Schools
South Brunswick Zoning Board Rejects PIACS
Zoning board votes 4-3 in favor of charter school, but use variance requires five votes for approval.
The South Brunswick Zoning Board of Adjustment voted to reject the application for the proposed site of the Princeton International Academy Charter School (PIACS) at 12 Perrine Road early Friday morning.
The zoning board voted 4-3 in favor of the charter school, but use variances require five votes for approval.
The hearing lasted until about 12:30 a.m. Friday with about a dozen residents from South Brunswick and Plainsboro speaking against the school, while two members of the public spoke in favor of PIACS.
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Board members who voted against PIACS stated that the detrimental impact from the proposed site outweighed the inherently beneficial use of the school.
Concerns about the added cars and buses from the school on an intersection that already experiences traffic backup and the location of the school in an OR zone were named as the main reasons for the rejection of the application.
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Full story on Thursday's hearing to follow.
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