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NOTICE ON HEARING ON APPLICATION NOTICE is hereby given that on June 10th at 7:00 p.m., the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing electronically on the application submitted by Anthony Bertucci, at which time and place all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard. In accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, Chapter 231, P.L. 1975, and in consideration of Executive Order No. 292 issued by Governor Murphy on March 4, 2022, declaring a continued “State of Emergency in the State of New Jersey,” in order to protect the health, safety and welfare of area citizens while ensuring the continued functioning of government, the meeting of the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment will be held electronically only. Members of the public who wish to participate in the meeting by telephone may do so by calling +1 305 224 1968, or +1 309 205 3325, followed by meeting ID number: 870 6326 2175 and Passcode: 592706. 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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Anthony Bertucci (the “Applicant”) has applied to the Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Adjustment (“Board”) for preliminary and final major subdivision approval, variance relief, checklist waivers, design waivers, and related approvals in connection with the property located at 203 Penn View Drive, Pennington (Hopewell Township), Mercer County, New Jersey, and designated as Block 46.06, Lots 2 and 3 on the Hopewell Township Tax Map (the “Property”). The Applicant seeks approval to subdivide and/or confirm the separate development of existing Tax Lots 2 and 3 as two legal residential lots. Each lot contains approximately 28,816 square feet of lot area and approximately 136 feet of frontage on Penn View Drive. Existing Lot 2 is improved with a single-family dwelling. Existing Lot 3 is vacant and is proposed to be improved with a new single-family dwelling, together with related site improvements, including driveway, patio, walkway, utilities, septic system, well, grading, drainage, and stormwater management features. The Property is located in the R-100 Well and/or Septic Zoning District of Hopewell Township’s Land Development Ordinance and also within Zone B of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Commission review zone. There are no environmentally sensitive areas on the Property. Existing Tax Lots 2 and 3 were created as part of the Penn View Heights subdivision and, while initially compliant with zoning, are undersized under the current R-100 zoning standards. The application therefore seeks bulk variance relief pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(c)(1) and/or N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(c)(2), as applicable, for existing and proposed lot area, lot width, and lot depth conditions; for the existing side-yard setback and lot-coverage conditions on Lot 2, to the extent relief is required, and for the proposed side-yard setback condition on Lot 3, to the extent relief is required. The Ordinance requires a minimum lot area of 80,000 square feet, whereas the proposed lot areas are 25,816 square feet for Lot 2 and 25,816 square feet for Lot 3. The Ordinance requires a minimum lot width of 150 feet, whereas the proposed lot widths are 138 feet for Lot 2 and 136 feet for Lot 3. The Ordinance requires a minimum lot depth of 200 feet, whereas the proposed lot depth for each of Lots 2 and 3 is 197.18 feet. The Ordinance requires a minimum side-yard setback of 40 feet, whereas a proposed side-yard setbacksfor Lot 2 is 20.3 feet and a proposed side-yard setback for Lot 3 is 29 feet . The Applicant also seeks a density variance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(d)(5), to the extent required, because the proposed subdivision would permit two residential lots where the current R-100 lot-area standards would otherwise require a larger tract area . The Ordinance permits a maximum density of 0.5 units per acre, whereas the proposed density is 1.82 units per acre for Lot 2 and 1.82 units per acre for Lot 3. The Applicant will present testimony that the requested density relief is appropriate because the lots were originally created as part of a plan entitled “Final Plan Section No. III, Penn View Heights”, such that the proposed two-lot residential subdivision proposal is consistent with the established development pattern in the surrounding neighborhood of Penn View Heights, thus permitting single-family residential use consistent with the surrounding single family development without creating a substantial detriment to the public good or a substantial impairment of the intent and purpose of the zone plan and zoning ordinance. The Applicant shall also seek any checklist waivers, design waivers, exceptions, interpretations, variances, approvals, or other relief that the Board and/or its professionals may determine to be necessary or appropriate in connection with this application, including any relief necessary for existing nonconforming conditions, proposed improvements, or conditions shown on the submitted plans and application materials. A copy of the application, plans and related documents are on file with the Office of Community Development, Hopewell Township Municipal Building, 201 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville NJ, 08560, and are available for public inspection during regular business hours. Interested parties should call the Community Development Office (609-737-0605 Ext. 6640) to make arrangements to view the documents in person; all are encouraged to access the documents via the website:https://www.hopewelltwp.org/294/Zoning-Board-of-Adjustment _____________________ Jeffrey M. Hall, Attorney for Applicant Anthony Bertucci Dated: May 26, 2026 Prt fee:$109.20 May 18 -1a