Agenda July 9, 2025

 

VERNON TOWNSHIP LAND USE BOARD

REGULAR MEETING AGENDA

July 9, 2025

7:00 PM

 

Call to Order

 

Statement of Compliance:

Pursuant to the Open Public Meetings Act, adequate notice of this Regular Meeting has been provided to the public and the press on January 29, 2025, by delivering to the press such notice and posting same at the Municipal Building and filed with the office of the Township Clerk.

Salute to the Flag:

 

Roll Call

Mayor’s Designee John Auberger                      

Ann Larsen                                                              

Councilmember William Higgins                           

Martin Theobald                                                 

Richard Spoerl

Willard McPeek

Andrea Cocula

Michael Whitaker

Jacqueline Haley

Jodi White-Bearstler     Alt #1          

Paul Mele                     Alt #2 

Craig Williams              Alt #3

Mark Vizzini                  Alt #4

Public Hearings

 

• Mountain Creek Resort – Master Plan Update

 

• Housing Element and Fair Share Plan, of the Township of Vernon, State of New Jersey
• Water Use and Conservation Management Plan
• Amended Historic Element – addition of the Perry Farm Block 525, Lot 17, and addition of the Stewart House Block 378, Lot 20

Public Participation

 

         Open Meeting to the Public for items other than those listed on the Agenda

         Close Meeting to the Public

 

 

Land Use Board Discussion Items (action may or may not be taken)

 

• None

 

Resolutions

 

LU# 2-25-1 – Red Hand LLC – Block 402, Lot 2 and 3, - Preliminary Site Plan with variances for a proposed four-story multi-family residential building

Eligible to vote: Rossi, Larsen, Higgins, Theobald, Spoerl, McPeek, Cocula, Whitaker, Haley

• Resolution Adopting Housing Element and Fair Share Plan

 

Minutes

 

• May 14, 2025 – Regular Meeting Minutes (Rossi, Larsen, Higgins, Theobald, Spoerl, McPeek, Cocula, Whitaker, Haley)

 

Appendix A – escrows, board fees, bond reductions and escrow closure

 

   escrows, board fees and bond reductions

 A. Board Fees

 

1. Board Attorney – Glenn Kienz, Weiner Law Group LLP

• Land Use Board Business – Services Through 5/14/25 ($600.00)

• Red Hand LLC – LU# 2-25-1 – Services Through 5/28/25 ($486.00)
• Sussex Cultivation, LLC – LU# 2-23-4 – Services Through 5/14/25 ($324.00)
• Green Owl Gardens, LLC – LU# 4-25-2 – Services Through 5/12/25 ($252.00)

   2.      Board Planner – Jessica Caldwell, J. Caldwell & Associates

• Land Use Board Business – Services Through 5/14/25 ($450.00)

• Green Owl Gardens, LLC – LU# 4-25-2 – Services Through 5/12/25 ($375.00)

   3.     Board Engineer – Cory Stoner, Harold E. Pellow & Associates

• Land Use Board Business – ($0)

• Red Hand LLC – LU# 2-25-1 – Services Through 4/25/25 ($310.60)
• Sussex Cultivation, LLC – LU# 2-23-4 – Services Through 4/23/25 ($641.80)
• Bright Horizon – LU# 1-22-1 – Services Through 4/23/25 ($938.40)

 

4. Board Recording Secretary – Irene Mills ($150.00)

 B. Request for escrow to be closed

• LU# 12-21-10 – Theodore E. Renka – Block 404, Lot 4 – Site Plan for a car wash ($725.65)
• LU# 9-23-13 – Mountain Dispensary, LLC – Block 607, Lot 35 – Site Plan and Conditional Use for retail cannabis dispensary ($1,234.00)
• LU# 4-24-2 – AME Plaza, LLC – Block 607, Lot 37 – Minor Site Plan to permit a propane filling station ($635.50)

Adjournment

 

Next Meeting: July 23, 2025