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Okay, we are on the air.

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Okay, thank you. Okay, calling to order, the meeting of the Long Hill Township Planning Board.

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For August 11th, 2026, the time is 730 or according to my watch.

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So, Madam Secretary, would you do the honors?

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Absolutely.

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Number one, call to order and stay in the compliance.

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At a quick notice of this meeting has been provided by posting a copy of the public meeting dates on the municipal bulletin board on website by sending a copy to the echo sent in the newspaper and by filing a copy with municipal clerk.

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Number two, standard board procedures.

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Any meeting conducted by the board is a quasi judicial proceeding.

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Any questions or comments must be limited to issues that are relevant to what the board may legally consider and reaching a decision and decorum appropriate to a judicial meeting,

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or hearing must be maintained at all times.

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Number three, electronic devices.

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All in attendance are asked to mute cell phones

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or any electronic devices as to not interrupt the proceedings.

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Number four, pledge of allegiance.

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Is this to the flag?

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I mean, I just say it's America.

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I need to do the Republic for which it stands.

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One nation, another nation, another nation.

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In the digital, the liberty and justice for all.

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So number five, is the oath of office

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to Committeeman Verlesa, who is absent this evening.

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So he does send his room to see if he had to attend the meeting this evening.

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I will mark this excuse then.

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Okay, so we'll come back.

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Okay.

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All right.

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Okay.

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Mr. Lavender.

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President.

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The other Mr. left.

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President.

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And committee member Leslie excuse this evening. Mr. Hans.

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Mr. Lavraria.

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Mr. O'Jence. Mr. O'Palka is excuse this evening.

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Vice Chairman Jones is on his way.

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We will mark him here accordingly when he arrives.

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And Chairman Richard said.

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Here we have a call.

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Great. Thank you so much.

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Okay, getting right into our agenda this evening, the first agenda item is Master Plan Consistency Review.

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This is an ordinance that was developed by the Township Committee, ordinance number 595-26.

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I'll just read into the record the title of the ordinance here.

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bear with me. This is an ordinance of the Township of Long Hill County of Morris State of New Jersey

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amending the Township Zoning map and land use ordinance by creating a new assisted living zone

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and rezoning block 11301 locked four to permit an assisted living and memory care residents

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as a permitted primary use consistent with the township's fourth round housing element in fair

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chair plan. The township settlement agreement with the fair share housing center and the

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superior court's judgment of compliance and repose and supplementing and amending various

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sections of the township landship land use ordinance. That's a mouthful, guys.

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Okay, I'm going to turn it over to our board attorney to just provide a little bit of an overview

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and the parameters around in the scope of our work this evening.

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Okay, I know that the board recalls other ordinances that were sent recently to you for a consistency review.

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So what the board is looking at here is whether or not this ordinance is not inconsistent with the master plan as adopted by this board in 2023.

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That's our newest master plan.

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So, the Township Committee is an asking us to

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open on this ordinance or on its propriety,

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but whether or not it's not inconsistent

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with the master plan of the township.

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This ordinance is based upon an approval

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that was granted for the property that is at issue in this ordinance.

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This approval was granted a number of years ago.

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After the approval was granted,

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the units that were created in that approval were then added to the housing element of the

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master plan. So these units that we're talking about are already in the master plan.

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And right now what the township is doing is simply rezoning that parcel to make clear that

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This is what the permitted use is going to be.

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And the township entered into a consent order,

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effectively, for ending the affordable housing matter.

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And this has been memorialized in that.

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And it is already, as I said, a part of the master plan.

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And now it's being codified in the zoning ordinance, effectively.

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Great.

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Thank you.

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I just wanted to mention, so just for recollection,

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And so, our master plan was adopted in December of 2023, and the housing element was then

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subsequently adopted in June of 2025.

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So, just, again, and again, as you know, a lot to mention, the housing element is part and

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parcel to the master plan.

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Any questions with regards to this, and you've discussion?

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So just as a source of comparison, the car wash site, when we needed to adjust, when we needed to adjust, just down toward you, yeah.

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When we needed to adjust the bulk requirements for specific use, the car wash site, that's what we did.

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We took that lot and we changed the bulk standards just for that lot.

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What's the reason behind creating a new zone and not doing the same here?

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I'm just thinking what would happen if, okay, if this developer the last minute said, I'm not going through on this.

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And somebody else comes along and still meets our affordable housing commitment a lot.

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And says, all right, well, I'm not going to do affordable housing.

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I'm going to put up apartments.

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If we change the books standard for that lot, like we did for the car wash, then so be it.

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of we kind of commit ourselves to affordable housing and something happens if that doesn't come

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to fruition, it's zoned only for assisted living. So why basically are we creating a new zone,

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rather than just changing both standards?

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Well, the bulk standards have been lifted effectively from the approval that was granted for the law. So, that is being incorporated into this. And all this is, is a codification, you know, a legal codification in the ordinance of an approval that is in existence right now. It exists. And this was the basis for their settlement with, you know, with fair church or housing center.

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for the Affordable Housing Plan.

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So this is, they're simply putting this in as,

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they're making it law.

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They're making it legislation.

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They're codifying an approval that's already there

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and that made it into the housing element.

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So who's the, the Township Committee

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of who introduced this ordinance?

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And it's based upon, it's based upon that variance

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that was granted, that approval that was granted

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for this property by the son.

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And I don't know, maybe we'll let the back get up a little bit, maybe that wasn't clear.

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But the zoning board a couple of years ago, granted approval.

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And everything that you see here, that's in the ordinance, was granted by the zoning board

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to this property for this use.

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And at that point, since some of the units in this building, we're going to be dedicated

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affordable if then made it into our housing element and fair share plan as, you know, satisfying

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part of the township's affordable housing obligation. That's how it got there. So now what

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this is is a codification basically, legislation that codifies the approval as granted by the

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zoning board to ensure that this comes to fruition and that land is zoned for that, so that if

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someone were to walk away. It's still zoned for exactly what was contemplated to satisfy the

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affordable housing obligation. But as far as the use change, maybe you could address that

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part of Pam's question. If they change the use, essentially, you're saying if they decide

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to come in with apartments or something. That approval is not consistent with this ordinance,

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No, no, it's not. I mean, this is part of the settlement agreement. They signed a settlement agreement with Ferture Housing Center. It was blessed by the court, and that's what the township has to comply with. That's what the township promised to comply with in terms of what they're going to provide in this fourth round of affordable housing round. So they're trying to make this happen, you know, because it's part of the housing element already.

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Just refresh my memory in the fair share in the housing element.

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Did it specifically say first assisted living, or was it just a lot in it?

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I think it did.

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It specifically says assisted living, and it has this site because it reflects this approval that Yolanta was talking about.

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I'm just going to go through again for our benefit, for distinct district or zone as opposed to, as Pam is asking about, just the property itself, why, why there's own.

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Well, because why is it being resowned? This is something that happens a lot as a result of affordable housing settlement agreements that, as a condition, you know, have the court approved settlement.

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sites have to be resumed.

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It seemingly is the only time that a lot can be spot-sewned, but if it's being spot-sewned

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for this public purpose of to provide affordable housing, it's permissive.

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And so that is, I believe that is why the Township Committee is electing to resound this

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is most likely because of their settlement agreement and the court is making them do it.

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So could we have done the same with the car wash site?

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We did.

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It was a redevelopment plan, which if redevelopment plan is essentially takes the same

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characteristics, the same power as a zoning ordinance.

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So essentially, but it was a redevelopment, which is a whole other process, which is more

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legal spot don't it?

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But it is.

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But the effect of that redevelopment plan is just the same as

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rezoning that car wash site, not just even though we changed the

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bulk standards for the lives of the civic law, that's exactly right. And so

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just as we're doing here, it's a zone that's specific to this site,

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specifically to provide affordable housing. It's two separate circumstances. We

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arrived at the same, you know, the same result in two different ways. With this

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It was a trip before the zoning board of adjustment for a use variance and with the car wash site

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It was a trip before the planning board for a redevelopment

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So different mechanisms same results because they both

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Resulted in a rezoning this one in particular because it contains affordable housing

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No excellent question. Thank you

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Any other questions, Pam?

