April 2, 2025 Planning Board Regular Meeting Minutes

extremely nominal at a peak generation of 10 trips in a peak hour, whereas DOT would consider significant to be 100. Stanley Shapiro asked Mr. Downey if there were any studies or surveys conducted to tell what is the actual volume being used right now. Mr. Downey said they did not perform a traffic count for the existing use. Sophie Buckley at 8 Edge Hill Court asked Mr. Downey in his report, did he use a parking requirement of one space for each 250 square feet of floor area for the first floor. Mr. Downey said yes, that's correct. Sophie Buckley asked Mr. Downey where did he get that requirement. Mr. Downey said that's within the municipal ordinance. Sophie Buckley asked Mr. Downey are there any medical offices being proposed on half of the first floor. Mr. Downey said he is not certain the exact breakdown of what would be general versus medical. Sophie Buckley asked Mr. Downey following the conversation that the medical offices are open on Saturdays, would a variance still be required given that most people don't work on Saturdays and the residents would be home. Mr. Downey said as far as whether the operation on Saturday triggers any variances, none that he is aware of, but he would defer to the others as part of the project team to actually confirm if that triggers the variance. Sophie Buckley asked Mr. Downey is there any consideration for residents that work from home full-time. Mr. Downey said yes, he believes the calculation that they landed on, not only are they compliant, they are over-parked compared to what is required. Even if all those residents never left, hypothetically, there would be more than sufficient parking. Sophie Buckley asked Mr. Downey if he is familiar with the site plan review resolution of Essex County and does that regulation discourage vehicles maneuvering out of parking spaces within 20 feet of the right-of-way. Mr. Downey said he is familiar with it but he is not certain of that specific requirement. Donna R at 14 Edge Hill Road asked Mr. Downey how wide is the entrance and exit to the property, room for two cars or just one car. Mr. Downey said the aisle that goes through the site and all the way to the driveway is 30 feet. The narrowest is wider from there. It is more than enough for two vehicles running each direction. Donna R asked Mr. Downey what are the assumptions made of. Where do they come from that it is

feet. The narrowest is wider from there. It is more than enough for two vehicles running each direction. Donna R asked Mr. Downey what are the assumptions made of. Where do they come from that it is assumed people are going to leave for work? Mr. Downey said the parking requirements come from two places. The residential component comes from the state standard, which is the residential site improvement standards. And the office component comes from the municipal ordinance. Based on where they landed with the parking calculation, there's actually more spaces provided than what would be required for the residential and office to both have their peak parking at the same time, hypothetically. Donna R asked Mr. Downey how many cars are allowed per apartment. Mr. Downey said if there's a restriction, he is not aware of any restriction on the number of parking spaces or how that's managed specifically at an operational level. Maurice Cox added that when they rent the apartment, they specifically state one parking per unit in the rental agreement. Eric Buckley at 8 Edge Hill Court asked Mr. Downey to clarify based on the civil drawings stating that 1.8 spaces per unit are required for one-bedroom efficiency apartment and then 2 spaces are required for a two-bedroom, but there is mention of the 1 spot per unit. Mr. Downey said the requirement is the 1.8 for the one-bedrooms and two