Plannng Board

City of Trenton Planning Board Public Hearing Thursday, March 27, 2025 City Hall Members in Attendance: Charles Romanow, Chair Randy Baum, Vice Chair Jonathan Conner Joseph Harrison Diana Walker Members Not in Attendance: Caty Dominguez Markus Green Jeff Halpern Patricia Ni’ma-Mohammed Anthony Santora Staff in Attendance: Massiel Ferrara, Supervising Planner Brian Weakliem, Program Analyst Michael Herbert, Planning Board Attorney Cherry Oakley, Planning Board Secretary PUBLIC HEARING Current Planning Board Membership (as of 3/27/25) Class Term Ending Date Board Member I (Mayor’s Representative) Mayor’s Term Markus Green II (City Employee) 12/31/25 Anthony Santora III (City Council 12/31/25 Joseph Harrison Representative) IV (City Resident) 12/31/26 Patricia Ni’ma- Mohammed IV (City Resident) 12/31/28 Randy Baum IV (City Resident) 12/31/25 Jeff Halpern IV (City Resident) 12/31/27 Caty Dominguez IV (City Resident) 12/31/25 Jonathan Conner IV (City Resident) 12/31/26 Charles Romanow ALTERNATES IV (City Resident) 12/31/25 Diana Walker IV (City Resident) 12/31/26 VACANT 1 The meeting was called to order at 7:08 PM by Mr. Romanow. The Open Public Meetings Act was announced and a quorum was verified. 24-P-359PE- 359 Pennington Ave.-Kush Dispensary Applicant: Kush Dispensary LLC. Property Address: 359 Pennington Ave. Block: 4201 Lot(s): 1 Project Description: Applicant seeks conditional use approval to convert a vacant retail space into a Class-5 Cannabis Retail space. Update: The applicant has requested to withdraw their application from the Planning Board. The City of Trenton’s Planning Staff recommends holding a vote to dismiss this application without prejudice. Ms. Massiel Ferrara, Supervising Planner for the City of Trenton, announced that Kush Dispensary has withdrawn their application. Case was called at 7:10PM 312-216 Church St Applicant : Dahrouj Establishment USA, Inc. (Fida Dahrouj) Property Address: 312-316 Church St Block: 2101 Lot(s): 28 Redevelopment Area: Central West 13 2023 Zoning District: RH-1 Landmarks Historic Preservation District: N/A Project Description: Applicant is seeking to convert the existing building into a multi-family housing consisting of five apartments. The Applicant’s attorney requested an adjournment of the matter in order to submit a more complete application for the Board’s review. Mr. Spadaccini indicated that he believed he sent a letter requesting the adjournment until April 10, 2025 at 7PM in City Council Chambers. His apologies were extended to the Public that came out to hear the matter. The Board agreed to adjourn the matter and Mr. Herbert made the announcement to those present. Adjourned 7:21PM 2  Respectfully submitted Cherry Oakley, Planning Board Secretary 3