Hearing for variances to demolish and construct an addition at 299 Grove Street.

NOTICE OF HEARING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT  PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Gautam Nair and Amruta Karmarkar, owners of the property at 299 Grove Street, Montclair, New Jersey, have filed an application with the Montclair Board of Adjustment for variances required to demolish the existing one-story sunroom on the southern elevation and construct a 2.5-story addition extending the dwelling southward. The property is a corner lot at the intersection of Grove Street and Harvard Street, located in the R-1 One-Family Zone District, and designated on the Township Tax Maps as Lot 18 in Block 4509. A variance is requested from Montclair Code  347-45B(2) to permit a front yard setback of 28.75 feet where 31.5 feet is the required setback from the Harvard Street frontage. The applicant further requests any other variances that may be required.  TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that this application will be heard at a Board of Adjustment meeting at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. The meeting will be open to the public and will be held in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building located at 205 Claremont Avenue, Montclair, NJ. Opportunity will be given to all those interested to be heard and at which time the Board may approve, modify and approve, or deny the application.  TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that all documents related to the application are available for public inspection in the Department of Planning & Community Development and online at https://www.montclairnjusa.org/Government/Departments/Planning-Community-Development/Pending-Land-Use-Board-Applications/docs-ZBA.  If any member of the public requires assistance accessing the online materials or would like to review a hard copy, please contact the Board Secretary Zainab Kazmi by email at zkazmi@montclairnjusa.org or by phone at 973-509-4955. John McCullough Chairman  4/5/26 $74.76