Thursday, December 6, 2012
Changes could also come to other industrial districts in Chatham Borough.
Residents, business tenants and land owners could soon see changes to the area along River Road in Chatham Borough. "We have riverfront property down there, which is extremely valuable," Councilman James Collander said in the Nov. 26 Chatham Borough Council meeting. "We're not getting our full use out of that. The area between River Road and the Passaic River from Watchung Avenue to Stanley Park is one of the borough's "M" districts, that is, parts of town zoned for industrial businesses. Other M districts include the north side of Watchung Avenue east of the rail overpass, including Commerce Street, and the lots along North Passaic Avenue north of Rutgers Street. Many of these areas have various businesses and residences which were …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Morris County judge also denies application for sixth amendment to lawsuit and Tricare's motion for protective order.
Several rulings on pretrial motions in Tricare Treatment Services' lawsuit against Chatham Borough came down Tuesday, mostly in favor of the borough. The most significant ruling by Judge David B. Rand, sitting in Morristown, was that the borough's Zoning Board of Adjustment made an "appropriate" decision in March 2010 when it ruled that Tricare wanted to extend, not continue, a preexisting nonconforming use at the Parrot Mill Inn. As an inn, Rand said, "the facility was open to the general public where rooms were made available and breakfast was served." Tricare's application to the Chatham Borough Planning Board to use the building as a treatment facility for compulsive gamblers "fundamentally changed the nonconforming use," Rand said. "…
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Planning Board approves application, owners said they hope to open by Oct. 1.
The Chatham Borough Planning Board unanimously approved an application for a site plan waiver Wednesday, paving the way for a new frozen yogurt shop to move into the empty storefront at 258 Main St. Owners Cindy LaSalle and Arlene and Jeffrey Burnett of Berkeley Business Concepts, LLC plan to open their first frozen yogurt shop in the empty storefront at the intersection of Main Street and Center Street. The name of the business will be Yo Lotta Luv. LaSalle's husband, Anthony LaSalle, offered testimony to the Planning Board on the business's layout and plan. According to attorney Gary Haydu, Anthony LaSalle "has been working in the industry for some 30 years. ... He has been employed as a business advisor, and will work in that capacity, …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
The Chatham Borough Planning Board will hear the application Wednesday.
The Chatham Borough Planning Board plans to hear an application from Berkeley Business Concepts, LLC to place a new frozen yogurt shop in a storefront at the intersection of Main Street and Center Street. According to Chatham Borough Engineer Vincent J. DeNave, the application will need a parking variance if they wish to have seating for more than six customers. A full site plan is required for the application, DeNave said at the April 18 Planning Board meeting. The storefront, located at 258 Main St., is next to Main Cleaners and across from Powerflow Yoga, in the heart of downtown Chatham. Gerry's, a women's clothing and accessory store, used to be in the space, but it has been empty since 2010. The space has recently been renovated in …
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
The Planning Board will hear the application for the first time on Nov. 2.
Chatham Borough Planning Board President Richard Crater announced Wednesday that KinderCare Learning Centers filed an application to open a new center in the Parrot Mill Inn. The application comes nearly two years after the Planning Board unanimously approved an application from Michael Osborne, owner of Tricare Treatment Services, to turn the historic building into a gambling addiction treatment facility. The board then revoked their approval in May 2010 after the Zoning Board of Adjustment decided in March that a gambling addiction treatment facility would not be allowed to be placed in the inn, since it did not represent a continued use of the property. It made that determination after resident Robert Latorre had appealed a decision …
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47 Main St, Chatham, NJ
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Friday, June 17, 2011
New planner suggests bike parking regulations.
The Chatham Borough planning board’s new planner provided preliminary suggestions during the board’s meeting May 18 meeting on how to improve the borough’s parking standards. In her first meeting as planner, Susan Blickstein discussed points she had made across two memos to board members. In the memos, Blickstein analyzed the result of a 2009 study of Chatham’s six business zones and then offered her suggestions. Board members had decided last year that the study, executed by the Taylor Design Group, would be put aside until a planner was hired. Discussion of the parking standards for non-residential uses, which Blickstein focused on in one of the memos, dominated most of the conversation. “You will see areas [in the memo] where I …
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Chatham Borough Municipal Building
54 Fairmount Ave, Chatham, NJ
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Thursday, June 16, 2011
The Planning Board reviewed suggestions from the professional planner about possible alterations to the borough's B-1 zone.
Susan Blickstein, the new professional planner to the Planning Board, presented a memo at the board meeting Wednesday night with her comments and suggestions for improvements to the borough's business districts. Blickstein asked that the board consider whether the board wanted to alter the definition of retail services to include retail trade or sales as well. The current definition of a retail services business is, from Blickstein's memo, an "establishment providing services, as opposed to products, to the general public." It includes, but is not limited to, real estate agencies, travel agencies, insurance agencies, social services, financial agencies and health and education services. The difference between retail services and retail …
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Chatham Borough Municipal Building
54 Fairmount Ave, Chatham, NJ
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The comments on restaurant parking in Chatham Borough was part of a larger conversation on all parking needs throughout the borough.
The Chatham Borough planning board’s new planner provided preliminary suggestions during the board’s meeting on May 18 on how to improve the borough’s parking standards. In her first meeting as planner, Susan Blickstein discussed points she had made across two memos to board members. In the memos, Blickstein analyzed the result of a 2009 study of Chatham’s six business zones and then offered her suggestions. Board members had decided last year that the study, executed by the Taylor Design Group, would be put aside until a planner was hired. Discussion of the parking standards for non-residential uses, which Blickstein focused on in one of the memos, dominated most of the conversation. “You will see areas [in the memo] where I actually …
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Chatham Borough Municipal Building
54 Fairmount Ave, Chatham, NJ
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Wednesday, May 25, 2011
The new borough planner has ideas for improving parking throughout the town, including at banks.
Susan Blickstein, the new professional planner to the Chatham Borough Planning Board, told board members some of her ideas for improving parking throughout the borough at the May 18 meeting. In her first meeting as the official planner, Blickstein discussed points she had made across two memos to the board, analying a 2009 business zone study in Chatham Borough. Board members had decided last year that the study, executed by the Taylor Design Group, would be put aside until a planner was hired. Now that Blickstein has taken the position, instituting some of the suggested improvements to parking will be among her main tasks. “You will see areas [in the memo] where I actually suggest something that’s a little bit different, but I really …
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Chatham Borough Municipal Building
54 Fairmount Ave, Chatham, NJ
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Monday, May 23, 2011
At her first meeting, Susan Blickstein presents potential parking improvement plan.
The Chatham Borough planning board’s new planner provided preliminary suggestions during the board’s meeting Wednesday night on how to improve the borough’s parking standards. In her first meeting as planner, Susan Blickstein discussed points she had made across two memos to board members. In the memos, Blickstein analyzed the result of a 2009 study of Chatham’s six business zones and then offered her suggestions. Board members had decided last year that the study, executed by the Taylor Design Group, would be put aside until a planner was hired. Discussion of the parking standards for non-residential uses, which Blickstein focused on in one of the memos, dominated most of the conversation. “You will see areas [in the memo] where I …
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Chatham Borough Municipal Building
54 Fairmount Ave, Chatham, NJ
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Patrizia Giassa
12:25 pm on Sunday, December 9, 2012
The area sure can use a good "clean-up"! more ›