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Well, you got the.

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No.

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No, I think that basically was it.

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And just the, the lot number 10,

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Isn't that the Walgreens building?

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There's two lots, right?

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That are referenced in here.

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And one of them includes the Walgreens slot.

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So that will be part of the assisted living.

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It hasn't been subdivided yet.

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As part of this approval that went to the zoning board for site plan approval in subdivision

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approval, it would be subdivided from the Walgreens site.

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It doesn't contemplate taking down that building or replacing it in any way.

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It would be subdividing a portion of that site for the creation of this, an undeveloped,

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actually I'm not sure it's undeveloped, but it would not impact the Walgreens.

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This parcel is undeveloped and there was a subdivision application for a lot line adjustment to take part of that land and add it to the rest of that land to create the assisted living facility that was contemplated in housing element.

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That's what was to happen and I think that's what this is codifying that exactly that.

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So when we have a new zoning map, it will show Walgreens as zoned a system.

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It will.

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Right. No. Oh, sorry. Sorry. Yes. You're 100% correct.

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It will not show Walgreens zone for assisted living.

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It will show Walgreens zone for, I believe, the BD.

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The BD.

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But it will show this portion of that lot as whatever this zone is called.

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I keep thinking it says AI.

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It's AL.

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Oh, the assisted living zone.

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Okay, that makes sense that it's going to be taken out of that.

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And there is split lot zoning occasionally, where a lot is split between two different zones.

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It happens.

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And this one will be until there's a lot line adjustment of life or again.

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Okay.

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And that will come for the lotlines, because there's no clarity when that lotline exists, or is shown anywhere.

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I think not in this ordinance, but it is in the site plan, and in the subdivision plan. So, for example, when the zoning map gets redrawn, we're very reasonable price.

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It will reflect the solution that was approved.

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Because we did not see the application, it went to the zoning board.

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It's not clear on the line of what that looks like.

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The resolution I quit looking, I didn't see it.

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It didn't have any reference to that.

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It references the site plan and subdivision drawings that were part of that.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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Yes.

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The concept, there was actually a site plan.

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There was a site plan.

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There wasn't a proof site plan that the board looked at and the result, the approval,

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is what's codified in here.

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That's what the board approved.

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So, I can go on the zoning board, let's just see that.

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I bet you know.

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You can call it because it's still on.

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I don't know.

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The plans are not.

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You can come to my office or I can send you the plans.

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Yeah.

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But I did look at the resolution because we did include it in with the

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professure, the hell is an element, if you look at that resolution, there's about 15 pages.

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I had quick scan through one, they just jumped out to me, there's a 43.5 feet height,

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so new from that, all we've got here is in alignment towards discuss with the zoning boards,

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so it's comfortable with that in principle, but I have not seen a lot.

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Thank you.

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That's just one stupid thing to hear.

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Just the zone district.

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They say zone district twice.

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They're doing this right this now.

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Oh, these are living zone district zone district.

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Yeah, under there for the first there for section one at the end.

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They say, at your session, living zone district, living zone district.

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And I don't see why that needs to.

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You can see what I'm looking at.

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I know what you're saying.

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Section 1 under now therefore what page the second page it's under the therefore they're in section 1 at the end

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He's has period so district. It's just somebody didn't delete it. I think that that's just a type of graphical error

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I'm just needs to delete it

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Well, which one do we want to resolve in the one when I do the resolution and send it to them tomorrow?

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So I'm sorry, where is that?

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Section one,

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under now therefore be it ordained.

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Section one?

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It says AL assisted living zone districts own district.

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Oh, OK.

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Yeah, I think it's just the same.

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Yeah, just type up.

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I'll point that out.

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OK.

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Any other questions?

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The regards to this and the other typos.

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People have noticed that we can help improve this document.

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I know this is a small typo.

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at the third where asked from the bottom on the first page it says court of new jury

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okay on the first page yes of the audience yeah the first there's three

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warehouses at the bottom it's the third one up from the bottom oh new jury

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okay jury it's a new state oh new jury new jury lot of vision what do they say leave

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the S out for savings.

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You're going to put a little bit of a state now.

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We're going to put ourselves.

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We're going to put a state.

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Okay, good catch. Anything else?

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All right, so what I'd like to propose is you'll

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want to could you frame out what we should vote on

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and then regards to the phrase theology?

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Yes, if anybody would like to make a motion,

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finding ordinance 595-26 to be not inconsistent with the master plan and I will prepare

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the resolution to be sent to the township committee's mom. Sorry Scott.

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So moved.

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A second.

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Okay.

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Mr. S. Lavender.

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Mr. Hans.

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Yes.

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Mr. J. Lavender.

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Yes.

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Mr. Lavrarium.

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Yes.

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Ms. Ogins.

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Yes, Vice Chairman Zach here.

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So Chairman Richardson.

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Yes.

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Motion carries.

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Great.

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Thank you.

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OK, I was hoping that we would delay long enough

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to bring one of our key key captains for the ordinance

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review discussion, but I think we're going to move on.

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The day that I didn't know if you would like to help

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shepherd the discussion, and then also

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our professionals can chime in with regards to the ordinances that we wanted to introduce.

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It's fine by me. I first I think small night you're going to speak before the Township Committee.

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Yes, it's just outlined and they put down a small agenda, not small agenda of the list of ordinances that have been.

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This is really our accomplishments, right?

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have been done of yet or with the Township Committee or still with this discussion with York and I think

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there's a couple more to have at the end of this agenda. I will do revising that and sending

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it to the entire world as well. Thank you. A lot of good stuff has been done as we know and

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really I think just just talk the next two items really perhaps just get those out of the way and then

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And I think there's some, I think if we wanted to discuss some of the group, there's

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just going to use ones out of the way, first of the way, first of the cost.

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Okay, so do we want to tackle the expiration of variance first, since that's the first one

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and show it up in my packet?

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And let me just back up for two seconds.

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Some of this has been not to put it back on your hand to back on the spot.

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So these are some of the things that I'm just taking a quick and keen interest in because

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these are some ones that have come up through from the zoning board or just a natural sort

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of what it's going to be quick wins to get some stuff out of the way.

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So this was going with the, and just to help with the mechanics for their, for their, as

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So if you want to talk about the variance, the exploration.

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Yes, thank you.

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So the ordinance currently contains a provision regarding the expiration of variances.

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These are variances that are obtained from the zoning board primarily.

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use variances, bulk variances, because the approvals that are granted by the planning board

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generally, site plan approvals, subdivision approvals, they have their own statutory time limitations.

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Variances do not. Variances may be limited by the municipality.

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And Long Hill saw fit to limit a variance approval to a year, previously. And after a year, the variance

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would expire unless an applicant who obtained this variance would present themselves with an application

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for an extension before the zoning board of adjustment. There were no standards or there

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no standards in the ordinance currently for the zoning board to apply to determine whether

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or not to extend the variance.

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Now generally, it's implied that the applicant has to show good cause in front of the

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zoning board, but the ordinance doesn't say that.

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And it doesn't have any limitations with regard to how many additional years,

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Can the zoning board grant and are there any other limitations?

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Oh, here's Vice Chairman Jones.

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Right.

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Right, wait, should I go on?

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We're in the middle of a discussion about expiration of variances.

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Good evening.

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Good evening.

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Good evening.

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Good evening.

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Good evening.

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Good evening.

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So what the, so what the,

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The ordinance review committee discussed first because what the ordinance had required initially was that the variance will expire unless

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actual construction or alteration have been commenced.

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So because it's sometimes difficult to get a permit, it takes a while before construction

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can actually commence.

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The ordinance review committee discussed this and decided that it would be better to extend

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that to actually obtaining a permit instead of doing actual construction or commencing the

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use.

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I mean applying for the permit.

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So I'm sorry, applying for a permit.

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So, that's the first thing that was changed is that the applicant no longer has to actually

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commence construction because that may take more than a year.

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And then that's forcing somebody to come back to the board to ask for an extension because

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they're waiting to get a permit so that they can start building.

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So what this allows is it will expire unless they apply for a permit.

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So the minute they apply for a permit, there's no expiration because they've taken action on

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it.

