Poyner said the applicant met the special reasons for granting the variance but found the applicant did not meet the requirement for enhanced quality of proof required by the state. Local: Have your say on Edison development, traffic, houses of worship at master plan discussion

'I just cannot support the current plan for the seven duplexes,' Harris said. 'I hope the developer regards this, not as a loss but as an opportunity to build something that's profitable to him and consistent with the neighborhood.'Ĭouncilwoman Margot Harris, who lives in the neighborhood and before being elected to council participated in a protest when the project called for 23 townhouses on the site, said she was initially leaning toward supporting the zoning board's decision and wanted to like the duplex design, but thinks it looks cheap. 'I am pleased with the results of the vote, but regardless of the vote, I would have been impressed by the detailed attention the council members paid to this matter,' said resident Joel Bassoff, who appealed the zoning board decision to the Township Council. New on Friday: Edison police officers charged with racketeering in sweeping indictment Telephone and email messages sent to Steven Tripp, the developer's attorney, Wednesday have not been returned. It's unclear if Markim Developers plans to appeal the council's decision in Superior Court.

The council also had the option of taking no action or remanding it back to the zoning board. The decision was met by applause by residents in the audience who have been fighting plans for multifamily housing on the two-acre golf course-zoned site in a single-family neighborhood. Watch Video: Data.M圜: Search millions of NJ, US public recordsĮDISON – The Township Council has overturned the Zoning Board of Adjustment's approval granting a use variance to a developer to build seven duplexes on the site of the former Charlie Brown's on Plainfield Road.Ĭouncil members voted unanimously Wednesday night to overturn the zoning board's decision, following a motion by Councilman John Poyner.

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