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St. Joe's withdraws lighting application
(by Maggie Fazeli Fard - May 28, 2008)
The six-month hearing regarding the installation of field lights at
St. Joseph
Regional
High School came to an abrupt conclusion last week when the Montvale Planning Board received notice that the school had chosen to withdraw its application.
The application requested a height variance to install four new poles carrying 42 lights around the school’s football field.
Since the hearing of the lighting application began last December, Montvale and Woodcliff Lake residents who share property lines with the south and north sides of St. Joe’s football field have dominated meetings with their complaints, including an alleged increase in field use in recent years, glare from existing security lights atop the field house, holes in the fence separating St. Joe’s from its neighbors, excessive noise and profanity, inappropriate disposal of garbage including liquor bottles and condoms, and public urination.
The board received a letter from St. Joe’s attorney Andy Del Vecchio by e-mail and fax on Tuesday, May 20, the date of the scheduled vote on the lighting application, alerting the borough of the withdrawal without elaborating on the reason behind it.
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St. Joseph thanks the Board for its time in considering this application,” wrote Del Vecchio simply, “however at the present time the applicant is withdrawing its application.”
Maggie Fazeli Fard's e-mail address is fazelifard@northjersey.com.
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