PB-22-13 West Crescent Realty, LLC Block: 17 Lot: 62 Zone: B-1

WHEREAS, the Board also considered the input of its professionals at the hearing; and NOW THEREFORE, the Board makes the following findings of fact, based upon the evidence presented at its public hearings, at which a record was made: di. 16. The Applicant is requesting preliminary and final site plan approval with variance relief and conditional use approval for development of the existing three story building from all non-residential uses to a mix of commercial retail uses on the ground floor and residential units on the upper floors and create an indoor parking area in the rear portion of the ground floor with seven vehicular parking spaces and a bicycle parking area.. Testimony established that Applicant seeks conditional use approval for the mixed use in the downtown section of the Township. The property is located on Northfield Avenue and the surrounding area is characterized by other business uses and parking lots. The proposed residential units will consist of twelve apartments on the second and third floors with one unit reserved for a Superintendent consisting of: four (4) one-bedroom apartments on the Northfield Avenue side of the building, two (2) studio apartments and six (6) loft apartments. There is a separate entrance providing access to the residential units. The building driveway is undersized and currently vehicles pulling into the rear of the site have to back out onto Northfield Avenue. The Applicant will demolish the one story portion of the building in the rear and create additional green space which reduces lot coverage. The Applicant will create an indoor parking area at the rear of the ground level that is currently considered warehouse space. The retail spaces will have store rooms in the rear with bathrooms. . The design includes a lobby in the center of the first floor to allow access to the apartments above. . The roof is old and is not designed to will not sustain the weight of solar panels. . The front facade of the building will be repaired and restored with the exception of one section of the building that cannot be repaired (The second section from the left) and will maintain the scale and character of the original building. . There will be five (5) lights illuminating the driveway, three (3) lights in the green area, eight (8) lights on the right side and four (4) lights in the front. . The

r of the original building. . There will be five (5) lights illuminating the driveway, three (3) lights in the green area, eight (8) lights on the right side and four (4) lights in the front. . The environmental upgrades will include all energy star appliances with each apartment having its own laundry, heat and air conditioning. . The basement is unfinished and floods, but the testimony was that the flooding problem will be fixed and the basement area will allow the tenants storage and will also be used as a garbage area next to the elevator. The Superintendent will take out the residential trash and the commercial tenants will remove their own trash to a dumpster behind the building.