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Board approves new house at 53 Point Pleasant Road with drainage and easement conditions
Summary
Hopatcong Land Use Board approved Bleddy Zaku’s application to replace an older dwelling with a new single-family home at 53 Point Pleasant Road, requiring revisions to plans to incorporate neighbor drainage comments, a berm design, and formalized access easement language.
The Land Use Board approved an application to demolish and replace an aging dwelling at 53 Point Pleasant Road, subject to engineering revisions addressing drainage and a permanent access easement.
Applicant counsel presented the project as a modest replacement that triggers minor variances due to the lot’s unusual long, narrow shape. Engineer Thomas Graham said the plans add about 431 square feet of impervious surface but propose a dry well sized to handle roof runoff; the team agreed to relocate and size a small shed to meet DEP permit-by-rule setbacks and to revise the plans to reflect five items raised by the neighbor’s engineer.
Neighbor testimony was mixed: adjacent owner Anthony Bonzi told the board he supports the application provided the proposed earthen berm is substantial enough to reduce basement flooding he attributes to runoff; Frederick Meola, the neighbor’s engineer, recommended jute matting and soil-stabilization measures and advised soil-permeability testing to confirm the dry well will function as designed.
Applicant counsel agreed to incorporate those revisions into the final plans and to add language in the resolution preserving an access easement running with the land. The board recorded a motion to approve with those conditions and voted in favor; roll-call responses were recorded in the meeting minutes.
The board emphasized that final municipal permits and any required agency registrations remain conditions of the resolution; the applicant must supply the revised plans and any outstanding technical documentation for the administrative record before permits are issued.
