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Zoning board approves Taco Bell with drive‑through at 32 Parsonage Road despite neighborhood objections
Summary
Edison zoning board unanimously approved a 2,114 sq ft Taco Bell with a drive‑through at 32 Parsonage Road, granting a use variance and several dimensional waivers while imposing conditions including early‑morning garbage pickup, irrigation, added screening and operational controls for noise and deliveries.
The Edison Township Zoning Board of Adjustment voted unanimously to allow a new Taco Bell with a drive‑through at 32 Parsonage Road after the applicant narrowed some elements of the plan and agreed to several conditions meant to reduce residential impacts.
Applicant Steven Hale said the proposal replaces an existing T‑Mobile building with a 2,114‑square‑foot restaurant that would operate roughly 7 a.m. to midnight with the drive‑through open to 2 a.m. He described several design changes made after technical review committee meetings, including reducing building area and increasing the buffer to adjacent residences. Engineer Brian Enes described a revised layout with 20 parking spaces (15 required by ordinance), two mobile‑pickup…
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