PB-23-09 Essex County Country Club Block: 156 Lot: 1

14. 15. 16. 17. The Applicant also proposes a cart path from the driving range to the first tee which will provide safe passage to those golfers who previously had to cut across the parking lot area. A soil erosion and sediment control plan was sent by the Applicant to the Hudson- Essex-Passaic Soil Conservation District for the soil moving activities proposed on the Property to upgrade the golf course. The Soil Conservation District determined that the plan met the standards for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control in accordance with the NJ Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act and issued permits for: (a) the regrading of approximately 20.16 acres of the course on September 19, 2023; and (b) the site improvements which would disturb approximately 1.30 acres on October 4, 2023. Both of these approvals were filed with the Board. The Applicant also stipulated that it would comply with the West Orange Ordinance requirements for a soil movement permit. During the course of the hearing, a variance was identified in connection with the application from Code Section 25-12.1.0, which provides that in parking areas with 30 or more parking spaces, there shall be a minimum of one tree plus ground level planting for each 10 parking stalls, which may be provided within and/or on the perimeter of the parking area. The maximum length of a single row of parking spaces shall be 20 spaces, at which point a landscaped area with a minimum width of eight feet shall be provided. In this instance the Applicant proposes to restripe an existing parking area and to construct 33 additional parking spaces within parking without providing a parking island between every 20 spaces although the Applicant originally proposed three (3) new parking islands in the parking area and agreed to construct an additional parking