MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING BOARD

OF THE BOROUGH OF MOUNTAIN LAKES

March 24, 2011

Chair Sandy Batty read the Open Public Meeting Advertisement Notice adopted at the annual meeting on January 27, 2011:  Adequate notice of this meeting was given to the Citizen and the Daily Record, posted with the Borough Clerk and on the Bulletin Board and made available to all those requesting individual notice and paying the required fee.

ROLL CALL:

Members Present: Batty, Kane, Zamierowski, Bailey, Selver, Nachshen, Lewis, Holmberg, Gormally and DeVenezia

Absent: Selver

Also Present: Attorney Peter Henry (left 7:50 pm)

Absent: Engineer Bill Ryden

REVIEW OF MINUTES: Martin Kane made a motion to adopt the minutes of the February 24^th meeting. Barry Lewis provided the second; the minutes were approved by voice vote of all eligible voters.

RESOLUTIONS:

Daniel Ferrante                                                 Appl. # 07-231

Barry Lewis made a motion to adopt the resolution of approval; Martin Kane provided the second.  The resolution was carried by a vote of 6 to 0 with members Batty, Kane, Lewis, Nachshen, Bailey and Zamierowski voting in favor.

LETTER:

            CIGCO, LLC                                                  Appl. # 09-240

A letter was received by the Board Administrator from the Attorney of CIGCO, LLC.  In the letter the applicant’s attorney, Jeremy Garlock, requested that condition 6 of the resolution dated November 19, 2009 be modified.  Condition 6 requires a well be drilled prior to obtaining a building permit. He requested the condition be changed due to the pending lifting of the water restrictions in town. They requested the requirement to drill a well before permitting be changed to before issuing a certificate of occupancy.

Kimberly Lomot, a licensed Attorney in the state of New Jersey was present at the Board meeting to explain her client’s position.  Because the Borough is close to having the water restrictions lifted the applicant is hoping they would be able to hook up to the town water supply directly rather than drill a well. Mr. Peter’s has already obtained his permit from the DEP to dig a well. 

Peter Henry pointed out that this request was similar to the one made by Daniel Ferrante. Charles Gormally asked the Board if they had any other resolutions with similar conditions.  Peter Henry thought the Klingenburg resolution had a similar condition. Jim Bailey asked if the permit to drill the well would expire. Kimberly Lomot said the permit was valid for two years from the date of approval. If water service became available the well drilling permit would be abandoned.

Edwin Peters was sworn in. He said that the location of well and the location to hook up to the town water supply were both stated on the site plan submitted to the Construction Department.

Barry Lewis made a motion to amend the resolution, changing the well drill requirement at the time of permitting to the time a Certificate of Occupancy was issued. Peter Holmberg provided the second. The Board voted 9 – 0 to approve the amendment with members Batty, Kane, Gormally, Lewis, Holmberg, Nachshen, Bailey, Zamierowski and DeVenezia voting in favor.

PUBLIC HEARING:  none

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

Master Plan

Chapter III – Land Use Plan

Jim Bailey told the Board the committee had gone through the chapter several times but at this point they would like to get some of the Boards comments. The committee is working on updating the charts contained in the chapter and they had comments from committee member, Joan Nix.  Sandy Batty thought, at this meeting, the Board should not go into detail on the chapter but rather discuss the concepts and answers any questions the committee had for the Board.

The Board reviewed the Land Use Objectives in Chapter 3. Discussion ensued concerning the potential redevelopment of Route 46 and the creation of a town center. They then went through the balance of the chapter and removed sections that they felt no longer pertained to the chapter. Lastly the Board went over the recommendations they would include in the Summary of Major Land Use Policies at the end of the Chapter on land use.

Chapter IV – Housing Element

Charlie Gormally commented that the Planning Board might want to add something in the chapter covering the Housing Element that explained how the town would like to handle its own Affordable Housing Plan.

Other Business - none

Sandy Batty made a motion to adjourn the meeting. The Board adjourned at 9:25 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

                                                                                    Cynthia Shaw, Secretary