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Neighbors present written conditions seeking enforceable protections against new pole barn
Summary
Neighbors submitted a packet titled '3012 Jolly Road Proposed Conditions of Approval' urging the board to preserve the wooded buffer, limit the accessory structure's size and use, and make any conditions enforceable; the board marked the document as Exhibit B Murphy 1 and incorporated several similar conditions in its motion.
Neighbors opposing the variance asked the board to attach enforceable conditions to any approval to preserve neighborhood character and limit future uses.
Brenda Murphy asked the board to accept a document titled "3012 Jolly Road Proposed Conditions of Approval," which she provided to the township and requested be entered into the record. The board marked the submission as Exhibit B Murphy 1. Murphy later told the board: "Our goal has simply been to protect our home, our property, and the residential character of our neighborhood." She asked that conditions be expressly incorporated into the written decision so they become enforceable.
Other neighbors echoed concerns about scale and long‑term use, warning that a very large pole barn could attract a different kind of buyer and eventual commercial activity. Pedro Miramontes of 3018 Jolly Road argued the proposed garage "is over double the allowable size" and that the applicant had not demonstrated the hardship required to justify a variance. The board included several conditions in the motion it later passed—limitations on use, limits on additional accessory structures, removal of the existing shipping container, and a required landscape buffer—responding to several points neighbors raised.
