Board of Adjustment Opens 2021 With Reorganization, Approves Setback Variance for Kevin and Anne Marie Bogle at 372 Ridgewood Avenue

Glen Ridge's Board of Adjustment held its annual organizational meeting on January 14, 2021, unanimously reappointing Hugh Mahoney as chair and Carl Bergmanson as vice chair, and reappointing Erik DeLine as planner/secretary, Alan Trembulak as board attorney, and Paul Ferriero as board engineer. The board also adopted its 2021 by-laws and its schedule of regular meetings for the year, and adopted its December 10, 2020 minutes with members Bergmanson and Seeman abstaining.

The board's only application of the evening came from Kevin and Anne Marie Bogle of 372 Ridgewood Avenue, seeking a side-yard setback variance for a new porch on the rear of their existing accessory structure. The proposed addition would follow the existing side-yard setback line at the rear corner of the structure, 2.46 feet from the property line, with the closest point of the structure coming to 2.3 feet. No members of the public commented, and the board approved the variance with Mahoney, Berger, Bergmanson, Johnson, Scott, Krien, and Velechko voting yes; Seeman had left the meeting before the vote was taken.