Planning Board — April 15, 2026
The Planning Board carried the Concore Realty warehouse application at 403 Elizabeth Avenue to October 21, 2026, with new notice required, and carried the County of Somerset's Canal Road subdivision, which adds a lot to open space, to May 6. It approved 10 EV charging stalls at 607 Somerset Street, 8-0.
- Development
- Environment
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The 403 Elizabeth Avenue warehouse is carried to October 21, 2026 with new notice required; the Canal Road open-space subdivision is carried to May 6, 2026.
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Eight members were present: Councilman Anbarasan, Theodore Chase, Robert LaCorte, Jennifer Rangnow, Meher Rafiq, Charles Brown, Robert Thomas and Chairman Orsini. Marc Dancy and Sami Shaban were absent.
- Concore Realty, LLC (PLN-23-00006), a 15,425 sq. ft. warehouse at 403 Elizabeth Avenue, Block 502.02, Lot 9.01, in the Business & Industry (B-I) zone: carried to October 21, 2026, with notification required; decision deadline October 31, 2026. No testimony was taken. The October 21, 2026 Planning Board agenda does not list it. See warehouses.
- County of Somerset (PLN-26-00003), a minor subdivision of 1452 Canal Road, Block 9, Lot 2.04, in the Canal Preservation (CP) zone into two lots, one of them to be added to Franklin Township’s open space inventory: carried to May 6, 2026 with no further notice required. See open space and farmland.
- IONNA, LLC (PLN-26-00002), converting 13 parking stalls at the Wawa at 607 Somerset Street into 10 EV charging stalls, as the application is described (the applicant’s attorney spoke of six chargers serving 12 EV spaces): approved 8-0 (Councilman Anbarasan, Dr. Chase, Mr. LaCorte, Ms. Rangnow, Ms. Rafiq, Vice Chair Brown, Mr. Thomas and Chairman Orsini).
- The minutes of March 4, 2026 were approved 8-0, and an extension of time for 789 Hamilton, LLC (PLN-20-00008) 7-0.
No member of the public spoke during general public comment. Adjourned 8:07 p.m.
Records
- Agenda · Draft minutes (attached to the June 3, 2026 agenda, where they were approved) · Packet
- Video on Granicus (0:47). Granicus publishes no captions for Franklin meetings; this page follows the draft minutes.