September 10, 2013

TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE 66 Main Street, West Orange, New Jersey 07052 PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ROBERT D. PARISI TEL: (973) 325-4110 : (973) 325-6359Mayor FAX planningboard@westorange.org PLANNING BOARD Ben Heller, Chairman Ron Weston, Vice Chairman Robert Bagoff Joanne Carlucci Patrick Dwyer, Esq., Board Attorney Tekeste Ghebremicael Robin Miller, Board Secretary Gerald Gurland Paul Grygiel, A.I.C.P., P.P., Acting Municipal Planner Jason T. Lester (Alternate for Mayor) Leonard Lepore, P.E., Municipal Engineer Council President Susan McCartney Debbie Dillon, Transcription William Wilkes Jerome Eben (Alternate #1) Lee D. Klein (Alternate #2) AGENDA TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE PLANNING BOARD MEETING SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 7:30 P.M. IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS (Draft agenda is subject to change. For questions, please call 973-325-4111.) A. NOTICE Notice of this meeting was given to the Township Clerk and the West Orange Chronicle on December 6, 2012 and was posted on the Township Bulletin Board in accordance with the requirements of the "Open Public Meetings Act." No new matters will start after 10:30 P.M. B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE C. ROLL CALL Dr. Robert Bagoff, Joanne Carlucci, Jerome Eben, Tekeste Ghebremicael, Gerald Gurland, Chairman Ben Heller, Lee Klein, Jason Lester, Council President Susan McCartney, Vice Chairman Ron Weston, William Wilkes. D. ANNOUNCEMENTS The next regular Planning Board meeting will be held on Wednesday October 2, 2013 in Council Chambers, at 7:30 P.M. E. ADOPT MINUTES Adopt the minutes of the August 7, 2013 Planning Board meeting. F. SWEARING IN The Township Professionals. 9/9/2013; 9:45:37 AM 1

9/9/2013; 9:45:37 AM 2 G. RESOLUTION(S) PB-13-16/Valley Road Residential, LLC Block: 9; Lots: 1, 7, 44, 50 & 56; Zone: MUBR 22-24 Central Avenue; 9-15 Mitchell Street Preliminary Site Plan with variance. PB-13-15T/Levin Management Corporation as Agent for Owner, West Orange Plaza Block: 152.24; Lot: 1445 & 1445.05; Zone: P-C 235 Prospect Avenue Technical Site Plan for exterior façade improvements. H. DISCUSSION New Legislation (Patrick J. Dwyer, Esq., Paul Grygiel, Acting Municipal Planner) 1. Cluster Development P.L. 2013, c. 106 clarifies the use of cluster development under the Municipal Land Use Law. P.L. 2013, c. 106 took effect on August 7, 2013. 2. Exemption to development regulation for raising certain structures P.L. 2013, c. 107 would provide a person with a limited exemption from any development regulation, including variances, when raising an existing structure to meet certain State or federal flood elevation standards, if raising the structure would otherwise result in a violation of the local land use restriction. The law took effect August 7, 2013. 3. Establishes the Disaster Relief Emergency Financing Program within New Jersey Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing Programs P.L. 2013, c. 93 establishes the Disaster Relief Emergency Financing Program within the NJ Environmental Infrastructure Trust Financing Program. The law took effect immediately. I. MEETING ADJOURNED **THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING BOARD WILL BE WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 2, 2013 AT 7:30 P.M. IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS **