MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING

 ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE BOROUGH OF MOUNTAIN LAKES

June 7, 2012

 

Chair Chris Richter called the meeting to order and announced: Adequate notice of this meeting has been provided in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act by adoption of the annual notice on January 5, 2012.  Said resolution was mailed to The Citizen and The Morris County Daily Record and by filing the same with the Borough Clerk on January 9, 2012 and was made available to all those requesting individual notice and paying the required fee.

 

 ROLL CALL:

Present: Max (7:35 pm), Richter, Cohen, Albergo, Bolo, Abate, and Dietz

Absent: Gallo and Rusak

Also Present: Attorney Michael Sullivan

 

REVIEW OF MINUTES: Mark Cohen made a motion to approve the minutes from the May 3rd meeting. Chris Richter provided the second; the minutes were approved by voice vote by all members.

 

MEMORIALIZING RESOLUTIONS:

JEFFERY SCHMITT                                           Appl. #12-607

 

Peter Bolo made a motion to adopt the resolution of approval; Mary Dietz seconded the motion.  The resolution was passed by a vote of 7 to 0 with members Richter, Bolo, Cohen, Dietz, Max, Abate and Albergo voting in favor.

 

PT ONE, LLC                                                  Appl. #12-610

 

William Albergo made a motion to adopt the resolution of approval; Mark Cohen seconded the motion.  The resolution was passed by a vote of 7 to 0 with members Richter, Bolo, Cohen, Dietz, Max, Abate and Albergo voting in favor.

 

 

MICHAEL VERZALENO                                App. #12-612

 

Chris Richter pointed out the Verzaleno resolution prepared by Mr. Sullivan did not reflect the changes made to the application pertaining to the number of stories for the front and non-fronting sides of the house. The resolution was adjusted to reflect those changes. Peter Bolo made a motion to adopt the resolution of approval with the changes; Mary Dietz seconded the motion. The resolution was passed by a vote of 7 to 0 with members Richter, Bolo, Cohen, Dietz, Max, Abate and Albergo voting in favor.

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS: The Applicant was sworn in by Attorney Michael Sullivan.

 

 

 

Carried from May 3, 2012:

ALAN & MARY DIETZ                                  370 Morris Ave

            Blk. 112, Lot 9                                                  App. #12-613

            Front                                                                R-A zone

 

Mary Dietz, of 370 Morris Avenue, presented her application.  Mrs. Dietz amended submission, the average front setback was changed to 47.6 ft rather than the 47.9 ft listed on plan and 43.75 ft reflected on the application. The applicant’s existing front porch is located in the front yard setback. She explained the front porch has settled over the years and was deteriorating. A previous owner had applied walls to an old covered porch. Anyone entering the home has to stand on the 1st step to open the door of the enclosure.

Mrs. Dietz presented exhibit A-1 consisting of two photos of the existing covered porch and the site plan. Her plans were to keep the roof and remove the enclosure, landing and stairs. She would be creating a new landing, replacing the stairs and cheek walls, plus enclosing the covered porch area again. While rebuilding the structure they would be improving the front yard setback slightly.  The new non-conforming setback would be 27.6 ft rather than the current 27.4 ft. The ILC would decrease slightly to 24.85% from 25.01%.

No one was present from the public.

The Chair asked if the Board had any questions for the applicant. Peter Bolo said he could support the application and liked the improvement made to the setback.

A motion was made by Pia Abate to approve the application as presented, a second was provided by Peter Bolo. The application was passed by a vote of 6 to 0 with members Richter, Bolo, Cohen, Max, Abate and Albergo voting to approve the application.

Michael Sullivan had prepared the resolution for the Dietz application in advance.

Arthur Max made a motion to adopt the resolution of approval; Peter Bolo seconded the motion.  The resolution was passed by a vote of 6 to 0 with members Richter, Bolo, Cohen, Max, Abate and Albergo voting in favor.

 

Other Matters / Public Comment:

There were no members of the public present.

 

Chairmen Chris Richter gave the Board an update on the new Historic Preservation ordinance. He asked that the Board Administrator email a copy of the ordinance to the Board.

 

Our next meeting will be held July 12th due to the holiday.

 

Arthur Max made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Mark Cohen provided the second. The meeting was adjourned at 8 pm. 

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                Respectfully submitted,

           

 

                                                                                                            Cynthia Shaw, Secretary