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Piscataway zoning board approves shed adjustment, AT&T antenna changes, garage-to-living conversion and a one‑square‑foot variance
Summary
The Piscataway Zoning Board approved a set of routine and technical applications: a homeowner’s shed was approved with a reduced footprint, AT&T’s site equipment was cleared as an exempt modification, a homeowner’s garage-to-living-space conversion was approved with off-street parking conditions, and a 1-square-foot lot-size variance for a new house was granted. Resolutions will be memorialized at the next meeting.
The Piscataway Zoning Board approved several applications at the meeting, moving a mix of routine and technical matters over the finish line and directing staff to memorialize the approvals in written resolutions to be mailed to applicants.
A backyard shed application (item 626-ZB-28V) by Yellowjay Reo Miraj was approved after the board and staff agreed the applicant should reduce the structure’s footprint so it could remain on the existing concrete pad. Miraj said the slab is concrete and he sought to anchor the shed on that base for safety after recent windstorms; the applicant clarified the planned structure measures 12 by 10 feet. Staff and the board noted that placing a structure on a preexisting nonconforming pad raises precedent concerns, so members approved the application as amended to a smaller dimension and instructed staff to prepare a memorializing resolution.
The board also approved a telecommunications equipment modification (item 726-ZB-30V) for New Senior Wireless PCS LLC (identified in the record as AT&T). Attorney Christopher Quinn said the project replaces and repositions antennas and radio heads at 300 South Randolph Hill Road; the site will move from 12 to 9 antennas (radio heads are being replaced in-kind) and no elements will be higher than the existing installation. Staff confirmed no new variances are required and recommended the application be treated as exempt from a site-plan application; the board voted to approve and asked the applicant to memorialize the approval in a resolution at the next meeting.
Karen Johnson’s request (item 826-ZB-23V) to convert an enclosed garage into livable space at 500 Pleasant Avenue was approved with a condition: she must provide adequate off-street parking for two vehicles wholly within her private property (not in the right-of-way). Staff noted the property has multiple nonconformities, but recommended approval if the off-street parking condition is met; Johnson agreed to the condition and the board approved the application.
Dream Homes New Jersey LLC’s de minimis variance (item 1026-ZB-34V) to build a single-family home on a lot that is 7,499 square feet (one square foot short of the 7,500-sq-ft requirement) was described by attorney Evan Pickus as a one-foot deficiency; engineer William Scott (PE) agreed to satisfy site-report conditions. Staff characterized it as a de minimis variance and the board voted to approve the application; a resolution will be finalized and sent to the applicant.
All successful applications will be memorialized in written resolutions at the board’s next meeting and mailed to the applicants.
