The BRICK Times Vol. 22 - No. 8
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By Judy Smestad-Nunn BRICK - Two new ordinances – based on expanding business and traffic safety - were passed on their first reading during the most recent Township Council Meeting. The first ordinance addresses holders of a craft cidery and meadery license, craft distill-
─Photo by Alyssa Riccardi Located at the Haven’s Homestead Park Facility, the Brick Community Garden offers a place for residents to grow their own vegetables and more. By Alyssa Riccardi BRICK – This summer, Brick Township is getting greener as they’ve reconstructed the Michael P. Fowler
Community Garden at the Haven’s Homestead Park Facility. The Community Garden is open with 17 plots for residents who
might not have the ability to plant vegetables and herbs at home. “The Com mu nit y Garden has been there since about 2015 or
2016. Michael P. Fowler, the previous Township Planner, was the one who started the garden. He had (Garden - See Page 5)
July 9, 2022
Berry Fresh Farms To Be Replaced By Self-Storage
By Alyssa Riccardi BRICK – A wellknown market and garden center in the township is set to be replaced by a three-story, self-storage facility, after the Brick Planning Board approved the project. At the June 8 Planning board meeting, board members gave a u nanimous vote granting CE Development Management of Columbia, South Carolina, approval to redevelop the fiveacre property. The seasonal market offers their annual “Scary Rotten Farms” Halloween attraction in the fall. The tradition has been frightening residents for over a decade and became a well-known attraction in the area.
Af ter the board members approved the application, two residents who live near the proper t y asked the board for more information on the project and no objectors were present. The site of the new self-storage facility will have access only from Brick Boulevard with no “cutthroughs” that allow drivers to go through local streets, project engineer James Thaon said. One driveway will be built in the back of the building for emergency access, however that will not be open for the public to go through. The driveway will be 20 feet wide. Thaon said that the property will have (Berry - See Page 4)
DISTILLERY ZONING EXPANDED
ery license, a licensed winery tasting room or an instructional winemaking facility, which would be permitted to operate in the village zone, the B-2 General Business Zone, the B-3 Highway Development Zone and the M-1 Light Industrial Zone in the township. Councilman Art Halloran explained that
the township’s current brewery license does not include approval for the areas mentioned above even though they tend to go hand-in-hand with brewery applications. “Distilleries, craft cidery and meadery are not precluded,” he said. “But it is not specifically stated as allowable.” (Mead is a type of hon-
ey wine). The township’s Land Use Committee has presented this ordinance to allow those uses within the same zones where breweries are allowed, Halloran said.
Traffic Change The second ordinance adds a “No Left Turn” (Zoning - See Page 6)
─Photo by Judy Smestad-Nunn Exiting left out of Lions Head Office Park onto Beaverson Boulevard will no longer allowed after the adoption of the ordinance.
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