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Development Review Committee reports reduced applications in March; notable proposals include Grace Church addition, CulTech solar and exempt 11 Spring Street
Summary
Katie Penello of the Middlesex County Office of Planning presented the March Development Review Committee report: 12 applications on the March agenda, two new non-residential lots from a New Brunswick minor subdivision, and several notable site plans including a CulTech solar array and an exempt 11 Spring Street downtown redevelopment.
Katie Penello of the Middlesex County Office of Planning summarized the March Development Review Committee (DRC) report, saying the March agenda showed 12 applications: one minor subdivision, five site plans and six extensions.
"There were 12 applications on the March agenda, 1 minor subdivision, 5 site plans, and 6 extensions," Penello said. She told the board that March 2024 had 25 applications for comparison and that April saw 16 applications as of the report.
Penello described development activity captured in the packet: two new non-residential lots from a minor subdivision in New Brunswick; 5,330 square feet of mixed-use commercial space; 14 mixed-use residential units; and 9,630 square feet of public/quasi-public space. Highlights included a proposed addition and modified parking/driveway configuration for Grace Church of North Brunswick, which fronts county roads and was required to provide sidewalks on Old Georges Road and ADA certification of existing sidewalks on Adams Station Road.
Penello mentioned a 25 Main Street, South River, proposal for a mixed-use building with ground-floor commercial and residential above; staff required ADA certification of existing sidewalks along Main Street. She also said a CulTech solar installation was proposed over an existing parking lot in South Plainfield and that the application did not involve a county road.
Penello said one exempt site plan in New Brunswick, described in the packet as 11 Spring Street downtown, proposed redevelopment of an existing parking deck into a new mixed-use building with ground-floor office and, in the transcript, what was described as "300 of the natural units" above; the exact unit count was not specified in the meeting. When a member of the public asked, "Why is the application for 11 Spring Street exempt?", Penello replied, "Well, it's not on a county road. And it's less than an 8," indicating the exemption was technical and tied to county criteria but not providing further detail at the meeting.
Board members moved and seconded a motion to accept the DRC report; the chair called for the vote and the motion carried.
