{"id":7940,"date":"2016-03-27T00:48:01","date_gmt":"2016-03-27T04:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=7940"},"modified":"2016-03-26T00:53:41","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T04:53:41","slug":"brick-tweaks-ordinance-to-allow-easier-access-to-raised-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2016\/03\/brick-tweaks-ordinance-to-allow-easier-access-to-raised-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Tweaks Ordinance to Allow Easier Access to Raised Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1760\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC_0439.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1760\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1760\" class=\"size-large wp-image-1760\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC_0439-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"A house being raised following Superstorm Sandy damage. (Photo: Daniel Nee)\" width=\"618\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC_0439-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC_0439-240x160.jpg 240w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC_0439-400x266.jpg 400w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC_0439-600x399.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1760\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A house being raised following Superstorm Sandy damage. (Photo: Daniel Nee)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>An ordinance that could have landed many residents in front of the township\u2019s zoning board to ask for a variance has been tweaked by the township council to ease restrictions on access points to homes.<\/p>\n<p>The amendment allows for access to staircases with an entry stoop or platform up to 100 square feet in area and up to 5 feet into a required rear yard setback area. Previously, only 50 feet was allowed, Mayor John Ducey said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ordinance eases restrictions so that those raising their homes do not need to go for variances before the Board of Adjustment,\u201d said Ducey, in a statement. \u201cThis saves homeowners money on fees and experts, and also lightens the Board of Adjustment\u2019s caseload.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent months, the Board of Adjustment has had marathon sessions as numerous homeowners have to appear at each meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrick has faced enough aggravation and inconvenience as a result of Superstorm Sandy,\u201d said Councilman Art Halloran, a resident of Brick\u2019s barrier island portion, where many of the homes need to be lifted. \u201cHopefully this amendment will make it easier and less expensive for our neighbors who are raising their homes.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2016\/03\/brick-tweaks-ordinance-to-allow-easier-access-to-raised-homes\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An ordinance that could have landed many residents in front of the township\u2019s zoning board to ask for a variance has been tweaked by the township council to ease restrictions on access points to homes. The amendment allows for access to staircases with an entry stoop or platform up to 100 square feet in area [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[24,2020,1563],"class_list":["post-7940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government","tag-brick-nj-news","tag-home-elevation","tag-house-raising"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/DSC_0439.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgt2Ft-244","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}