October 15, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 7 Wyckoff Chief praises girls for steering clear of driver Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox praised a 16-year- old girl who did the right thing and avoided an unknown driver, described as a light-skinned Hispanic male with an accent, who tried to attract her to his white van. Another younger girl whose mother had heard about the attempt spotted a white van parked near her driveway and also avoided contact with the driver. “To be clear, there is no certainty at this point whether this was an actual luring attempt of the girl, or whether the two incidents involved the same individual,” Chief Fox said. “Regardless, in both cases, the girls did the absolutely correct thing. They felt uncomfortable about the situation, did not approach the vehicle, and called out or sought help from someone.” The first incident took place at the corner of Clinton Avenue and Lawlins Road, when the driver of a newer model white van called out to the 16-year-old and asked her to walk around and approach the vehicle on the driv- er’s side. The teen was suspicious and she yelled out to a friend who was walking nearby, and then ran away. The driver drove away on Clinton Avenue. Another resident on Manor Road, not in the immediate Ordinance amended to meet reality The Wyckoff Township Committee has adopted an amendment to the zoning code ordinance that brings offi- cial standards into harmony with reality. The vote was unanimous among those present at the public meeting on Oct. 7. Township Committeeman Brian Scanlan was not pres- ent at the meeting, but had evinced no objections to the amendment when it was introduced. The four committee- men present all voted for adoption. The ordinance eliminates the statement that there shall be only one principal use per lot and provides that a mixed commercial/residential use be permitted provided that the use is limited to a single building per lot and that the residences be limited to two in number and located on the second floor of the building. This comports with existing practice, which often antedates the ordinance now amended. The ordinance also provides that the height of any floor be limited to nine feet, and that no floor above the second floor may be used except as a storage attic. “No bedroom, living room or area, bathroom, or other similar facility intended for human habitation or use shall be located or used on the third or any higher floor in any building in this zone,” the ordinance states. The ordinance, seen and described as an adjustment of regulations to reality, has not aroused any controversy and there was no comment from the audience when it was formally adopted into law last week. J. KOSTER vicinity of Clinton Avenue, called the police to report that at 8:30 a.m., when her seven-year-old daughter left the house to go to school, she immediately came back into the house and told her mother that a white can occupied (continued on page 20)