Planning Board approves extension for Cohen Development Group site plan at 71 Van Emberg

The Township of Washington Planning Board on Nov. 13 unanimously approved Resolution PB-24-10, a request from Cohen Development Group LLC to extend a prior site-plan approval tied to property at 71 Van Emberg.

Board members said there were no public comments and no substantive discussion before the vote. The board recorded a roll-call vote and approved the resolution.

The resolution was introduced during the board's “old business” portion of the meeting. Board Secretary Grama Kalish read meeting notice information at the start of the session. Chairman Sabino called for comments on the proposed resolution; none were offered. A motion to approve was made and seconded, followed by a roll-call vote in which all participating board members voted yes.

The transcript does not supply the precise mover and seconder names for the motion, nor does it provide the full text of the amended or extended site-plan conditions; the resolution as discussed was described as an application to extend Resolution PB-24-09 and to address the approved site plan for the property at 71 Van Emberg and associated lots “as listed in the resolution.” Specific lot identifiers and any amended plan details were not read into the public record during the portion of the transcript covering the vote.

The board later handled corrections to meeting minutes and confirmed the approved resolution in a subsequent roll call after making small editorial corrections to the draft minutes. No public testimony on the Cohen Development application appears in the transcript, and no additional directions to staff or conditions of approval were recorded in the meeting minutes excerpt provided.

The approval advances the developer’s schedule only to the extent of extending the prior board action; any further changes to the approved site plan, or conditions tied to municipal approvals, would require separate filings or board action.