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Zoning board approves subdivision to restore historic lot line at 318 Monroe Street, adds condition
Summary
Boonton Zoning Board approved a lot-line subdivision at 318 Monroe Street that returns two parcels to their historic configuration; neighbors called it a "cash grab" and warned the smaller lot may remain nonconforming. The board added a condition that any future changes requiring variances return to the board.
The Boonton Zoning Board of Adjustment on a voice and roll-call vote approved a lot-line subdivision that restores the property line between 318 Monroe Street and an adjacent parcel, returning what the applicant says are two historic lots that had been merged on tax maps.
Applicant attorney Stephen Chevus, representing the property owner, told the board he submitted chain-of-title documents and a 1918 map showing the two lots existed separately and that tax records later combined them. "Somewhere along the line, presumptively, the tax assessor combined the two despite the fact that they don't meet standards associated with such a combination," Chevus said while introducing exhibit A5. The attorney said the application's purpose is "to undo what was done."
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