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Monroe Township zoning board declines to rehear use‑variance for 223 Old Forge Road
Summary
After testimony from the applicant and neighbors, the Zoning Board of Adjustment voted 3–2 against rehearing a previously denied use‑variance for 223 Old Forge Road, concluding the application was not changed enough to overcome res judicata.
Chairman Lafada and the Monroe Township Zoning Board of Adjustment voted on a res judicata motion and declined to rehear a use‑variance application for 223 Old Forge Road, an application that seeks to continue a landscaping business on a residential parcel.
The board’s January meeting heard testimony from applicant and property owner Joseph Gravina, his counsel Walter Toto, engineer Lorelei Totten of Crest Engineering Associates and planner Mark Remsa. Gravina testified he sold tree‑removal equipment in 2025, signed a lease for yard/storage space in Helmetta in 2023 and expanded it in March 2025, and plans to keep much of his equipment at the Helmetta location. He said the current proposal would have two trucks regularly on site (Ford F‑550s with landscape trailers), summer staffing at most five people (typically operations manager plus two…
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