February 26,2015

Mr. McDonough presented five (5) sheets of a permitted use overlay exhibit board and a hand out of the five (5) sheet permitted use overlay exhibit. He stated that this exhibit was prepared in his office under his supervision. Chairman Buechler stated that the hand out of the five (5) sheet overlay exhibit of permitted uses was pre-marked as Exhibit A-45 for identification and the five (5) sheets of a permitted use overlay exhibit was pre-marked as Exhibit A-46 for identification. Mr. McDonough referred to Exhibit A-46 and detailed the existing land uses and surrounding uses, He said that this information was taken from the State DEP data base. Mr. McDonough stated that the potential fueling stations are in green and that Quick Chek is looking for one acre minimum. He said that there are very few locations in town that they could put a Quick Chek on and the only viable site was the Essex Green Shopping Plaza. Mr. Sussman stated that all of the golf courses in the Township are considered commercial properties. Mr. Sussman asked Mr. McDonough if there was any site that they could combine with another site to make it an acre; he said that he did not know. Mr. McDonough said he did not go through that analysis. He said that they are just trying to establish a foundation that they are limited to where they can put a Quick Chek. Mr. McDonough stated that almost every gas station in the Township is non-conforming and within 500’ of a public building and presented a service station location exhibit board and a hand out of all of the service station locations in the Township. Chairman Bucchler stated that the service station location exhibit board that was prepared by Bohler Engineering dated 1/5/15 was pre-marked as Exhibit A-47 for identification and the hand out of the service station location exhibit prepared by Bohler Engineering dated 1/5/15 was pre- marked as Exhibit A-48 for identification. Chairman Buechler asked Mr. McDonough if he knows when these gas stations were built; he replied no. Chairman Buechler stated that they may have been around many years before the Township Ordinance was in existence. Chairman Buechler stated that the BP gas station site is much smaller than the site that Quick Chek is proposing and only gets tanker trucks and not delivery trucks. Mr. Steinhart asked Mr. McDonough if a Quick Chek has been developed on a site with

ite is much smaller than the site that Quick Chek is proposing and only gets tanker trucks and not delivery trucks. Mr. Steinhart asked Mr. McDonough if a Quick Chek has been developed on a site with less than one acre; he replied no. Mr. McDonough state that this will be a nicer, newer facility. Mr. McDonough continued his testimony. He said there are no detriments and that all of the concerns that were expressed have been addressed by the applicant. Mr. McDonough said that this will not alter the character of the neighborhood and it advances the Township’s Master Plan which is to encourage redevelopment. He said that this is a