BRICK – A former funeral home will now serve as a sales and service office for a building contractor after getting unanimous approval from the Township Planning Board for a change in use.
Sheer Enterprises has taken over the building at 1045 Sally Ike Road, which previously housed Colonial Funeral Home.
“They’re going to do some interior renovations, and they have a long-term plan to do some other renovations, but that’s not part of this application,” said their attorney, John Jackson.
“What they hope to do now is to get in there and start making calls and servicing their clients from the existing premises,” he added.
There is adequate parking, an adequate layout, and the site works well for the intended use, Jackson said. Sheer Enterprises would have 12 to 15 staff members employed at the facility.
“It won’t be quite as quiet as a funeral parlor,” he joked, “but will be even quieter because you won’t have crowds of people coming in in the evening, et cetera.”
Engineer Jeffrey Carr said the site has all the necessary components, such as crosswalks, adequate parking, handicapped access, buffering and fire zones, which are all in excellent condition.
“It’s a clean site,” he said. “It will be set up for outsourcing; contractors and the public don’t come onsite.”
In Brick, an applicant must come before the Planning Board when there is a change in use.
