PITTSGROVE
TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD
MINUTES
APRIL
5, 2005
The
regular meeting of the Planning Board of Pittsgrove Township was held on April
5, 2005 in the Municipal Building Courtroom. The meeting was called to order;
compliance with the Open Meeting Act made and Flag Salute was lead by the
Chairman Gregory Hickson.
Regular
members present were: Gregory Hickson, Frank Pace, Mayor Peter Voros, Charles
Hughes, Donald Garrison, Sheila Benson, Robert Widdifield and Joseph
Lindmeier.
Alternate members present were: Robert
Ternay, Dennis Rambone and Christine Seeney.
Members absent were: Kenneth Martin and Kevin Foster.
Planning
Board Solicitor William L. Horner, Planning Board Engineer Mark Brunermer and
Secretary Nancy Huster were also present.
MINUTES
MARCH 16, 2005
(forthcoming)
The minutes of the March 16, 2005
meeting will be presented at the next regular Planning Board meeting.
ESCROW
FEE DETERMINATION
DONNA STOKES – WAIVER
OF SITE PLAN REVIEW – BLOCK 2504, LOT 16, LANDIS AVENUE - $1,000.00 ESCROW
REQUIRED (CURRENT BALANCE: $940.00)
William
Horner requested an additional $500.00 deposit.
Mark
Brunermer did not feel that any additional escrow would be required.
On a motion by Robert Widdifield and
seconded by Frank Pace the required escrow for this application was deemed to
be insufficient and shall be increased to require an additional $500.00
deposit. All were in favor.
APPICATIONS
DONNA
STOKES – APPLICATION FOR WAIVER OF SITE PLAN – BLOCK
2504, LOT 16, LANDIS AVENUE – INFORMAL REVIEW MEETING
The Planning Board Solicitor announced
that this application could not be reviewed informally due to a ruling that
applications already submitted cannot be heard informally.
The applicant’s attorney submitted a
letter to Bill Horner extending the time for the board to make a decision on
this application.
The application is scheduled to be
heard at a regular Planning Meeting on May 3, 2005.
VICTORY
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
– COMPLETENESS REVIEW #2 FOR PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN APPLICATION –
BLOCK 103, LOT 7, RT. 40, HARDING HIGHWAY – ATTORNEY, ROSS LEVITSKY
No one was present representing the
application for determination of completeness. The Planning Board Engineer’s
review letter dated March 23, 2005 was addressed by the board.
On a motion by Frank Pace and seconded
by Sheila Benson the application was deemed incomplete subject to the
following:
1. Corporate
Disclosure statement is required. ( List of names and addresses of trustees)
2. The
property is in the R-1 and PHB zoning districts. Therefore a conditional use
completed checklist is required along with the required fees.
Roll Call Vote: All
were in favor.
On a motion by Frank Pace and seconded
by Sheila Benson the minimum amount of escrow is required for the conditional
use which is $2,000.00.
Roll
Call Vote: Yes - Robert Widdifield,
Frank Pace, Christine Seeney, Joseph Lindmeier, Sheila Benson, Charles Hughes, Peter
Voros and Gregory Hickson.
No - Donald Garrison
VERRON
DEVELOPERS, LLC,
RALPH PETERSON – PUBLIC
HEARING FOR USE VARIANCE REQUEST TO ALLOW RETAIL BUSINESS (SELF STORAGE,
FLEA MARKET AND AUCTION) BLOCK 2602, LOT 12.01, LANDIS AVENUE
The Chairman announced at the beginning
of this meeting that this application would not heard due to insufficient
public notice whereas the wrong block and lot numbers were published.
The public was informed that new public
notice would be sent by the applicant as notification of a new hearing date.
RESOLUTIONS
05-05R RESOLUTION
ADOPTING OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION PLAN
AS PART OF THE PITTSGROVE TOWNSHIP MASTER PLAN
On a motion by Robert Widdifield and
seconded by Christine Seeney the resolution stated above was adopted as
written.
Roll
Call Vote: All were in favor.
OTHER
BUSINESS
ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
LANDIS AVENUE
REDEVLOPMENT AREA – REPORT FROM WAETZMAN - PUBLIC HEARING ON LANDIS AVENUE
REDEVELOPMENT AREA TO BE HELD ON APRIL 20, 2005
The
Board is to make a decision whether or not to allow additional material to be
included with public notice.
The Economic Development Committee
requested permission to add additional explanatory information with the public
notice letters to be mailed to residents in the Landis Avenue Redevelopment
study area.
Planning Board Solicitor, William Horner
was concerned that sending additional material may suggest an opinion of the
board and if it exceeds the minimum requirements for public notice the board
should make sure the information is what they want to send.
It was the opinion of some of the board
members that additional material should not be added to the mailings and the
professionals will answer any questions at the meeting.
It was noted that the meeting must be
recorded.
On a motion by Robert Widdifield and
seconded by Frank Pace additional material will not be mailed with the public
notice for Landis Avenue Redevelopment area study hearing.
Roll
Call Vote: Yes - Robert Widdifield,
Frank Pace, Christine Seeney, Joseph Lindmeier, Sheila Benson, Donald Garrison,
Charles Hughes and Gregory Hickson.
No - Peter Voros
LAND
DEVELOPMENT CODE
Chapter 60-61 EXISTING
LOTS
Request from Zoning Officer for
revision
Robert Berducci, Zoning Officer was
present to speak on his concerns being how far to go back in the prior
ordinances to allow construction on undersized lots which meet the current
setback and how transfer of ownership affects zoning requirements.
On a motion by Pete Voros and seconded
by Robert Widdifield, William Horner will prepare a revision to the ordinance
and submit via email and fax to the ordinance review sub-committee. All were in favor.
The review Committee volunteers are:
Robert Widdifield, Donald Garrison (fax#: 358-1895), Greg Hickson and Robert
Berducci, Zoning Officer.
Chapter
60-82 SIGNS
Proposed Ordinance Amending this
regulation
The board discussed the question from
Mark Brunermer regarding the issue of measuring from the “street” line or
“property” line.
On a motion by Peter Voros and seconded
by Christine Seeney the ordinance revision will be prepared by William Horner,
reviewed by the Ordinance Review Committee and forwarded to the Planning
Board. All were in favor.
STORMWATER
MANAGEMENT ORDINANCES
Stormwater Management
Ordinances and note from Dave Mulford, Administrator
The Planning Board Engineer described
the ordinance which is to be adopted by the Township by April 1, 2006.
The
ordinance is basically a new set of criteria to enhance the board’s review of
applications to maintain water quality.
The ordinance will be reviewed by the
Ordinance Review Committee and continued at a later date.
ADDITIONAL
BUSINESS
William Horner
informed the board that an attorney preparing to submit a Minor Subdivision
application called him regarding Section 60-102 – Rural Residences.
Mr. Horner explained that this section
seems to provide a provision whereas under certain circumstances, due to soils
and other criteria, there could be smaller lot area allowed.
It was the opinion of some of the board
members that this variation would be a provision that would rarely be used due
to conditions of Pittsgrove Township’s soils as determined by the State.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION (IF REQUIRED)
No Business
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business the
meeting was adjourned on a motion by Donald Garrison and seconded by Frank
Pace.
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Nancy
L. Huster, Secretary