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Neighbor who installed patio at 147 New Lane told to provide stormwater mitigation; variance hearing carried to Dec. 17
Summary
Applicant Steven Schwarz testified he installed a patio at 147 New Lane and presented engineers' letters and a topography; the board said the township engineer requires mitigation calculations and carried the variance application to Dec. 17 for additional evidence.
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP — Steven Schwarz told the Board of Adjustment on Nov. 10 that a patio he installed at 147 New Lane in 2022 increased his property’s impervious coverage and that he had hired engineers and a surveyor to show the change would not increase runoff to neighbors.
Schwarz said he obtained an engineer’s opinion and a site topography and submitted a neighbors’ signed statement asserting that surrounding properties had not experienced flooding since the patio was installed. “They signed this,” Schwarz said. He acknowledged, however, that the…
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