Board of Adjustment

By JAIMIE JULIA WINTERS winters@montclairlocal.news Since 1993, Van Vleck House and Gardens has served as an arboretum and venue for not-for-profit fundraising and office space. Now, The Montclair Foundation, which owns, maintains and operates the property at 21 Van Vleck Street, wants to open up the mansion and gardens for rentals for profit...

If the United Way building does not include a township-operated senior center, it will not be able to go ahead with its planned renovations, since the senior center was a condition of the Board of Adjustment giving its approval. 

In an announcement Wednesday, township officials cited “financials proposed by the United Way representative far [exceeding] comparable market norms for municipal facilities and what the Township could afford – even prior to the pandemic” in their decision.

United Way officials plan to renovate the building and parking area, with space on the first floor for a community center that is expected to be used primarily by seniors and operated by the township.