PB-22-11 Montclair Golf Club - 25 Prospect Avenue

. The property is located on Prospect Street and the surrounding area consists of residences on Seaman Road, and other single-family homes, as well as the Residence Inn Hotel and The Manor catering facility to the southeast. . The current method of irrigating the golf course is obsolete and an irrigation system for a golf course is vital to its business. The current method of irrigation is by an existing reservoir that is 20 years old and has a 1-million-gallon water capacity and a water tank that is even older. The proposed changes include removing the existing water tank and enlarging the pond reservoir to hold over 3 million gallons of water. The irrigation system would be operated by pump mechanisms and pipes contained within the proposed new pump house. . The proposed pump house will contain the workings of the pump and the height proposed is for two reasons, first for the height clearance necessary for the workings of the pumping/irrigation system and also that the design that includes a gable roof to fit in with the residential aesthetic. . The application requires the following bulk variance relief from the Board: Section Required Existing Proposed 25-8.1.f Maximum | 1% stories/15 feet | N/A 17.2 feet accessory building height . NJ.S.A. 40:55D-46a. and b. and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-50a. govern the Board’s review of the preliminary and final site plan application. N.J.S.A. 40:55D-46a provides that an “ordinance requiring site plan review and approval shall require the developer submit to the administrative officer a site plan and such other information as is reasonably