March 20, 2014

Mr. Neuer asked Mr. Ricci if his testimony is that there is no special reason to grant this approval; he replied no. Mr. Neuer asked Mr. Ricci if he is aware that there are businesses on the first floor and residents on the second floor of some of the other properties in this area; he replied yes, Mr. Neuer asked Mr. Ricci if he did a survey about how many there are; he said no because it is not relevant. Mr. Ricci said that this would be the first personal service use in this area. Mr. Neuer asked Mr. Ricci if his observance of the driveway difficulties was when there was snow on the ground; he said no that he also observed the driveway today. Mr. Merklinger stated that a driveway is not a roadway and asked Mr. Ricci if the other houses in the immediate area have driveways; he said that he did not observe any. Mr. Merklinger asked Mr. Ricci if he considers a driveway between the applicant’s property and the property to the south a one-way driveway; he replied yes. Mr. Grossman asked Mr, Ricci how many parking spaces he thought should be allowed; he said the Township ordinance allows 6.3 spaces but he thinks functionally they would need more. Mr. Neuer asked Mr, Ricci if he did an analysis of shared parking; he replied no. Mr. Russoniello cited the permitted uses in the OB-1 zone and asked Mr. Ricci if he saw any of these uses in this zone; Mr, Ricci listed all of the properties he saw in the immediate area starting from the limousine business to the Edison Historical Park. Mr. Russoniello asked Mr. Ricci if the residential homes were one or two family; he replied two family. Mr. Russoniello asked Mr. Ricci if there were legal non-conforming uses in the area; he replied yes, Mr. Russoniello asked Mr. Ricci if most of the uses on this block pre-date the Township’s zoning ordinance and are non-conforming; he replied yes. Mr. Russoniello asked Mr. Ricci if this zone has many non-conforming structures and uses on this block; he replied yes. Mr. Russoniello asked Mr. Ricci if he thought the zone has been impaired already; Mr. Ricci said that the area cannot handle any more non-conforming uses because the zone is over-built. Mr. Russoniello asked whether a 962 sq. footbeautysalon will have a big impact on this zone. Mr. Ricci did not respond. He asked Mr. Ricci if the O’Reilly driveway is legal because the variance has already been approved by this

r a 962 sq. footbeautysalon will have a big impact on this zone. Mr. Ricci did not respond. He asked Mr. Ricci if the O’Reilly driveway is legal because the variance has already been approved by this Board; he replied yes it is a legal non-conforming driveway.