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MONTVILLE TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD
195 Changebridge Road, Montville Municipal Building
MINUTES OF THURSDAY MAY 26, 2011
7:30 PM Start
Mr.
Lipari welcomed the public and applicants to the Montville Township Planning
Board hearing of May 26, 2011 commencing at 7:30 p.m. and asked that all
present please turn off all cell phones during the proceedings.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE -
performed
STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE
- read by Liz Johansen
ROLL CALL
Board
Members:
Mr.
Maggio1 Mr. Karkowsky - present
Mr.
Sandham1 Ms. Nielson1
Mr.
Lipari - present Mr.
Lewis - present
Mr.
Hines - present Mr.
Speciale (alt#1) - present
Mr.
Visco - present Mr.
Tobias (alt#2)[1]
Mr.
Canning1
Board
Professionals:
Board
Attorney: Michael
Carroll, Esq. - present
Board
Engineer: Wayne Corsey appearing
in lieu of Stanley Omland, PE, Omland Engineering
Board
Planner: Joseph Burgis, PP,
AICP, Burgis Associates - present
Township
Staff
Principal
Planner / Board Secretary: Meghan
Hunscher, PP AICP - present
Recording
Secretary Liz
Johansen - present
SWEARING
IN OF PROFESSIONALS
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
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COMMITTEE |
LIAISON |
COMMENTS |
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Board
of Adjustment |
Gary
Lewis |
Mr. Lewis has no
report. |
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Board
of Health |
Larry
Tobias |
Mr. Tobias absent,
no report. |
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Environmental
Commission |
Vic
Canning |
Mr. Canning
absent, no report. |
|
Water
& Sewer |
Arthur
Maggio |
Mr. Maggio absent,
no report. |
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Historic
Preservation Commission |
John Visco |
Mr. Visco states
that they have training occurring. |
|
Design
Review Committee |
Deb Nielson |
No report;
previous meetings have been cancelled |
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Site
Plan/Subdivision Committee |
Russ
Lipari Chair, Ladis Karkowsky,
Deborah Nielson, & John Visco
(alt) |
Mr. Lipari indicated
next meeting is June 1. |
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Economic
Development Committee |
Jim
Sandham, Tony Speciale |
Mr. Speciale
states that Mr. Stan Omland spoke at their meeting and it was very
informative. |
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Open
Space Committee |
Ladis Karkowsky, Russ Lipari, Deb Nielson & Jim Sandham |
Mr. Karkowski has
no report. |
|
Master
Plan/COAH 3rd Round |
Ladis Karkowsky, Russ Lipari, Deborah
Nielson, Gary Lewis & John Visco
(alt) |
Mr. Lewis has no
report. |
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Cross
Acceptance Committee |
Ladis Karkowsky, Russ Lipari |
No report. |
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Highlands Legislation Review
Committee |
Gary
Lewis |
Mr. Lewis states
that there were a number of changes to the appointments that may have an
effect on direction of Highlands. Mr. Burgis reports there were 3 new
appointees this week and Montville
is awaiting review of plans submitted.
Following this, a timeline will be established for completion of final
phase. |
Mr.
Karkowski questioned Ms. Hunscher what is happening at Jewel Estates. Ms. Hunscher states that the windows arrived
and that DEP is involved. Work will
resume shortly on construction.
Mr.
Lipari commented on 321, 323 and 325
Changebridge Road. He suggests Ms. Hunscher make
contact to have the lots cleaned up.
PUBLIC DISCUSSION
Mr.
Lipari opened the meeting to the public.
No one appeared. Public
Discussion Closed on motion made by: Mr. Lewis; Seconded by: Mr. Karkowsky; All
in favor by voice vote and so carried.
PLANNING BUSINESS
COAH
impact fee ordinance
Mr.
