Joint Land Use Board

THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE JOINT LAND USE BOARD FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2019 WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 6:00 P.M. AT THE LINDENWOLD BOROUGH HALL. SUNSHINE ANNOUNCEMENT FLAG SALUTE PRESENT: JEFF HANSON, PE, CME – ENVIRONMENTAL RESOLUTIONS KATHLEEN MCGILL GASKILL, ESQ. – BOARD SOLICITOR MEMBERS PRESENT: MAYOR RICH ROACH COUNCILWOMAN LINDA HESS MR. CRAIG WELLS MR. JOE VANDERGRIFT MS. JOY JACKSON MS. KATHY FITZPATRICK MR. WALT LENKOWSKI MR. SAM FIELDS MS. NANCY DIDOMENICO MEMBERS ABSENT: MS. PAT STRIPPOLI MR. WELLS ENTERTAINED FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES FROM AUGUST 22, 2019. MR. LENKOWSKI MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HESS. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR. VANDERGRIFT, MS. JACKSON AND MR. FIELDS WHO ABSTAINED. MOTION CARRIED. MR. WELLS ENTERTAINED FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION, JLUB-19-11 & 19-12, SPECTRACARE FOUNDATION, BLOCK 240, LOT 58.04. MR. LENKOWSKI MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HESS. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR. VANDERGRIFT, MS. JACKSON AND MR. FIELDS WHO ABSTAINED. MOTION CARRIED. MR. WELLS ENTERTAINED FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION, JLUB-19-13, DYNAMIC ENDEAVORS, LLC, BLOCK 240, LOT 58.04. MR. LENKOWSKI MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, MOTION SECONDED BY MS. FITZPATRICK. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS WITH THE EXCEPTION MR. VANDERGRIFT, MS. JACKSON AND MR. FIELDS WHO ABSTAINED. MOTION CARRIED. 1 OLD BUSINESS APPLICATION JLUB-19-6 HOUSE OF GRACE 110 N. BERLIN ROAD BLOCK 98, LOT 6 MINOR SITE PLAN TO MAKE CHURCH MR. WELLS STATING THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE TO THE NEXT MEETING. MR. WELLS ENTERTAINED FOR A MOTION, MR. LENKOWSKI MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE AND STATING FOR THE RECORD THAT THE APPLICANT NEEDS A VARIANCE, MOTION SECONDED BY MR. FIELDS. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIED. NEW BUSINESS APPLICATION JLUB-19-14 NEXT LEVEL SJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION 110 N. WHITE HORSE PIKE BLOCK 122, LOT 9 CHANGE IN USE EMPTY BUILDING TO COMMUNITY PROGRAM SECRETARY STATING I RECEIVED AN EMAIL, THEY JUST SECURED THEIR LAWYER IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS AND THEY ARE ASKING FOR IT TO BE CONTINUED TO OCTOBER. MR. WELLS ENTERTAINED FOR MOTION TO CONTINUE APPLICATION TO OCTOBER. MR. LENKOWSKI MADE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE, MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HESS. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MR. FIELDS WHO ABSTAINED. MOTION CARRIED. APPLICATION JLUB-19-15 VAVA STUDIOS 2410 S. WHITE HORSE PIKE BLOCK 300, LOT 4.02 USE VARIANCE CHANGE IN USE TO MAKE A GLAMOR PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO JEFF BRENNAN, ESQ. – ATTORNEY FOR APPLICANT MR. BRENNAN GIVING OVERVIEW OF APPLICATION (PROPERTY IS SPLIT ZONED) YVETTE CIMARUSTI – APPLICANT SWORN IN CHRIS CIMARUSTI – SWORN IN JEFF HANSON – BOARD ENGINEER – SWORN IN 2 BOARD SOLICITOR STATING BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THE USE VARIANCE, (2) MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BODY WHICH ARE MAYOR ROACH AND COUNCILWOMAN HESS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. WE