Agenda · Nov 20, 2025
November 20, 2025, Regular Meeting
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1 TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE 66 MAIN STREET, WEST ORANGE, N.J. 07052 Department of Planning and Development SUSAN McCARTNEY Mayor DIANA L. CHANDLER Email: zoningboard@westorange.org Zoning Board Secretary Tel: (973) 325-4108 Philip D. Neuer, Chairperson Savo, Schalk, Corsini, Warner, Gillespie, O’Grodnick & Fisher PA, Board Attorney Brent D. Scott, Vice-Chairperson CME Associates, Consulting Planner William Michael Barbee John J. Hess, PE, PP, Consulting Engineer Laurence Cohen 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 November 20, 2025 at 8:00 P.M. Join from PC, Mac, iPad, or Android: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82061172499?pwd=ijCLM88xL0CXd98dzJoIZyCkiujX79.1 Passcode:106677 Join via audio: +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) Webinar ID: 820 6117 2499 Passcode: 106677 (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
2 E. ANNOUNCEMENTS • Future Meetings: December 4, 2025 (Special Meeting) December 18, 2025 (Regular Meeting) • ZB-25-01 – Taharally (79 Lessing Road) has been withdrawn. Coluna-Letter-Head---WD-rcd-10-24-25 F. SWEARING IN • Township Professional(s). G. MINUTES • October 16, 2025 (Regular Meeting) • October 23, 2025 (Special Meeting) H. RESOLUTIONS • Adopt 2026 Meeting Schedule 2026-ZB-Meeting-Dates BOA-2026--Resolution-Adopting-Meeting-Calendar (rcd 11-18-2025) I. APPLICATIONS 1.) ZB-22-13 MPB Realty (470 Eagle Rock Avenue) (Carried from 10/23/2025) Block: 153; Lot:38; Zone:B-2 470 Eagle Rock Avenue Preliminary & Final Major Site Plan [Application only appearing with preservation of notice to schedule to another meeting. No testimony provided/nor a vote on this application tonight.] Photo of the Property Photo of the Property Photo of the Property Photo of the Property Photo of the Property Photo of the Property Photo of the Property Photo of the Property ZB-22-13-2023-04-05-Traffic-Impact-Study---Rev-1 ZB-22-13-2023-04-06-Twp-Resubmission-Letter ZB-22-13-Acoustal-Evaluation ZB-22-13-Architectural-Plans---Popeyes-Sonic-West-Orange---Eagle-Rock ZB-22-13-Combined-Site-Plan ZB-22-13-Combined ZB-22-13-Transmittal---00003 ZB-22-13--2023-03-Drainage-Statement ZB-22-13-2023-04-Tree-Removal-Report 2023-06-30-Solid-Waste-Management-Plan 2023-07-06-TRAFFIC-IMPACT-STUDY 2023-07-07---Required-Regulatory-Approval-List 2023-07-07-Affidavit-of-Ownership 2023-07-07-Fast-Food-Summary 2023-07-10-Twp-Resubmission-Letter Combined-Arch-Plans
3 Road-Vacation-Bk-12175-Pg-2396 Site-Plan_Rev3 Transmittal---00005 470-Eagle-Rock-Avenue-West-Orange_Revised-Planning-Report_07072023 2023-06-Drainage-Statement 2023-06-Tree-Removal-Report 2023-06-West-Orange---EIS 2023-06-28-Acoustical-Evaluation 2023-06-OM-Manual 2023-07-07---Variance--Waiver-List 470-Eagle--EIS-06-2024 470-Eagle--Filing-App-to-ZBA-8-12-24 470-Eagle--Planning-Report-8-2-24 70-Eagle--Site-Plan-6-7-24 470-Eagle--TIS-6-4-24 470-Eagle--Tree-Removal-Report-06-2024 470-Eagle--Waste-Management-Plan-6-7-24 470-Eagle--Acoustical-Report-6-17-24 470-Eagle--Arch-6-12-24 470-Eagle--Drainage-Reports-06-2024 470-Eagle--Executed-Revised-ZBA-Package PB-97-18-Fan-and-Jade-Inc ZB-22-13-MPB-REALTY---RESOLUTION-OF-DISMISSAL-WO-PREJUDICE- ADOPTED 24-10-29-MPB-Realty---Planning-Review-1 24-10-31---Review-1 470-Eagle--SWM-OM-06-2024 24-12-10-MPB-Realty---SPRAB-Report 