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Planning board approves minor subdivision for Sussex Avenue parcel with deed restrictions, tree replacement and monitoring-well condition
Summary
The Morris Township Planning Board on June 16 granted preliminary and final minor-subdivision approval for a corner Sussex Avenue property (Block 2702, Lot 6), authorizing a one-lot-to-two-lot split subject to conditions including a recorded deed restriction, an easement for a Gaston Road driveway, a 26-tree replacement requirement and coordination on four on-site monitoring wells.
The Morris Township Planning Board on June 16 approved a minor subdivision (application PBO525) that splits Block 2702, Lot 6 — a 48,445-square-foot corner property on Sussex Avenue (County Road 617) and Gaston Road — into two conforming single-family lots, subject to conditions the board read into the record.
The board’s approval, moved and seconded at the meeting, grants preliminary and final minor-subdivision approval on the plans dated April 4, 2025. The applicant described the proposal as a two-lot subdivision that yields Lot 6.00 (22,530 square feet) and the remaining parent lot (25,915 square feet). The applicant said both lots meet the RA-15 single-family zone bulk standards and that the conceptual house shown on the proposed lot fits required setbacks.
Key conditions and clarifications listed by the board and applicant include: recording a deed restriction that memorializes the approval and designates front, side and rear yards for each newly created lot; an easement to…
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