Zoning Board of Adjustment — May 12, 2026
Two initial hearings: Garden Oaks Specialties' plan to replace buildings and upgrade its long-running shed and garden-display business at 1921 Route 22 West, and CX Tower Leasing's wireless tower at 719 Route 202. Both were carried to later dates. The Board approved its Feb. 10 and Feb. 24 minutes and put off the Solar Landscape resolution to its next meeting.
- Development
Meeting recording
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What happened
What the record shows
Present: Chairman John Kulak, James Weideli, Pushpavati Amin, James Franco, Christine Henderson-Rose, John Gayeski, John Colucci and Anthony Mignella; Andrew Fresco, Johanna Wiseman and Claudio Vescio were absent. Radio frequency engineer Bruce Eisenstein joined the Board’s professionals.
- The February 10 and February 24, 2026 minutes were each approved 8-0 (ayes Kulak, Weideli, Amin, Franco, Gayeski, Henderson-Rose, Colucci and Mignella).
- The resolution for Solar Landscape LLC (App. #25-024-ZB, 22 Van Veghten Drive) was held for the next meeting.
Garden Oaks Specialties, 1921 Route 22 West (initial hearing)
App. #25-016-ZB, Garden Oaks Specialties Co., Inc., Block 821 Lot 16, 1921 Route 22 West, C-3 zone: preliminary and final major site plan with D and c variances. The minutes attach the transcript.
- Attorney John Sullivan said the company sells storage sheds, gazebos, lawn furniture, ponds and fountains on the site, which has been used this way since the early 1970s. The plan replaces several buildings and adds stormwater management, lighting, a new well and septic system, a walkway and paved parking. He said the applicant would seek a D1 use variance, a D2 variance for expanding a pre-existing non-conforming use, or both, after the Board Planner weighed in.
- Witnesses Madeline Wenz, Jason Onuschak, Elvin Engel and Mitchel Ardman testified. No members of the public asked questions.
- The minutes record the application as carried to July 28, 2026. (The June 9 agenda lists its second hearing for June 9.)
CX Tower Leasing, 719 Route 202 (initial hearing)
App. #25-020-ZB, CX Tower Leasing, Block 163 Lot 6.01, 719 Route 202: preliminary and final site plan with use and bulk variances for a wireless tower, with T-Mobile among the carriers. Attorney David Kenny presented radio frequency engineer Daniel Czech, who was questioned by the Board’s RF engineer, Mr. Eisenstein, and members. Carried to July 14, 2026. The minutes attach the transcript.
Public comment
No members of the public spoke during the portion for items not on the agenda.
Records
- Minutes (township document page; adopted September 22, 2026, with both transcripts attached)
- Agenda (township document page)
- Video on the township’s YouTube channel (2:59:51). This page follows the Board’s minutes and the attached transcripts.