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Zoning Board of Adjustment
Zoning Board Information
For Planning Board & Zoning Board Applications please contact Vanessa Nienhouse:
boroughclerk@chathamborough.org.
The Chatham Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment meets monthly on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 7:30 pm in Borough Hall.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment is established pursuant to the Municipal Land Use Law of New Jersey, N.J.S.A. 40:55 D and Borough Code, Chapter 165 Land Development.
The Chatham Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment meets monthly on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 7:30pm in Borough Hall unless otherwise noted on the Borough website.
The Zoning Board of Adjustment has the power to:
- Hear appeals from administrative decisions regarding the zoning ordinance;
- Hear requests to interpret the zoning ordinance;
- Grant variances from bulk standards; and
- Grant variances from use restrictions.
The Zoning Board also has the authority to hear and decide site plan and subdivision applications in certain instances.
Zoning Board Members
Michael A. Cifelli - CHAIR
Regular Member 01/01/2023 -12/31/2026
Curt Dawson
Regular Member, Planning Board Member 01/01/2022 -12/31/2025
David Degidio
Regular Member 01/01/2022 - 12/31/2025
Joseph Treloar
Regular Member 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2026
Peter Hoffman
Regular Member 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2027
Jean-Eudes Haeringer
Regular Member, Recording Secretary 01/01/2023 - 12/31/2026
Christopher Tarnock
Regular Alternate 01/01/2024 -12/31/2027
Joseph Barrette
1st Alternate 01/01/2024 - 12/31/2026
VACANCY
2nd Alternate
Patrick Dwyer, Attorney
Robert Brightly, PE, PP, CME Board Engineer
Liz Holler, Minutes Secretary
Vanessa Nienhouse, Administrative Secretary
Zoning Board Agendas, Minutes, and Applications after September 1, 2023 can be found by clicking the Granicus logo. Prior agendas & minutes can be found here.
Zoning Board Meeting Schedule