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Allendale Land Use Board adopts three prior approvals for renovations and additions, with engineer and fire-safety conditions
Summary
The Allendale Land Use Board formally adopted three resolutions approving property additions and renovations — for a commercial addition at 240 West Crescent Ave. and two single-family home additions — attaching engineer and fire-safety conditions and ordering updated as-built plans. The board recorded unanimous affirmative roll-call votes for each resolution.
Allendale — The Allendale Land Use Board voted to adopt three resolutions memorializing approvals for recent construction work and planned renovations, adding conditions to address as-built discrepancies, stormwater and site-safety concerns.
Counsel told the board the first adopted resolution, 25-17, involved Bill Maher Properties at 240 West Crescent Avenue, where an as-built inspection identified a side-yard setback shortfall of about 2.61 feet (required 50 feet; built 47.39 feet). Counsel summarized the board’s conditions: compliance with Mike Vreeland’s 04/18/2025 engineering report, extension of a planting buffer adjacent to the building, elimination of a parallel parking space at the curb, creation of a no-parking curb area, updated as-built plans, and installation of bollards placed to the satisfaction of the board engineer and subject to review by the borough fire official.
Board discussion included a field-observation safety concern. A board member who visited the property said outdoor storage—trailers and other equipment—appeared to occur in the curve adjacent to the building and warned that: "it makes it a safety issue when you're going in and out of there." Counsel responded that if outdoor storage was not part of the originally approved site plan, it could be treated as an enforcement matter and that the board engineer would include the condition in the as-built field review.
Votes at a glance: • Resolution 25-17 (Bill Maher Properties, 240 West Crescent Ave., Block 1005 Lot 2) — motion adopted; recorded roll-call affirmative votes by the members present; conditions: engineer review (04/18/2025), buffer planting, removal of a parallel parking space, no-parking curb, updated as-built plans, bollards, and fire-official review. • Resolution 25-18 (Joseph and Jennifer Kim, 124 Elbrook Drive, Block 101 Lot 11) — motion adopted; conditions: incorporate 04/16/2025 engineering report, enhanced stormwater management to board-engineer satisfaction (including a drainage mechanism at the right side of the dwelling), plan revisions consistent with 05/06/2025 drawings, landscaping buffer, potable water/sanitary connection investigation and repairs, and installation of a shade tree. • Resolution 25-19 (Rick Goldberg and Lauren Paterno, 118 Greenway, Block 801 Lot 39) — motion adopted; conditions: incorporate engineer report (04/18/2025), submit soil movement permit and plot plan, provide post-build as-built plans, and address stormwater and utility connections to the engineer’s satisfaction.
Counsel repeatedly noted that several of the conditions must be satisfied through the board engineer’s field review and that standard carry-forward conditions from the original approvals remain in effect. Each resolution was adopted after a motion and second and a roll-call affirmation by the members present.
What happens next: The conditions require applicants to submit updated as-built plans and to satisfy the board engineer and, where specified, the borough fire official before the board treats the matters as fully resolved. Enforcement or further action would follow if field reviews reveal noncompliance.
Reporting note: Quotations and attributions in this report are drawn from the board meeting transcript. Vote counts and listed conditions reflect the board’s roll-call and counsel’s recitation at the meeting.
