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Planning board approves minor site plan to revive small Spotswood-Englishtown Road retail building
Summary
The planning board approved a minor site plan to redraw parking and add a trash enclosure at 302 Spotswood Englishtown Road, citing reductions in impervious cover and improved site circulation; the approval included conditions for sidewalk contributions and follow-up revisions.
Monroe Township — The Monroe Township Planning Board approved a minor site-plan application on May 22, 2025, to reconfigure parking, add a trash enclosure and clean up a long-vacant retail building at 302 Spotswood Englishtown Road (Block 152, Lot 1). The board’s vote concluded after testimony from the applicant’s planner/engineer and a public comment about the trash-enclosure location.
Lawrence Sachs, attorney for the applicant Spotsworth Englishtown Road LLC, presented the application and introduced engineering/planning witness Lorelei Totten of Crest Engineering Associates. Totten said the 1,440-square-foot building sits on an 8,247-square-foot lot that is substantially paved; she described the proposal as organizing circulation into a one-way flow, adding striping, providing a van-accessible handicap stall near the entrance, constructing a trash enclosure and creating landscaped area at the corner where pavement would be removed. Totten said the proposed site would have 10…
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