Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approves landlocked home
A proposed four-bedroom house needs a 225-foot approach from Charleston Court, prompting questions about access, easements and stormwater before the vote.
Two hosts walk through the week’s edition in conversation — board approves countryside home on landlocked, next meeting date announcement, and what’s coming next. Generated by Aware, from this week’s verified summaries.
Terry Sherman said the lot technically meets a frontage requirement, but its private access still required variance relief before construction.
A planned home would sit beyond Charleston Court’s cul-de-sac. The Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved Countryside Developers LLC’s request to build an approximately 2,700-square-foot, four-bedroom house on a landlocked parcel. Access would run 225 feet from the end of Charleston Court. No one spoke during the public comment period, and the Zoning Board of Adjustment approved the application with stipulations discussed by its professionals.
Access took up much of the hearing. The proposed driveway would vary from 15 feet to 19 feet wide, while members and professionals discussed a 20-foot width often expected for emergency vehicles. They considered whether decorative stone or pavers could provide more usable width without adding as much impervious surface. Sherman said access easements had been filed and recorded, though one related deed was still being processed. The Zoning Board of Adjustment also discussed making the easement documents clear.
The plans call for a well and septic system. Engineer and planner Andrew Stockton said wetlands occupy roughly half the 11.268-acre tract. The Zoning Board of Adjustment’s professionals raised stormwater questions, including dry wells for roof runoff and calculations that account for possible future features such as a pool or patio. Sherman said architectural plans were not final. Those details will shape the site plans as the applicant works through the conditions discussed at the hearing.
Next meeting date announcement
After hearing applications for a Charleston Court home, a Spruce Hollow Drive addition and medical-building signs, the Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment turned to its calendar. Its next meeting is scheduled for November 9. Members noted that Veterans Day is observed on November 11.
The date was an announcement, not a matter put to a vote. The Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment did not take action on the schedule during that discussion. The announcement did not identify which applications, if any, would be heard on November 9.
The next meeting could matter to at least one applicant awaiting paperwork. After approving Conrad and Lauren Griefenstein’s proposed addition, the Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment told them that the resolution recording the approval would likely be ready at the next meeting. That was an estimate, not an adoption of the resolution. For residents tracking that application or other zoning matters, November 9 is the next meeting date the Zoning Board of Adjustment announced.
Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approves Griefenstein addition
The Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved Conrad and Lauren Griefenstein’s request for a 185-square-foot partial second-floor addition at 13-24 Spruce Hollow Drive. The addition stays within the home’s footprint; variance relief was needed because the existing house sits 8 feet from a property line where 10 feet is required.
The addition would create another bedroom without expanding the home’s footprint or adding impervious coverage.
Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approves medical signs
The Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved Hal Medical Investors LLC’s amended site plan and variance request for seven wall signs at 783 US Highway 9 North. The signs would identify medical services on a building under construction; the applicant needed relief because the zone permits no more than two signs.
The signs would help visitors identify the medical building and its tenants from Route 9 and parking areas.
Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment memorializes AMC approval
The Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment adopted a resolution granting AMC Land Management LLC a use variance, bulk variance, and preliminary and final site plan approvals in Case BA 26-07. Members called in the roll call voted yes, and the chair announced that the resolution was memorialized.
The resolution puts the approved variances and site plans for AMC Land Management LLC into the Zoning Board of Adjustment’s formal record.
Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment memorializes Grenade variance
The Howell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment adopted a resolution granting Bernard Grenade a use variance in Case BA 26-04. Members called in the roll call voted yes, and the chair announced that the resolution was memorialized.
The adopted resolution formally records the use variance granted to Bernard Grenade under Case BA 26-04.
What we didn’t fit in this Sundays edition
Howell Township had 7 more items this week. Here are sixfour — the rest are on Aware.
- GOVERNANCEJacob Sierra Evie — bulk variance to construct single-family dwelling on unimproved street. The Board adopted a resolution granting a bulk variance to construct a single-family dwelling on an unimproved street for Jacob Sierra Evie (Case BA 25-05).
- GOVERNANCEBoard grants three one-year extensions. The Board granted one-year extensions of time to Shimshon Langsam, ZS Mill, and Christ Church Howell Incorporated. The extensions apply to Cases BA 24-13, BA 22-15A, and BA 23-11, respectively.
- GOVERNANCEMinutes and correspondence / administrative scheduling discussion. The Board noted that there were no minutes to approve at this meeting and discussed correspondence and administrative items, including a Rules Committee meeting date and reappointment/RFP timing questions.
- GOVERNANCESwearing in of professionals and witnesses (general). The Board swore in professionals and later swore in witnesses who testified on applications during the meeting.
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