November 5, 2025 Planning Board Regular Meeting Minutes

DRAFT MINUTES TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE PLANNING BOARD MEETING November 5, 2025, 7:30 P.M. The Township of West Orange Planning Board held its regular meeting on November 5, 2025, at 7:30 P.M. via virtual ZOOM videoconference. Chairman Bagoff called the meeting to order at approximately 7:30 P.M. He announced that notification of the meeting was given to the Township Clerk, and posted on the Township Bulletin Board, sent to the West Orange Chronicle and the Star Ledger, and posted on the Township’s website calendar. This meeting has been properly noticed to the public in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act. No new matters will start after 10:30 P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE * Chairman Bagoff requested all persons stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. ANNOUNCEMENTS ° The next Planning Board special meeting will be held Wednesday, November 10, 2025, at 6:00 P.M in person. ° The next Planning Board regular meeting will be held Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at 7:30 P.M via Zoom. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Dr. Robert Bagoff; Mr. Jerry Guarino; Mr. Ken Alper; Mr. John Cardoza (7:50 PM); Mr. Christopher Morgan, Sr.; Mayor Susan McCartney; Mr. Frank Noborine; Councilwoman Susan Scarpa; Ms. Lori Kapferer ABSENT: Mr. William Wilkes; Mr. Lee Klein ALSO PRESENT: Diana P. McGovern, Esq., Planning Board Attorney; Gerry Haizel, Consulting Town Planner; Jamilet Baquerizo Vite, Planning Board Secretary MINUTES & RESOLUTIONS SWEARING IN ¢ The Township Professional(s) sworn in. APPLICATIONS ¢ PB-25-08 Turtle Back Zoo/Timber Barn Block: 163 Lot: 1 Zone: R-1 560 Northfield Avenue