[00:00:01]
OKAY.UH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO THE APRIL 15TH, 2026
[1.Convening of Meeting ]
MEDFORD TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING PURSUANT TO THE OPEN PUBLIC MEETINGS ACT.NOTICE OF THIS MEETING HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THE BURLINGTON COUNTY TIMES, HAS BEEN PROMINENTLY POSTED ON THE BULLETIN BOARD IN THE MUNICIPAL BUILDING, AND ON THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF MEDFORD TOWNSHIP AND FILED WITH THE CLERK'S OFFICE ON JANUARY 22ND, 2026.
ADEQUATE NOTICE THAT THIS MEETING HAVING BEEN PROVIDED.
CAN EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE FLAG? SL I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG TO THE UNITED STATES MAYOR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR SUSTAIN NATION UNDER YOUR BEHALF.
DO WE HAVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE?
[5.Correspondence – NJPO Planner Jan/Feb 2026 ]
WE DO.WE HAVE THE NEW JERSEY, UH, PLANNER FOR THE JANUARY AND FEBRUARY EDITION.
SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S HOW YOU GOT IT.
YOU DIDN'T GET A PAPER COPY, READ IT.
THERE'S SOME GOOD STUFF IN THERE.
I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT IT RECENTLY, THAT VERSION OF IT, BUT IF THERE'S ANY CLASSES OR ANYTHING IN THERE THAT THEY OFFER, UH, THEY'RE FREE TO THE BOARD, MOST OF 'EM.
SO LET ME KNOW AND I CAN SIGN YOU UP.
UM, I DO WANNA ALSO REMIND YOU THAT YOU GOT AN EMAIL FROM THE CLERK'S OFFICE REGARDING YOUR FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS THAT ARE DUE APRIL 30TH.
AND THE FINAL THING IS AN EMAIL, UH, FROM TODAY FROM THE ATTORNEY FOR EASTERN WIRELESS REQUESTING TO BE CARRIED TO THE MAY 20TH MEETING.
WITHOUT HAVING TO READ NOTICE.
WITHOUT HAVING TO READ NOTICE.
I FEEL LIKE I GO THROUGH THIS EVERY TIME, BUT DO WE NEED TO HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT? OKAY.
ALL IN FAVOR? WE NEED A SECOND.
OKAY, SO IF ANYONE'S HERE FOR THE EASTERN WIRELESS APPLICATION, THAT APPLICATION WILL BE HEARD NEXT MONTH AT THE MAY 20TH, CORRECT? RIGHT.
UH, MOVING ON TO MEMORIALIZATION
[6.Memorialization of Resolutions]
OF RESOLUTIONS RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 15 DOMINIC BISCO EIGHT SANDSTONE COURT BLOCK 51 0 2 0 6.SEEKING A BULK VARIANCE FOR THE LOT COVERAGE TO INSTALL AN IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND.
RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 16 JUSTIN MARUSI ONE 15 S***T ROAD BLOCK 41 0 6 LOT 22 SEEKING A BULK VARIANCE FOR FRONT YARD SETBACK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SECOND STORY EDITION.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND FEL.
VICE-CHAIRMAN RICKERS AYE AND MADAM CHAIR ON BOTH AYE.
RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 17 JOHN ARLENE SCA FIVE REBURY COURT BLOCK 51 0 5 BLOCK 29 SEEKING A BULK VARIANCE FOR FRONT YARD SETBACK AND LOT COVERAGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DECK.
MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND ROLL CALL MRS.
MR. GEN TAYLOR AYE VICE CHAIRMAN RECORDS? AYE I MADAM CHAIR UMBA AYE.
RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 18 RUSTON AND DANA TRISH 15 NOTTINGHAM DRIVE BLOCK 27 0 3 0 3 LOT FOUR SEEKING A BULK VARIANCE FOR THE SIDE YARD SETBACK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A DECK.
VICE CHAIRMAN RICK AYE AND MADAM CHAIR.
RESOLUTION 2026 DASH 19 GRAYLIN AND CAITLYN JOHNSON, 81 UNION STREET BLOCK 1501 LOT THREE SEEKING A BULK VARIANCE FOR THE SIDE YARD SETBACK FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STORY ADDITION DECK AND PATIO MOTION MOTIONAL PROOF.
AND SECOND ROLL CALL MRS. OGA AYE.
