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Board approves Garcia driveway off paper street with license and engineering conditions
Summary
The board approved Edgar Garcia’s request to locate a driveway on a nearby unimproved (paper) street provided the applicant obtains a municipal driveway license and satisfies the borough engineer’s technical comments.
The Hopatcong Planning Board approved a driveway request from Edgar Garcia subject to two firm conditions: first, the applicant must obtain the borough license that permits a driveway to connect to an unimproved paper street; second, the applicant must satisfy all the technical items listed in the borough engineer’s review letter before permits are issued.
Garcia told the board his plan is to bring a driveway in from the unimproved paper street to an upland building area and that utilities (gas and water) would be brought to the right‑of‑way. The planner and engineer noted the driveway is not a site‑plan expansion because work remains within the existing footprint, but they emphasized the borough requires a license for driveways on paper streets rather than accepting the right‑of‑way as a public improvement.
The board opened the application for public comment; no members of the public spoke on this item. A motion to approve the application with the two conditions carried on a voice vote.
What happens next: Garcia will obtain the driveway license from the governing body and must provide evidence of compliance with the engineering memo when applying for building permits.
