Planning Board

Meetings

  • 7:00 pm
  • 1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month
  • Municipal Building
    65 Main Street
    Sparta, NJ 07871

Members


Class I, Class II & Class III

  • Mayor's Designee Class I
    Birgit Bogler
    Term: December 31, 2025
  • Class II
    Vacancy
    Term: December 31, 2025 
  • Class III Township Council
    Mark Scott
    Term: December 31, 2025


  • Alternate Members (Two-year terms)

    • Bryan Zimmermann
      Alternate 1
      Term: December 31, 2025 
    • Christine Dunbar
      Alternate 2
      Term: December 31, 2026

Class IV - Citizen Members
(Four-year terms)

  • Celeste Luciano  - Chairwoman
    Term: December 31, 2026
  • Robert Otto - Vice Chairman
    Term: December 31, 2025


  • Ron Day 
    Term: December 31, 2026
  • Joan Furman
    Term: December 31, 2028
  • Jeannette Burke
    Term: December 31, 2026 
  • Ernest Reigstad
    Term: December 31, 2027 


Member Information

This Board is established pursuant to NJ.S.A. 40:55D-23. It consists of nine members consisting of four classes:

  • Class I. - The Mayor or the Mayor's Designee 
  • Class II - One of the officials of the municipality other than a member of the Governing Body provided that, if there is an Environmental Commission, the member of the Environmental Commission who is also a member of the Planning Board shall be the Class II member if there is both a member of the Zoning Board and a member of the Boardd of Education among the Class IV members.
  • Class III - A member of the Governing Body
  • Class IV - Six other citizens of Sparta. Members of Class IV shall hold no other office except one may be a member of the Zoning Board and one may be a member of the Board of Education.

About the Board

The Planning Board hears land development applications including Minor Subdivisions, Major Subdivisions, and Site Plans. They also update the Zoning ordinances and the Master Plan. The Board consists of nine regular members and two alternates and meets on the first and third Wednesdays of each month.

Meeting Records

The Sparta Township Planning Board has posted the audio recordings of meetings as videos on YouTube and is also making these recordings available to residents: