e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e get yep yeah yeah yeah I'm like to make a motion to increase the budget out order out of order building it's room it's a human you're the one that suffers the mood yeah you're not kidding you're not kidding good evening everyone and call to order the Falls planning board meeting of agenda June 6 2024 um please stands for the flag salute Mr Barry flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible liy and justice for all please remain standing for a minute I'm sorry uh just to have a moment of silence for our veterans of World War II today was dday thank you Valerie please read the opening statement little Township planning board meeting of Thursday June 6 2024 is called to order please take notice that adequate notice of this meeting was provided in accordance with njsa 10 col 4-8 and njsa 10 col 4-10 as follows notice of the meeting was promptly posted on the bulletin board at the municipal building located at 225 Main Street Little Falls New Jersey on January 4th 2024 copy of the notice was sent via email to the north Jersey Herald and News on same date additionally a copy of the notice was filed in the office of Township please note that this meeting is being taped therefore we ask that you speak loud and clear into the microphones thank you please call the RO Mr Barry here Mr carage here Mr Luke davano here M Cataldo here Mr Seer here Mr poses here mayor Damiano here councilman SCA here Dr ABY here Mr Mr Dolan here Mr remma Mr brigley Doro here Mr coars here M Javon she's excused and Mr Kilpatrick here thank you um council president SCA do you have any comments for the planning board uh chairman no one came before the governing body at our last meeting concerning any issues with the planning board but I do want to say uh we are in the last phase of the master plan looking at the parking study so hopefully that will be finished and coming before shortly thank you may I have a motion for approval of the minutes of May 2nd 2024 I'll make a motion second valer Mr Barry yes Mr kage yes Mr Luke dameno yes M catalo yes Mr poses yes Dr ABY yes Mr Dolan yes Mr kilp Yes Minister approved um may I have a motion to memorialize resolution for Faith therapy Consulting LLC doing business as FTC kids so Mo second Valerie Mr Barry yes Mr Karan yes Mr Luke Damiano yes Miss catalo yes Mr poses yes mayor Damiano yes Mr Kil Patrick chairman post yes resolution is approved may I have a motion to memorialize the resolution for Ascend New Jersey LLC SL Mr Jones LLC so mov seconded valer Mr Barry yes Mr car yes Mr L Deano yes M catalo yes Mr poses yes Mr Kil Patrick chairman votes yes resolution is approved uh first up tonight is Mr Mrs Su did I pronounce your name did I pronounce your name correctly can you clarify well you'll clarify sir let me swear you please raise your right hand you swear or affirm that the testimony that you're about to get before this court is going to be the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth yes just tell us your name by your last name for the record Arad s u oh I am sorry you can begin h uh what you're doing what you're about did you bring any professionals with you an architect or no I'm alone trying to do by myself so just just explain simply what you're doing I'm trying to expand my house and one wall expend and add the garage uh connected to the house and raise the second floor to 8 foot ceiling and uh connect the overground pole to the house okay I think I'll call on our uh engineer can you uh ask the questions about variances in your comments uh yes as far as the uh variance goes there's a front yard setback requirement of 20 ft and it's with the proposed dwelling which is the same as the existing dwelling is 16 .1 ft so it's the existing condition uh the other bulk variants um necessary is for the accessor structure setback for the swimming pool from a principal building 15 ft is required and zero feet is proposed what causes that is it the deck right up against the deck essentially right from it's an above G corre so you use that for going into and getting out of yes I want to have like deck going out from the house straight from the deck going to swimming pool and go back instead of walking to the grass to the Flor okay continue M uh other than that it's a straight forward application um I have a couple have seen my review yes letter are you in agreement with um addressing all the com I agree on everything okay um other than that if um applicant want do a little more description of the project i' nothing F thank you thank you very much um are you aware that you're expected to comply with all the uh directions requests of the engineer yes all right does anyone uh any member of the board have any questions ch and I do the um this according to the drawing A1 it looks to me like the pool is 5et from the the wall of the back of the house and it will be all connected by a deck and yet the application says there's zero um distance between the house and the pool is that is that zero because there's a deck involved or yes the deck is a covered deck yeah believe because of the wall so that's considered part of the house right okay thank you any other questions from board members you have any questions all right uh may I have a motion to open up the meeting to the public so second second all those in favor I I I all those ofos nay any member of the public wishing to come up and address this applicant ask questions make statements please come up now no members of the public coming forward I close the meetings to the public um any other discussion from the board there there um I do have a question um on the site there are a couple of utility polls that are at the rear of the property um if you're looking at your garage to the left and at