Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Application to build 200 homes on Route 34 nixed for Wednesday's meeting
An application to build nearly 200 homes on Route 34 at Allaire Road has been scuttled at the last minute, according to the planning office. A division of K. Hovnanian Builders was scheduled to begin its pitch to the Board of Adjustment at Wednesday night's meeting, but the application was scrubbed from the agenda, the planning office said early afternoon Wednesday. The application has been re-scheduled for Feb. 20. No reason was given for the delay. Red Bank-based K. Hovnanian wants to build 199 townhouses on a 37-acre vacant plot at the state highway and Allaire Road. Twenty percent, or about 40 homes, would be reserved as affordable housing units, according to the proposal. The property is not zoned for residential development, so K. …
Monday, August 20, 2012
Planning Board meeting scheduled for Monday and zoning board Wednesday nixed
Two public meetings this week have been scrubbed, according to their respective agendas. The Planning Board meeting, scheduled for Monday night, has been canceled. And on Wednesday, the Board of Adjustment meeting also has been canceled. The two cancelations are part of a regular August recess and have not been nixed for lack of quorum or business, according to the township Land Use office. The two boards are scheduled to meet next month -- Sept. 10 for the Planning Board and Sept. 19 for the Board of Adjustment. The Mobile Home Rent Stabilization & Control committee meeting, scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, however, is going ahead as planned. The meeting is scheduled to be held at town hall, 2700 Allaire Road.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Officials from Monmouth University came before the West Long Branch Zoning Board of Adjustment on Thursday evening proposing to build a new residence hall on the school's campus.
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Saturday, July 28, 2012
Incoming students to Monmouth University may soon have a new option for housing, as the West Long Branch Zoning Board of Adjustment heard a case on Thursday evening for a new residence hall to be built on the campus. The new residence hall would be built on what is currently Lot 6 at Monmouth University, directly across from the school’s library. According to the architect in charge of this project, Mykhaylo Kulymych, this would be a three-story residence hall. “Along with the three floors, there would be a ground floor that would have a laundry, storage area, lounge and a bookstore annex,” Kulymych noted. When asked by board members if this would be a public area, Monmouth University engineer and planner William Fitzgerald noted it would…
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Friday, February 3, 2012
Brick Recycling approved to move into former 84 Lumber site
The former site of 84 Lumber on is slated to become the second location of Brick Recycling. The Board of Adjustment on Wednesday approved the re-use of vacant lumberyard by unanimous vote following a public hearing at its regular meeting. The Brick Township-based recycling center pitched the idea of moving into the 84 Lumber site at 5310 Route 33/34 near the Howell Township boundary. The company purchases scrap metal from municipalities, contractors or the public and sells that metal to steel mills or smelting facilities both domestically and foreign, Peter DeCenzo, whose family has owns the company. DeCenzo said one of the chief reasons the company was interested in the Wall facility was the proximity to the rail line adjacent to the …
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Board of Adjustment to hear testimony Feb. 22
The Board of Adjustment on Wednesday postponed a scheduled hearing of an application to build a Wawa convenience store with gas station and a separate solar farm on property at Route 34 and Hurleys Pond Road. Board Chair Wilma Morrissey announced at the meeting that the application, brough by CJS Investments of Wall, would not be heard. No reason was given. The application is scheduled to be heard again on Feb. 22, Morrissey said. The Board of Adjustment on Wednesday declined to vote on a minor subdivision that would create space for a Wawa convenience store and gas station and a nearly 3,000 panel solar farm on Hurley Pond Road and Route 34. CJS wants to combine portions of two adjoining parcels at the intersection to create enough space …
Store proposal changes entrance/exit onto Allenwood Road; residents still pan the plan
In an apparent effort to appease its critics, representatives from Quick Chek redrew its plans to provide access from Allenwood Road on a proposed site near Route 138. The convenience store chain wants to construct a 5,496-square-foot store and 16-pump gas station at 2101 Allenwood Road, near Route 138 east. It is the site of the former State Police barracks. The plan has been vigorously opposed by neighboring residents. But Wednesday, Quick Chek representatives proposed a new plan to get people into and out of the site from Allenwood Road. Instead of putting traffic onto Allenwood Road near the existing jug handle, the new plan calls for extending access beyond Allenwood Road about 150 feet before meeting up with the jug handle, …
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Zoning board to hear two convenience store applications; Township Committee also to meet
The Board of Adjustment has a full agenda for its regular meeting Wednesday. The board will continue to hear testimony on an application to build a and a solar farm on property at Hurley Pond Road and Route 34, according to the agenda. The board last heard this application in January. The agenda also calls for the board to hear a pitch to build a just miles away on Route 138 and Allenwood road, the site of the former State Police barracks. That application, ongoing for months, has neighboring residents lined up against it. The board last heard testimony on this application in December. The meeting is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at . The Township Committee also is slated to meet Wednesday at town hall for an executive, or workshop, meeting. No …
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Board of Adjustment declines to vote before whole project pitched
The Board of Adjustment on Wednesday declined to vote on a minor subdivision that would create space for a Wawa convenience store and gas station and a nearly 3,000 panel solar farm on Hurley Pond Road and Route 34. The applicant, township-based CJS Investments, wants to combine portions of two adjoining parcels at the intersection to create enough space on each to build a Wawa convenience store with gas station with a separate, unmanned, 2,968-panel solar electricity farm behind it. Stuart Challoner, of Toms River-based Challoner & Associates, touted the benefits of moving the lot lines between the two parcels, taking some from one and adding to the other, saying that the new parcels would be of more benefit for the improvement of both, …
Friday, September 9, 2011
Neighboring residents not keen on idea
The Quick Chek convenience store chain is eyeing the former State Police barracks on Allenwood Road for a new store and gas station, but residents near the proposed store appear ready to fight the plan. Representatives from Quick Chek began their pitch to build the 5,496-square-foot store and 16-pump gas station at 2101 Allenwood Road, near Route 138, at the Board of Adjustment's meeting on Wednesday. More than 30 residents attended the meeting, where Frank Marciano, a Quick Chek real estate manager, told the board that residents from an adjacent neighborhood on Sleepy Hollow Court were not necessarily in favor of the application. Company representatives met with their prospective neighbors roughly two weeks before the board meeting, and …
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Zoning Board asks applicant to come back with more detailed plan
The Planning Board at its meeting Monday heard continued testimony for an application to build medical office buildings on Ramshorn Drive. The board also unanimously approved a technical subdivision for D&O Associates at 2007 Route 34 near the Allaire Circle. The Ramshorn Drive medical office building application has been heard at several meetings since 2008. And after testimony from several witnesses, the board asked the applicant’s attorney to come back August 1 with a reconfigured presentation. Manasquan attorney Timothy Middleton and three witnesses provided the board with testimony regarding traffic, noise and drainage concerns – the last of which was deemed by the board as the overriding issue with the application. Several board …
W E Lang
5:21 pm on Friday, January 18, 2013
This plan is something that defies sound logic. K Hov is saying that they wish to build 200 homes which means a minimum of 400 vehicles wh owill be seeking egress and ingress on two roads that are major commuter highways at high speed and they think this is not a public safety issue. Doubtless the presentation will be full of data saying that this is to be no problem. But data does not translate … more ›