Commission recommends conditional approval for Brinker subdivision plan

The Salem Township Planning Commission reviewed revised plans for Robert & Alice Brinker Plan No. 4 and voted May 6 to recommend approval with specific conditions. Paul Holleran moved the recommendation and John Wright seconded; the motion passed unanimously.

Conditions the commission placed on approval included updating Tax Map and Instrument numbers (the minutes note a previous Instrument Number typo and the corrected number should read "20162120004794" if it remains on the plan), showing a 30-foot front building setback for Lauffer Mine Road on Lot 2R remaining tract, requiring a signed Non-Building Waiver for Parcel A to be submitted to the township and DEP, and adding the standard DEP Non-Building Waiver language to Note 7. The commission also required a revision number and date be added to the plan.

The minutes include a staff-provided note to acknowledge two existing one-story wood barns encroaching into the 30-foot setback, to be listed as legally nonconforming because they predate the township’s current setback requirements. Attendees for this agenda item included engineer Jeff Ripple of Morris Knowles and recipients Jim and Karen Brinker. The commission’s recommendation is advisory; final approval and any recording of deeds or instrument numbers will follow the township’s usual administrative steps.