Boards & Commissions

Planning Board

Mission Statement:

The Planning Board is responsible under state statute for preparing and adopting a Township Master Plan and for reviewing land use development within Bernards Township. The Planning Board is charged with reviewing subdivisions, site plans, planned development, conditional uses and certain variances. The Planning Board also reviews and recommends revisions to land use ordinances to the Township Committee.

Membership:

The Planning Board is made up of nine members and two alternate members. In addition, the Planning Board retains its own staff and consultants annually at its reorganization meeting.

Name	Membership	Term Expires
John Carpenter	Mayor Class I Member	12/31/2008
Scott Christie	Class IV Member	12/31/2008
Karen Terracciano Del Vento	Class IV Member	12/31/2010
Bert Fonde	Environmental Commission Representative Class IV Member	12/31/2010
Carolyn Gaziano	Class IV Member	12/31/2008
Carolyn Kelly	TC Representative Class III Member	12/31/2008
Kevin Orr	Board of Adjustment Class IV Member	12/31/2008
Kenneth White	Board Chairman Class IV Member	12/31/2009
Peter Winter	Vice-Chair Class IV Member	12/31/2008
Paul Saccone	Alternate 1 Class IV Member	12/31/2009
Ann Parsekian	Alternate 2 Class IV Member	12/31/2008

Meeting Schedule:

The Planning Board of the Township of Bernards will meet to discuss or act upon public business at 7:30 p.m. on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday after the first Monday of each month at the Municipal Building, Collyer Lane, Basking Ridge, NJ. Additional meetings may be scheduled. Planning Board meeting are shown live on Channel 22.

September 30
October 7
October 21
November 18
December 2
December 16

Notice of revisions or additions to the above schedule will be posted and advertised as required by law.

Public Participation: Residents are welcome to attend the public meetings of the Board and are invited to ask questions and provide comments and statements regarding applications that appear on the agenda. To review copies of applications for development, please contact, Frances Florio, Planning Board Secretary, at 908-204-3026.
As of June 6, 2006, the Planning Board has adopted the following procedure. There will be no new cases heard after 10:00 p.m. and no new witnesses or testimony will be heard after 10:30 p.m.

Additional Facts About Your Board

Planning Board Staff:
- Board Counsel, Stuart R. Koenig, Esq. Stickel, Koenig & Sullivan 973-239-8800
- Board Planner, David Banisch, PP Banisch Associates, Inc. 908-782-0835
- Board Engineer, Thomas J. Quinn, PE Medina Consultants 908-322-2030
- Assistant Township Planner, David Schley 908-204-3004
- Board Secretary, Frances Florio 908-204-3026