[7.Applications]
THE ONLY APPLICATION TH UH, THREE ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS OF RESOLUTION 2024 DASH 10[00:05:01]
THE YES DA NUMBER SEVEN LLC 1 74 ROUTE 70 BLOCK 9 0 3 0 2 LOT 26 0 3 GRANTING APPROVAL OF A USE VARIANCE AND MINOR SITE PLAN APPLICATION FOR A GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE.AND MAY IT PLEASE THE BOARD MY NAME IS DENNIS TOY OF HIGHLAND LAVIN SHAPIRO ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT MCOWEN GAS SEVEN LLC WITH ME TONIGHT.
UH, ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT IS GARY LAN AND OUR ENGINEER ADAM DZ.
UM, AND IF THE BOARD DOESN'T MIND, WE'LL GIVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW, UH, THEN WE COULD SWEAR IN MR. LAN TO CONFIRM WHAT I SAID IS TRUE AND THEN WE CAN JUST HAND IT OFF TO OUR ENGINEER TO SORT OF GO INTO FURTHER DETAIL AS TO THE JUSTIFICATION FOR THE EXTENSION.
SO, UH, WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO REQUEST THREE ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS OF OUR PRELIMINARY AND FINAL MINOR SITE PLAN APPROVAL, WHICH THIS BOARD GRANTED BY WAY OF UNANIMOUS VOTE ADOPTED IN FEBRUARY, 2024.
AS THE BOARD KNOWS, WE ARE ENTITLED TO REQUEST A MAXIMUM OF THREE ONE YEAR EXTENSIONS PURSUANT TO LAW SPECIFICALLY IF WE WANNA GET BORING ABOUT IT.
NJSA 40 55 D DASH 52 A AND EXTENSIONS UNDER SUBSECTION A ARE DISCRETIONARY TO THE BOARD, BUT GENERALLY ARE LIBERALLY GRANTED.
SO LONG AS THERE HAVE BEEN NO MAJOR ZONING CHANGES AND THE APPLICANT CAN GIVE A JUSTIFICATION FOR THE DELAY HERE.
THE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY HAS NOT CHANGED, THE PROJECT REMAINS VIABLE AND THE APPLICANT IS PROCEEDING DILIGENTLY FOR OUTSIDE APPROVALS.
WE ARE CURRENTLY STILL NAVIGATING THE APPROVALS PROCESS FROM THE PINELANDS AND THE DOT.
UH, WE RECEIVED A LETTER AS RECENTLY AS THIS MORNING FROM OUR ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS INFORMING US THAT PINELANDS REVIEW REMAINS ONGOING, BUT THAT PINELANDS HAS NOT MADE ANY ADDITIONAL REQUESTS FOR DOCUMENTS, WHICH WE BELIEVE IS A POSITIVE SIGN.
UH, SO TO REITERATE, THE APPLICANT IS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER WHO IS DILIGENTLY WORKING TO PROPERLY GET APPROVALS FROM THE PINELANDS, THE DOT OUT OF CAUTION, WE ARE REQUESTING THE MAXIMUM EXTENSIONS JUST SO THAT WE CAN PURELY FOCUS ON SECURING THOSE APPROVALS WITHOUT WORRYING ABOUT COMING BACK HERE IF WE CUT ANY OF THOSE DEADLINES CLOSE.
AND SO WITH THAT, UH, WE CAN SWEAR IN MR. THON.
AND JUST TO CONFIRM GENTLEMEN, YOU STATE YOUR GARY HORNE, ADAM DENTS ENGINEER FOR CONSULTANTS.
GENTLEMEN, YOU SWEAR TESTIMONY TO THE BOARD WILL BE THE TRUTH AND THE WHOLE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT TRUTH IS EVERYTHING I SAID ACCURATE? YES, SIR.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? OKAY, THANK YOU.
YOU CAN SIT DOWN YOUR HAND AND THEN, UH, MR. DENS, UH, JUST STATE YOUR FORMALITY.
COULD YOU JUST GIVE YOUR QUALIFICATIONS TO THE BOARD AND SURE.
I AM THE PRINCIPAL ENGINEER AT CL CONSULTANTS.
UM, I'VE WORKED IN THE ENGINEERING FIELD FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS.
I'VE 22 YEARS AT CL CONSULTANTS AND RECENTLY BECAME THE PRINCIPAL OF CLUCK.
AND, UH, I HAVE A BACHELOR'S IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY WITH A MINOR IN ENGINEERING MANAGEMENT.