Burgis reports that COAH plan was submitted a year ago and is still under
review by the Highlands. He
states that the ordinance was submitted, reviewed and approved by COAH with a
1% residential impact fee. The Planning
Board approved, but the ordinance still has to be adopted by the Township
Committee. Mr. Lewis expressed concern
that this fee was not the final agreed upon fee. Ms. Hunscher will look back at prior minutes to
see what the board discussed. This will be carried to the June 9th
meeting for further discussion. Mr.
Burgis indicated that he will provide a range of options and exemptions for the
board to consider. Ms. Hunscher asked
Mr. Burgis to address what may be concerns about adopting this ordinance prior
to the Third Round being resolved by COAH and the courts. Mr. Burgis indicated that a rehabilitation
share obligation would most likely still be required and this amount would
either have to come from taxes or through impact fees.
WAIVERS
None
INVOICES
No
invoices to approve.
RESOLUTIONS
None
CORRESPONDENCE
PSOIL10-01 Dellrock
Development – 9 Patrick Ct
– B: 11, L: 11.61 - dismissal
Motion to approve
made by Mr. Karkowsky
Seconded by: Mr.
Visco
Approved as
presented and so carried.
MINUTES
Minutes
from May will be carried to June 9.
LOI/DEP NOTIFICATIONS
LEGAL/LEGISLATIVE
UPDATES
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
PMS11-04 Marotta Controls – 78
Boonton Ave – B: 1, L: 29 – minor site plan – Notice Acceptable
ACT BY: 6/27/11
David
Brady, Attorney with Brady and Correale, LLP of Morristown, appearing for the
applicant, states that the applicant is looking to demolish and replace a
garage to be used for storage.
Thomas
Marotta, sworn in, with Marotta Controls, states that the company is a defense
contractor mainly for the aerospace industry that has been at this location for
66 years. The purpose of the building
will be for documents and material that need to stored as required by
government law for 20 years. Building
will have heat, air conditioning and sprinklers. Maintenance equipment will also be stored in
a section of this building. They would like to install a restroom.
Exhibit
A1 was a photograph submitted which shows current garage condition from the
exterior.
This
building will be upgraded. The new building will be setback farther to allow
for better truck circulation on the property.
Brent
Papi, PE, engineer, sworn in, states that there is a total of 79,000 square
feet of building area and there will be
292 parking spots whereas 247 spaces are required based on breakdown of office,
manufacturing and storage space. The
parking is more than sufficient to provide for employees since the number of
employees has reduced from 310 employees in 1980s to 165 at current year. This is largely due to increased
mechanization of production. There will
be 5 additional handicapped spots. The retaining wall will be 3.5 feet
tall. A detailed pavement restoration
plan will be submitted. Mr. Corsey PE states
that the utilities will be needed to be hooked up for restroom.
Jose
Santinho, Architect, sworn in, architect, indicates there will be constructed a
Butler style
building with metal paneled roof with stucco siding. The height of the new building will be 24.6
feet. The existing building height is
29.6 feet. The separation between the
existing buildings is 24.4 feet. The
separation between new building and existing will be 29.5 feet.
Public
Session Opened on a motion made by Mr. Visco and seconded by Mr. Hines.
Public
Session Closed on a motion made by Mr. Hines and seconded by Mr. Karkowsky
Mr.
Lewis indicated that he felt the application could be approved since there were
no variances, the upgrades will provide for better on-site conditions for
storage of important documents, appearance of building, and improved on-site
circulation. The additional handicap
accessible spaces provide a public benefit.
A
motion to approve this application was made by Mr. Karkowsky and seconded by
Mr. Lewis. All in favor: Mr. Lipari, Mr.
Hines, Mr. Visco, Mr. Karkowsky, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Speciale. Plans were approved as presented with
exception of new landscaping to be provided for review by Mr. Burgis. Motion carried.
CONCEPTS
None
ADJOURNMENT
There being no
further business to discuss, on a motion made by Mr. Lewis, seconded by Mr.
Hines, the meeting was adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Liz Johansen,
Secretary
[1] Absent with explanation
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