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Minutes · Dec 7, 2011

December 7, 2011

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information; and sanitary sewage and bulk sanitation. Mr. Marucci said that the rear parking area will be repaved and stripped. No landscaping will be removed, however, the drive through area will be eliminated and new lighting will be installed in that area. All the grading will remain the same. Mr. Marucci said that the grease trap will remain and the dumpster area will be screened with a slatted fence. There will be no change to the traffic pattern on Northfield Avenue. No trees will be removed from the front area. Councilwoman McCartney asked about the landscaping in the front, and the front sides of the building. Mr. Marucci said that both sides were fully landscaped already, and will remain unchanged. Mr. Weston asked about the parking spaces. He asked if the number of parking spaces took the square footage of the basement into consideration. Mr. Marucci said he did not know there was a basement but that area will be for storage only. Mr. Marucci said all calculations were based on the first and second-floor square footage; the basement square footage had not been included in the calculation. Mr. Gurland asked about the lighting on the western side of the building. Mr. Marucci said that there will be no need for lighting on that side of the building. Mr. Church said three lights were incorporated in the plans. Director Borg asked about the exterior lighting details. Mr. Marucci said there will be shoc-box fixtures no more than twenty-feet high. The lights will not spiil over on to adjacent property. Currently, there was a standing pole on the easterly side and one on the westerly side. Chairman Bagoff requested that Mr. Marucci provide a more detailed lighting plan including fixture details. Mr. Lepore asked Mr. Marucci about the addition going to the westerly property line and wanted more details about the grading and drainage, and the roof leaders, Mr. Lepore and the applicant discussed the Northfield Avenue traffic flow to-and-from the property. Mr. Weston asked Mr. Church about second-floor exit requirements. Mr. Weston stated that if more than twenty-nine employees were on the second-floor, then two means of exit would be required. He cautioned that the current plans might not comply with code. Mr. Gurland wanted to know the height of the HVAC units on the roof. Mr. Church said that they would not visible from the strect. Councilwoman

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oned that the current plans might not comply with code. Mr. Gurland wanted to know the height of the HVAC units on the roof. Mr. Church said that they would not visible from the strect. Councilwoman McCartney and Mr. Church discussed Green design elements. Mr. Church said all elements incorporated in the design had been determined by current building code specifications only; LEEDS design considerations had not be incorporated in the project. There were no more questions from the Board. The Public Advocate had no questions for Mr. Marucci. Mr. Grossman told the Board he encouraged them to approve the application; but he was concerned about the lack of first floor entrance details and the lighting details of the current plan. The Public had no questions for Mr. Marucci. NAPLANNING. RRD\WP\MINUTES2011\12-7-L1 Minutes.doc 4

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