DID YOU HANDLE THE APPLICATION PREVIOUSLY? I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH NOT CHRIS CLUCK WAS, YOU KNOW, HE WAS THE PRINCIPAL ENGINEER AT THE TIME AND, UH, I, BUT I'VE BEEN OVERSEEING THE DESIGN SINCE THE BEGINNING.
SO YOU DIDN'T TESTIFY? NO, I DID NOT TESTIFY ON THE ORIGINAL, BUT CHRIS CLUCK, UH, YOU QUALIFY TO TESTIFY AS AN EXPERT? OH, YES.
YEAH, I'VE QUESTION ABOUT QUALIFICATIONS.
SO HE'S ACCEPTED AS AN EXPERT? YES.
UM, IF YOU WANT JUMP RIGHT IN.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS APPLICATION, UH, HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR A PERIOD OF TIME NOW.
WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH, UH, THE PINELAND COMMISSION.
UH, BASICALLY A TIMELINE WAS WE SUBMITTED EVERYTHING OVER TO PINELANDS.
UH, THEY HAD SOME QUESTIONS, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE SEPTIC.
THERE WAS, ON THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION THERE WAS, UH, SOME DISCREPANCY CLERICALLY THAT STATED THAT THERE WAS PUBLIC WATER ON ONE OF THE, ON ONE OF THE PIECES OF, UH, THE APPLICATION AND EL ELSE IT DID SPECIFY THAT IT WAS SEPTIC AND THE PLANTS DID SHOW THE SEPTIC.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT TOOK ABOUT TWO MONTHS AND THEY CAME BACK TO US AND SAID, YOU KNOW, PLEASE CLARIFY, WE CLARIFIED.
UM, THEY THEN PROCEEDED TO ASK FOR ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE SITE.
UM, THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, CONTINUOUSLY, YOU KNOW, ASKED FOR A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH AND MR. PHONE HAS BEEN, UH, WORKING WITH HIS LSRP TO CLEAR UP SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.
SO THAT'S BEEN, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTED.
THEY PREVIOUSLY HAD SUBMITTED EVERYTHING.
UM, THIS WAS JUST, YOU KNOW, UPDATES.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AS OF MARCH, YOU KNOW, SOME ADDITIONAL PAPERWORK WAS SUBMITTED BACK TO THEM BY THE L-L-S-R-P.
WE'RE, UH, IN THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED TODAY, IT'S JUST STATING THAT THEY HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING FROM THEM ABOUT ANY ADDITIONAL REQUEST.
[00:10:01]
KNOW THEY'VE BEEN IN CONSTANT CONTACT WORKING WITH THEM TO, TO GET WHATEVER INFORMATION THEY NEEDED ON THE SITE.SO JUST TO, JUST TO SUMMARIZE THAT TESTIMONY, UM, IT'S, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING IN OUR POWER TO OBTAIN APPROVALS FROM THE PINELANDS.
THEY HAVE EVERY DOCUMENT THAT THEY REQUESTED OF US AND CURRENTLY DUE TO NO FALL OF OUR OWN, IT'S JUST SORT OF A WAITING GAME FROM THE PINELANDS TO HEAR BACK.
YEAH, EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN ORDER AND WAITING FOR, UH, RESUBMISSION BACK.
EVERYTHING'S BEEN ADDRESSED AS PER THE RRI LETTER AND, UM, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THE, THE CLEARANCE ON THE PINES.
THAT REALLY CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, UNLESS YOU WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE A DIAGRAM THERE OF THE, UH, PROPOSED? IS THAT WHAT THAT IS? I THINK WE DO.
UH, JUST IN CASE CAN YOU SHOW, CAN YOU SHOW, EXPLAIN THAT TO ME PLEASE? SORRY.
OKAY, SO THE SITE, IT'S ON ROUTE, UH, ON ROUTE 70, UM, AT, AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, IT'S AT THE INTERSECTION OF, UH, SORRY, IT'S AT THE, UH, INTERSECTION OF JONES ROAD.
I WANTED, I WANTED TO HAVE ROUTE 70 AS THE, UH, SO, UH, HERE, YOU KNOW, JUST AS JONES ROAD, THIS IS YOU, UH, ROUTE 70 AND UH, THE AREA WHERE THE SEPTIC IS LOCATED IS IN THE, IN THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY.
SO ORIGINALLY IT WAS THAT THIS WAS TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES, BUT THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS AREA HERE IS WHERE THE SEPTIC IS.
UM, THIS IS WHERE THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE GONNA BE TO THE GAS STATION.
