Board conditions approval of new house at 95 Taylortown Rd.; requires plan revisions and protections

The Montville Township Zoning Board of Adjustment approved the application by 95 Taylortown Road, LLC to demolish an existing dwelling and construct a larger single‑family home, pool and elevated courtyard, while granting required C variances for several deficient setbacks and for building and impervious coverages. The board’s motion approving the application included conditions to correct a retaining‑wall height typo on the plan, to add a fall‑protection detail, to submit a landscape plan and to require a silt fence around the limit of disturbance measured by a surveyor. The motion carried on roll call with votes recorded in the minutes.

Attorney Paul Bouno described the lot as undersized for the zoning district — "30,075 s.f. existing where 80,000 s.f. required" — and said the plan proposes no encroachment into wetland buffers, improved drainage measures and no increase in density. Architect Joaquin Bouzas reviewed proposed site work including a courtyard, pool, retaining walls, walkway and two stormwater systems; township engineer Jamie Giurintano and planner Joseph Burgis asked for plan clarifications and health‑department septic review. The applicant indicated an intent to retain the existing well rather than immediately connecting to municipal water. The board approved the application subject to the stated plan revisions and conditions, and noted that any septic‑driven changes would require the applicant to return to the board.