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Cranford ZBA approves Hillcrest porch after applicant agrees to remove rear hardscape, grant parking exception
Summary
The Cranford Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a variance for a front porch at 144 Hillcrest Ave., conditioned on removing rear driveway hardscape and a small walkway to reduce impervious coverage and granting an exception to RSIS parking requirements.
The Cranford Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a variance Tuesday for a covered front porch at 144 Hillcrest Avenue, permitting the applicant to exceed local limits on impervious surface and building coverage so long as the applicant removes specified hardscape and the board grants an exception to the Residential Site Improvement Standards parking requirements.
The board’s approval followed testimony from applicant John Lipp, who said the project will add an 84-square-foot covered porch and that he would remove roughly 298–300 square feet of asphalt in the backyard to offset the added impervious surface. Lipp told the board he had calculated the site’s current impervious coverage as…
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