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Allendale Land Use Board approves Calvary Lutheran changes but with conditions on fencing, lighting and trees
Summary
The board approved the Calvary Lutheran subdivision application in part: it waived the requirement for additional split-rail fencing and the proposed streetlight, required the sidewalk obligation to remain under conditions, and ordered the applicant to work with borough staff on replanting or contributing for missing trees.
The Allendale Land Use Board on a winter evening approved, in part, a set of changes to the subdivision associated with Calvary Lutheran (applicant file 2024-18), voting to deny additional split-rail fencing and the proposed streetlights while keeping the sidewalk requirement and imposing conditions on tree replacement.
The board heard from applicant counsel John Vettery and engineer David Fantina, who described four relief requests tied to the previously approved subdivision: not constructing a sidewalk along Ivers Road adjacent to the detention basin, avoiding a split-rail fence on Lot 2.01, reducing additional plantings along Couch Court, and not installing a proposed streetlight at the cul-de-sac.
Why it matters: neighbors told the board the sidewalk would be a short, disconnected segment with…
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