It’s been a quiet couple of weeks on the blog, with the only posts of late both related to a Zoning Board application that seeks to build two, five-unit townhomes near Flanagan Field.

The Zoning Board met on Dec. 21 via Zoom but at the request of the applicant, Pine Street Rahway, LLC, the application was pushed to the Jan. 25 meeting. That will allow the applicant, a Colonia-based developer, to address some comments and questions raised in the engineering report and some other aspects of the application.

The project would build the 10 units adjacent to Flanagan Field, just off Barnett Street. The application seeks preliminary and final site plan approval to build 3 ½-story, three-bedroom units on two undeveloped lots that would be combined into one, about three-quarters of an acre. It would require nine variances, including a use variance because townhomes are not permitted in the R-residential zone, which is medium-density, single-family.

You can find more details and relevant materials from the application in this Dec. 15 post on the blog, as well as the follow-up on Dec. 22.

• The week between Christmas and New Year’s is always quiet and the next municipal meetings won’t be until next week at the earliest. In the meantime, be on the look out for some follow-up posts on the blog about City Council and Redevelopment Agency business.

FLASHBACK:2010 – Improvements spotted at Kings Inn. It’s not earth-shattering news but I documented some renovations that were spotted at the motel along Routes 1&9, near the Riverwalk condos. it’s an excuse to link to music videos that featured the distinctive tower at The Kings Inn, including Ted Leo and the Pharmacists and a wildly popular hip hop song from the early 1990s.

Keep your ears open for a special episode of the podcast, aiming to release in early January.

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