PB-24-04 Montclair Golf Club - B: 151 L: 1 Zone: R-2

ibe 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. Small shrubs and other landscaping will be planted along the decorative wall (with the intention that the landscaping does not grow higher than the decorative stone wall.) Only one tree is proposed to be removed, an Ash tree that is in poor health and which the Township Engineer requested removal. In response to the concerns voiced at SPRAB regarding the stacking of vehicles, the Applicant’s engineer testified that the existing parking lot has been functioning for over fifty years with only one way in and out and the proposed improvement will enhance the ingress and egress function. Applicant requested a design waiver of the internal sidewalks because the members and other persons at the Club have always walked through the parking lot. Applicant had no plans to construct sidewalks along Prospect Avenue but did, at the Board’s request, consented to adding a section of sidewalk to run parallel to the decorative wall. N.LS.A. 40:55D-60 permits a planning board to grant variances from the bulk regulations of a zoning ordinance and other zoning deviations that do not require a “d” variance as part of site plan or subdivision review. The variance proofs are the same as for “c” variances as set forth in N.L.S.A. 40:55D-70. A c (2) variance may be granted when the purposes of zoning are advanced and the benefits of deviating from the ordinance requirements outweigh any detriments. The benefits derived from granting a “c (2)” variance must include benefits to the community as a whole, not just the applicant or property owner A “c” variance must address the “negative criteria,” and affirmatively demonstrate that the variance can be granted “without substantial {Montclair Golf Club Resolution} 4882-2653-9704.v1