HAVE (6) MEMBERS HERE AND OUR ALTERNANT WHO IS THE SECRETARY. SO YOU WILL HAVE A FULL COMPLIMENT OF (7) MEMBERS. MAYOR ROACH AND COUNCILWOMAN HESS STEP DOWN QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION BETWEEN APPLICANTS ATTORNEY, APPLICANT, BOARD ENGINEER & BOARD SOLICITOR (DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, TYPE OF BUSINESS, NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, HOURS OF OPERATION WHICH WILL BE DONE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, INTERIOR ROOMS AND USE, TRASH, DESCRIPTION OF GARAGE AND WHAT WILL BE STORED (LAWN MOWER AND PROPS FOR BUSINESS), LANDSCAPING, PARKING, HANDICAP PARKING, SIGNAGE (RECALLING THAT AT THIS TIME, MAY APPLY IN THE FUTURE), SECURITY SYSTEM, EXISTING ASSESS DRIVE. BOARD ENGINEER SUMMARIZES APPLICATION AND REVIEW LETTER APPLICANTS ATTORNEY PUTS FORTH THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CRITERIA’S IN REGARDS TO THE USE VARIANCE. MR. WELLS OPENED THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND NO ONE STEPPED FORWARD BOARD SOLICITOR SUMS UP THE (2) REQUESTS FOR RELIEF MR. WELLS ENTERTAINED FOR A MOTION ON THE USE VARIANCE. MR. LENKOWSKI MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE USE VARIANCE, MOTION SECONDED BY MR. FIELDS. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIED. MR. WELLS ENTERTAINED FOR A MOTION ON THE SITE PLAN WAIVER. MR. LENKOWSKI MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, MOTION SECONDED BY MS. FITZPATRICK. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIED. MAYOR ROACH AND COUNCILWOMAN HESS RETURN APPLICATION JLUB-19-16 RICCARDO TORRES 11 N. BERLIN ROAD BLOCK 92, LOT 1.01 CHANGE IN USE EMPTY UNIT TO CHURCH MR. WELLS STATING DUE TO MY RELATION TO THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY, I WILL BE STEPPING DOWN BOARD SOLICITOR STATING AS OUR CHAIR IS NOT HERE AND OUR VICE CHAIR HAS STEPPED DOWN WE NEED TO MOVE TO APPOINT AN ACTING CHAIR PERSON FOR THIS APPLICATION. 3 MS. FITZPATRICK MADE A MOTION TO APPOINT MAYOR ROACH, MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HESS. ALL IN FAVOR. DALE KEITH, ESQ. – ATTORNEY FOR APPLICANT MR. KEITH GIVING OVERVIEW OF APPLICATION AND STATING THIS COMES DOWN TO THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. IN SPEAKING WITH THE SOLICITOR ABOUT THE PARKING REQUIREMENT, WE NEED TO ASK FOR A VARIANCE AS SUPPOSED TO A PLANNING REQUIREMENT, THEN WE COULD ASK FOR A WAIVER AS WE DID IN OUR APPLICATION. WE ARE ASKING FOR SOME GUIDANCE FROM THE BOARD AS WHETHER WE NEED TO GO BACK AND DO A VARIANCE REQUEST AS OPPOSED TO A WAIVER REQUEST. BOARD ENGINEER STATING IT IS A VARIANCE PER ORDINANCE BOARD SOLICITOR STATING YOU DID NOT REQUEST A WAIVER OF THE ORDINANCE YOU REQUESTED A WAIVER OF A SITE PLAN, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE. BRIEF DISCUSSION MR. KEITH STATING WE ARE ASKING TO CONTINUE OUR APPLICATION SO WE CAN APPLY FOR THE VARIANCE. MAYOR ROACH ENTERTAINED FOR A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE APPLICATION TO THE NEXT MEETING. MR. LENKOWSKI MADE THE MOTION TO CONTINUE THE APPLICATION TO THE NEXT MEETING, MOTION SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN HESS. ROLL CALL WAS UNANIMOUS. MOTION CARRIED. MR. WELLS RETURNED AS CHAIRPERSON MR. WELLS OPENED THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND NO ONE STEPPED FORWARD MEETING ADJOURNED Nancy DiDomenico BOARD SECRETARY 4