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Board clears model‑train club for 1210 Cedar Street, citing long pre‑existing recreational use
Summary
The Boonton Zoning Board granted a MLUL §68 certification allowing the Northwest Jersey High Railers model‑train club to occupy the Cedar Street hall, finding the hall's recreational use dates to at least the 1920s; the board noted building repairs and normal permitting remain required.
The Boonton Zoning Board of Adjustment unanimously approved a certification under the municipal land use law that allows the organization Northwest Jersey High Railers to operate a recreational/club use at 1210 Cedar Street.
Applicant attorney Stephen Chis told the board the structure — a community hall built in 1928 according to tax records — historically hosted social and recreational activities and should be recognized as a lawfully pre-existing nonconforming use under MLUL §68.…
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