Not having a Meeting Tonight

After losing the zoning board appeal due to the support of the Director of Zoning and Planning I eliminated the distance between buildings and still created the same 20 residential units above retail space in 5 buildings plus a detached below grade parking garage. The plans were submitted in August of 2007 and approved in October of 2007 to be heard by the Red Bank Planning Board. The meeting was scheduled for Dec 17, 2007 but a couple of days before the meeting, the Director of Zoning and Planning contacted my representatives to notify us that a meeting would not take place.rb letter to donna barr We were also told that there would not be a December 3, 2007 meeting but then read in Red Bank Green that a meeting had occured for a parking variance involving a restaurant in Red Bank. My hearing was then pushed back until January 2008.

Is it one building, two buildings, a structure, or five buildings?

The property at the corners of Monmouth, West, and Oakland streets had 8 building lots. I wanted to have the buildings close together to avoid dangerous alley ways and maintain the urban feel of any city shopping district. By only creating 5 buildings when we could have created 8 buildings, we did not feel that we were in violation of the zoning requirements for the BR-1 and BR-2 zones. (the br-1 zone can be found starting on page 2072 and the br-2 zone can be found starting on page 3022) I only asked for 20 condos over retail when technically I could have asked for 32 condos over retail. The reason for the lower amount of buildings and units was for access to the on-site parking and lessen the impact on the neighborhood. Our original plan would have created a lot of underground parking and avoided a parking variance. The borough officials would not allow the buildings or parking structure to touch, otherwise they would consider it one building and thus you could only have 4 condos over retail and then the project does not make financial sense to build. Various documents disputing Red BankIn the code book link above for the br-1 zone and br-2 zone the town has towards the beginning of the document,  the definitions of what a building is which goes against their argument that the parking garage was a building.

Red Bank goes to Court

In December of 2006 a court hearing took place at the Monmouth County Court House before Judge Lawson. Here is part of the transcripts and attorney letters related to the property located at the corner of Monmouth St and West St in Red Bank, NJ

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