January 7, 2015

Kevin Kruse, Downtown West Orange Alliance, asked if the Applicant would consider painting a mural on the south wall of the building; Mr. Ricci opined he liked the idea of a mural but the location would be adjacent to a residential property, not in a commercial zone. Mr. Kruse asked Mr. Ricci to detail the lighting plan for the rear of the property; Mr. Wyciskala advised Mr. Marucci would testify regarding lighting. Anthony Marucci, PE, PP, Marucci Engineering Associates, LLC, was sworn in, and accepted by the Board to be an expert in engineering and planning. Referring to Exhibit A-1, Mr. Marucci advised the Board his office prepared the Applicant's site plan and survey. He described the existing property conditions which included a smal! building located to the north and larger building to the south, the area between the buildings was paved 100% impervious coverage. The property was currently vacant; access to the rear would be through a licensing agreement with the property owner of the adjacent buildings on Northfield Avenue. The proposal would allow for four on-site employee parking spaces and a dumpster area; the other rear improvement would be building mounted security lighting for the parking area; a variance was required for parking; twenty-seven (27) spaces required, four (4) proposed. Mr. Marucci stated a Municipal Lot with eighty five (85) spaces was located across the street on Valley Road; he opined that from a planning perspective the parking variance could be granted under a c(1) or c(2) criteria. Mr. Marucci briefly discussed the other pre-existing variance conditions that would remain unchanged including maximum building coverage, lot coverage, sidewalk, and curbing; and additional to parking the other new variances would require aisle width and sign height as described by Mr. Ricci. Mr. Marucci stated the Applicant would comply with recommendations of the WOPD Traffic memo (12/18/14) regarding tractor-trailer deliveries; he did not recommend a mid-block crosswalk at the location; it would be located only 135 feet from the intersection of Valley Road and Northfield Avenue. Mr. Marucci stated the Applicant would comply with the recommendation of the DWOA memo (12/29/14), to purchase two parking permits, and install new concrete sidewalk and curbing. In response to inquiry from Mr. Wyciskala, Mr. Marucci confirmed the schedule and

mendation of the DWOA memo (12/29/14), to purchase two parking permits, and install new concrete sidewalk and curbing. In response to inquiry from Mr. Wyciskala, Mr. Marucci confirmed the schedule and approximate idling time for tractor-trailer deliveries, and the lighting details. Councilwoman McCartney said she was concerned the rear parking/dumpster area would be too small for a garbage truck to access; Mr. Marucci said it would not be a problem; there was currently collection for the small restaurant; garbage pick-up was early morning prior to heavy traffic. In response to questions from Dr. Bagoff, Mr, Marucci confirmed the dumpster area would be screened, garbage collection schedule was thrice weekly — but if the Health Department deemed it an issue, collection would increase, and there would be bulk recycling. Dr. Bagoff requested clarification on the signage variance, and asked for details regarding the number of available parking spaces in the municipal lot during the day; Mr. Marucci said the signage would be under the c(2) criteria; he stated he had visited the parking lot on numerous occasions and had never observed the lot full. Mr. Eben asked if the Applicant would comply with the recommendation of the DWOA memo (12/29/14) regarding the concrete sidewalk and curbing along Valley Road; Mr. Marucci answered in the affirmative. Chairman Heller requested the tree wells be 4 ft. by 4 ft. and the plantings be anything but pear trees. Referring to his 1/2/15 review memo, comment #2, Mr. Russo asked who would be using the rear parking area and how often would it be used; Mr. Marucci said it would be used by the full-time employees, it would have very little action during the day in terms of cars entering or exiting. Mr.