Brick This Week: Hearing On School At Former Temple Beth Or Site

BRICK, NJ ? Brick Township is set to go before a judge Monday to seek an injunction to force an Orthodox school operating at the former Temple Beth Or site to shut down because it does not have required approvals.

Brick Township Mayor John G. Ducey, in a Facebook live on Friday, said the township's lawsuit and injunction request are scheduled to be heard Monday by Superior Court Judge Craig Wellerson on Monday in Toms River.

The township is asking Wellerson to issue an injunction forcing the Orthodox Jewish boys school operating at the former Temple Beth Or site to stop operating because its owners have not sought approvals from the township for the school.

Ducey, responding to a question, said the township cannot just padlock the property; it can only be done by the sheriff's office after a judge orders it.

He said Congregation Kehilos Yisrael has been informed repeatedly that approvals are needed from the Planning Board for a school. Those notifications have been ignored, as have ones for two nearby homes, one on Hendrickson Boulevard, and one on Van Zile Road.

"There's all kinds of problems out there," Ducey said, including fire safety requirements that have been ignored.

"I don't know why people are not following the rules," Ducey said. "The new owners are not following the rules. Not only are they not following the rules, they are just throwing it in everybody's faces."

"These three properties are being treated exactly the same," Ducey said. "It doesn't matter who the people are who they aren't, all of our properties and code violations go through the same process."

Also this week, the Brick Township Council meets Tuesday. The agenda is available here. The council is set to approve changes to its impervious coverage rules.

There are no other meetings set for this week in Brick.

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