Princeton Zoning Board OKs Jugtown Redevelopment with Conditions After Parking Debate

The Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment approved variances Feb. 22 to allow a scaled, three-story redevelopment at 344 Nassau Street that preserves the adjacent historic Horner House but requires multiple deviations from the AHO2 zoning standards.

The project’s applicant, developer Daniel Barsky, presented an amended plan that keeps the existing historic building largely intact and places a modest new building to its side and rear. After testimony from the project’s architect, engineer and planner — and sustained questioning by board members about parking and unit layout — the board voted to grant use and bulk variances and a design waiver, with conditions intended to protect affordable-unit access and neighborhood character.

The board’s planner, Craig Rancamp, said the amended design advances the AHO2 goals by conserving the historic resource and creating a reasonable residential yield. “The whole point of this amended approach ... is the preservation of the historic building,” Rancamp told the board, urging that the trade-offs on parking and setbacks be weighed against gains in…