Planning board denies Tinon Auto Service site plan after neighbors raise pollution, enforcement and drainage concerns

The Sayreville Planning Board voted to deny the site plan application for Tinon Auto Service Inc., a proposed bus maintenance facility at 2069 Highway 35, after extensive public comment and testimony about past violations, stormwater problems and neighborhood impacts. The denial followed testimony from the applicant, the applicant’s engineer and multiple residents during the board’s hearing on the application (PB25‑01).

Board members and residents said the question of whether the applicant would follow promised site remedies and regulatory requirements was central to their decision. The board heard testimony from the applicant’s attorney, the applicant’s engineer and company representatives about design revisions and operational commitments; residents presented사진 and eyewitness accounts alleging repeated unpermitted activity on the property between the last hearing and the current meeting.

The revised plan presented by the applicant reduced on‑site bus storage from 10 stalls to 6, reoriented buses so exhaust faces away from residential neighbors, expanded the vegetated buffer between the commercial area and adjacent homes from the ordinance‑required 50 feet…