Withdrawn The Atlantic Highlands Planning Board approved 11 of the 14 applications for variances it received during 2025, with none denied, two dismissed and one which was pending at the end of the year. All of the applications were for bulk variances in the residential zone and only one was a major subdivision application.
The report was unanimously approved by the board as last week’s meeting, after having members’ review of the annual report which the attorney submitted in January.
In submitting the report, board attorney Michael Steib noted the number of applications showed a continuing downward trend by it decrease of three applications from the previous year and nine less than 2022, attributing the decrease possibly to the effect of inflation.
The number of applications approved, however, is in large part to the board’s integration with applicants providing them with sufficient information and feedback to enable the applicant to modify applications during the public hearings when it appeared approval seemed unlikely at presented.
Similarly, applications were likely dismissed or withdrawn, he said, when approval appeared unlikely. Some applications were for variance approval for residential home additions that required a variance, but still maintained pre-existing nonconforming setbacks and most were minor in nature.
“There continues to be interest in constructing new and improving existing residential homes,” Steib said in the report, adding “but a decrease in developing commercial properties, consistent with recent years.”
The only bulk variance sought and approved was for the Kalian property at 14 East Garfield Avenue which approved dividing an existing near-acre property into four single family residential lots, a reduction of one lot from the original application request.
The two applications which were dismissed were for 12 Bayside Drive, when the applicant requested the application be withdrawn as he was in the process of revising plans and had not decided to mover forward at this time. The second application withdrawn was for a deck on the second floor of a garage at 99 Center Avenue to replace an existing porch. That matter had had a number of hearings and postponements but withdrawn at the request of the applicant rather than continuing with another hearing.
The application pending at the end of the year was for property at 22 Prospect Circle where the applicant sought to subdivide existing lots and construct a new single family home and retaining an existing home. There had been several postponements to that hearing at the time Steib’s report was complete that continued through the March meeting.
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“There continues to be interest in constructing new and improving existing residential homes,” Steib said in the report, adding “but a decrease in developing commercial properties, consistent with recent years.”The only bulk variance sought and approved was for the Kalian property at 14 East Garfield Avenue which approved dividing an existing near-acre property into four single family residential lots, a reduction of one lot from the original application request.The two applications which were dismissed were for 12 Bayside Drive, when the applicant requested the application be withdrawn as he was in the process of revising plans and had not decided to mover forward at this time. The second application withdrawn was for a deck on the second floor of a garage at 99 Center Avenue to replace an existing porch. That matter had had a number of hearings and postponements but withdrawn at the request of the applicant rather than continuing with another hearing.The application pending at the end of the year was for property at 22 Prospect Circle where the applicant sought to subdivide existing lots and construct a new single family home and retaining an existing home. There had been several postponements to that hearing at the time Steib’s report was complete that continued through the March meeting.“There continues to be interest in constructing new and improving existing residential homes,” Steib said in the report, adding “but a decrease in developing commercial properties, consistent with recent years.”The only bulk variance sought and approved was for the Kalian property at 14 East Garfield Avenue which approved dividing an existing near-acre property into four single family residential lots, a reduction of one lot from the original application request.The two applications which were dismissed were for 12 Bayside Drive, when the applicant requested the application be withdrawn as he was in the process of revising plans and had not decided to mover forward at this time. The second application withdrawn was for a deck on the second floor of a garage at 99 Center Avenue to replace an existing porch. That matter had had a number of hearings and postponements but withdrawn at the request of the applicant rather than continuing with another hearing.The application pending at the end of the year was for property at 22 Prospect Circle where the applicant sought to subdivide existing lots and construct a new single family home and retaining an existing home. There had been several postponements to that hearing at the time Steib’s report was complete that continued through the March meeting.