the back of your property um is that supporting any power or is what what is the purpose there of that pole I don't know I bought the house like in this February I believe I had closing and uh the electric is coming from the other side of the street the gas is also going through the street so nothing is going from the back of my house to as a utility to my house so maybe this is old one still on the property I'm not sure um you have a question you have tell me what it is are you a member of the public because you kind of miss that all right go ahead what's your question I step up to the mic you know what I just found out we're we have to swear you please raise your right hand you swear from the testimony about to get before this board is going to be the truth the whole truth nothing but the truth tell us your name tell your last name and give us your all right Sher s C5 and your first name Sher so um I actually just got out of the hospital I had a brain bleed so if I don't make sense just question me and I'll try to clarify what I'm trying to say but I just found out we're going to be expanding the town with more housing I'm sorry you you're only able to ask questions of this applicant for this applic this okay you can come up later he's not actually it's not to do with that that unit that's going up we we understand right no this is not the application it's a separate application uh there no further questions may I have a motion chairman I'll make the motion that we approve the application for a variance for uh front yard setback where 20 feet is required but 16.1 feet uh is proposed because that's existing that's your current house distance from the street also um approval of the pool setback where 15t is required and zero feet is proposed may I have a second second valer please pull the board Mr Barry yes Mr kage yes Mr Luke demano yes Miss catalo yes Mr cber yes Mr poses yes Mr kill Patrick chairman votes yes the application is approved enjoy thank you hey B did you call nine names seven seven we need nine yes all right let me you P the mayor and Mr Damiano mayor Damiano yes Council mcoba yes thank you next up application is JSL chairman um I don't through the counselor I the mayor and myself cannot sit on this application so want to thank the board members thank you good night you are refused thank you okay uh John V entering my appearance on behalf of JSL properties three University Plaza suet 207 hackin saac newers Jersey will be very brief tonight and that uh applicant is seeking an adjournment uh to the next meeting we've had an opportunity to review the planner's letter and the engineers letter want to go back talk with our professionals perhaps make some changes and um come back without the need for further notice at the next meeting which I understand is August 1st uh August is correct we don't have to take any action on this we to be carried the board should acknowledge the request to carry and if the board wants it carried without any further notice we can make that announcement to the public can we consider that so noticed the applicant uh will return at the August meeting the July meeting is Fourth of July so we will not be here um and the motion will be carried to that point the meeting will not be noted this but you will obviously know from the agenda agenda the posting and if you follow social media it'll definitely be there I would like I want to take one moment though um because the applicant has mentioned the reviewed the reports um from our professionals our engineer and our planner and uh I don't believe the public gets to see those reports right public doesn't get to see the planner or the engineer reports public records They prior a meeting okay I was not aware of that they have they have the right to come down to the municipal building I don't know if those reports are online no they are if they're not then they want to see the reports they have every right okay I just like to call attention to the number one variants on this application was the use variants and uh I just want to read from our plan report the intent of the TV BBD that's Transit bill central business district is to create a pedestrian friendly and active downtown presence of residential units on the ground floor is categorically not permitted as it defeats the purpose of the intent of the central business district um the CBD TB CBD zone of all our zones in town has the most input of what is required for bulcan area variances of any of the zones um the board would like to see the number of variances requested held to a minimum all right so I just I just note that there are eight variances it was like to see that sure and understood and that's part of the process that we'll go back with the professionals our engineer our planner our traffic consultant take a look at that and then uh you resubmit you know well within the time frame prior of the next meeting very well thank you very much members of the public so if you've heard the matter is being carried to August 1st there'll be no further notice required by either publication in the newspaper or if you've received the certified letter because you've lived with because you live within 200 feet of property you will not that will not happen again uh we're carrying this without further notice so if you're interested in what's going to happen with that application you should return to this location on August 1 at 7 o'clock okay great thank you thank you um so it won't be heard tonight we're going to do some board business you're free to go nobody will find you or anything and we thank you for coming we thank you for your interest um is there any old business before the board any new business may have a motion for adjournment so moved all those in favor all those opposed thank you everyone