SO THIS HAS, IT CURRENTLY HAS A SERVICE STATION AND IT CURRENTLY OPERATES AS A GAS STATION AND WE'LL BE CON CONVERTING THE CONVENIENCE STORE, I MEAN THE, UH, SERVICE STATION INTO A CONVENIENCE STORE.
UM, AND, AND YOU SAID THERE WAS PUBLIC WATER? NO.
SO THAT, THAT THERE WAS, UM, JUST SOME CONFUSION ON U UTILITY CONNECTIONS AND WHAT IT WOULD, THE QUESTION WAS FROM PINELAND WAS ABOUT THE PUBLIC, UH, SEWER.
YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THESE PUBLIC SEWER WE HAD ON THE FORM ONE SPOT, I THINK IT WAS CHECKED, SAYING IT WAS PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SEWER AND YOU KNOW, IT WAS SEPTIC AND OTHER, ANOTHER SPOT ON THERE.
IT DID CLEARLY STATE IT, IT WAS JUST, IT'S CONFUSION ON THEIR END, BUT IT TAKES SOME TIME ONCE IT GOES THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IN THE TIMELINE DELAY.
AND ADAM, THEY HAVEN'T RAISED ANY ISSUES WITH OUR APPLICATION.
THEY SIMPLY ARE JUST TAKING THEIR, YOU KNOW, DOING, DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND JUST MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S CORRECT.
YES, IT'S, THEY'RE JUST DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND GOING THROUGH AND, UH, YOU KNOW, CROSSING OFF EVERYTHING THAT'S NECESSARY IN THE CHECKLIST.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO THROUGH AND REQUEST ALL THIS ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST WORKING WITH THEM TO GET EVERYTHING CLEARED UP.
YOU MADE MENTION THAT THERE WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL OR A COUPLE OF ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS THAT YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH.
WHAT, WHAT'S STILL OUT THERE AND WHAT WAS JUST RESOLVED OR WHAT ARE YOU WITH THAT? UM, WE, UH, WE HAD AN OPEN CASE WITH THE DEP.
SO WE HAVE TO SEND THE SOIL SAMPLE AND WATER SAMPLE EVERY, EVERY, I THINK IT'S ONCE A YEAR, SO THAT IS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
BUT THE HOLD UP IS WITH THE, WITH THE PINE COMMISSION.
SO THAT'S JUST WITH THE FUEL WHERE THE FUELS BEING IN THE GROUND THERE? YES.
IT'S NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SEPTIC OR IN THE BACK OR ANYTHING.
MOST OF THE CONTAMINATION IS COMPLETELY GONE.
IT'S, UH, AT THE LAST PART OF THE REMEDIATION.
NOW WE ARE ONLY DOING IT ONCE A YEAR.
UH, WATER SAMPLES AND, UH, NO MORE GROUND, UH, SOIL SAMPLES, BUT JUST THE WATER SAMPLES.
SO, SO HOW, LIKE ON, HOW, HOW DO YOU SAY IT? LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY, IS IT CLEAR FROM ZERO TO A HUNDRED? LIKE WHERE ARE YOU? YEAH, SO, YOU KNOW, SO THIS IS A QUESTION THAT I'LL JUST POSE TO ADAM, JUST THAT I THINK ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
SO IN, I BELIEVE THE, THE PINELANDS OR THE, THE, THE MOST, NOT PINELAND SCRATCH THAT, THE MOST RECENT, UM, LETTER WE'VE RECEIVED FROM ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS INDICATED THAT REME, THAT ANY REMEDIATION THE SITE NEEDED IS SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT LETTER SAID, UM, THERE WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NO ISSUE BY 2028.
JUST NATURALLY IT JUST, THERE WAS, THEY FOUND JUST A HIGHER CONCENTRATION THAN, UM, NORMAL, JUST CERTAIN CHEMICALS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY FROM US, PREDATES US.
AND THAT BY 2028 IT SHOULD BE ABATED, BUT NO MORE REMEDIATION WITH DIGGING IT UP STUFF? NO, JUST ON THE NATURAL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH, UM, WITH THIS, SO I HAVE TO OPEN THIS UP TO THE, FOR THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT ON A MOTION TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON THIS APPLICATION, YOU MAY DO SO NOW.
[00:15:01]
AYE.MOTION TO APPROVE THE SANCTION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, THANK YOU.
UH, NOTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA.
YOU HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION TO ADJOURN.