May 5, 2021 Adopted Planning Board Minutes

Motion: R. Bagoff Second: J. Guarino APPROVED Bagoff: Y Smeraldo: Y Guarino: Y Trenk: Johnson: Wilkes: Y Klein: ¥ McCartney: —Y McNair: Y PB -21-04/ Tompkins Street Apartments Urban Renewal LLC Block: 6; Lot 36.01; Zone R-M Tompkins Street Seeking a C1 and C2 Variance -Mr. William Sullivan entered on the record for the applicant. -The first thing clarified is the address which this property doesn't have a street address. It's a vacant lot that's owned by the Township and he applicant is under contract to purchase in order to develop affordable housing. The proposal is to construct 17 low and moderate income apartments in a three story building and this project is connected with 18 Central Ave, so the applicant is seeking site plan approval and five bulk variances building height building coverage, lot coverage rear set back an onsite parking and after appearing before the Advisory Board, revisions were made to some of the plans to address those comments, and correcting the address was one of them. - Mr. David Erickson, was sworn in by Mr. McPherson and accepted as an Engineer. Testimony began in explain that currently this is a vacant lot measuring .34 acres in size in the RM zone, as Mr. Sullivan stated in connection with the Mixed Use Project approved by the board last month for 8:10. 18 Central Ave, with accessing parking on little screen as well as close proximity with the Highland Ave train station and to the Valley Rd Commercial Party. That which has shops, restaurants in the Luna State. Township our client is under contract. Purchased a lot from the Township. - Mr. Hess the board engineer had a comment on page three of his report (dated. April 29, 2021) about the spaces in the area closest to Mitchell St are striped for compacts. Mr. Erickson said that this building does not have a compact problem with simply reassigned. Differetit spaces events where they can park their part because we have when we don't have the Central Ave plan in front of us. There are 27 spaces in the area closest to the exit onto Mitchell St and then additional parking spaces that are further to the West kind of behind the houses on Metro Street, right? Outbreak and part of the Central Ave plan includes not just the 17 spaces reserved for the order. Remember this but not this add not just the 17 space is reserved for. This property, but also 22 spaces that are reserved

f the Central Ave plan includes not just the 17 spaces reserved for the order. Remember this but not this add not just the 17 space is reserved for. This property, but also 22 spaces that are reserved for public parking. Mr. Hess also asked about can applicant designate a handicapped accessible space on the street and as a condition of approval. Which the applicant is certainly willing to approach the Township Council to obtain that designation.