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[1. Convening of Meeting]
EVENING EVERYONE.WELCOME TO THE MEDFORD TOWNSHIP.
ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING.
UH, CAN I HAVE THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETING STATEMENT PLEASE? NO, I THINK IT SHOULD BE GARY
THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD IN, IN PERFORMANCE WITH THE NEW JERSEY OPEN OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT.
ADEQUATE NOTICE OF THE MEETING WAS PUBLISHED IN TWO OFFICIAL NEWSPAPERS, UH, PUT ON THE TOWNSHIP WEBSITE AND PROVIDED TO THE TOWNSHIP CLERK.
OKAY, CAN EVERYONE STAND FOR THE FLAG? SL I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG.
MR. REPUBLIC STANDS ONE NATION UNDER 13 JUSTICE.
THERE'S NO MINUTES, NO REPORTS.
[8. Memorialization of Resolutions]
INTO THE MEMORIALIZATION OF RESOLUTIONS.RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 25 PAUL HANDLE 12 WESTLAKE AVENUE BLOCK 37 11 LOT SIX SEEKING BULK VARIANCES FOR THE SIDE AND FRONT YARD SETBACKS AND EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE TO CONSTRUCT A TWO STORY ADDITION AND EXPAND THE DRIVEWAY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION APPROVE.
MR.
RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 26 FRANCIS AND LORI DONAHUE 14 10 14 12 STOKES ROAD BLOCK 51 0 4 0 2 LOT 11 SEEKING A BULK VARIANCE FOR A FIVE FOOT VINYL PICKET STYLE FENCE AND A SIX FOOT VI WHITE VINYL PRIVACY FENCE IN THE FRONT YARD.
MR. AYE, MR. RO AYE VICE CHAIRMAN RECORDS? AYE.
RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 27 RICHARD GILLESPIE, THREE WINSTON COURT BLOCK 32 0 2 0 1 LOT 1 46 SEEKING A BULK VARIANCE FOR FRONT YARD SETBACK AND EXCEEDING THE MAXIMUM BUILDING COVERAGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PORTICO OVER THE EXISTING COURT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE RESOLUTION.
MR. ZOGA AYE VICE CHAIRMAN RECORDS? AYE.
RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 28 MILL CREEK ARY LLC 32 NORTH MAIN STREET BLOCK 1692 BLOCK 6 0 2 SEEKING A USE VARIANCE FOR HONEY PROCESSING SLASH MANUFACTURING DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL CELLS IN THE HVC ZONING DISTRICT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT RECORDS.
OKAY, AND THE LAST RESOLUTION IS 2025 DASH 29 APPOINTING REPORTING SECRETARY SUNSHINE SHIELD DELLE DASH DELLE, UM, FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 2025 CALENDAR YEAR AND UNTIL THE NEXT REORGANIZATION MEETING OF 2026.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT.
MR. HACKETT, DOES IT JOIN US? IS THAT CORRECT? AYE, VICE CHAIR RECORDS.
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WELCOME.IF I DIDN'T LOOK AT IT, I WOULDN'T SET IT WRONG.
[9. Applications]
ONTO THE FIRST APPLICATION OF THE NIGHT, JAMES JACKSON, NINE STRATFORD CIRCLE ROAD BLOCK 51 0 6, LOT 31, SEEKING BOTH VARIANCES FOR A REAR AND SIDE YARD SETBACK AND EXCEEDING THE LOCK COVERAGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN IN-GROUND SWIMMING POOL.MRS. JACKSON, WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES, I DO.
WOULD YOU GIVE US YOUR FULL NAME, SPELL YOUR LAST.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR CREATING THIS FORM FOR ME TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT OUR, OUR VARIANCE REQUEST.
UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
UM, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENCE OF MEDFORD SINCE 1978.
MY PARENTS MOVED HERE WHEN I WAS TWO.
UM, MY PARENTS ARE STILL ALIVE AND WELL LIVING IN MEDFORD.
UH, GRADUATED FROM SHAWNEE IN 1994.
WENT TO COLLEGE IN VIRGINIA, MOVED BACK TO SOUTH JERSEY, GOT MARRIED AND THEN MOVED BACK TO MEDFORD TO RAISE MY FAMILY.
