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Hopatcong board approves several routine resolutions, carries 305 Lakeside to Jan. 16 and clears new house application
Summary
The Hopatcong Land Use Board approved multiple resolutions and site applications, carried 305 Lakeside to a Jan. 16 hearing at the applicant's request, and approved a new single‑family house application for Anthony Markowski with one dissenting vote.
The Hopatcong Land Use Board on the evening’s docket approved a string of routine resolutions and applications, postponed one hearing to January and approved a new single‑family home application after full presentation and questioning by board members.
Early on the agenda the board approved resolutions including an Oakdale Avenue item for Juanita Brownstein and a 407 Lakeside Boulevard resolution for Tiber and Maria Stupart; the board also approved a resolution for Scott Ward (213 Maxim Drive) with two recorded abstentions on that vote. The board discussed and approved the Hopatcong Hills/Crescent Cove class 4 use variance after counsel and engineering revisions were circulated that evening.
The board granted a request from an applicant’s attorney to carry the 305 Lakeside application to the Jan. 16 meeting without further notice because a witness was unavailable. "We could move to carry it to the January meeting without further notice," a board counsel said, and the motion carried.
The board heard a new house application for Anthony Markowski (Lot 10905, Northway). A licensed architect gave testimony describing the proposed home as a slab‑on‑grade house roughly 2,500 square feet, noting some tree removals and limited disturbance of previously disturbed area. The architect recounted an anecdote about designing for a client who is blind and discussed how the proposed setbacks and grades would be handled; the board pressed on grading, stormwater and potential neighborhood scale impacts.
After deliberation the motion to approve the Anthony Markowski application carried on roll call with a majority in favor and one recorded 'No' vote from Mayor Gulati. The applicant and counsel asked for and received waivers of memorialization for any applicants who wished them.
Board members closed the meeting with public thanks to staff and consultants — land use attorney Bill Hagerty, engineer John Rushke and zoning officer Bill Donegan were all singled out — and seasonal greetings before adjourning.
