Howell Planning Board Meeting Thursday: See What's On The Agenda

HOWELL, NJ — The Township of Howell Planning Board is meeting online over Zoom at 7 p.m. on Thursday.

The board will go over one submission waiver and three other applications, including the construction of a 2,999 square feet 7-Eleven convenience store and gasoline station and the construction of two one-story warehouse buildings with office space.

Here are the details of the items on the agenda:

• Application of AATZ Holding, LLC as Applicant and 214 Colts Neck Road Partnership and 196 Colts Neck Road Partnership as owners seeking preliminary and final major site plan to develop the properties by construction a one-story 2,815 square feet building for use as a microbrewery. They are also proposing hops fields, 30’ x 60’ open pavilion, 20’ x 20’ shed, a patio area outside of the building with overhead pergola, outdoor grass seating area and a small office space within the brewery. Additional improvements consist of landscaping, lighting, refuse enclosure and an aboveground stormwater management basin on the property on Colts Neck Road.

• Application of 7-Eleven, Inc. as applicant and SAP American Choice Inc. as owner seeking final major site plan to raze the existing canopy and associated improvements to construct a 2,999 square feet 7-Eleven convenience store and gasoline station with six fuel dispensers for a total of 12 fueling positions and canopy. They are also proposing 25 parking spaces including two ADA spaces, new landscaping, lighting, trash facilities and stormwater management on 639 U.S. Highway 9 North.
• Application of AAFFHW Property LLC as applicant and Clayton, Peter & John A. Forman (C/O Margaret B. Carmeli, Esq.) as owners seeking preliminary and final major site plan approval to construct two one-story warehouse buildings with office space. Warehouse building A totals 325,737 square feet in size, with 305,737 square feet of warehouse space and 20,000 square feet of office space, 55 loading bays, two drive-in bays, 161 parking spaces, 68 tractor-trailer parking spaces and an optional guard shack at the north side of the truck court. Warehouse Building B totals 98,828 square feet in size consisting of 89,828 square feet warehouse space and 9,000 square feet of office space, 28 loading bays, two drive-in bays and 94 vehicle parking spaces, but no additional tractor-trailer parking. They are proposing additional site improvement consisting of lighting, landscaping, aboveground and subsurface stormwater management facilities, an irrigation pump house, sanitary sewer pump station and optional fire water tank. They are also proposing significant off-site improvements to extend the public water main from Fairfield Road and sanitary sewer force main from Adelphia Road to the property Howell Road.
• Application of Wadsworth Development LLC as Applicant and Owner seeking preliminary major subdivision approval with ancillary bulk variance relief to subdivide the property into 10 new lots for residential development, with eight lots fronting on Michele Boulevard. Those eight lots will be one acre in size, one other lot will be 2.01 acres in size with frontage on Ramtown Greenville Road and will contain the existing dwelling and the remaining lot, which is primarily within the northern portion of the property, will be 10.03 acres in size and will remain as open space. Two of the existing accessory buildings will be removed, while one accessory building, as well as the detached garage, will remain within the same lot as the existing dwelling on premises on 238 Ramtown-Greenville Road. This application was originally scheduled to be heard on Aug. 5, 2021 when it was rescheduled to Sept. 2 with notice.

The full agenda can be seen here.

The Township of Howell Planning Boardwill be available to watch live on Zoom here (ID 932 9279 9941 and Passcode: 3333).