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The second thing that was discussed is an increase for the initial 12 months to 14 months.

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And the reason for that is because people will generally not stop, not start building, not

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not start applying for a permit until the 45 day appeal period has run.

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So, from the date of adoption and publication of a resolution of approval, anyone has 45 days to challenge the board's approval.

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And depending on how quickly the board secretary who always does her work expeditiously,

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you know, but depending on how quickly that resolution is published after adoption,

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That could take a week, so that 45 days, then stretches into a little bit longer than 45

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days, you know, sometimes up to two months, potentially.

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So the board, using that benchmark, thought that it was fair to increase the time period

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from 12 months to 14 months to account for that two month period that the applicant is

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waiting for the appeal period to end.

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So that's the reasoning for that 14 months.

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So now, if someone gets a variance,

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they now have 14 months from the date,

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the resolution is adopted.

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I think that's what we have here, right?

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From adoption of the approving resolution.

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So they have their 14 months.

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If 14 months passes, and they still haven't

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gotten their permit to start in with their use,

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or they haven't commenced the use within the 14 months,

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then they can, and of course, all of this is told

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in the event that there is a lawsuit going on,

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or there's some appeal to a court, then that time period

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is frozen for the time that the appeal is going on.

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That is true in the ordinance as it is today,

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and it will continue to be true with this ordinance

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as well. And then we added the standards, because the Board of Adjustment, you know, it's implied

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that they can approve an extension for a good cause shown, but we will actually put that

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into the ordinance.

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So now the ordinance review committee has also discussed this next

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part where I have a question where I have the question marks, and they have limited the extension

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of time beyond the 14-month limitation up to two additional years.

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So now, if an applicant is asking for an extension, the zoning board is now limited to

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allowing that extension for anything above two years.

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They have to limit it to two years, because presumably, without any limitation, an applicant

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can keep coming back to the zoning board and can keep getting extensions if there's no limitation

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in the ordinance and there has never been a limitation in the ordinance.

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So the township has a brand new master plan.

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The township is going to be adopting ordinances to implement the new master plan.

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There is a strong zoning policy in the town and the township would like for everybody to

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comply with that zoning policy and allowing someone to keep getting extensions for something

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that is not allowed in the zoning ordinance,

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just goes against the zoning policy.

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So the point is, when you come before a zoning board

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and you demonstrate that you meet the criteria

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at that time, that may not be true

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two or three years down the line.

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And that's the reason for this limitation.

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And another limitation that's added is so long

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as the zoning applicable to the applicant's property

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has not changed since the approval

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for which the extension is sought.

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So the applicant has that 14 months from getting their resolution approved until the time that they need to permit,

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if they can't manage that, and the zoning has changed since that time.

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Because remember, if they're before the zoning board, they are demonstrating the positive and negative criteria.

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Part of the negative criteria is that there is no substantial detriment to the zoning ordinance or the master plan.

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Well, if the zoning ordinance changes, how do we know, in the future, whether or not the board would have still approve that use variants?

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So this limitation is simply that if anything has changed from the time that the applicant has come to the zoning...

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Board, they can't get an extension. They should have worked on getting a permit during the time permitted. They're not going to get any extensions.

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And even if they do get extensions at this point under this ordinance, they can only get two more extensions for two years maximum.

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Well, for two years maximum or one extension for the two years it's however the zoning board wants to approach it the zoning board I mean the zoning boards hands are entitled to one year extensions

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That's generally what what happens is they'll grant one year extension and then have them go back

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But under this ordinance, it doesn't say that so the zoning board can grant a two year extension if necessary, but it's within their discretion

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Okay, there's just one-two-year extension. I thought I heard you say two-two-two-two.

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No, no, no, no, no. Two-one-year extensions were one-two-year extensions.

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Two-one-year extensions were one-two-year extensions.

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So that would be a flexibility on their part.

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Yes.

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Up to two years, how do they think about getting up into two-lots of ones?

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Yes.

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Or one-lot of two.

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Correct.

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Yes.

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Just to be clear on that,

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an extension up to two years after the 14 month.

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Correct.

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Correct.

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that's more precise wording.

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Yes, because the 14 month is the freebie.

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Because if you've got, yeah, the 14 months is the time

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within which an applicant has to work on getting their permits

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and getting their work started.

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Any months?

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Yes, the max.

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Is that consistent with other times?

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Pretty much.

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When I'm not lying.

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No, no, but it's okay to be an outlier as long

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You know, it works with your zoning policy.

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Is there an exception to the years

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that come in two and a half years

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and you want to file another extension,

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that you consider a new applicant?

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Well, you mean beyond the first,

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now you're past 38 months.

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38 months, you're still in there,

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but you realize, you know,

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you don't want to make a change or something.

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You see, you see that.

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You see that application's going to make it,

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they're going to say they're going to build a house

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have been put a tennis court on it and they're going to put a basketball court on it and

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enough we get it.

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But they're not done the old ones.

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If they are outside of these parameters and that's why we're having this conversation right

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now, it's a new application.

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They have to come in with a new application.

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I just want to understand.

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Is there an exception process or not?

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Doesn't sound like there is?

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It becomes a new application.

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Yes.

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It becomes a brand new application that they have to go through the whole process again.

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And I mean, that's the risk you take.

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That's a risk you take, and that's the best interest of getting the development done, otherwise it's going to sell that they'll sell the property and someone that will come along and need to buy it, but build what they are originally going to put on that property or if they're going to come in and do that.

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That's exactly right. And it allows the township to control what happens, you know, it allows the township to enforce its own zoning policy because if you're not going to build what you were approved to build for three and four years.

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you know we've seen that things things changed for this for yeah and

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saying this was approved ten years ago I can't build this now and then I'm going to

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change it and I'm going to do this to the property and I'm not going to do this to

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the property. I just got a call today for a variance from 2020 for a brand new

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house and so they said can I get an extension? No, that's what we're trying to do.

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I think

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stuff not in the state is not easy so I mean we are helping the app we're helping the applicant

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reduce some of their administrative costs agree reasonably not just as blanket forever

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approval and I do like the fact that it's also taking into account that there's going to be

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changes within our master plan in the coming years and either the 10 year cycle or an

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and legacy, we'll call it a hangover.

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Right, right, an answer to that.

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Because the zoning board is still

470
00:34:22,110 --> 00:34:24,110
under the municipal land use law,

471
00:34:24,370 --> 00:34:30,290
is still empowered to deal with any question presented to it

472
00:34:30,290 --> 00:34:33,810
if it is presented with a completely unique circumstance.

473
00:34:34,690 --> 00:34:38,530
Something that happened that was absolutely not within someone's

474
00:34:38,530 --> 00:34:41,410
control, like a moratorium on something that

475
00:34:41,410 --> 00:34:48,610
heard after, you know, within the time that the applicant could still get extensions, but

476
00:34:48,610 --> 00:34:55,070
then extended beyond that time, the zoning board is still empowered to override this, they always

477
00:34:55,070 --> 00:35:01,450
are because it's a case by case of that. But it's a case by case basis. It has to be,

478
00:35:01,470 --> 00:35:08,510
I'm going to say that because in the case of the 2020, that was COVID. I can understand where things

479
00:35:08,510 --> 00:35:14,570
had 20, 20 was COVID, but 20, 21 was no longer COVID and they could have come in and got

480
00:35:14,570 --> 00:35:15,370
a permit down.

481
00:35:15,670 --> 00:35:16,410
20, 20, 20, 20, 20.

482
00:35:16,670 --> 00:35:18,850
Well, I thought, forget, we had to sue a moratorium.

483
00:35:19,790 --> 00:35:20,550
I think they can do anything.

484
00:35:21,730 --> 00:35:26,250
Well, sadly, two of the, that particular case, they had an attorney.

485
00:35:27,050 --> 00:35:34,110
And the attorney did not inform the applicant, you know, at the time frames, yes, not.

486
00:35:34,770 --> 00:35:36,010
That's, that's an issue.

487
00:35:36,950 --> 00:35:37,930
That's their issue.

488
00:35:37,930 --> 00:35:38,610
That's their issue.