2025-02-25-Township-Resubmission-Letter (Rcd 3-6-2025) Rev-2-Combined (Rcd 3-6-2025) S102199025SV0-24x36-Survey (Rcd 3-6-2025) Transmittal---00013 (Rcd 3-6-2025) 2024-07-01---Affidavit-of-Ownership (Rcd 3-6-2025) 2024-12-11---Tax-Certification (Rcd 3-6-2025) 2025-01-10---Required-Regulatory-Approval-List (Rcd 3-6-2025) 2025-02-Drainage-Statement---Signed (Rcd 3-6-2025) 2025-02-Tree-Removal-Report (Rcd 3-6-2025) 2025-02-West-Orange---EIS-Signed (Rcd 3-6-2025) 2025-02-03-Acoustical-Evaluation (Rcd 3-6-2025) Noticing Documents (rcd 3-10-2025) CME Review 2 (Dated and Rcd 3-11-2025) MPB-Realty---Planning-Review-2 (Dated & Rcd 3-17-2025) Ltr-From-Hudson-Essex-Passaic-Soil-Conservation-District-re-MPB-Realty-Popeyes- and-IHOP-Restaurant-Dated-3-5-2025---Rcd-5-2-2025 2025-10-08-Acoustic-Supplemental-Memo (rcd 10-10-2025) 2025-10-08-Township-Resubmission-Letter (rcd 10-10-2025) Sustainability-Checklist (rcd 10-10-2025) 23-0099-PB-2-CONCEPT-PB-RF-ss (rcd 10-10-2025) ZB-22-13-MPB-Realty-470-Eagle-Rock-Avenue---SP-Mtg-10-23-2025-Noticing-rcd-10- 16-25 25-10-16-Memorandum-Engineering---rcd-10-17-2025 25-10-20-MPB-Realty---Planning-Review-4 (r'cd 10-20-2025)
4 2.) ZB-24-17 Pardo Development Group Inc. (Carried from 8/21/2025) 104 Winding Way Block: 46.01; Lot: 33 Application for C Variance Boundary-and-Topographic-Survey---104-Winding-Way CME-25-02-13---Review-1 Cover-Letter---104-Winding-Way Ownership-Disclosure---104-Winding-Way 104-Winding-Way---ZB-24-17---Completeness-Memo---January-28-2025 104-Winding-Way---ZB-24-17---Planning-Review-REV1--April-7-2025 Proof-of-Taxes-Paid---104-Winding-Way Variance-Plan---104-Winding-Way---R1 Zoning-Board-Application---104-Winding-Way Supplemental-Statement---104-Winding-Way Tree-Removal-and-Replacement-Application---104-Winding-Way Noticing-Docs-dated-5-20-2025-and-rcd-6-2-2025 Affidavit-of-Publication 2020-014-Pardo-Development-West-Orange-NJ---20241030---Board-Submission (rcd 6- 11-25) Letter-to-CRE-Review (rcd 11-7-2025) Resubmission-Cover-Letter-11625 (rcd 11-7-2025) 104-Winding-Way-Tree-Survey-Table-Plot (rcd 11-7-2025) 20251104---104-Winding-Way-Variance-Plan---R2 (11-7-2025) Prior-Resolution-of-Denial (rcd 11-10-2025) Resubmission-Cover-Letter-11725 (rcd 11-10-2025) ZB-24-17 Pardo (104 Winding Way) - Forester Memorandum Dated 11-13-25 (rcd 11- 14-2025) 11-13-2025-Email-from-PSules-re-Forester-Memo-rcd-11-14-2025 11-14-2025 Pardo---CME-Planning-Review-1 (rcd 11-17-2025) 11-17-2025-Engineering-Review-2 (rcd 11-18-2025) (Carried from 10/16/2025) 3.) 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. [No testimony provided/nor a vote on this application tonight.] 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 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
5 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) Proof-of-Publication-and-Mail-w-Exhibits---PSEG-325-Mt-Pleasant-Ave (rcd 11- 10-25) 11-12-2025-Email-From-B-Feeney-West-Orange-Historical-Preservation-Society- received-11-14-2025 PSEG-North-Central-Reliability-Project-mentioned-in-B-Feeney-email-rcd-11-14- 2025 11-14-2025 Memo-to-Zoning-Board- from West Orange Historic Preservation Commission (rcd 11-14-2025 J. ADJOURNMENT *THE NEXT SPECIAL ZONING BOARD MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2025, AT 8:00 PM.* ** THE NEXT REGULAR ZONING BOARD MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, December 18, 2025, AT 8:00 PM.**
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