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Mahwah March 17, 2010 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • Page 9 Award-winning and internationally recognized artist Jody Whitsell (formerly of Ramsey) will offer new works from her realistic style of opaque watercolor paintings at an Art Show & Auction set for Saturday, March 20. The show will take place at 7 p.m. at The Best Little Frame Shop, 64 Ramapo Valley Road, in Mahwah. Artwork will be offered in a wide range of sizes and prices for all budgets, with many originals framed for under $100. This event will also feature a special auction including framed prints and originals to bid on. All auction proceeds will benefit the local soup kitchen and food pantry. Attendees will receive a “Louie’s Boat” poster with every $5 donation, or a “Louie’s Boat” mini print for each food pantry item brought to the show. Ruth Ann Hawkins, owner of the Best Little Frame Shop, has hosted other charitable events in the past, including the “Yellow Bra” art show to benefit breast cancer Beneﬁt Art Show features award-winner’s works (continued from page 5) Gianni agreed to allow Cotz to apply to the zoning board for an interpretation of the township’s zoning ordinance. All the court cases are being held in abeyance pending the board’s decision on this application. When the matter first came before the zoning board in October 2009, Cotz argued that the ordinance requiring a setback from the property line became effective in 1977 and his client’s use predates that ordinance. He claims there was no prior ordinance requiring that setback. He also claimed that the coops are frequently moved so they are not “structures” requiring building permits, so they are not prohibited from being within five feet of the lot line. Madeliene Van Dunk, a property owner who lives across the street from the Mondejar/DeMarino property, and her daughter, Andrea Eskin, have been coming to the board of adjustment meetings to present their objections to the zoning board. The have been unable to do so because of the postponements. Van Dunk complained that the chickens or roosters walk all over her property and that some of them are killed and burned up at night in front of the Mondejar/DeMarino property. She claims the roosters crow at all hours of the night, and she believes they are being used as fighting birds. Van Dunk also claims that Mondejar purchased the property from Robert and Rosemary Mann within the last 10 years, and believes the property’s current use does not precede the zoning ordinance. She feels Cotz is deliberately delaying the hearing in the hope that she and her daughter will get tired of coming to the meetings and give up their opposition to the current use of the property. Eskin said her mother did not object to the roosters and chickens when they were kept on the Mondejar property, but since no effort has been made to do so, and they run loose, she wants the owner and tenant to be forced to get rid of them. Fowl case research. She is excited to be offering Whitsell’s work during the upcoming benefit. “With food prices climbing, I can empathize with those less fortunate, and would like my artwork to help these charities provide for those in need,” Whitsell said. The opening reception and charity auction will be held March 20. Whitsell’s artwork will hang in the gallery until the end of April, and the frame shop will accept donations and food pantry items until that time. Visit www.bestlittleframeshop.com or call (201) 529-3030. Pictured: Detail from ‘Rocks & Crocks’ by Jody Whitsell. The artist’s works will be featured at a beneﬁt on March 20. �� 2-24-10 Joan/Janine VanderSterre2x2(2-24-10) 2 x 2” (continued from page 7) The fees for combinations of renovations and additions will be determined by combining the fees for the appropriate parts. The fee for a certificate of occupancy will be $200, and a temporary certificate of occupancy will be $100. Demolition fees will be between $100 and $300 depending on the use group. The fee for above ground residential swimming pools including fences will be $75, while the fee for residential in-ground swimming pools including fences will be $300. The fee for a public swimming pool, the relocation of structures and modular houses will be $500, while the fees for signs will be between $75 and $100, and masonry fireplaces will require a fee of $100. The fee for storage tanks will be between $75 and $100, and the fee for asbestos abatement will be $100. Other fees are listed in these ordinances. Both ordinances may be viewed in their entirety at the township clerk’s office at the municipal building on Corporate Drive during business hours. Increases