Notice of Decision

Notice of Decision PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at the conclusion of a hearing held before it on February 9, 2026, the Washington Township Zoning Board of Adjustment conducted a hearing in accordance with the procedures established in Whispering Woods at Bamm Hollow v. Middletown Planning Bd., 220 N.J. Super. 161 (1987) in order to consider the proposed terms of settlement relating to that certain lawsuit filed in the District Court for the District of New Jersey entitled Rising Sun Recovery, LLC v. Washington Township Zoning Board of Adjustment, docketed as Case No. 1:24-cv-07100, filed with respect to prior action of the Zoning Board which denied Applicant's application seeking the following relief, all in the alternative: 1) a favorable Ordinance Interpretation pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(b) that the existing Cooperative Sober Living Residence (CSLR) constitutes a single housekeeping unit which is a single-family residential use of the property and therefore is a permitted use in the PR-1 Zoning District where the property is situated; and/or 2) Use Variance Relief pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70d(1) to permit the continued occupation and use of the existing single-family home as a CSLR within the PR-1 Zone and/or 3) a Reasonable Accommodation in the conduct of the Board's interpretation of the zoning ordinance and/or consideration of the alternative request for use variance relief as required under the mandates of the Federal Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. At the conclusion of the hearing conducted on February 9, 2026, the Zoning Board took action to grant use variance relief to the undersigned Applicant to permit the Applicant to continue to occupy the property located at 908 Whitman Drive and designated as Lot 13 in Block 253 on the Washington Township Tax Map, as a Cooperative Sober Living Residence. The February 9, 2026 decision of the Zoning Board was memorialized in a written Resolution adopted by the said Washington Township Zoning Board of Adjustment on March 9, 2026, and is available at the office of the Secretary to the Zoning Board at the Washington Township Municipal Building, 523 Egg Harbor Road, Sewell, New Jersey. NEHMAD DAVIS & GOLDSTEIN, P.C. By: CHERYLLYNN WALTERS, ESQUIRE Attorney for Applicant Rising Sun Recovery, LLC 4030 Ocean Heights Avenue Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234 (609) 927-1177 Dated: March 16, 2026 March 16 2026 LNYS0477842 $39.56