March 26, 2015

Mr. Magaletta asked Mr. McDonough if he was correct in saying that hotel guests cannot park in the Quick Chek parking lot; he replied yes, that was correct. Mr. Magaletta asked Mr. McDonough how they will enforce that; he said he did not know, Mr. McDonough said that any parking enforcement would be an internal problem for Quick Chek. Mr. Magaletta stated for the record that the Municipal Ordinances for the Exxon case and the Razberry case, that Mr. McDonough referred to at the last meeting, were different in those cases than this application. Mr. Magaletta asked Mr. McDonough if the hotel guests park in the Chinese restaurant parking lot; he said he did not know. Mr. Magaletta said that at the last meeting Mr, McDonough stated that Quick Chek will be improving the physical appearance of the site. He asked Mr. McDonough if aesthetics is a basis to grant approval; he replied yes. Mr. Magaletta said that at the last meeting Mr. McDonough stated that the BP gas station on Northfield Avenue is an older facility. He asked Mr. McDonough if he knew that the BP was upgraded in 2014; he said no he did not know that. Mr. Magaletta stated that there is a driveway by Korn Plumbing that was utilized by the old Chinese restaurant. He asked Mr. McDonough if Quick Chek is asking the Board to approve the use of that driveway too; he replied yes. Mr. Magaletta asked Mr. McDonough what color the sidewalk will be in front of the driveway; he said the color will be in accordance to the Township’s specifications. Ms. Porter stated for the record that the color of the sidewalks are irrelevant to the application. Mr. Magaletta asked Mr. McDonough if he was aware that the Township requires different colored sidewalks; he replied no. Mr. Magaletta asked Mr. McDonough if he knew that the sidewalk in front of a driveway had to be a different color; he said he did not know that, Mr. Magaletta asked Mr. McDonough if he was aware of any business being open for 24 hours on Northfield Avenue; he said he did not know. Mr. Magaletta asked Mr. McDonough how often the Korn Plumbing driveway is used; he said that driveway has low activity. Mr. Magaletta asked Mr. McDonough what he based that answer on; he said he based it on the nature of the use.