489
00:35:38,750 --> 00:35:39,670
That's their issue.

490
00:35:39,830 --> 00:35:40,150
Not ours.

491
00:35:40,430 --> 00:35:45,210
I mean, there are moratorium, and if you come to the board and you show good cause, the

492
00:35:45,210 --> 00:35:51,510
zoning board is still empowered to grant an extension beyond this if for good cause shown.

493
00:35:52,650 --> 00:35:57,930
This ordinance is establishing the parameters to give the board guidance, but the zoning

494
00:35:57,930 --> 00:36:06,210
board still has the power to answer any question about the ordinance and to make these decisions

495
00:36:06,210 --> 00:36:11,170
because it is the zoning boards decision in the first place to grant the variance, and they

496
00:36:11,170 --> 00:36:17,210
are the interpreters of the ordinance. They're empowered under their powers to interpret

497
00:36:17,210 --> 00:36:23,770
the ordinance, and they understand the master plan, as well as the planning board does, and

498
00:36:23,770 --> 00:36:31,150
how to apply it, and what it means. I mean, the board of adjustment works in conjunction with,

499
00:36:31,150 --> 00:36:36,190
you know, with everything that goes on in the township, and they are also enforcing the zoning

500
00:36:36,190 --> 00:36:40,050
ordinance and they grant exceptions from it, occasionally.

501
00:36:41,550 --> 00:36:47,690
And everybody likes to see parameters because it's very difficult when you don't have parameters.

502
00:36:49,490 --> 00:37:02,030
You do need side rails because it makes it easier to determine which are the cases that you're going to grant an extension for because they're presenting a case that's unlike any case.

503
00:37:02,390 --> 00:37:04,090
And they really do deserve that relief.

504
00:37:04,090 --> 00:37:13,210
Not only those applicants that seek an extension, they come in before the years up.

505
00:37:14,510 --> 00:37:19,170
There's definitely financial hardships or other things that occur sometimes.

506
00:37:19,510 --> 00:37:22,450
99% of the applicants, they realize that.

507
00:37:22,590 --> 00:37:25,330
So this is really addressing more some of the outliers.

508
00:37:25,970 --> 00:37:26,190
Exactly.

509
00:37:27,110 --> 00:37:29,870
So are there any other questions or comments?

510
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:34,980
I'm asking any other suggested modifications to this.

511
00:37:35,140 --> 00:37:36,160
Just as part of my own.

512
00:37:36,860 --> 00:37:46,160
Learning process, it's as shall provide be told from the date filing and appeal, and then new is in accordance

513
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,080
with law. What is the law?

514
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:50,080
What's this a wash?

515
00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:53,900
Well, just giving you a little bit of brief.

516
00:37:55,540 --> 00:37:56,140
Briefly,

517
00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:01,500
the ordinance, the old ordinance goes in,

518
00:38:01,500 --> 00:38:06,640
and it talks about where you can file an appeal.

519
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:11,800
So it says to the committee or to a court of competent jurisdiction,

520
00:38:12,540 --> 00:38:16,360
and then it says, in any manner of such appeal or proceeding.

521
00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,280
So it's just very wordy.

522
00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:24,580
So the ordinance review committee's goal also is to make things less worthy and just simply,

523
00:38:25,100 --> 00:38:30,700
you know, if we say in accordance with law, there are only a couple of ways that you can appeal

524
00:38:30,700 --> 00:38:36,860
from a decision, from a zoning board approval, you can go to court or at least in the

525
00:38:36,860 --> 00:38:41,860
township of Long Hill, you can appeal from an approval to the township committee. So there's only

526
00:38:41,860 --> 00:38:47,080
those two ways, really. So instead of going through and listing all the ways, we just said,

527
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:53,640
accordance with the law, and anyone who's going to file a lawsuit is going to know what law,

528
00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:59,240
or what an appeal is and how to do the appeal, or what they're appealing from, and

529
00:38:59,240 --> 00:39:00,540
where they're appealing to.

530
00:39:09,140 --> 00:39:14,720
So we're just the amendments to the two years and the strike count.

531
00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:18,680
And then the state of New Jersey and the state.

532
00:39:19,280 --> 00:39:22,480
Is this then good enough to discover the proof?

533
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:26,100
or decides it is, then we will have a motion in a second

534
00:39:26,100 --> 00:39:28,780
to have me forward it to the Township Committee

535
00:39:28,780 --> 00:39:30,040
for First Reading.

536
00:39:31,800 --> 00:39:36,060
So the red part, we're gonna change to up to one two year

537
00:39:36,060 --> 00:39:40,000
or two up to two additional years.

538
00:39:40,680 --> 00:39:41,820
I'm striking the one.

539
00:39:48,340 --> 00:39:52,280
I think Scott had a suggestion.

540
00:39:52,720 --> 00:39:55,520
I mean, are we going to adopt the clarity suggestion

541
00:39:55,520 --> 00:40:01,520
of the light, which that you would see on May Scott, in regards to, you would

542
00:40:01,520 --> 00:40:04,360
thought that there was, it wasn't exactly clear.

543
00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:09,300
Is that right for this sentence?

544
00:40:10,500 --> 00:40:10,700
Yeah,

545
00:40:13,810 --> 00:40:15,270
let me just read it all out.

546
00:40:16,470 --> 00:40:20,210
Board of the Justice and upon Writhner, a question for good caution, may grant an

547
00:40:20,210 --> 00:40:26,970
extension of time beyond the 14th of limitation, not to exceed two more additional

548
00:40:40,980 --> 00:40:47,140
I don't know how to see 24 additional months beyond the 14.

549
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,580
Yes, we stay with months.

550
00:40:50,160 --> 00:40:51,780
That's right.

551
00:40:51,780 --> 00:40:53,620
That's fine.

552
00:40:53,620 --> 00:40:54,420
24 months.

553
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:55,000
24 months.

554
00:40:56,140 --> 00:40:57,740
That's still getting some flexibility.

555
00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:01,420
If they say 80 months or 14 months or whatever.

556
00:41:01,420 --> 00:41:06,160
They have that in it, yes, that's fine, that's fine.

557
00:41:06,300 --> 00:41:06,900
Thank you.

558
00:41:06,900 --> 00:41:07,060
Thank you.

559
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:08,560
Very good.

560
00:41:09,180 --> 00:41:09,340
Good.

561
00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:16,260
And then earlier, it gets into what you were saying about it being driven by the approving of the

562
00:41:16,260 --> 00:41:16,660
resolution.

563
00:41:18,020 --> 00:41:18,200
Yes.

564
00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:22,320
Rather than because the PPE, it would be repetitive to prevent it.

565
00:41:22,340 --> 00:41:22,560
Yeah.

566
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:28,570
Initially, it says from the date of entry of the judgment or determination of the board of

567
00:41:28,570 --> 00:41:33,770
I don't know exactly what that means, when is the disharmedation, don't say.

568
00:41:34,030 --> 00:41:34,390
That's the right.

569
00:41:35,110 --> 00:41:35,450
Good.

570
00:41:36,210 --> 00:41:36,490
Okay.

571
00:41:36,530 --> 00:41:38,950
Is there a motion to accept that with the modification?

572
00:41:39,130 --> 00:41:40,190
But there's modifications.

573
00:41:40,650 --> 00:41:41,690
I'm out of tune to accept.

574
00:41:43,130 --> 00:41:44,110
And I'll second death.

575
00:41:44,210 --> 00:41:44,610
The order.

576
00:41:45,110 --> 00:41:46,090
I'll second death.

577
00:41:46,330 --> 00:41:46,490
All right.

578
00:41:46,730 --> 00:41:47,570
We can do it all in favor.

579
00:41:48,230 --> 00:41:49,070
All in favor?

580
00:41:49,690 --> 00:41:50,010
Aye.

581
00:41:50,270 --> 00:41:50,790
Any pose?

582
00:41:51,630 --> 00:41:51,730
Great.

583
00:41:51,830 --> 00:41:52,150
Beautiful.

584
00:41:52,690 --> 00:41:52,730
Thank you.

585
00:41:54,490 --> 00:41:55,010
All right.

