Burlington County Town Hall: Week of Oct. 19 — Evesham Hears Two Open-Space Buys, Moorestown Finalizes a Chicken Coop Variance

Good morning, Burlington County. This is the week of Oct. 19, and it's a quieter week on the posted calendars: Moorestown's zoning board finalizes a backyard chicken coop and an HVAC storage garage, and the township's appearance committee looks at new light-pole banners for Camden Avenue. Most of the news is in last week's meetings, where Evesham held hearings on buying two properties for open space, Delran put a feral cat feeding ban on the books for first reading, Hainesport tabled its tree ordinance and Medford Lakes went on record against a state reassessment bill. Here are the meetings ahead and the decisions behind.

Meetings ahead

Tuesday, Oct. 20

Moorestown Zoning Board of Adjustment, 7 p.m., Council Chambers, Town Hall. The board is set to adopt resolutions on two variance applications: ZBA 2026-14, a chicken coop for the Steinckwich-Besancon household, and ZBA 2026-19, Kevin Nguyen's detached garage for storing HVAC supplies. Minutes from Sept. 15 are also up for approval. Agenda

Wednesday, Oct. 21

Moorestown Appearance Committee, 7 p.m., Library Room A, 111 W. Second St. New business is a single item: light-pole banner designs for Camden Avenue. Agenda

Decisions behind

Evesham Township Council (Oct. 14). The council held public hearings on four ordinances: a new filmmaking chapter in the township code, buying the Black Run Headwaters property and 100 Lakeside Drive for recreation and open space, and creating a Community Celebration Advisory Committee. The agenda also included a donation to the police department, state grant applications and several contract awards. The Evesham Historical Society was honored for its 50th anniversary, and Brian Bunette, Michael Calabrese and Jeremy Crawford were recognized as civilian rescue honorees. The council next meets Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. Recap

Medford Lakes Borough Council (Oct. 14). Ordinance 734, a new chapter requiring a certificate of change in occupancy and ownership that folds fire, life safety and sewer inspections into one, had its second reading and public hearing. Resolution 86-26 put the borough on record opposing Senate Bill 4581 on annual reassessment programs, and the council marked Will Saraceni's retirement. Correspondence included DEP notices on final payments for dam projects. Recap

Delran Township Council (Oct. 13). Ordinance 2026-20, which would amend Chapter 80 of the township code to prohibit feeding feral cats on public and private property, was introduced. The council's agenda also authorized a 2026 John Deere wheel loader and a 2027 Freightliner dump truck through the Sourcewell cooperative and assigned the township's CME Associates engineering contracts to Artheon, Inc. with terms unchanged. Recap

Hainesport Township Committee (Oct. 13). Ordinance 2026-14, the tree removal and replacement rules, was tabled for further review. Ordinances 2026-15 (land use fees) and 2026-16 (releasing the remaining portion of Greenwood Avenue) were up for public hearing and final adoption. The committee appointed a public information officer, discussed a school fence and a new Township Committee handbook, and presented the Community Impact Award to Deanna and Tom Shorter. Recap

Willingboro Planning Board (Oct. 13). The board held an informal review for Cosmic Cadet Academy (INF-2026-3). The agenda summary also lists the AMS DEV LLC townhome development at 4284 Route 130, which is seeking final major site plan and subdivision approval (Application 2026-3), and an engineer's update on Sure Smile Dental (Application 2026-2). Recap

Burlington City Common Council (Oct. 13). ADA parking at 231 High Street was on the agenda. Recap

Agendas change, and meeting summaries are drawn from posted packets; minutes with final votes come later. Check each town's official documents for the final record, and browse every town at County Brief Government.