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Zoning board denies Schulz appeal over Summers Avenue setback variances
Summary
The West Long Branch Zoning Board denied AP-PB-2019, an appeal disputing a Zoning Officer determination for 63 & 65 Summers Ave (Block 71, Lots 14.01 & 14.02), finding prior variances had expired and recording applicable setback and lot-size facts.
The West Long Branch Zoning Board on Feb. 17 denied an appeal (AP-PB-2019) challenging a Zoning Officer’s determination for properties at 63 and 65 Summers Avenue.
Minutes record that the parcel had previously received variances that, according to the board record, had expired. The properties (Block 71, Lots 14.01 & 14.02) are in the R-22 Residential Zone; the R-22 zone requires a 20-foot side-yard setback and a 50-foot combined side-yard. The record shows a prior variance permitted a 15-foot side yard and a 30-foot combined side yard. The applicant proposed subdividing a 0.52-acre parcel into two lots of 11,250 square feet with 75 feet of frontage each; proposed dwellings would conform to bulk requirements except for the side-yard variances noted in the file.
The minutes mention a zoning permit dated Dec. 23, 2024, construction beginning in January 2025 and completing in summer 2025, and an as-built survey by Robert H. Morris, P.L.S. of Nelson Engineering Associates dated Aug. 27, 2025 that T&M (the township engineer/consultant) received. On roll call, the Board denied the application disputing the Zoning Officer’s decision; the motion was recorded as carried.
The denial leaves the Zoning Officer’s earlier determination intact; no further action or resolution adoption was recorded at the Feb. 17 meeting.