586
00:41:55,010 --> 00:41:59,210
who would like to introduce our next, this one should be even more straightforward.

587
00:42:00,370 --> 00:42:01,390
It's very straightforward.

588
00:42:01,390 --> 00:42:02,690
Probably best if you want to go somewhere.

589
00:42:02,690 --> 00:42:05,770
Yes, you're in a float.

590
00:42:06,410 --> 00:42:06,910
You're in a float.

591
00:42:07,350 --> 00:42:07,910
You're in a zone.

592
00:42:07,930 --> 00:42:08,610
I'm in a zone.

593
00:42:09,350 --> 00:42:10,150
We're so in fact.

594
00:42:10,230 --> 00:42:11,050
Is that affordable housing?

595
00:42:11,790 --> 00:42:12,710
What zone are you at?

596
00:42:12,830 --> 00:42:14,810
This is the one we talk about on the type inside.

597
00:42:17,550 --> 00:42:19,050
That's exactly what it is.

598
00:42:19,870 --> 00:42:22,550
So this is just part of the cleanup ordinance.

599
00:42:22,550 --> 00:42:26,850
It's just, we're just cleaning little things here and there.

600
00:42:27,750 --> 00:42:32,550
So the first section is LU-171.5.

601
00:42:34,330 --> 00:42:38,610
The Planning Board shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman.

602
00:42:39,230 --> 00:42:42,890
The ordinance right now says, from its members.

603
00:42:43,950 --> 00:42:45,770
That's not entirely correct.

604
00:42:46,550 --> 00:42:49,050
It's from among its class four members.

605
00:42:49,050 --> 00:42:53,090
So that's what we're adding, because a class one, a class two and a

606
00:42:53,090 --> 00:42:57,030
class three cannot be the chairman, only class four members.

607
00:42:57,590 --> 00:43:01,490
So that's just being, it's statutory, and it's just being a little

608
00:43:01,490 --> 00:43:05,510
bit more specific, because there hasn't been a question in long-hilled.

609
00:43:05,550 --> 00:43:08,930
But there was a question that came to me in another town, whether a class two

610
00:43:08,930 --> 00:43:13,750
can be a chairman or a vice chairman in the answer is no.

611
00:43:13,750 --> 00:43:21,050
So, for avoidance of confusion, this is just, you know, copying and pasting exactly with the statute requires.

612
00:43:21,390 --> 00:43:21,770
That's all.

613
00:43:22,330 --> 00:43:31,090
The second one, notice requirements for hearings and publication of decisions is very similar.

614
00:43:31,610 --> 00:43:40,150
The law recently changed where now these things are not required to be published in the official newspaper of the township.

615
00:43:40,150 --> 00:43:51,870
They have to be published, like for example, the publication of decisions have to be published on the website rather than in a newspaper.

616
00:43:54,470 --> 00:43:56,590
It really is.

617
00:43:56,590 --> 00:44:04,390
There's still published on an official and a newspapers website, not in a physical case.

618
00:44:04,390 --> 00:44:15,430
So the first one, public notice has to be given by an applicant, but it's no longer by publication in the official newspaper of the township.

619
00:44:16,510 --> 00:44:22,430
It's technically the township doesn't have to designate an official newspaper.

620
00:44:23,770 --> 00:44:29,010
And the municipal land use law actually says it's just a newspaper in general circulation.

621
00:44:29,010 --> 00:44:38,050
Now, the township did designate an official newspaper and so did the boards because in order

622
00:44:38,050 --> 00:44:46,810
to publish in a news website, it has to have a certain reach and it has to demonstrate

623
00:44:46,810 --> 00:44:48,330
that it has that reach.

624
00:44:49,510 --> 00:44:54,410
An applicant coming in before a board, especially an applicant without an attorney, is not

625
00:44:54,410 --> 00:44:59,290
I don't understand that they can't publish in, like, I don't know, Facebook, even though

626
00:44:59,290 --> 00:44:59,970
Facebook probably.

627
00:45:01,380 --> 00:45:10,420
But a much bigger issue is some of these publications. But that's a joke. But there are these

628
00:45:10,420 --> 00:45:15,180
tiny, teeny, tiny little news publications that are popping up here and again, and they advertise

629
00:45:15,180 --> 00:45:21,360
on social media, but they don't really exist anywhere else. And I can see how someone could be

630
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:27,680
confused and can go to one of these publications. And I can see how they would say, sure, we can

631
00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:34,460
run your ad, but they're not an official, well, you don't have to.

632
00:45:34,800 --> 00:45:43,580
Yeah, it just, it doesn't comply with the statutory requirement for how many persons

633
00:45:43,580 --> 00:45:51,800
or computers or whatever it actually touches that how much of exposure that you get from this

634
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:52,320
publication.

635
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:57,280
So, but this is also a bit of an 80-20 rule, right?

636
00:45:57,280 --> 00:46:03,500
Because not every newspaper gets to every resident town,

637
00:46:03,740 --> 00:46:07,300
just like not everybody has an internet capabilities

638
00:46:07,300 --> 00:46:09,420
to get to the internet page.

639
00:46:11,080 --> 00:46:12,400
So, doesn't have to achieve 100%.

640
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:15,880
But it has to achieve a majority of the access

641
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:18,380
for someone to get access to that information.

642
00:46:18,420 --> 00:46:18,780
Yes.

643
00:46:19,220 --> 00:46:19,620
Yes.

644
00:46:19,620 --> 00:46:25,920
And honestly, that you'd be told, the main form of notification when it comes to applications

645
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,280
for either board is the 200 foot less.

646
00:46:28,320 --> 00:46:28,740
The letter.

647
00:46:28,900 --> 00:46:30,280
That's exactly exactly exactly.

648
00:46:30,400 --> 00:46:31,340
That's exactly exactly.

649
00:46:31,820 --> 00:46:34,980
Those are the ones who have to receive, and that's certified mail.

650
00:46:35,380 --> 00:46:35,580
Yep, too.

651
00:46:35,900 --> 00:46:42,220
Those people that reside, but those residents reside within 200 feet of the area of interest.

652
00:46:43,040 --> 00:46:43,200
Right.

653
00:46:43,740 --> 00:46:48,040
So what we're changing here is that we're taking out the official newspaper of this

654
00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:54,280
ownership, just for avoidance of doubt, because the township technically isn't even required

655
00:46:54,280 --> 00:46:59,360
to designate one anymore. And it may choose not to. The reason it does now is because

656
00:46:59,360 --> 00:47:04,820
applicants are just not going to know. So I think there's something wrong with that I think

657
00:47:04,820 --> 00:47:09,620
actually. It took the times on this. Yeah, we are. And I think it's a good thing that the township

658
00:47:09,620 --> 00:47:15,660
continues to designate a new source, if not a newspaper, a new source, where applicants automatically

659
00:47:15,660 --> 00:47:21,120
know okay this one has the reach I can use this one I can publish in this one and it's fine

660
00:47:21,120 --> 00:47:25,920
but we're no longer calling it the official newspaper of the township not required so we're just

661
00:47:25,920 --> 00:47:31,280
saying in accordance with law I think recently you said there's some changes this is discussed

662
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:35,880
it's not just this discussion here is that board of discussions been held as well yeah I think

663
00:47:35,880 --> 00:47:45,640
I did a memo at the beginning of the year and we did a resolution in March we did a resolution in March

664
00:47:45,640 --> 00:47:53,600
You know, as certain as we can be, you know, because these things may change that the reach of, you know,

665
00:47:53,860 --> 00:48:01,260
the designated new source is consistent with what the statute requires basically.

666
00:48:02,420 --> 00:48:07,620
So that's why we're saying in accordance with law rather than talking about any official township newspapers.

667
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:14,100
And in the second one, the publication of decisions, that one's even more clear that it's in accordance with law

668
00:48:14,100 --> 00:48:18,160
because law now requires it to be published on a website,

669
00:48:18,860 --> 00:48:19,880
on the township's website.

670
00:48:20,500 --> 00:48:23,400
Now, if in the future, in a year, in two and three,

671
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:26,380
something else happens, and they decide to change it,

672
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:27,820
we're not gonna have to change this ordinance,

673
00:48:28,020 --> 00:48:29,880
because it's still gonna be an accordance with law.

