The Roosevelt Planning Board has reached a stalemate in its decision regarding the use of the Brottman house.
When a motion was made at the board’s Dec. 12 meeting to reverse the borough zoning officer’s decision that the North Rochdale Avenue home is not being used in accordance to borough ordinances, the motion failed in a vote of 4-4, with Jane Rothfuss, Jim Alt, Alison Petrilla and Tim Hartley all voting against the measure.
When a second motion was made later on in the meeting to affirm the zoning officer’s decision, the motion failed again in a vote of 4-4, with Jaymie Kosa, Bob Dermody, Lou Esakoff and Ed Moser voting against the measure.
After the two votes, which took place around 11 p.m., Planning Board Attorney Michele Donato said, “I don’t know what to say, and I have to do some research as to what happens now.”
The board ultimately decided to call the meeting to a close because it could not render a decision in the case.
Legally it sounds that since neither motion carried it is as if the board took no action.