Nazis at Basking Ridge, NJ cheered and applauded as Bernards Township Planning Board unanimously voted down the application to build an Islamic mosque on Church Street.

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Barabra Kleiner, board member.

Board Member Kippy Piedici

Planning Chairman Jeffrey Plaza

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Basking Ridge, NJ -- Residents cheered, applauded and were giddy with delight after the Bernards Township Planning Board on Tuesday unanimously voted down the application to build an Islamic mosque on Church Street.

The Islamic Society of Basking Ridge, Inc. had submitted an application back in September 2012 to build a 4,250-square-foot Islamic mosque on Church Street, a historic section of the township.

“Party! Party! Party!” yelled one Church Street resident as she jumped up and down outside with other residents in a circle. They hugged, cheered and danced at the decision.
“Yes I’m happy,” Barbara Burger, who lives on Church Street said. “I wish them the best of luck and hope they find a property with six-plus acres to build. Or I hear they are building a mosque in Bridgewater, they can go there.”

“Yes I am very happy,” said Cynthia Huang, a township resident. “Church Street is already very busy with the school down the road letting out buses and traffic from the park after sports games. It’s already tough to get down that road.”

Hundreds of residents showed up Tuesday to hear the decision. So many residents they had to delay the meeting. Even before the 7:30 p.m. start time, residents were lined up down the hallway and looped back around and out the door as they waited to be scanned by police to access the council chambers.

The council chambers room, which holds 207 people, was filled to capacity leaving residents to fill another conference room down the hall where they could watch the meeting through a TV.
The conference room, which holds 27, was also filled to capacity still leaving many residents out in the hallway.

As a result the planning board, started the meeting at 8 p.m. then took a 15 minute recess to allow the remaining residents time to get home to watch the meeting from their own TV.
This meeting marked the first time planning board members were able to discuss the application together. Members discussed their opinions of the application for an hour before making a decision.

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State	New Jersey
County	Somerset
Township	Bernards
Area
• Total	13.46 sq mi (34.85 km2)
Population (2010 Census)[2]
• Total	26,747
• Density	2,000/sq mi (770/km2)

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History

Basking Ridge was originally settled in the 1720s by British and Scottish people escaping religious persecution. The land was bought from the Lenape Native Americans.

Welcome religious persecution 2016

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The racial makeup of the ZCTA was 89.2% Caucasian, 1.4% African American, 0.1% Native American, 7.8% Asian, 0.0%Pacific Islander, 0.4% from other races, and 1.1% from two or more races. 2.6% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

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The median income for a household in the ZCTA was $105,471, and the median income for a family was $131,618. Males had a median income of $93,436 versus $60,101 for females. The per capita income for the ZCTA was $54,753. 1.4% of the population and 0.6% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 1.2% of those under the age of 18 and 2.8% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.

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Downtown area with Presbyterian church in distance

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