674
00:48:30,680 --> 00:48:32,640
And I'm a big fan of writing ordinances

675
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:34,620
that you don't have to change every couple of years

676
00:48:34,620 --> 00:48:36,940
because these things slip through the cracks.

677
00:48:37,680 --> 00:48:41,840
So how long does it take to save this by its invesolutions?

678
00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:46,620
How long does those solutions have to be accessible if it's on the website?

679
00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:51,000
They don't have to be put on the website at all.

680
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:51,380
They don't.

681
00:48:51,560 --> 00:48:53,940
The notice of decision has to be.

682
00:48:53,940 --> 00:48:58,600
And that's only, and the notice of decision, I don't think they keep it up.

683
00:48:58,680 --> 00:48:59,500
They're all out to look.

684
00:48:59,820 --> 00:49:01,240
It has to go in an archive.

685
00:49:01,860 --> 00:49:02,300
Right.

686
00:49:02,480 --> 00:49:07,540
But after it's published on the website, it then goes in an archive so that people can, you know.

687
00:49:07,740 --> 00:49:08,700
That's a good question, yeah.

688
00:49:08,700 --> 00:49:11,320
I would challenge, because I couldn't find just resolutions.

689
00:49:12,100 --> 00:49:13,260
Oh, there's no resolutions.

690
00:49:13,540 --> 00:49:14,820
There's a notice of decision.

691
00:49:15,020 --> 00:49:16,140
There's no notice of decision.

692
00:49:16,280 --> 00:49:16,580
There's no notice of decision.

693
00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:17,860
There's no resolution.

694
00:49:18,220 --> 00:49:19,600
There's no resolution on the website.

695
00:49:20,120 --> 00:49:20,300
Right.

696
00:49:20,560 --> 00:49:21,300
There's something.

697
00:49:22,760 --> 00:49:24,240
Because it's a list.

698
00:49:27,460 --> 00:49:32,580
They have just made sure that we are doing something on the website.

699
00:49:33,240 --> 00:49:35,360
Because I don't see some stuff.

700
00:49:37,290 --> 00:49:38,130
That's all.

701
00:49:38,870 --> 00:49:39,430
Just a double check.

702
00:49:39,430 --> 00:49:45,840
How do we in the past posted it at the town hall on the Bolton Board?

703
00:49:48,220 --> 00:49:52,680
Notice of hearings and notice of decision or anything like that?

704
00:49:52,680 --> 00:49:55,080
No, not for applications for dates.

705
00:49:56,960 --> 00:49:57,860
Not for them.

706
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:00,460
Yeah, like January.

707
00:50:01,420 --> 00:50:07,720
The legally proposed dates for after we have our rear meetings and the contracts.

708
00:50:09,720 --> 00:50:15,040
So to some point, what does a brief notice of final decision actually look like?

709
00:50:15,400 --> 00:50:21,960
Oh, it's a, you know, the zoning board of adjustment on this and this date approved application number blah blah blah

710
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:26,700
And, you know, it gives a brief description of the property and then what was granted.

711
00:50:28,140 --> 00:50:33,460
And the date of adoption of the resolution, basically, I'm posting them on the echoes.

712
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,780
I don't know if I posted them on our tellship.

713
00:50:35,780 --> 00:50:37,540
because I couldn't find anything like that.

714
00:50:37,540 --> 00:50:38,920
All right, I can go back and post it.

715
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:41,080
Because I think if we're going to go down this part,

716
00:50:41,340 --> 00:50:44,120
100% that we need to make sure everything is accessible.

717
00:50:44,560 --> 00:50:46,800
Because I just, nothing's just jumps to mind.

718
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:51,340
You can also, there is, if you Google New Jersey public notice.

719
00:50:52,020 --> 00:50:57,380
It will, you can limit it to, and you can go back in time,

720
00:50:57,380 --> 00:50:58,380
run it indefinitely.

721
00:50:59,060 --> 00:50:59,860
I use it all the time.

722
00:50:59,880 --> 00:51:00,840
No, I do it too.

723
00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:01,200
Yeah.

724
00:51:01,200 --> 00:51:05,360
And now with this new law, the New Jersey Secretary of State

725
00:51:05,360 --> 00:51:08,420
has a repository for all notices.

726
00:51:09,060 --> 00:51:10,660
So if you're ever looking for a notice,

727
00:51:10,900 --> 00:51:13,660
the state is now archiving, all of these notices.

728
00:51:14,880 --> 00:51:17,480
So every municipality, agency, authority,

729
00:51:18,180 --> 00:51:21,280
that has to do notices, should have gotten,

730
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:24,080
like, I don't know, 10 or whatever,

731
00:51:24,380 --> 00:51:27,940
from the Secretary of State, where they get to now upload

732
00:51:28,480 --> 00:51:31,000
their notices, and that's being archived.

733
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:33,440
But I'm still navigating my way through, too,

734
00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:36,140
because literally, like, residential applications

735
00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:40,840
who don't have attorneys, like, I've been helping them with it.

736
00:51:41,740 --> 00:51:45,200
But those who have attorneys, they, the attorneys handle it.

737
00:51:45,680 --> 00:51:47,560
So it's, yeah, it's been a learning curve.

738
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:54,460
I think there's, yeah, because I've said enough that we need to think

739
00:51:54,460 --> 00:52:01,360
about how things are presented and accessible and searchable in easy manner.

740
00:52:05,420 --> 00:52:12,160
The one thing I wanted to bring to your attention and something that I didn't think about earlier, but maybe

741
00:52:12,160 --> 00:52:20,440
the discussion right now, especially with Deb, is that publication is arranged by the secretary of approving authority, is that still true?

742
00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:22,540
What do you mean, did I?

743
00:52:22,960 --> 00:52:27,480
Yeah, published no, yeah, published no, it shall be given by publication now in accordance with law.

744
00:52:27,720 --> 00:52:29,260
At least 10 days prior to the date of hearing.

745
00:52:29,260 --> 00:52:29,980
Thanks for watching.

746
00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:37,660
Education shall be arranged by the Secretary of the approving authority as the case may be upon payment of the fee support, in section 180 of this ordinance.

747
00:52:38,120 --> 00:52:39,180
Yes, that's still true.

748
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:39,600
Okay.

749
00:52:39,820 --> 00:52:43,120
I just wanted to make sure that we don't need to change that in any way.

750
00:52:46,300 --> 00:52:50,920
And I know that the publication of decision is a U.S. do that.

751
00:52:51,080 --> 00:52:53,180
So that that one I'm not even a question.

752
00:52:53,840 --> 00:52:55,920
And now you have to have me terrified, because I might be in behind.

753
00:52:55,920 --> 00:53:01,180
I'm going to have to go back and look at all the websites tomorrow and be like, oh my gosh, wait wait

754
00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:07,220
Because this year has not been as busy as the last couple of years like it's

755
00:53:07,220 --> 00:53:07,480
So now

756
00:53:08,260 --> 00:53:15,800
Any other questions comments on this particular awareness curious what fees are there is that like so the fee is so for instance

757
00:53:15,800 --> 00:53:22,260
If I've been posting for residents that don't have attorneys, I post through the echoes and

758
00:53:22,260 --> 00:53:28,060
And the echoes, Sentinel, still provides a copy of what goes on the Internet and an affidated,

759
00:53:28,320 --> 00:53:30,800
because we have to have an affidavit for the file.

760
00:53:30,860 --> 00:53:33,060
Affidavit a publication, a publication, a publication.

761
00:53:33,060 --> 00:53:36,080
So they charge, they charge, because it has, so they charge for that.

762
00:53:36,100 --> 00:53:36,840
Echoes does.

763
00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:37,300
The correct.

764
00:53:37,500 --> 00:53:41,160
So the echoes bills the township, I bill the escrow of the applicant.

765
00:53:41,980 --> 00:53:42,260
Interesting.

766
00:53:42,420 --> 00:53:44,320
And the same goes with the notification of memorialization.

767
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:48,500
Once there was a solution, it's memorialized, and I noted in the paper,

768
00:53:49,700 --> 00:53:51,840
Yeah, I charge the, I charge the according.

