Zoning Board of Adjustment — July 8, 2026
The Board approved two in-ground pools (9 Chapin Lane and 17 Birch Drive) and a house expansion at 4 Monroe Place, each 5-0, and found the CIG Mt Airy subdivision incomplete again. Three appeals of Zoning Officer decisions on South Finley Avenue properties were carried to September 9. One member of the public spoke.
- Development
Meeting recording
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What happened
What the record shows
Attendance
Present: Baumann, D’Andrea, Ladyzinski, Pochtar and Trapp. Absent: Herrera, Kraus, Lindeman and Silver (Kraus, Lindeman and Silver excused). Every vote below was 5-0 (Aye Baumann, D’Andrea, Ladyzinski, Pochtar, Trapp).
Applications
- ZB25-035 CIG Mt Airy LLC, 180-188 Mt. Airy Road (Block 2401 Lot 3): completeness; the Planner’s memo listed four open items. Deemed incomplete.
- ZB26-007 Brunner, 9 Chapin Lane: an in-ground pool that cannot be placed behind the neighboring houses’ rear building line, on a lot where wetlands limit the buildable area. A grading and soil-erosion plan and a resized stormwater system are required. Approved under the c(1) criteria.
- ZB26-008 Magliaro, 17 Birch Drive: an in-ground pool; the fence within a sanitary sewer easement needs Sewerage Authority approval, and pool equipment must be at least 20 ft from the property line. Approved under the c(1) criteria.
- ZB26-010 Khator and Gupta, 4 Monroe Place: renovating and expanding a three-bedroom house to five bedrooms on an undersized corner lot. Approved under the c(1) criteria.
- ZB26-006 Allen, 6 Castle Way: carried to August 5 at the applicants’ request.
- ZB26-012, ZB26-013 and ZB26-014, 59, 87 and 93 South Finley, LLC (Block 1802 Lots 1, 28 and 27): appeals of the Zoning Officer’s decision, carried to September 9 at the applicants’ request, with notice to the Basking Ridge Fire Company.
Other business
Resolution #26-09, Change Order #3 to the 2026 Board Attorney contract, adopted 5-0; the minutes give no amount. No application resolutions were memorialized. The meeting adjourned at 9:10 PM.
Public participation
One person spoke. Timothy Jennings of Mine Brook Road, Far Hills, commented on the location of the stormwater management system for the Brunner pool. No one spoke on the Magliaro or Khator and Gupta applications.
Records
- Minutes (township document page)
- Agenda (township document page)
- Video on the township’s YouTube channel (the link printed in the minutes). This page follows the Board’s minutes.