I CURRENTLY RESIDE AT NINE STRATFORD CIRCLE ROAD IN HEADWATER.
I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN AND WE LIVED AT THAT PROPERTY FOR APPROXIMATELY 14 YEARS.
UH, MY CHILDREN ARE THE AGES BETWEEN 10 AND 16.
UH, MY TWINS ARE GRADUATING MEMORIAL TONIGHT, SO AFTER THIS SESSION I'M BUNCH ONE OVER THERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT CEREMONY, BUT THEY ASSURED ME THIS WAS FAR MORE IMPORTANT, UH, THAN THEIR, THEIR GRADUATION
UH, NONETHELESS, WE ARE REQUESTING, UH, A VARIANCE, UH, TO PUT AN INGROUND POOL.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE ARE REQUESTING BOTH A REAR SETBACK AND SIDE YARD SETBACK VARIANCES AS WELL AS A VOTING LOCK COVERAGE VARIANCE.
UM, OUR PROPERTY IS SOMEWHAT UNIQUE.
IT'S A NON-CONFORMING LOT AS YOU SEE, UH, SO IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN AN ACRE.
UH, WE DO HAVE A SEPTIC, UH, AS WELL AS A WELL AND, UH, THAT DOES CREATE A LITTLE BIT OF LIMITATION ABOUT THE LOCATION OF, OF THE POOL AS YOU CAN IMAGINE.
UM, IN ADDITION, THE PROPERTY IS SOMEWHAT OF AN INVERTED PIE SHAPE, SO IT'S VERY WIDE AND IN FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT AS WE WORK BACK TO THE PROPERTY, IT DOES GET MORE NARROW TOWARDS THE BACK END, UM, NEEDING TO ENSURE THAT WE STAY CLEAR OF THE SEPTIC, UH, DUE TO, FROM THE VARIOUS REGULATIONS SET BY THE COUNTY.
UM, WE DO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE REAR PART OF OUR PROPERTY TO PUT THAT POOL.
UM, AND AS, AS A RESULT, WE ARE REQUESTING THE VARIANCES, UH, ON THE REAR END SIDE AS WELL AS THE BUILDING LOCK COVERAGE.
UM, IS THERE GONNA BE ANY, UH, PROPOSED LIGHTING? UH, THE ONLY LIGHTING THAT WE POTENTIALLY COULD DO? OBVIOUSLY WE CAN PULL LIGHTING INSIDE THE POOL, RIGHT? UM, WE PLAN ON PUTTING AT LEAST, I'D SAY FIVE TO EIGHT TREES ON THE BACK PART OF OUR PROPERTY TO CREATE SOME, UH, FENCING.
UM, THERE COULD BE SOME, UH, LOW VOLTAGE LANDSCAPE LIGHTING THAT SHINES UP AGAINST THE TREES, BUT THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE THE EXTENT OF IT.
SO I GUESS WE SHOULD GET INTO THE TREE DISCUSSION.
I PUT IN A, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE TREE REPLACEMENT STRATEGY OR, OR PROPOSED PLAN.
UH, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY I THINK, FOUR TREES THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED THAT WOULD NEED TO BE REMOVED FOR THE POOL.
UM, WE COMMITTED TO INSTALLING AT LEAST FOUR TREES WITHIN THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROVED, UH, LIKE A SPECIES OF TREES SET BY THE TOWNSHIP.
UH, WE PLAN ON PUTTING MORE THAN THAT, UH, BECAUSE AGAIN, SINCE WE WILL HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE BACK OF PROPERTY EXPOSED, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THOSE TREES ARE THERE TO CREATE THE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, BUFFER AND FENCING BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY AND THE, AND THE PROPERTY BEHIND US.
JUST TO BE CLEAR, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REQUIRING SIX REPLACEMENTS FOR THOSE, CORRECT? YES.
YOU'VE GOT THE LETTER CORRECT.
THAT'S PROBABLY, WE'RE GONNA BE PROBABLY WELL ABOVE ON THAT.
THAT'S WHAT IT MADE IT SOUND LIKE.