769
00:53:53,320 --> 00:53:56,260
That we don't, it's interesting because that's kind of where,

770
00:53:56,500 --> 00:54:00,840
like, it's acceptable by law for our memorialization.

771
00:54:01,120 --> 00:54:04,060
When I memorialized it, when I did it in the newspaper,

772
00:54:05,360 --> 00:54:10,580
our clerk can actually, like, print it out and take a copy from the paper

773
00:54:10,580 --> 00:54:12,920
and then seal it basically.

774
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:16,360
But now that it's in a paper, like I'm trying to say that,

775
00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:18,840
Okay, it's been a learning curve.

776
00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:21,320
Changing technology.

777
00:54:21,340 --> 00:54:23,340
Yeah, it's a click, no, it's a click, no, it's a click.

778
00:54:23,620 --> 00:54:24,880
That's why David has brought it up.

779
00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:26,700
Oh my God, I think I'm behind.

780
00:54:27,100 --> 00:54:27,600
It's so fast.

781
00:54:27,860 --> 00:54:31,340
Every time a loser change, I mean, everything has been

782
00:54:31,340 --> 00:54:35,200
noted because before an applicant comes to any hearing,

783
00:54:35,720 --> 00:54:37,280
you'll want to get the copy of the notice

784
00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:39,120
that you should have professionals do, whoever's

785
00:54:39,120 --> 00:54:42,260
reviewing the application, at 10 days in advance, right?

786
00:54:42,420 --> 00:54:45,660
So we can confirm that the boards can legally hear

787
00:54:45,660 --> 00:54:49,700
application. Now what I'm concerned about on the flip side is when we move more or less

788
00:54:49,700 --> 00:54:57,460
in some way. I got to figure that out. Yeah, that's important because it's the appeal period.

789
00:54:58,180 --> 00:54:58,720
Yeah, exactly.

790
00:55:01,440 --> 00:55:08,740
Any other sort of comments questions? Can we do a similar motion? Are we ready to push this forward?

791
00:55:10,000 --> 00:55:10,520
Orc?

792
00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:11,400
Yes, that's perfect.

793
00:55:12,420 --> 00:55:13,880
You work push.

794
00:55:14,140 --> 00:55:14,320
You work push.

795
00:55:14,320 --> 00:55:14,940
I hope you work push.

796
00:55:14,940 --> 00:55:15,800
You should do the work push.

797
00:55:17,320 --> 00:55:17,740
Excellent.

798
00:55:18,100 --> 00:55:19,180
I thought there was any amendments.

799
00:55:19,460 --> 00:55:22,460
I don't think we're there any significant amendments.

800
00:55:23,140 --> 00:55:23,340
I don't know.

801
00:55:23,340 --> 00:55:24,040
I'll just stay as well.

802
00:55:24,240 --> 00:55:25,120
I'll just stay as well.

803
00:55:25,380 --> 00:55:29,620
I think somebody would, somebody like to make a motion.

804
00:55:31,680 --> 00:55:38,100
I motion to prove the, the ordinances we just discussed.

805
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:45,760
in second. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Aye, pose?

806
00:55:46,420 --> 00:55:46,820
Great.

807
00:55:47,180 --> 00:55:48,500
Excellent. Good.

808
00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:49,580
All right.

809
00:55:50,480 --> 00:55:52,820
We are on to new and old business.

810
00:55:54,640 --> 00:55:56,760
I just had a couple of things to mention.

811
00:55:57,460 --> 00:56:01,120
First, I just want to again express my thanks to the work.

812
00:56:02,060 --> 00:56:04,380
They've been doing a great amount of work.

813
00:56:04,840 --> 00:56:07,000
As we've all been taking the summer off,

814
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:08,880
a lot of the other board members.

815
00:56:08,880 --> 00:56:15,840
The work has been busy at work pushing through a lot of important ordinances.

816
00:56:16,420 --> 00:56:22,460
They might seem trivial, but they all fit a big puzzle, you know, and I think that I really

817
00:56:22,460 --> 00:56:27,540
appreciate all the efforts to keep this flowing and it's going to get a little bit more challenging

818
00:56:27,540 --> 00:56:33,560
as we come into the fall because our applicants are starting to come out of the woodwork.

819
00:56:33,560 --> 00:56:41,680
So, that's going to create a pretty busy season to do both, so, but again, in advance, I do

820
00:56:41,680 --> 00:56:45,240
thank the work for helping to keep these things going.

821
00:56:46,460 --> 00:56:52,780
The second thing I just wanted to mention is, I invited myself to present to the Township

822
00:56:52,780 --> 00:56:58,340
Committee tomorrow, kind of where we are with Master Plan Implementation.

823
00:56:58,340 --> 00:57:04,520
And this is kind of started out of meeting with the work to talk a little bit about some

824
00:57:04,520 --> 00:57:05,280
of our needs.

825
00:57:05,880 --> 00:57:11,060
This all started with the need for a zoning map and getting frustrated that that was taking

826
00:57:11,060 --> 00:57:11,620
too long.

827
00:57:11,800 --> 00:57:16,320
So that's one thing I'm going to highlight is regards to a critical need that we need to budget

828
00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:24,020
allocate Liz's in her company of graceously now step forward to just pull that map together.

829
00:57:24,740 --> 00:57:29,920
Because I know that's critical and critical tool that really the ordneds and regrets

830
00:57:29,920 --> 00:57:32,820
and now getting into the bulk of the brain and the brain.

831
00:57:33,300 --> 00:57:37,600
And the zoning officer as well.

832
00:57:39,340 --> 00:57:44,660
So that's going to be one need, and then I will also talk about just to finish off the critical

833
00:57:44,660 --> 00:57:45,080
needs.

834
00:57:45,080 --> 00:57:51,780
This is just making sure that we have adequate budget for our professionals as we continue

835
00:57:51,780 --> 00:58:10,140
to undertake the orc related work. I mean, that's absolutely critical. I like the system that's been set up and I really think the professionals for all their support, really the backbone of the group to help draft these ordinances that are very tricky from wording standpoint. So thank you.

836
00:58:10,920 --> 00:58:17,860
The only other things that I just wanted to mention that I'm going to highlight is we are going to update this list.

837
00:58:17,860 --> 00:58:20,440
I don't know, did everybody get a copy of this list?

838
00:58:20,500 --> 00:58:21,400
No, yeah, I'm not sure.

839
00:58:21,840 --> 00:58:22,740
Well, we'll update this.

840
00:58:22,740 --> 00:58:28,900
This is just going through what we accomplished in each of the years after the implementation

841
00:58:28,900 --> 00:58:32,820
of the Master Plan with regards to ordinances.

842
00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:39,600
I was planning, one step, updates this to end us out to the Township Committee, not getting

843
00:58:39,600 --> 00:58:45,640
into an exhaustive discussion, but just to illustrate that progress is being made in these

844
00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:46,480
different areas.

845
00:58:47,120 --> 00:58:51,320
So, I think that's that's great there. We do need to add a few things and make a lot of things.

846
00:58:51,320 --> 00:58:53,740
Yeah, I will update that, send it out to the board first, sing in the morning.

847
00:58:54,280 --> 00:59:01,460
And then the second thing I wanted to add is I wonder for people back, especially the Township Committee,

848
00:59:02,420 --> 00:59:07,220
that we did do an exhaustive review and development of goals and objectives.

849
00:59:07,640 --> 00:59:11,620
So, I just want to, I'm not going to go through all the goals and objectives of the Township Committee,

850
00:59:11,620 --> 00:59:26,680
But, you know, we really haven't had a chance to have a dialogue with everybody on the Township Committee about some of the goals and priorities that really the Township, especially the Township Committee should be considering.

851
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:35,740
Two areas that we have kind of initiated outside of the ordinance is one with stormwater and floodplain management.

852
00:59:35,740 --> 00:59:42,740
So there is a group that's assembling and Randy's kind of trying to facilitate that.

853
00:59:43,740 --> 00:59:49,140
There could be other opportunities for volunteers of this committee to participate in that.

