The ‘New Visions’ community in Brick Township. (Credit: Google Earth)
Brick Township’s planning board will be tasked with interpreting cross-access and parking requirements from its 2013 approval of the “New Visions” community, a mixed-use parcel of retail businesses and townhomes constructed adjacent to the main post office on Chambers Bridge Road.
According to a legal notice filed by JMC Management Group, which markets the development, the owners are seeking clarification of the requirements for “cross-access easement” for various items, including shared parking between the commercial and residential portions of the community. The resolution passed by the board during initial approval in 2013 did not specify or define what “sharing parking” included or excluded, the legal notice states.
The commercial portion of the complex, located at 101 Prosper Way, includes businesses such as Cordi’s Italian Restaurant, a chiropractic office, and Quest Diagnostics, with apartments located overhead.
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The parking issue is coming before the board since the management company is proposing to designate the spaces in the commercial area as those reserved for tenants in that building. The owners and guests of the nearby townhomes would park in an area consisted of 11 parking spaces near the border of the two lots, which were subdivided for their respective purposes when the development was approved.
JMC has signaled its intent to lobby the board to determine that the vague language in the initial approval would not preclude them from designating parking spaces between the two lots without it representing a modification of a formalized site plan which would, in turn require the board to issue a variance or provide other relief.
What eventually became “New Visions” was originally intended to be a senior citizen community known as Nobility Crest, but the developer took advantage of a law passed by the state legislature in the wake of the 2008 mortgage crisis that allowed age-restricted developments where no units had been sold to be converted to general housing. The developer threatened to sue the township if it blocked the conversion, ultimately resulting in a settlement between the two parties where fewer units would be built.
The board will hear the matter at its Dec. 4, 2024 meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. at the township municipal complex.
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