OKAY, MR. NO, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YES, ON THE, ON THE TREES? UM, I'M HERE ON BEHALF MICHELLE TAYLOR AND, UH, ON HER LETTER DATED MAY 20TH, TALKED ABOUT REPLACEMENT PLAN.
SO ASSUME YOU'RE GONNA SUBMIT A REPLACEMENT PLAN SHOWS SPECIES CR YES.
UH, WE DID SUBMIT A, A PLAN, UH, WE DID NOT INDICATE THE ACTUAL SPECIES OR THE CALIFORNIA FOLLOW THAT SHE SET IN.
I THINK THERE WAS MINIMUM
SO, UH, SO WHATEVER THOSE WERE, WE WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY BEYOND THAT.
UM, AND WE WERE LOOKING AT EITHER THE ARIA OR THE, UM, UH, THE, UH, GREEN GIANT OVER BY EAST THE CHIEF THAT WERE ALSO PROPOSED OR AS IT BEING APPROVED TREES BY THE TOWNSHIP.
UH, BUT WE CAN INCLUDE THAT LEVEL OF
THE TREE LIST IS ACTUALLY PILOTS.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THE, UH, LOT COVERAGE, UH, WHEN IT, IF THE BOARD PROVES THAT THERE'S A GRADING PLAN SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD, APPROPRIATE
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AND SETBACKS ARE WHAT THEY ARE.IS IT A CORRECT STATEMENT TO SAY, MR. JACKSON, THAT BECAUSE OF WHERE THE SEPTIC IS, IT'S SORT OF LIKE THAT DICTATES WHERE YOUR POOL'S GONNA GO? YES, SIR.
UH, DOES ANYONE FROM THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO.
IF YOU JUST WANNA STEP ASIDE AND I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, SOMEONE CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC SECOND.
IF ANYONE IS HERE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION, YOU MAY COME UP.
ALL IN FAVOR? WHO MADE THE SECOND PLEASE? YOU.
NO ONE ELSE FROM THE BOARD HAS ANY, UM, COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE APPLICANT? MAKE A MOTION.
I, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION.
TO CLARIFY, SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO MAY CONDITIONS ERROR.
WHAT? SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE LETTER? YES, THAT PLUS THE GRADING PLAN AND, UM, UH, PUTTING IN THE TREES.
PUT LITTLE LETTER, RIGHT? HE, HE TESTIFIED TO YOU.
GET OUTTA GO TO SCOPE
JUSTIN WAGNER AND CHRISTIE CONNOR, 24 CHERRY STREET BLOCK 1601.
LOT FIVE SEEKING FULL VARIANCES FOR THE SIDE YARD SETBACK AND EXCEEDING THE BUILDING COVERAGE FOR A ONE STORY ADDITION AND COVERED PATIO.
MR. WAGNER, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
DO YOU SWEAR OR AFFIRM TO TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH? YES.
UH, MY NAME'S JUSTIN, MY WIFE CHRISTIE.
UH, WE'RE PROUD OWNERS OF 24 CHERRY STREET.
UH, AUGUST WILL BE EIGHT YEARS FOR US.
UH, WE'RE SEEKING THE APPROVAL FOR THE POLK VARIANCE.
UH, CURRENTLY OUR HOME BUILT IN 19 40 19 52 IS 1,125 SQUARE FEET.
PROPOSED ADDITION WOULD BE 14 AND A HALF FEET BY 29.33 FEET TO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE, SO WOULD INCLUDE A MASTER SUITE DINING ROOM AND A COVERED PORCH.
UM, THIS WOULD PROVIDE US ESSENTIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO CREATE A FUNCTIONAL AND UPDATED LIVING SPACE FOR US.
UH, THE TWO, UH, VARIANCES WERE, OR THE TWO THINGS WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL FOR ARE THE NORTH YARD SETBACK.
UH, THE NORTH SIDE RIGHT NOW IS SET AT 8.13 FEET.
UH, WE ARE GONNA MAINTAIN THAT EXACT 8.13 FOOT SETBACK.
UH, AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, UH, THIS, IT IS 3.98 FEET AND WE ARE, WILL MAINTAIN THAT EXACT NUMBER AS WELL, IF NOT MORE, UH, WITH OUR PROPOSED PLAN.
AND THEN THE BUILDING COVERAGE.
