Commercial Building

“Completing any Eagle Scout project is impressive. However, the sheer size and scope of this project, in my opinion, warrants a little hometown recognition for this young man,” McCall added.

Surrounded by his family, volunteers and fellow scouts, Baliatico completed his Eagle Scout project that will benefit the popular community trails. He and his team installed a bridge and two walkways on the trails located across from 254 Frank Applegate Road and within the Metedeconk Preserve of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation.

“I got the idea when I was hiking these two trails with my father,” the Scout said. “We noticed that the current bridge was recently damaged in a storm and could not be used. We

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Ordinance Pushed To November

By Bob Vosseller

PLUMSTED – An ordinance that would codify commercial property in town failed to pass during last month’s Township Committee meeting and was revisited during this month’s session.

Ordinance 23-06 concerned Commercial Buildings. It was previously changed from a second reading to another introduction based on revisions proposed by Committeeman Leonard Grilletto. The revisions he recommended were too extensive to allow the ordinance to be amended and for a vote to adopt it. When the ordinance was voted on in July, Committeemen Dominick Cuozzo, Michael Hammerstone and Grilletto voted yes on the introduction with Grilletto’s chang- es and Mayor Robert Bowen and Deputy Mayor Herb Marinari voted no.

During this month’s meeting, the ordinance that would establish building standards in a commercial zone drew some comments from Mayor Bowen who said, “I’ve been working on this and talking with some property owners and one of them was kind enough to track down for me a version of this from Mount Laurel and the first thing I noticed what we did in six and half pages they did in a page and a half.”

“Another thing which I talked about at our last meeting was, I am hesitant when the Committee is creating standards and what I liked about the Mount Laurel

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