February 20, 2025, Regular Meeting

TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE 66 MAIN STREET, WEST ORANGE, N.J. 07052 Department of Planning and Development SUSAN McCARTNEY Mayor Tel: (973) 325-4108 DIANA L. CHANDLER Zoning Board Secretary Email: zoningboard@westorange.org Philip D. Neuer, Chairperson Savo, Schalk, Corsini, Warner, Gillespie, O’Grodnick & Fisher PA, Board Attorney Brent D. Scott, Vice-Chairperson Nishuane Group, Consulting Planner William Michael Barbee John J. Hess, PE, PP, Consulting Engineer Robert Daniel Geniece Gary-Adams (Director of Planning & Development/Zoning Official) Robin Miller Zayibeth Carballo, Municipal Engineer Irv Schwarzbaum Alice Weiss Mark Sussman (Alt.) Michael Dannemiller (Alt.) Tal Ben-Zvi (Alt ) Todd Dubovy (Alt.) AGENDA TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT REGULAR MEETING February 20, 2025 8:00 P.M. Will be held virtually Please click the link below (or copy and paste into your browser) to join the meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82123105881?pwd=KbJiCMOd53Bcs22tiqMGziRWTLmyXL.1 Passcode:020077; Join via audio: +1 646 931 3860 US; Webinar ID: 821 2310 5881 Passcode: 020077 (Draft agenda is subject to change. For those persons having technical difficulties, please call 973-325-4109 or 973-325-4133.) A. NOTICE Notice of this meeting was given to the Township Clerk, the West Orange Chronicle and the Star Ledger, and posted on the Township Bulletin Board in accordance with the “Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act.” B. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE C. OPENING STATEMENT D. ROLL CALL E. ANNOUNCE ADJOURNMENT OF PSE&G/RESCHEDULING DISCUSSION F. EXECUTIVE SESSION (i) Daughters of Israel Litigation (ii) PSE&G Issues (iii) Such Other Matters as May Be Presented for Discussion in Executive Session RESUME REGULAR MEETING G. ANNOUNCEMENTS Future Meetings: March 20, 2025 (Regular Meeting) April 17, 2025 (Regular Meeting) May 15, 2025 (Regular Meeting) • ZB-24-11 Wonder (481 Eagle Rock Avenue) is carried with preservation of notice to the March 20, 2025, Regular Meeting.

H. SWEARING IN Township Professional(s) I. RESOLUTIONS • ZB-24-02/Nwaiwu Properties, LLC (Denied 11/21/2024) Block: 177.08; Lot: 21; Zone: R-6 691 Eagle Rock Avenue Application seeking “c” variance for construction of a new house was denied at the November 21, 2024, Regular Meeting. • ZB-24-13 Friedman (Approved 12/19/2024) 10 Ridge Road Block: 80.03; Lot: 10 Application seeking a Soil Removal Permit Application was approved with conditions at the December 19, 2024, Regular Meeting. J. MINUTES • January 16, 2025, Regular Meeting K. APPLICATIONS (Carried from 1/16/2025) (Adjourned; See Item E, above) 1) ZB-24-06 PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY Block: 155 Lot: 26.01 Zone: (O-R) Office Research; (PURD) Planned Unit Residential Development; (R-5) Single Family Residential Zone 325 Mount Pleasant Avenue Seeking Variances, Preliminary, and Final Major Site Plan Approval in connection with upgrades. M1_Development-Plans---Site-Plans J_2024-05-09_West-Orange-Stormwater-Management-Plan West-Orange-Compiled-ZBA-Application-5-15-24 M3_Development-Plans---Civil-Plans M2_Development-Plans---Landscape-Plans ZB-24-06---PSEG---Tree-Removal-Application PSEG-West-Orange-Switching-Substation-West-Orange-NJ6524 24-07-24---Review-1-CME SPRAB-Report-ZB-24-06---PSEG-1 PSEG-325-Mt-Pleasant-Ave---Affidavit-of-Publication-w-Mailing PSEG-Forester Memo 325-Mount-Pleasant-Ave--ZB-24-06--Planning-Review---August-12-2024 13433/West-Orange_Additional-Environmental-Info_82924 13434/0601315-0895-West-Orange_L01R-Rendering 0401315-0895-LA01-Landscape-Plan-L-01 13436/0501315-0895-LA02-Landscape-Details-L-02 0301315-0895-TR02-Tree-Removal-Details-TR-03 0101315-0895-TR01-Tree-Removal-Plan-TR-01 0201315-0895-TR02-Tree-Removal-Details-TR-02 Final-Affidavit-of-Publication--Mailing-w-Exhibits-Special-Hearing-PSEG-325-Mt-Pleasant-Ave

24-09-09---CME-Review-2 PSEG-prospect-and-Mt-pleasant-September-2024-forester memo PSEG_West-Orange_Photosimulations91224-Exhibits 9-12-24-West-Orange-BOA-ZB-24-06-PSEG-Full-size-Transcript Exhibit A8 – Picture - Fairmount Substation (Dated – August 23, 2023) Exhibit A-9 Picture Newport Substation (Dated – June 12, 2024) Exhibit A-10 - Picture Hillsdale Substation (Dated – November 22, 2022) Exhibit A-11 - Picture Greenville Substation (Dated – August 23, 2024) Exhibit A-12 - Picture - Plainfield Substation (Dated – June 13, 2016) Exhibit A-13 - East-Rutherford (Dated - May 17, 2016) 9-19-24-West-Orange-BOA-ZB-24-06-PSEG-Full-size Transcript 9-19-24-West-Orange-BOA-ZB-24-06-PSEG-Condensed Transcript Ltr-to-D-Chandler-Twp-of-WO-Encl-Affid-of-Publ--Mailing-10-17-24-Hearing Affidavit-of-Publication--Mailing-w-Exhibits---PSEG-West-Orange-10-17-24-Hearing CONSENT-TO-CONTINUANCE-EXTENSION-OF-HEARING---West-Orange---PSEG-ZBA- 4875-2737-6369-v1 Transcript-10-17-24-WO-BOA-ZB-24-06-PSEG-Full-size (Dated-11-6-2024) Hudson-Essex-Passaic-Soil-Conservation-District-Ltr-to-N-Merainer-(rcd-12-30- 2024)-re-soil-erosion 12-12-24-Special Meeting Transcript Full-Size 12-12-24-Special Meeting Transcript Condensed Ltr frm J. Porter Esq. to-Chairman-Neuer-and-ZBA-Members-w-EXHIBITS-FOR-LTR- REQUESTING-2-BD-MEMBERS-REQUSAL-2-10-25---PSEG-325-MT-PLEASANT-WO (rcd 2- 10-2025) L. ADJOURNMENT **THE NEXT REGULAR ZONING BOARD MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 2025 AT 8:00 PM.**