UM, OUR BUILDING COVERAGE FOR OUR LOT RIGHT NOW IS THE MAXIMUM IS 25%.
AND THE PROPOSED ADDITION WOULD BRING US TO 25.25%.
THERE'S A, A MINOR, UH, INCREASE ABOVE THE, THE MOST THERE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THE SAME SIDING AND THE ROOFING THROUGHOUT AS WELL.
MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF THE, THE STREET, MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING NEW THERE AND THERE ARE NO NEW HEIGHT ELEVATIONS, UH, TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND THE REAR OF THE HOUSE WILL, WILL MATCH THE SAME HEIGHT, ELEVATION AS THE FRONT AS WELL.
UH, CHRISTIE AND I, WE'VE UH, BEEN IN TOWN FOR A WHILE NOW, UH, EIGHT YEARS IN MEDFORD.
WE, UH, WORK MET WORKING AT FRED'S TAVERN RIGHT ON MAIN STREET.
SO MAIN STREET IS, IS, UH, SEEMS LIKE HOME TO US.
UH, WE WALK BY HERE ALMOST EVERY DAY, EITHER ON OUR WAY TO FREEDOM PARK OR UP AND DOWN MAIN STREET.
SO, UH, THOSE ARE THE REASONS WE'RE LOOKING TO, UH, BE APPROVED TO STAY IN TOWN FOR MUCH, MUCH LONGER THAN WE CAN.
UM, OKAY, SO IT LOOKS LIKE YOU, YOU HIT THE COMMENTS FROM THE, THE LETTER, RIGHT.
SO YOU, YOU DID SAY THAT ALL THE MATERIALS AND COLORS ARE GOING TO BE IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY CURRENTLY ARE.
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YOU'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING AND, UM, YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE FRONT ALLEGATION OF THE DWELLING.DOES ANYONE FROM THE BOARD HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MR. BLACK, WHAT DID YOU SAY? HOW MUCH WAS THE ADDITION? HOW MANY SQUARE FEET? UH, APPROXIMATELY 425.
IS THERE GONNA BE ANY EXTERIOR LIGHTING OR OTHER BRIGHT ANY OTHER TYPES OF LIGHTS THAT COULD AFFECT THE NEIGHBORS WITH THAT? NO.
WELL, I THINK WE'LL HAVE MAYBE SOME RECESS LIGHTING, UM, IN THE, IN THE ROOF AREA.
UH, BUT NOTHING THAT WOULD BE ANGLE TOWARDS THE NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
MR. NOLL, UM, I NOTE THAT THE, UH, BOARD ALSO HAS TO THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS BECAUSE OF THE, UM, SET THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSE.
SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
IS IS THAT FOR S THE APPROPRIATENESS HISTORIC? YEAH, IT'S FOR FILING.
ISN'T ISN'T IT PART OF THE HISTORIC THING OR NO, IT'S JUST, IT'S OVER 50, 50 YEARS OLD.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, A HOUSE BUILT IN 1950S SITE.
I DON'T THINK, I DON'T THINK IT'S TOO OLD.
I KNOW THEY HAVEN'T UPDATED THAT 50 YEARS.
IS THIS THE FIRST EDITION TO THE HOUSE THAT, THAT YOU KNOW OF? THAT THAT WE KNOW OF? YES.
YEAH, I BE, IT'S REALLY A SMALL HOUSE.
THE PLACE'S RIGHT THERE
THEY'RE BASICALLY ADDING A DINING ROOM IN THE BEDROOM.
SO YEAH, THAT, THE HOUSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN SMALL.
UM, DID WE OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC? NOPE, NOT YET.
IF YOU WANNA STEP TO THE SIDE, I'LL OPEN UP PUBLIC.
UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO MOTION TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC? I SECOND.
IF ANYONE'S HERE FROM THE PUBLIC, THEY WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION.
I'M, I'LL MAKE A, A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE, UH, APPLICATION AS READ AND INCLUDING THE, WHAT IS IT? APPROPRIATENESS THAT YOU ATE.
THE CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS.
APPROPRIATENESS BECAUSE OF THE HISTORIC AREA AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
AND JULIE, SEE IF AT DOOR
NO NEED FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION? NOPE.