Zoning Board of Adjustment — May 6, 2026
The Board approved three residential applications and a one-year extension, each unanimously, memorialized the Church Street Properties approval, and carried the Haley and Vesuvio pool hearings to June 11. One member of the public spoke, on stormwater. The June 3 meeting was announced as cancelled for lack of a quorum.
- Development
Meeting recording
Recording plays on the township archive
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What happened
What the record shows
Attendance
Present: Baumann, D’Andrea, Kraus, Pochtar, Silver and Trapp. Absent (excused): Herrera, Ladyzinski and Lindeman.
Applications
- ZB24-015A Brady, 30 North Stone Hedge Drive: Condition #8 of a prior approval amended to extend the deadline to begin work to February 5, 2027, after a change of pool contractor. 6-0 (Aye Baumann, D’Andrea, Kraus, Pochtar, Silver, Trapp).
- ZB25-039 Kraemer, 1 Deer Creek Drive: lot coverage and an existing shed’s rear setback, to replace a deck with a patio and pergola. Chair Baumann recused and Vice Chair Pochtar presided. The applicants agreed to convert at least 500 sq ft of impervious surface to pervious pavers. Approved, 5-0 (Aye D’Andrea, Kraus, Pochtar, Silver, Trapp; Baumann ineligible).
- ZB26-002 Bardon, 512 Lyons Road: a two-story addition replacing a screened porch, with a riparian-zone conservation easement to the Township. Approved, 6-0.
- ZB25-037 Scholwinski, 9 Crier Court: a screened porch and deck and a reconfigured pool patio; the applicants agreed to remove impervious areas to bring coverage under 20%. Approved, 6-0.
- ZB26-004 Haley, 5 Dawn Drive, and ZB25-011 Vesuvio, 22 Sentry Court: both carried to June 11 with no further notice; the Vesuvios extended the time to act to June 30, 2026.
Resolutions memorialized
ZB25-032 Church Street Properties, Ltd., 30 Church Street: approval of a preliminary and final site plan with a d(4) floor-area variance (17.75% where 12.5% is permitted in the B-4 zone) for a two-story, about 2,059 sq ft rear addition. Adopted as amended, 5-0 (Aye Baumann, Kraus, Pochtar, Silver, Trapp; D’Andrea ineligible).
Minutes and other business
The April 8 minutes were adopted. The Chair announced that June 3 would be cancelled for lack of a quorum and that May 14 was a special meeting for an ongoing application.
Public participation
One person spoke. Todd Edelstein of Riverside Drive raised stormwater management on the Kraemer application. No one spoke on the Bardon or Scholwinski applications.
Records
- Minutes (township document page)
- Agenda (township document page)
- Notice of decision (township notice)
- Video on the township’s YouTube channel. This page follows the Board’s minutes.