Zoning Board Meeting of October 13, 2026

The Township of Edison Zoning Board of Adjustment’s regular meeting on October 13, 2026, considered three land-use matters. The board unanimously approved Patricia Sheeman’s bulk-variance request to reconstruct her fire-damaged home at 13 Short Street, and unanimously approved PSE&G’s preliminary and final site plan and use variance for improvements to its existing Silver Lake training campus, including a modular classroom and mock residential training structures. PSE&G described the project as an enhancement to employee safety training, with possible future joint exercises with first responders; no procurement, contract award, or purchasing decision was identified. The board also approved the minutes of September 29 and announced that case Z31-2025 was carried to December 15, 2026, without re-notice.

The board held a public hearing on a proposed settlement for CareOne’s 114-unit, 122-room/122-bed memory-care facility at 1350 Inman Avenue, involving a use variance, site-plan approval, and bulk variances. The revised plan included a lower eastern portion, an eight-foot fence, landscaping, an Inman Avenue sidewalk, and updated traffic and generator-noise studies. An approval motion conditioned on waiving a proposed $550,000 township payment and accepting a $100,000 contribution failed 4–2. After a further contribution for Inman Avenue traffic improvements was offered—described inconsistently in the transcript as $250,000 and $350,000—the board voted unanimously to reconsider, but the transcript ends without a final vote on the application. No procurement activity was identified.