Friday, April 26, 2013
Number of suitable parking spots and traffic planning still up for discussion regarding proposed mosque in Liberty Corner.
In a continuing back and forth over how many parking spaces would be needed at a proposed mosque at the edge of Church Street in Liberty Corner Village, an expert hired by the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge put the number at 60, a steep reduction from the 110 recommended by township professionals. The Bernards Township Planning Board, which has been considering the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge's application to build the 4,200-square-foot house of worship since last summer, had asked Henry Ney to return with more information at the most recent hearing, on Thursday night. Now, Ney has been asked to return again at the next board discussion on the proposal, scheduled for June 4. Among other requests, the traffic expert has been asked to…
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Meanwhile, resolution to memorialize Planning Board's recommendations regarding Millington Quarry due on May 7.
A proposal to build at 4,200-square-foot mosque to serve the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge is on the agenda to be back before the Bernards Township Planning Board for the first time since February. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday night in the courtroom at the municipal building at 1 Collyer Lane in Basking Ridge. The number of parking spaces that should be required at the proposed location on Church Street in Liberty Corner Village was the topic of the past two meetings, and was expected to continue at this meeting. A traffic expert told the Planning Board in early February that his count of how many vehicles actually were parked during the main Friday service at two other mosques in New Jersey indicates that …
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Monday, March 25, 2013
April 2 meeting canceled, but meetings still on for this Thursday, March 28, and April 25.
The Bernards Township Planning Board's busy schedule faced upcoming revisions as of Monday, with this Thursday's meeting still on with a set agenda, and another firm meeting date set for April 25, when the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge is due to return. However, the Planning Board's regularly scheduled meeting that would have been held next Tuesday, April 2, has been canceled, board secretary Fran Florio said on Monday afternoon. At the last hearing on the proposed mosque in Liberty Corner, the discussion continued to focus on what would be the appropriate number of parking spaces for the 4,200 structure that is planned on Church Street. Meanwhile, the Planning Board's deliberations on the Millington Quarry application for …
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Expert's report counting parked cars during services at other mosques in New Jersey doesn't satisfy Bernards Planning Board.
A traffic expert told the Planning Board on Tuesday that his count of how many vehicles actually were parked during the main Friday service at two other mosques in New Jersey indicates that the proposed mosque in Liberty Corner would need a maximum of 70 spots — not the 110 advised by board professional last month. The board's members did not seem convinced and scheduled the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge's traffic engineer to return on April 25 with further information, additional details on certain points in the report and an additional vehicle count for a mosque in South Brunswick. The applicant's original number of parking spaces was 50 for the proposed 4,200-square-foot mosque at 124 Church St. in the Liberty Corner section of …
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Four-hour hearing on application to build mosque in Liberty Corner begins with disagreement over necessary parking.
A four-hour continued hearing on a proposal for a 4,252-square-foot mosque in Liberty Corner Village began Tuesday with the applicant's attorney saying he had learned the board's professionals now are asking that 110 parking spaces be provided for the house of worship if it is built, rather than the 50 spaces in the application. The board's attorney, Jonathan Drill, said that he and David Banisch, planner for the township had concluded that number was appropriate as guided by 2010 International Traffic Engineers standards for mosques, as compared with churches and synagogues. That brought a quick objection from Vincent Bisogno, attorney for the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge. Bisogno said more than doubling the required parking spaces …
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Thursday, November 29, 2012
Discussion before Planning Board also leads back to whether parking is adequate for planned mosque in Liberty Corner.
The architect for a proposed 4,250-square-foot mosque in Liberty Corner village described the exterior of the gray building as fitting in with other structures in the neighborhood — but when it came to the interior, the discussion before the Planning Board on Wednesday once again led to maximum capacity and adequate parking. "I don't want anyone to think this building is out of scale," local architect Dan Lincoln said in describing the proposed mosque that the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge plans to build in place of a 1950s modified ranch at 124 Church St. The new building, about the same size of the older home, which would be demolished, would have most worshippers entering from the rear entrance, according to continuing testimony …
Monday, November 26, 2012
Major application for mosque scheduled for Wednesday, quarry put off until December.
Along with causing fallen trees and power outages, Sandy disrupted the Bernards Township Planning Board's agenda in the past month. The board is planning to resume its first scheduled meeting this week since the last public meeting was held on Oct. 25. The Islamic Society of Basking Ridge is set to return for a continuation of a public hearing at a special meeting that was prescheduled for 7:30 p.m. this Wednesday night, according to the township website and Planning Board Clerk Frances Florio. That date was set at the Oct. 25 meeting, when the Islamic Society presented a traffic consultant to testify about the impact of the proposed mosque in the surrounding area of Liberty Corner Village. The traffic consultant representing the Islamic …
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Traffic consultant due to return at special Bernards Planning Board meeting on Nov. 28.
A traffic consultant representing the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge, which has proposed building a mosque in place of a private home at 124 Church Street in Liberty Corner, on Thursday faced questions about the validity of his calculations on traffic and adequate parking at the facility. The consultant, Henry J. Ney, is scheduled to return at a continuation of the public hearing on the proposed mosque at a special Planning Board meeting set for 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 28. Ney, speaking about a plan that calls for 50 parking spaces to accommodate services and activities within the proposed 4,200-square-foot mosque, said that in conducting his traffic study he at least doubled what would be the anticipated number of vehicles for some…
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Ali Chaudry says traffic engineer set to be heard at Thursday's Planning Board meeting.
The next public hearing on a proposed mosque on Church Street in Liberty Corner, rescheduled to next Thursday, due to the inavailability of the Planning Board's new attorney, may begin with testimony from the traffic engineer discussing the plan for the new house of worship, the applicant says. "We will have a traffic engineer presenting testimony and answering questions," M. Ali Chaudry, president of the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge, said last week. That organization is seeking to build the 4,200-square-foot mosque in place of a four-bedroom home on four acres at 124 Church Street, across from the Liberty Corner Firehouse. On Wednesday, Planning Board Secretary Frances Florio said another applicant, Syncarpha, is scheduled to be heard…
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Attorneys for both Bernards Planning Board and Islamic Society advise houses of worship are permitted in residential zone.
Members of the public and the Bernards Planning Board tried on Tuesday to pin down Islamic Society President Ali Chaudry on the number of worshippers who ultimately would attend Friday services at a proposed mosque in Liberty Corner, a number that Chaudry repeatedly estimated at 150 even after about a decade of growth. Upon questioning, Chaudry said that if the number grew larger, the proposed mosque at 124 Church St. could conceivably consider adding a second service for the mosque's the Friday afternoon worship, which he said is the most attended service in the week. Chaudry also said that the proposed 4,200-square-foot new building is expected meet the projected needs of the mosque to serve Muslims who live and work within the Somerset …
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Lawyer1
9:34 am on Tuesday, April 30, 2013
I remember attending the town meetings in Bridgewater held by the Mayor before the Mosque was completed on Rt. 206. There were many issue I remember between the people attending the mosque and local residents.....now from memory. -There were attendees actually parking on neighbors lawns as there wasn't enough parking for the Temple which had the BWPD on sight almost daily. -There were attendee … more ›