Four appeals have been reviewed and approved by the Salisbury Township Zoning Hearing Board.

The zoning board voted 4-0, with one zoning board member absent at the April 10 meeting, to approve variance relief for Anthony Fezza, 300 Mountain Park Road, in the CR, Conservation Residential zoning district, to construct a 368-square-foot deck with an impervious surface of 15.4% when a maximum of 15% is permitted.

Zoning board member Ronald Evans made the motion, seconded by zoning board member Joseph Kovach, to bring the appeal to a vote.

“The stairs will be eliminated and the deck will be squared off,” Fezza said, adding, “It’s going to be reconstructed. The deck itself is in poor condition.”

“We’re .4% over the requirement,” Attorney Naomi Centrella of Fitzpatrick, Lentz & Bubba, P.C., representing Fezza said.

“There’s a minor deviation from our zoning ordinance,” Attorney Matthew J. Deschler of Shay, Santee, Kelhard & Deschler LLC said.

Deschler, as zoning board solicitor, substituted for zoning board solicitor, Attorney William J. Fries of Fitzpatrick, Lentz & Bubba, P.C.

The Fezza appeal was the only item on the April 10 zoning board meeting agenda.

Zoners voted 5-0 at the March 13 township zoning hearing to approve three agenda items:

- Appeal of Rafael Ramirez and Dolores Pinales, 1401 Maumee Ave., in the R4, medium density residential zoning district, for variance relief to maintain a parking pad setback 2.22 feet from the property line when a minimum 6-feet setback required.

Zoning board Vice Chairman Attorney Ian Baxter made the motion, seconded by Evans, to bring the appeal to a vote.

“That would be the only place where you could put the driveway,” Kovach observed.

“The location of the curb cut meets all the zoning requirements,” Salisbury Township Planning and Zoning Officer Kerry Rabold said, adding, “The curb cut will have to be reviewed by the township engineer and public works.”

“The economic circumstances of removing the driveway can be taken into consideration,” zoning solicitor Fries said.

“It’s going to be a minimal amount of concrete to install the crossover,” Mark A. Bradbury, president, Martin Bradbury & Griffith, Inc., land surveyors and land development consultants said.

“With a 24-foot cartway [street width], anytime you can get off-street parking is a good thing,” Bradbury said.

- Appeal of Premier CCM Inc., on behalf of Daniel and Amy Kuhns, 1602 Broadway, in the R4, medium density residential zoning district, for variance relief to construct a one-story addition within the second front yard setback along Dorothy Avenue, with 11.5-foot setback proposed when a 25-foot setback is required.

Evans made the motion, seconded by Baxter, to bring the appeal to a vote.

“This property’s been in my husband’s family for many years. This is the fifth generation that has been in the house,” Amy Kuhns said.

“The purpose would be to provide more room for entertaining. It would be a large living room and a full bathroom,” Kuhns said.

“We love the property. We love the space. If we couldn’t do the addition, we may have to move,” Daniel Kuhns said.

“With this on the side of the house, it adds functionality,” Adam Schwab, owner, Premier Contracting and Construction Management, Inc., said of the Kuhns’ corner property.

“PennDOT [Pennsylvania Department of Transportation] must review the sight-triangle requirement,” Rabold said of the location of the addition at the Dorothy Avenue and Broadway intersection.

- Appeal of Maria Rodale, 2807 Honeysuckle Road, in the CR, conservation residential zoning district, for variance relief to erect an 8-foot-high wire fence in the rear yard when a maximum 6-foot-high fence is permitted.

Evans made the motion, seconded by zoning board member Nicholas Birosik, to bring the appeal to a vote.

“You can deter deer from leaping an eight-foot fence,” Rodale said.

“It’s [the fence] going off of the garage and encompasses the backyard,” Michael A. Kline, an owner, Fernrock Landscapes, Inc. said

“Up there, you have to have a deer fence or you can’t have a garden,” Rodale said.

“The six-foot fence [maximum zoning height] should be reconsidered,” zoning hearing board Chairman Attorney Kent Herman said.

“It’s on our list. I think we will look into eight-foot and allowing it,” Rabold said.

The May 8 zoning hearing board meeting is canceled, according to the township website.

Upcoming township meetings in the meeting room of the municipal building, 4900 S. Pike Ave., include: 7 p.m. April 24, planning commission and 7 p.m. April 25, board of commissioners.