854
00:59:49,620 --> 00:59:58,700
Again, I think it came out of the master plan as a critical area in regards to dealing with stormwater and floodplain management for the town.

855
00:59:59,240 --> 00:59:59,960
And it's a few-

856
01:00:00,000 --> 01:00:12,480
Your development potential. So I'll speak to that briefly and then have a dialogue with the mayor who's been working with me in regards to trying to get that initiative off the mark.

857
01:00:13,540 --> 01:00:27,860
And then the second one is came out of all the sewer-related work, was really embracing trails along a lot of the sewer right away, is we still have these great open corridors that have been created through some of the sewer construction,

858
01:00:27,860 --> 01:00:34,800
that we really want to take advantage of, I think, to create some of the connections we need in this town,

859
01:00:35,160 --> 01:00:44,960
east to west, north to south, you know, and right pivoting around the central park complex, but also then around the river too.

860
01:00:45,540 --> 01:00:51,980
There are actually some nice rights away that have been created in some of the river areas as well.

861
01:00:51,980 --> 01:00:58,400
Obviously, in many cases, there are very wet, but in many instances, that's okay.

862
01:00:58,720 --> 01:01:02,820
I mean, it's seasonal, some of the trails are bringer paths.

863
01:01:02,820 --> 01:01:08,460
Bringer wellies, as they say in Scotland, bringer wellies, and we'll walk the trail.

864
01:01:09,820 --> 01:01:15,760
So can you think of anything else, and we're just open it up for other things that you

865
01:01:15,760 --> 01:01:19,800
would like to highlight that you've seen in regards to the master plan?

866
01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:20,700
We'll come.

867
01:01:20,700 --> 01:01:21,660
I can share with attention.

868
01:01:22,060 --> 01:01:27,040
What comes to mind is the annual report from the Zoning Board and their recommendations

869
01:01:27,040 --> 01:01:33,780
on what they wanted us to address and we have, not 100 percent but we have it working

870
01:01:33,780 --> 01:01:34,040
off.

871
01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:40,480
We're working on it so that they know we're not, we're not, we're not off in a bubble.

872
01:01:41,300 --> 01:01:43,040
We're not sitting with what they recommend it.

873
01:01:43,100 --> 01:01:44,720
Yeah that's a good point, Pam.

874
01:01:45,060 --> 01:01:45,540
Thank you.

875
01:01:45,540 --> 01:01:50,780
Interestingly enough, Pam, to that note, that's a very good point, because when I was

876
01:01:50,780 --> 01:01:57,500
looking through tonight before our meeting, the last annual report that we did, a lot of

877
01:01:57,500 --> 01:02:04,640
it ties into the master plan zone changes that we're going to begin. We're going to start the bulk

878
01:02:04,640 --> 01:02:09,880
of that next year, because first of all, the budget, and it's what we call, as you want to

879
01:02:09,880 --> 01:02:15,680
first to it as a master notice. Because when you implement changes to the specific zones,

880
01:02:15,900 --> 01:02:21,100
we have to send out notices we have to have a hearing on this stuff. So we're trying

881
01:02:21,100 --> 01:02:25,500
to, you know, listen, you want to have been very good about trying to, you know, focus on

882
01:02:25,500 --> 01:02:29,720
doing a lot of that stuff, you know, set back changes and you know other things that the board

883
01:02:29,720 --> 01:02:36,280
recommended in the annual report. So we can do it all at once with one like major notice.

884
01:02:37,280 --> 01:02:41,680
So, if that makes sense, right, you want to, yes, yeah, okay.

885
01:02:42,000 --> 01:02:48,500
Yeah, for the things that were required to do the notice for some of the things we're not, some of the things we are, you know,

886
01:02:48,520 --> 01:02:50,000
across those bridges where we are.

887
01:02:52,260 --> 01:02:52,460
Good.

888
01:02:52,860 --> 01:02:53,160
There you go.

889
01:02:53,500 --> 01:02:55,460
Anything else anybody can take off?

890
01:02:55,580 --> 01:02:56,840
Well, I just wanted to remind you,

891
01:02:58,040 --> 01:02:59,740
September is a big month.

892
01:03:00,800 --> 01:03:01,100
Two dates.

893
01:03:01,100 --> 01:03:03,600
the first date in September, you have two subdivisions.

894
01:03:04,880 --> 01:03:08,000
And the second date in September, you have Sterling Crossing,

895
01:03:09,060 --> 01:03:11,500
which I've sent to everybody the link we do have plans.

896
01:03:11,500 --> 01:03:15,960
If anybody wants a R coffee, we've received a traffic report.

897
01:03:16,120 --> 01:03:17,780
I wish I could put that on the agenda tonight.

898
01:03:18,740 --> 01:03:20,460
We'll do that next agenda for the resolution.

899
01:03:21,040 --> 01:03:22,920
But anyway, I have the traffic report.

900
01:03:22,920 --> 01:03:24,120
I hear from the police department.

901
01:03:24,120 --> 01:03:24,940
We hear from fire.

902
01:03:25,720 --> 01:03:28,220
So within the next week, I'm going to be forwarding those documents

903
01:03:28,220 --> 01:03:29,020
to the board.

904
01:03:29,800 --> 01:03:37,840
There's a job we'll be finalizing their reports on that, and yeah, I mean, thank you for reminding me too.

905
01:03:37,860 --> 01:03:42,420
Just as a straw poll, everybody be present on the eighth.

906
01:03:42,740 --> 01:03:45,280
I mean, that is right, that's the day after Labor Day.

907
01:03:45,520 --> 01:03:48,480
I will not be present for that meeting.

908
01:03:48,980 --> 01:03:50,780
So I have to send me an email reminder.

909
01:03:50,960 --> 01:03:52,820
Yeah, I'll remind you of that, unfortunately.

910
01:03:53,220 --> 01:03:55,400
So that is the day after Labor Day.

911
01:03:55,400 --> 01:03:58,220
Can I make it comment about Sterling Crossing?

912
01:03:58,560 --> 01:03:58,900
You know what?

913
01:03:59,460 --> 01:04:01,060
I can't say anything about you.

914
01:04:02,080 --> 01:04:03,720
You know if there's something missing?

915
01:04:04,620 --> 01:04:05,820
You would send me a separate email.

916
01:04:05,960 --> 01:04:06,240
I don't know.

917
01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:06,320
I don't know.

918
01:04:06,660 --> 01:04:11,220
I just want to thank Mr. Chair.

919
01:04:11,620 --> 01:04:13,700
When you get the touch of committee's attention,

920
01:04:14,420 --> 01:04:16,360
and we have a bunch of applicants that are going to be coming

921
01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:18,120
before the Board in the Zoning Board.

922
01:04:18,640 --> 01:04:23,580
Can we get the communications aspect of the dress as well?

923
01:04:24,340 --> 01:04:25,420
That's a good point.

924
01:04:25,420 --> 01:04:26,040
Like the phones.

925
01:04:26,580 --> 01:04:28,580
The batteries for that thing.

926
01:04:29,640 --> 01:04:30,300
The problems.

927
01:04:30,840 --> 01:04:31,580
The cables on the BIO.

928
01:04:31,660 --> 01:04:33,140
Cue the bad microns.

929
01:04:35,420 --> 01:04:35,600
Yeah.

930
01:04:35,860 --> 01:04:36,040
Yep.

931
01:04:37,060 --> 01:04:38,060
It's gonna be here.

932
01:04:38,540 --> 01:04:38,560
It's gonna be here.

933
01:04:38,560 --> 01:04:38,820
Yep.

934
01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:39,700
Good.

935
01:04:41,240 --> 01:04:42,180
It's difficult to work with.

936
01:04:42,360 --> 01:04:42,540
Yeah.

937
01:04:44,080 --> 01:04:44,420
All right.

938
01:04:44,960 --> 01:04:46,080
If we have nothing else,

939
01:04:46,600 --> 01:04:47,560
is there a motion to adjourn?

940
01:04:47,800 --> 01:04:48,460
Full move.

941
01:04:49,040 --> 01:04:49,220
Second.

942
01:04:49,840 --> 01:04:50,280
I'm favored.

943
01:04:50,420 --> 01:04:50,920
Hi.