Samelia Properties is seeking a subdivision of 52-56 Durrell Street into four buildable lots. The site was the location of Bahr’s home heating oil business for many years, and two large tanks were excavated from the property in January. The plans submitted on the work list the address for Samelia as 780 Bloomfield Avenue, which is also the current address for Bahr Oil.
Samelia’s lot is a triangle-shaped property (marked by the red pushpin in the photo above) that is bounded to the west by West Essex Trail used by many Verona runners and joggers. The subdivision requires variances because three of the four proposed lots, while deep, have a width smaller than the required size for a single-family home lot. As zoned, a single family home on the lot should have a minimum width of 70 feet. Three of the proposed Samelia lots would be just 60 feet wide. It is not known what kind of homes would be built on the Samelia lot. The drawing submitted for the subdivision has only rudimentary drawings on it.
The Planning Board hearing on the subdivision had been tentatively scheduled for this Thursday, March 26. But that is likely to be the final night of hearings on the plan for 176-200 Bloomfield Avenue, the project next to Everett Field that has been before Verona zoning officials for more than 2 1/2 years.
