 Comes in. No, I think, I think, I think what Jonathan said, you can landscape, it's just a little metal shed. It's not a, you know, a big thing Speaker 10 00:25:21 If, if, if I'm not mistaken correctly. So the shed, if the shed stays where it is, you mean pull the fence in as close to the shed and then put shrubs? Speaker 8 00:25:31 No, you, you, the shed would be at the fed. The shed would be between the road and the fence. The fence would be behind the shed as per the recommendation. And that's I thought what you Yes. Said whoa. Speaker 10 00:25:45 Oh, Jonathan, Speaker 0 00:25:46 Is that Speaker 9 00:25:48 I I have a plan in front of me. I'm measuring it off. It could, it, it, it could work. I mean, we could also, I, I don't want, I don't want Mr. Christie feel rushed here. If we can, you know, we can carry this no problem. And we can discuss further. Speaker 10 00:26:02 I mean, if I can talk about it, you know, offline or so like, like said just to see, because I mean, it, it's for me then that would be a, a security type concern because it's gonna be outside of the property. So I, I would if we can connect Speaker 9 00:26:17 Absolutely. Speaker 10 00:26:17 Because that Perfect. I'll be honest. Speaker 0 00:26:19 Perfect, perfect. Makes sense. Yeah. Do another date. Okay. Laura, what do we got looking next month? Laura? Speaker 1 00:26:34 Sorry, I thought I was on June 12th. Speaker 0 00:26:38 That's okay. Cruise is June 12th acceptable for you? June 12th. Okay. Mr. Cruise? Speaker 10 00:26:41 Yes. Yeah, that's her. Yes, yes, Speaker 4 00:26:44 Yes. Okay. So anybody here on the application of Michael Cruz? 28 0 8 Hudson Street, it's going to be carried to June 12th with no further notice by the applicant. The only notice you're receiving is my announcement here tonight. Speaker 0 00:26:57 Okay, Mr. Cruz, we'll see you in a month. Speaker 10 00:26:59 Okay. I have one question then. Should I go back to the, I guess to Jonathan to talk to you or someone to the, to the township or just, just so I have an understanding before the next meeting? I Speaker 9 00:27:11 Have your, I have your phone number and your email on your application. I'll reach out to you tomorrow and we will, we'll connect after that. Speaker 10 00:27:17 Awesome. Thank you much everyone. Enjoy the holiday. Thank you. Speaker 0 00:27:21 Have Speaker 10 00:27:21 A good night. Alright, you Speaker 0 00:27:23 Too. Alright, let's move on to item number 8 25 dash ZB dash 29 v. Sean Ali. Speaker 4 00:27:31 Is Sean Ali present? Speaker 11 00:27:34 Yes, I am. Speaker 4 00:27:35 Okay. I need to swear you in. Could you raise your right hand? Speaker 11 00:27:38 Yes. Speaker 4 00:27:39 You swear the testimony you're about to give should be the truth? Speaker 11 00:27:42 Yes. Speaker 4 00:27:43 Your name and address please? Speaker 11 00:27:44 Sean Ali. Two Ewing Drive, Piscataway, New Jersey. Speaker 4 00:27:48 Thank you. Could you explain to the board what you'd like to do here? Speaker 11 00:27:51 Sure. So I just moved into months ago to Ewing Drive and the corner of my fence, a small portion of it goes over a utility easement for the township. So when we bought the house, we had to do a temporary CL and went for the variance to basically say that if the township ever needs to come, I'm happy to remove it and, you know, cover the cost of removing that portion of the fence. And I ideally like to keep the fence. I also have a 2-year-old daughter, so just, it's a corner lot. I don't want her getting out, obviously going, going onto the street. Speaker 4 00:28:31 And if, if the board were to grant this application, you would have to sign a memorandum of agreement that says that you would be responsible for the cost of removing and replacing the fence if necessary. Speaker 11 00:28:43 Yes. Speaker 4 00:28:44 Mr. Chairman, that's all I have. Speaker 0 00:28:47 You're in agreement Mr. Ali, correct? Speaker 11 00:28:48 Yes, I am. Okay. Speaker 0 00:28:50 Any other members board of any questions or comments for this application? Hearing none, I'm gonna open it to the public. Anyone in the public have any questions or comments for this? Speaker 1 00:29:02 No. One chairman. Speaker 0 00:29:04 Okay. Let's close the public portion. I'd make a motion to approve this application today. A second. I'll second it. Please call the roll. Speaker 1 00:29:11 Mr. Tillery? Yes. Mr. Reggio? Yes. Mr. Hica? Yes. Mr. Mitterando? Yes. Mr. All? Yes. And Chairman Cahill? Speaker 0 00:29:22 Yes, Speaker 4 00:29:23 Mr. All your application's been approved. We'll memorialize it in a written document at our next meeting and we'll send that document to you. Speaker 11 00:29:29 Thank you so much. Have a great day. Speaker 0 00:29:30 Have a great night, sir. Speaker 11 00:29:32 You too. Bye-bye. Let's Speaker 0 00:29:33 Move on to item number 13, adoption of resolutions from the regular meeting of May 8th, 2025. Speaker 4 00:29:38 First resolution is T-Mobile Northeast, which you voted to approve. Mr. Tillery? Yes. Mr. Duka? Yes. Mr. Mitterando? Yes. Mr. Ali? Yes. Chairman Cahill? Speaker 0 00:29:50 Yes. Speaker 4 00:29:51 Next is Kasim Badat, which you voted to approve. Mr. Tillery? Yes. Mr. Haya? Yes. Mr. Mitterando? Yes. Chairman Cahill last is Yes. Miguel and Leticia Ell, which you voted to approve. Mr. Tillery? Yes. Mr. Duka? Yes. Mr. Mitterando? Yes. Mr. Ali? Yes. Chairman Cahill? Yes. Those are all the resolutions for this evening. Item Speaker 0 00:30:18 Number 14 at adoption of the minutes from the regular meeting of May 8th, 2025. All in favor say aye. Speaker 4 00:30:23 Aye. A. Speaker 0 00:30:24 Okay. Item number 15 is adjourn. All in favor say aye. Speaker 4 00:30:28 Aye. Aye. Speaker 0 00:30:29 Once again, everyone, thank you for your commitment to the township and have a great holiday. Speaker 4 00:30:34 Have a good, good night everyone. Memorial Day. Have Speaker 12 00:30:37 A nice holiday.