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Board denies retail expansion at 61 Lakeview after parking, use ambiguity prompt split vote

3174409 · January 22, 2025
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Summary

The Zoning Board voted to deny an application to use the rear of 61 Lakeview as retail while keeping an existing physical‑therapy practice in the front after members said the combined uses and parking shortfall raise concerns; denial passed in a 6–1 roll call.

The Clifton Zoning Board of Adjustment on Jan. 22 denied an application by MAJR Holdings LLC to convert the vacant rear portion of 61 Lakeview into retail space while retaining a physical therapy tenant in the building’s front half, citing parking shortages and uncertainty about the intensity of a proposed retail use.

Architect Michael Capo described the project as reusing the existing footprint: the front half of the building would remain occupied by a physical therapy practice; the back half, now vacant,…

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