August 7, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 39 Franklin Lakes Scribe Third quarter tax bills mailed The Franklin Lakes Tax Collector has completed mail- ing the third quarter tax bills. The grace period has been extended to Aug. 30. Payments received after Aug. 30 will have interest charged back to Aug. 1. The tax collection office is open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Special evening hours will be available on Monday, Aug. 19 and Wednesday, Aug. 28 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. For more information, contact Meena Sivakumar at (201) 891-0048, extension 1216 or msivakumar@franklinlakes. org. Tax Collector Elaine Erlewein is available at (201) 891-0048, extension 1229 on Mondays from 1:30 to 4 p.m. and Thursdays from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Vendors sought for boutique benefit The Franklin Lakes Branch of the Valley Hospital Aux- iliary is seeking vendors and crafters for its Sixth Annual Pre-holiday Brunch & Boutique Shopping Extravaganza. The event is planned for Nov. 13 at the Indian Trail Club, 830 Franklin Lake Road in Franklin Lakes. The boutique, which in the past has drawn over 200 shoppers, will be open from m 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Proceeds from the event will benefit the auxiliary’s $1.5 million pledge for expansion of The Valley Hospital Breast Surgery Program at the Luckow Pavilion, which will include a dedicated mammography suite and ultra- sound suite; and to support Valley Home Care’s “Butter- flies” Program, a palliative care and hospice program for children. For more information about vendor opportunities, call Dorothy at (201) 337-1686 by Sept. 15. Teen Karaoke, reading club set The Franklin Lakes Library will host Teen Karaoke on Thursday, Aug. 8. Teens are invited to share their talents from 3 to 4 p.m. Participants may sing solos or duets. Franklin Lakes residents entering grades six through 12 may join the Teen Summer Reading Program. Partici- pants visit the library once a week with their reading log and receive weekly gifts. Registration may be completed in person or online at franklinlakeslibrary.org under “cal- endar.” Teens are invited to write book reviews and post them online to increase their chances of winning prizes. Planners mull Franklin Avenue study (continued from page 5) McManus explained the existing conditions of the road and its environmental constraints, and described the char- acter of the land along this study area and how it is used. She also described the zoning of the study area, which includes the retail business zone, the limited business zone, the industrial and residential zones, and the senior citizen and multi-family senior citizen affordable housing zone. She also listed the variety of retail stores and services permitted in the study area, and several other uses that are permitted in that area. The scope of the sanitary sewer project is described in the study and McManus described the constraints and the opportunities that exist for the core business district, and the eastern residential corridor of the road within the bor- ough. Among the many recommendations McManus listed in her report are several that have short time frames. One is to revise the zoning regulations to require streetscape, site design, and architectural design that foster the creation of a “sense of place” in the core busi- ness district. Another is to revise the district’s regulations to permit retail sales and services with an appropriate defi- nition, while another is to amend the zoning map to create a new district that encompasses the medical and office concentration along Franklin Avenue. The recommendations also include one that would incen- tivize the consolidation of small lots by offering increased development intensity on a sliding scale. Another recom- mendation would revise the industrial zoning districts to ensure appropriate land uses, and another idea would con- solidate the two industrial zones into one zoning district. McManus also recommended that the borough revise the permitted uses to exclude those not well suited to the area, incentivize the redevelopment of the Franklin Lakes Shopping Center site to facilitate the extension of Tice Road to Colonial Road, and require shared access and shared parking in the land use ordinance for properties along Franklin Avenue.