May 21, 2015

There was dialogue between Mr. Keller and Chairman Buechler regarding an Engineer’s Estimate of the site improvement cost. Chairman Buechler asked the Public Advocate, Mr. Grossman if he had any questions, he responded no. Chairman Buechler asked if any member of the public had any questions. Mr. Travis McManigal of 5 Allsop Court approached the podium. He asked Mr. Petry if the gazebo was primarily used for meditation purposes or for some sort of ceremonial purposes. Mr. Petry replied that it was used for mediation purposes only and added it also had a fountain. Mr. McManigal asked just how big is the overall square footage of the new design. Mr. Buechler told Mr. McManigal they would come back to his question but wanted to know what happened to his counsel Mr. Trautner from Wolf and Samson. Mr. McManigal replied that he asked them to step down since he was negotiating directly with the applicant. Chairman Buechler asked Mr. Williams if he had any objection to this and Mr. Williams said he had no objection. Mr. Petry responded to Mr. McManigal’s question saying the architect would be better suited to talk to you about the overall square footage. Mr. McManigal explained the reason he asked that question had something to do with the parking. He stated that he really liked the fact there is less parking since his property is behind it. However, his concern was what if the property was sold what would prevent the new owners to add parking places due to the extra square footage which could create a negative impact to his property. Mr. Petry began to explain certain restrictions the Township had regarding impervious coverage and steep slope ordinance pertaining to this application. Chairman Buechler stated that he thought the answer to Mr. McManigal’s question is given the current state of law and the Town’s ordinances if the property was sold two years later and they wanted to change or pave the parking lot they would have to come back before the Board to seek a variance. Mr. McManigal also stated that he was concerned about the lighting specifically in the back over the stairwell. He wanted to know if the lighting could be triggered by some type of motion detector. 10