Plannng Board

City of Trenton Planning Board Conference and Public Hearing Thursday, September 8, 2022 Via Microsoft Teams or phone: 609-436-9298 The Conference ID is 412 046 968# Members in Attendance: Dan Fatton, Chair Jamie Carpenter Joe Harrison Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed Anthony Santora Members Not in Attendance: John McBride, Vice Chair Randy Baum Markus Green Jeff Halpern Charles Romanow Wanda Swiggett Staff in Attendance: Jeffrey Wilkerson, Supervising Planner Michael Kolber, Senior Planner George McGill, Planning Board Attorney Cherry Oakley, Planning Board Secretary PUBLIC HEARING Current Planning Board Membership (as of 9/8/22) Class Term Ending Date Board Member I (Mayor’s Representative) Mayor’s Term Markus Green II (City Employee) 12/31/22 Anthony Santora III (City Council 12/31/22 Joe Harrison Representative) IV (City Resident) 12/31/22 Patricia Ni’ma- Mohammed IV (City Resident) 12/31/23 Randy Baum IV (City Resident) 12/31/25 Jeff Halpern IV (City Resident) 12/31/23 Dan Fatton IV (City Resident) 12/31/25 Jamie Carpenter IV (City Resident) 12/31/22 John McBride ALTERNATES IV (City Resident) 12/31/23 Wanda Swiggett IV (City Resident) 12/31/22 Charles Romanow 1 A quorum was verified and the meeting was called to order at 6:07pm by Mr. Fatton. Approve minutes of 8/11/22 Member Aye Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded Dan Fatton, Chair X Jamie Carpenter X Joe Harrison X X Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed X X Anthony Santora X Approval to Memorialize Resolution for 527 S. Clinton Avenue Member Aye Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded Dan Fatton, Chair X Jamie Carpenter X X Joe Harrison X Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed X X Anthony Santora X Mr. Kolber indicated that there will be a Public Hearing about a proposed acquisition of a major structure in the City; Capital Health acquiring St. Francis Medical Center. There was someone from the public present to advise the Public and the Planning Board of the limited information that has been made available about the plans for this acquisition and the services that it currently provides. Iana, introduced herself and described what information has been made available to the public. She noted that Trinity Health will maintain the ownership of the land and Capital Health will purchase the building and then demolish it in order to avoid the concerns with an abandoned site that they have experienced in the past. The Heart Center will be relocated to the Helene Fuld Campus. She strongly encouraged everyone to attend the in-person Public Hearing planned for Monday, September 12, 2022 or send in written comments by September 19th. The Board asked the Planning Staff to promote the hearing on its social media channels. Mr. Kolber also noted that the Resiliency Planning will be held in-person in order to perform interactive mapping exercises starting with the Vulnerability Assessment. The Public is encouraged to come out and participate on Thursday, November 3rd at 6pm. Case was called at 6:19pm Item #1 21-P-208PH: 208 Phillips Avenue- TRENTON NJ Applicant/Owner seeks preliminary and final minor subdivision and (c) bulk variance for minimum front yard and minimum side yard size, to consolidate five existing parcels into two new parcels with redrawn boundaries. The site is split between Residential B (RB) and Residential B2 (RB2) Zoning Districts; Location 208 Phillips Avenue; City Tax Map: 2 Block(s) 9001, Lot(s) 5, 6, 7,8, & 9; Applicant: Berb Realty, LLC, 18 Wiltshire Drive, East Windsor, NJ 08520. Mr. Martin Jennings, Esq. introduced the project. Mr. Craig Stratton, Engineer from Trenton Engineering, and Mr. Bruce, LaFrozia, Managing Member of Berb Realty, were sworn in and accepted as experts before this Board. Mr. Stratton, explained the nature of the project proposed. He explained that they did the site survey for the existing lots in order to create 2 lots out of 5 and subsequently have 2 homes on those lots. There will be no construction on this site so nothing will be added to any non-conformities. He described how they will comply with the recommendations cited in the Board’s professional’s comments, as they will comply with all comments. The setbacks will be conforming. There are 2 front yards and the average for Phillips Ave is zero and the frontage on Dexter is also next to zero. The Applicant will provide Mr. McGill the exact measurement of the frontage on Dexter for variance notation in the resolution. Additionally, part of the black top area will remain on lots as it will be able to be used for tenants’ staging or parking. There is not an issue meeting the requirements for impervious coverage so the black top does not have to be removed. He noted that upon approval of the Board this applicant will make an application to Mercer County’s Planning Board. Mr. Kolber noted that there were several references to this being a minor subdivision. He shared the definitions and noted that this application appears to meet the definition of a Major subdivision instead of Minor, however, the application does meet all the of standards to submit and proceed with the application. Mr. McGill confirmed that the application does meet the definition of Major Subdivision so the Resolution will be reflective of that change. Mr. Fatton asked if there was anyone from the Public who wanted to speak for or against this application. Hearing none the following vote was set forth: Approval of the application for 21-P-208PH: 208 Phillips Avenue inclusive of the needed variance relief and the submission of the details previously testified to. Member Aye Nay Ab-stain Motioned Seconded Dan Fatton, Chair X Jamie Carpenter X Joe Harrison X X Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed X Anthony Santora X X Meeting adjourned at 6:37pm Respectfully submitted Cherry Oakley, Planning Board Secretary 3