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The Herald and The Lantern

Wednesday. March 11.1981

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N. CAPE MAY - The Lower Township Board of Adjustment decided last Tuesday night to grant James Wagner of R.AJ. Contractors a variance to build a house one ft. within the 25 ft. frontyard setback requirement at Holmes and Howland Aves. here. ^Ruring testimony, the applicant stated the property to be developed is actually owned by Egon Weinrich, owner of nearby Egon's Market. This raised the question of whether the boanl should act on the variance request or defer action until proper certification is presented certifying that Mr. Wagner has the authority to act on behalf of the owner. ASKED FOR A legal opinion on the matter board solicitor Lou Dwyer said, "It's up to the board whether it wishes to act on the application at this time. I don’t know what precedent this would set.” A decision wasunade to proceed after board member Robert Riper pointed out there have been other cases where applications have been handled with ac-

tion contingent upon subsequent proper certification. Although the lot on the corner of Holmes and Howland Aves. is small and irregularly shaped, Mr. Wagner did admit upon questioning thatabe could build the house t ”:onform with mandated zCBlng requirements if necessary. His reason for seeking the variance is to prevent what he indicated would be a great deal of unnecessary paper work. ACCORDING TO THE applicant, he is funding the ^Instruction thru the Farmers Home' Administration. This agency requires standard size homes to be bhilt, and if changes are made, even one ft., a tremendous amount of pa)>er work is required, Mr. Wagner explained. Two neighbors spoke out against the variance being issued. One, Edwin E. Harnett of 103 Holmes Ave., pointed out that if anything is put on the now vacant lot, a flooding problem that already exists is going to get worse. "There's six M|even in-

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ches of water in the intersection everytime it rains,” Mr. Harnett said. IN RESPONSE TO comments about flooding, solicitor Dwyer said, "We need proof or documentation." I A question was also raised about whether or not steps are included in setback requirements. Mr. Wagner said no, but township land official Feme Detweiler inter-

preted the zoning ordinance as saying steps should be included in setback designations. Although the board itself made no specific interpretation of the ordinance, Ms. Detweiler is looking into the matter with the township building official in an effort to determine if he does or doesn’t include steps in setback calculations.

Variance Granted To Raise, Turn Home

By M'Ellen Rowland AVALON - The Zoning Board of Adjustment convened a three-hour session Thursday to weigh the merits of granting Mary and Gerald Supplee a variance on improving and adding to the home they built at 1925 Avalon Ave. in 1957. The Supplees, represented by attorney Henry Gorelick of North Wildwood, sought permission to add one story to their home by turning the existing structure 18 degrees, to face the ocean rather than Avalon Ave., and raising it one floor so they can use existenLfoundations and create^additional bedrooml and bathroom space for their expanding family at groundfloor level. The Avalon Homeowners Assn, represented by Stone Harbor solicitor William Balliette, argued

against the application on the grounds that by adding cubic space to the present dwelling there would be a resultant increase in density of population and noise. Mr. Gorelick called one witness, noted architect David Krumbhaar, who is licensed to practice in all states nationally. Krumbhaar stated that, in his opinion the esthetic value of improvements to the building would more than offset any disadvantages and, since it was and would remain a single-family dwelling the problem of density did not obtain. Despite two dissenting votes by board chairman Pauline Petricia and Thomas F. Boyle, the Supplees got the five votes necessary to grant their variance by agreeing to add no balconies on the second floor and thereby not encroaching on neighboring properties.

Rlane Belly Flops; No Injuries

To Three Persons Aboard

ERMA — A single-engine private plane with three persons onboard bellied down on the runway of the County Airport here Monday night after the craft’s landing gear failed. According to Lower Township Police, William Popov, of West Paterson was piloting the craft with his wife and daughter onboard when the plane’s battery and generator went out and they were forced to land here, the closest airport. Popov hand-cranked the landing gear down, but it collapsed, dropping the plan to the runway. The Popovs were enroute from

Florida. No injuries were reported but the under car: riage of the plane was damaged. The mishap triggered an automatic response by the airport crew, township rescue squad, Erma volunteer firemen and -police.

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