Public hearing scheduled for the Burger Truck project: April 24, 2025, at 6:30 p. at Margate City Hall, 1 South Washington Ave, Margate, NJ.
Jay Weintraub – Neighbors agree. This is a wonderful project. We have two concerns though. Below is correspondence I sent to Chairman of the Margate Planning Board and one other board member. I also sent it to Roger McLarnon and legal counsel for developer Mr. Saganos. Based on site plans and rendering:
- Height variance is fine.
- Front setback variance to sidewalk is fine.
- No commercial parking is fine.
However, the side and rear set-back variances need to be tweaked a little. We believe there should be set-back of maybe two feet.
We need pervious soil and shrubbery to allow water to absorb into the earth. It will also be a more appealing and esthetically pleasing property. In recent years, we are noticing Ventnor Ave is starting to flood right at that property. Frontenac Ave is flooding at turn to Franklin Ave, and flooding up Frontenac to Ventnor ave.
If we allow variances to go beyond current set back limits, this will only exacerbate the flooding problem.
Please ask developer to consider shrinking foot print by 18”… to 24” on sides and back. Fill that in with shrubbery of some type.
That would better serve the streets for the nearby stores and the homes on Franklin Ave and Frontenac. It will be a great development and make it more pleasing to the home owners. A fair compromise.
In addition, if I read the site plans correctly, there is window on Franklin Ave that’s for walk-up ice cream business on a residential street. Can that be eliminated? The amount of people and trash will destroy the quiet enjoyment that we on Franklin Ave now enjoy.
Janet McCarron – The design looks amazing. Anything is better than that Bus. That was the worse design ever in Margate. Siganos has done a wonderful job in developing Margate and hopefully this project will bring more stores to this area.
Bern – For those who questioned and opposed the 3 million dollar gas station purchase, now you know why Mayor Collins pushed so hard for it. He made sure to ram it through even after the $$ grant was lost.
“Someone” knew this project was in the works and also knew a variance for parking was going to be requested.
Very easy for Margate Planning Board to justify the variance with our taxpayer funded parking lot next door! The prosecutors office should be all over this like a fly on dog poo…
Average Joe – Does Margate Planning-Zoning Board have integrity? Our leadership has spent over $3mil in taxpayer dollars for a parking lot. Mayor Collins disregarded a vocal community outcry against this spend.
Will this ‘no-parking provided’ plan get variance requests approved?
With a variance-happy Margate Planning Board, why spend taxpayer money on a Master Plan that gets overridden at every meeting?
The design is beautiful, Just so it isn’t 4 more real estate offices!
Many, many residents and summer home owners are upset with the $3.0 million dollar parking lot. Very simple, vote them out and sell the property. The yearly interest on the bond will be approximately $200,000 per year plus insurance, etc. Look what the city could save when they sell it, maybe even make a profit.
They can’t sell the gas station property. They need it yo provide free parking for the new mixed use development planned for next door. Get at grip.
There needs to be a place for parking for shoppers.
MAKE SHOPPERS FEEL WELCOME.
Without making space for shoppers, you don’t encourage SHOPPING.
Simple formula: WELCOME TO MARGATE – A GREAT PLACE TO SHOP!
FREE Parking is a must. I tried to shop in Ventnor but couldn’t figure out the parking meter so left. Will shop on Mainland only—no hassles!
Maybe make the new project pay for the parking lot since their residents and stores will be the prime users. Save the city some bucks.
The city can spend 3 million on a parking lot but the Margate city Beach headquarters is a disgrace and has been for a very long time.It’s not up the code for male and female lifeguards. Something should be done about this and I don’t have a horse in this race..
And no blue mats to the ocean like other shore towns – they don’t care about the elderly and disabled . Who pay their salaries – Disgrace . What are they doing ?
Does anyone know if the new parking lot will be free or metered? What about overnight parking?
Only if it serves the commissioners. Lucy could use some of the money as Trump took what was promised away but the commissioners only care what serves their purposes. Which is not that of a majority of residents, who, unfortunately don’t get a vote. Appears to be a big divide between the mayor and some of the commissioners. I wonder how long they knew the Burger Truck was coming down before they spent $3,000,000.00 on a parking lot that no one needs. except maybe the hardware store. A little nepotism there? Of course.
How can a city as beautiful as Margate, be run by such an unqualified and uncaring gang of “public servants”.
We deserve honest representation by our government officials, but in so many recent board decisions, there has been one common theme: “PUBLIC BE DAMNED”
Wake up Margate voters. Do what you know is your civic responsibility: VOTE THE BUMS OUT.
Otherwise, you’re going to pay for your laziness and also pay more in taxes, getting less back in return.
All this while watching Margate’s quality of life decline as the city’s elected officials approve one bad proposal, after another.
If you have attended a board meeting in recent years, you have seen incompetence at work in our fine city.
The Margate City government should work FOR its residents, not AGAINST them.
Wake up fellow residents. Rid Margate City of the rodent problem in our midst. Those rodents are getting fat at our expense.
Do your civic duty. Vote them out!
You are so correct.I have lived in Margate 56 years it is a disgrace.They do not care one bit.
Agree. That’s why I left Margate 10 yrs ago. Was there my entire life. I choose to remember the old Margate of years ago. What a wonderful seashore town it was. Now look at it.
1000% spot on. Lived in Margate my whole life. Best move was when I left 10 years ago. I drive through the streets now and all I can remember is the wonderful childhood I had in this town, referred to as the “Pearl of Absecon Island.” Greed and overbuilding have destroyed this once sleepy coastal town. Ahh, to return to those days of years ago.
The comments stating they moved out of Margate but want it to stay a sleepy small town are hilarious. You sold out and now you’re upset about the new money that you helped bring in. This website also doesn’t give a voice to the silent majority who love margate and are dying to move in.