Zoning Board of Adjustment — October 1, 2026
The agenda marks the Tawheed Dahwah Center application for 630 South Middlebush Road carried to October 15, 2026, to be heard at 6:30 pm in the Council chambers. It also marks a place-of-worship use variance at 60 Millstone Road approved and the Islamic Circle of North America application at 1320 Hamilton Street carried to November 5. No minutes are posted.
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Meeting recording
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What happened
What the agenda records
No minutes of this meeting were posted as of October 29, 2026. The account below is from the agenda as posted on Granicus, which marks each item’s outcome; votes are not given.
- Tawheed Dahwah Center, ZBA-24-00017: amended preliminary and final site plan plus relief of conditions for a 19,350 sq ft place of worship at 630 South Middlebush Road (Block 37.02, Lot 46.03, A zone). “CARRIED to OCTOBER 15, 2026 – no further notification required”, with the note “THIS MATTER WILL BE HEARD AT 6:30PM AT 475 DeMOTT LANE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS”. The agenda attaches the Environmental Commission report of February 17, 2026, a revised Technical Review Committee report of September 10, 2026, a Somerset County Planning Board document dated September 8, 2026, and a Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission document.
- The Light of Christ International Fellowship Ministries, Inc., ZBA-26-00018: a D variance to use vacant space at 60 Millstone Road (HBD zone) as a place of worship, marked APPROVED.
- Islamic Circle of North America, ZBA-25-00024: a D(1) variance and site plan for a prayer room in existing commercial space at 1320 Hamilton Street (B-I zone), carried to November 5, 2026.
- Minutes of August 6, 2026, marked approved.
The video’s index points give the hearings item at 0:03:29 and one further unlabeled point at 0:04:45.
Records
- Agenda · Packet
- Video on Granicus (1:12). Granicus publishes no captions for Franklin meetings, and no minutes are posted yet.