May 7, 2025, Planning Board Regular Meeting Minutes

building. But what they're doing is reconfiguring the driveway and rebuilding the area. They have directed the drainage to a low spot that's between the main building and the carriage house so that in the event that there's ponding, it can go over the curb and through into the garden area directly. All of the improvements that they're showing incorporate additional collection systems. A lot of the pipes they had, the owner has had all of the storm lines cleaned and scoped so that they could see where their problems are. And they're doing upgrades to that system so that this can be taken care of. Mr. Klein asked are we going to see a revised plan with the sidewalk across the frontage. Mr. Petry said they can certainly incorporate that and submit it to whoever it needs to go to. Mr. Klein asked Mr. Petry it is an option for it to be 100% valet for an event, or do you always have to have the option of people to self-park. Mr. Petry said you always have to give people the option to self-park. Mr. Klein asked is there a better way to get the pedestrians from the building to their parked car. Mr. Petry said the best parking spaces for self-parking are near the walkway in the parking lot because the walkway brings you right down to a designated crosswalk and brings you right to the front door. Mr. Klein asked are the 6 ADA spots going to be self-parked ADA spots. Mr. Petry said those are self-parked ADA spaces and they have direct access across and to the front door. Mr. Cardoza asked if this is all new layouts throughout the lots. Mr. Petry said the only lot that's new is the lot in the front. That's a completely different configuration than what's there today. Everything else is what you're looking at today. Mr. Cardoza asked if you could make off of Prospect Ave both a left-hand and a right- hand turn into this lot. Mr. Petry said yes. Mr. Cardoza asked where the little lane going up from that drive aisle lead to. Mr. Petry said there's an easement across the back of these properties because there's a driveway that goes back to the service driveway. Mr. Cardoza asked is that the current or planned main source of deliveries. Mr. Petry said yes, it will remain as the approach for deliveries. Mr. Cardoza asked have they done the turning angles for large vehicles or emergency vehicles. Mr. Petry said yes, they have a turning plan included in their set that

n as the approach for deliveries. Mr. Cardoza asked have they done the turning angles for large vehicles or emergency vehicles. Mr. Petry said yes, they have a turning plan included in their set that has the fire truck coming through this large vehicles, emergency vehicles area and out. Mr. Cardoza asked when the employees park, where do they walk to enter the building. Mr. Petry said the employees come in the rear of the building and there's an employee entrance back in the rear of the building to where their locker rooms are. Mr. Cardoza asked what's there regarding visibility or signage. Mr. Petry said the deliveries are done off hours, but employees are there for the delivery. There's building mounted lighting that lights up the whole area. Mr. Cardoza asked what is the intent of the public gardens. Mr. Petry said there will be a ground planting area that will likely be used for by the restaurant and banquet facility only and then there's going to be a delineation where people or groups can sign up and have either bins designated to them or to their group. Ms. Kapferer asked regarding the accessible route and the ADA spots, how was the number of handicap spaces calculated. Mr. Petry said they did it based solely on the parking spaces in lot B that they're touching. Ms. Kapferer asked is there enough ADA spots then for the site. Mr. Petry said when they're finished, they'll have more than there are today. When they touch lot C, they expect that they'll be providing ADA parking for the use that is here. They'll also be 22