Andrews Management/KIP 20 Back with Fewer, but Still Infringing, Structures
Last we heard from Andrews Management and KIP20, they wanted to build four three story medical office buildings on the historic farmland at 125/127 Red Hill Road. They pulled that application before the meeting happened, but now they are scheduled to be heard at the Holmdel Township Zoning Board meeting which will occur on this coming Wednesday, July 17th., 2024.
To the left are the buildings proposed, and despite the “classy” front elevation complete with Roman columns and an enclosed porch on the upper level, these are still infringing structures.
Why is this infringing? Let me explain: this lot is zoned for residential/agricultural use. A usage selected by the people of Holmdel to preserve the rural character of the town, which is the thing that drew many of us to the area, including our family in the 1940’s.
KIP20 wants to build:
A development that is almost entirely a parking lot, paving over farmland that has been untouched for centuries (probably since pre-Colonial times).
Two three story office buildings, where none are permitted, that stand at 35’ tall where the maximum permitted height is 25’.
Not only do the buildings infringe on Holmdel, they infringe on the Garden State Parkway, standing six feet into the required setback.
The application is accompanied by a substantial traffic plan which, no doubt, purports to conclude that the destruction of the Gateway to Holmdel will have no effect on the already overloaded junction at Red Hill Road and the Garden State Parkway.
Please join us in opposing this monstrosity. Do you want predatory developers to be able to do this to land near you? If Holmdel permits this option, then it’s clear that Zoning means nothing in the Township of Holmdel, so get ready for a 7-11 and Gas Station coming to a lot near you.
Mr. Kipniss sure likes to spend money, what with the multiple architectural plans, water and traffic studies, legal proceedings, and having had to pay taxes on a vacant lot for years where he could have built a house and sold it to a new member of the Holmdel Community easily within a year of purchase. Or even kept the existing structures, that are now lost to history, and maybe even improved them and sold them for a profit. I’m guessing he’s at least $2 million in the hole, which seems to be confirmed by the prior asking price for sale of the land as an impermissible commercial lot.
They want us to be exhausted by this process and fall into line. We will not! Please join us in opposing the rapacious development of our rural idyll.
