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- Heading out - thousands of Jews on the way to Kerestir on May 3-4 to mark the 97th yahrzeit of Reb Shayale Kerestirer.
- Lakewood zoning board meeting today Monday May 2 at 6:00 pm
on the agenda:
Application for a cell communications tower on the Georgian court property behind 14th street and Case rd.
Application for 15 units on Chestnut st west of New Hampshire ave
- NJ plastic/paper bag ban begins on Wednesday Food pantries at churches and non-profits will get a six-month reprieve from the bag ban to help make the transition. And any penalties of the Styrofoam ban will come with a warning to start. Businesses and institutions can also apply via an online application for a waiver to be exempt from the Styrofoam ban for up to one year. Egg cartons will be exempt from the law for two years.
- Israel demanded an apology from Russia after foreign minister Sergey lavrov rants Zelensky has Jewish blood 'just like Hitler'
- High school acceptance letters are expected to arrive in the mail this week. was pushed off from last week.
- President Joe Biden hasn’t announced a plan to enact wide-scale student loan cancellation, but there’s already speculation Biden could cancel $10,000 for student loan borrowers if he proceeds with mass student loan forgiveness.
Aderet Offices (appeal # 4210) on Lanes Mill is back again for a Use Variance to construct a prohibited office building in a residential zone. The application states that they’re knocking down a shul to do this.
ReplyDeleteThe other problem is that they are not giving nearly enough Parking spaces which will cause a traffic mess.
They're trying to trick the Board by claiming that they'll be able to arrange for more spots from the proposed Aderes Bais Yaakov school & wedding hall next door. But those facilities are a long way from getting approved by the various government agencies – and they’re still only in the early proposal stages – so there may not even be a parking lot there ever to be used by this office complex. Besides for this issue, the proposed number of parking spaces for the wedding hall (to be used after school hours) – even though it might sound like a lot – is barely even the minimum that applicant will need for himself. The Hall is HUGE and has an additional approx 4,000 square foot kitchen. The parking lot will lose at least several dozen spots just from the various staff servicing the Hall. The number of guests attending the hall will leave exactly zero spots for the Aderet office building’s employees. There is no way this “arrangement” can ever work out.
Regency development has fooled the Board in the past with this gimmick and it’s never worked out like they claimed it would. Instead, it’s always caused a messed-up situation for us drivers. They only care about making more money and not about the residents.
Keep the existing zoning intact. Vote NO to this application!
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ReplyDeleteDr Jill is still a teacher because her husband Joe doesnt want to cancel her student debts......
The zoning board is scheduled to hear tonight an application to create new duplex lots on Chestnut Street. Zone is currently R-20, but the guy wants R-7.5 Application # ZB 4212.
ReplyDeleteAs is, the Chestnut neighborhood is choked between route 9 and New Hampshire, both with heavy traffic. Vermont is closed. It is irresponsible to allow any increase in the density around the Chestnut area, without the required traffic improvements, per the master plan, which was enacted by the township committee which is currently on the books.
I hope that we don't need to take this to the next level. This is hazardous! . We hope that the zoning board will do the amicable thing and only follow the enacted governing rules which are required here.
Oh please! Don’t you know by now that it’s not WHAT you know, it’s WHO you know??? Look at Westgate and what went on there. The shul was approved and then a lawyer was hired to fight it. That didn’t just happen in a coincidental bubble. Obviously there were people who were well connected...
DeleteWhat happened to the yellow playset at sunset park? It was removed and the area was left full of tripping hazards. Will it be replaced?
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