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A crash shut down traffic once again on
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East Veterans Highway in Jackson.
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This time, it was at the location of a
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controversial commercial application to
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build an office building in this
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residential Jackson Township
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The crash happened during Wednesday
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night's evening rush when multiple
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vehicles collided at the intersection of
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Butterfly Road and East Veterans
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Highway. Jackson police shut down
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southbound traffic for about an hour
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while they investigated the crash. The
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detour sent traffic through the nearby
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Royal Grove development. No major
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injuries were reported. The crash
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happened at the location of a
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controversial commercial development
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that is drawing opposition in Jackson
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Township, New Jersey. A developer wants
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to demolish two homes at East Veterans
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Highway and Butterfly Road to construct
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office building. The project would
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include eight office suites and more
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than 80 parking spaces. But neighbors
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say the development would bring more
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traffic congestion and commercial
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activity into their residential neigh-
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Residents showed up at the September
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zoning board meeting to oppose the
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>> Okay, so how many tenants can you fit
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>> Depends how big the tenants' spaces.
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>> What's the minimum that a tenant
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>> I'm sorry, I cannot hear either of you.
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>> What's the minimum that a tenant would
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>> I It's impossible to say.
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>> Because I've seen such buildings where
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you have 100 square foot per per
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>> I'm sorry, forgive me. Yeah, thank you.
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>> In a residential neighborhood
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and the zoning is here to protect us, to
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that quality of life that we came to
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look for, to live in, to want
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to prosper for our next generation.
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Now, I understand when there's a zoning
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that allows certain things to be done.
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My next door neighbor wants to make an
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office building, bring offices into this
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house and the zoning allows, it sucks,
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but this is life and this is called
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duality within our life.
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But, to go and change this change
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>> Mr. Weiss, would you please state your
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name for the record again?
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I just want to take a moment to state
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the obvious, which is building a smaller
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building with a smaller parking lot on
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this property would be so much simpler.
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I realize it's not as profitable,
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but it seems like what's happening here
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uh in spirit contrary to the intent of
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Our town has a master plan for a reason.
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We seem to keep getting into these
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people coming forward to build things
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and it's like we're bending and twisting
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the master plan that we have.
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And I'm pretty sure the reason we adopt
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is to identify appropriate areas for
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residential, commercial, industrial,
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agricultural, and recreational uses.
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So, if this isn't fitting into our
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because it's in residential then maybe
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we need to take that more into effect
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than how we can make this pretty for a
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development. Cuz I don't know about any
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I really don't want to be sitting in my
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living room and looking out and seeing
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whether it's a doctor's office or a
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lawyer's office or anything else. I live
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in a neighborhood, not in the middle of
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>> The applicant is seeking zoning relief,
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including a reduced buffer between the
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building and nearby homes. The next
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hearing was postponed until the November
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zoning board meeting. Get more local
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