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Zoning board approves Lestock Properties subdivision and D1 use variance on Johnson Lane
Summary
The Sayreville Zoning Board approved a minor subdivision and D1 use variance for 2515 Lestock Properties (Johnson Lane), allowing the underused commercial parcel to be split into three residential lots with conditions including a 12-foot side-yard requirement on the middle lot and compliance with planning/engineering letters.
The Sayreville Zoning Board voted to approve a minor subdivision and a D1 use variance for 2515 Lestock Properties on Johnson Lane, allowing the creation of three residential lots from an underutilized property that formerly housed Buddy’s Tavern.
The decision, made at the board’s Oct. 2, 2025 meeting, includes conditions: the applicant must comply with planning and engineering reports, construct frontage improvements recommended by board professionals (curb, sidewalk and street trees where required), and incorporate a condition that the Westerly side of the middle lot (proposed Lot 302) provide a 12-foot side-yard to meet combined side-yard requirements.
Why it mattered: the applicant said the property has been dormant for years and that returning it to residential use would better buffer an adjacent school and align the parcel with nearby R-5 and R-10…
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