PB-25-10 Trader Joe's (457 Mount Pleasant Avenue)

2. The variances for maximum impervious coverage, location of accessory uses, minimum setback of parking abutting residential district, fence height in side and rear yards of nonresidential districts, height of walls and fences for screening, screening of utility structures, number of loading spaces, minimum parking area illumination, canopy projection, and canopy sign height satisfy the c (2) criteria because the proposed project is: eliminating a long vacant retail space without disturbing the surrounding area, providing an essential retail service within a walkable distance of the adjacent residential neighborhood and is easily accessed by motorists, improving the site function and circulation while adding a loading space and EV spaces, eliminating an existing parking variance, enhancing the overall appearance through building design and striping of the parking lot and enhancing the general welfare by refurbishing the space for an adaptive re-use. The proposed variances satisfy several purposes of the MLUL, specifically N.J.S.A. 40:55D-2a., g., i. j., and m. 3. The benefits of the project outweigh any negatives and present no substantial detriment to the public good as almost all of the requested variances are pre-existing or are being lessened by the project. Taken as a whole, the project represents a better planning alternative than if strict compliance with the Code were required. 4. A Soil Movement Permit is warranted and is in accord with the standards and requirements of Chapter 30 of the Township Code. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Planning Board of the Township of West Orange that approval for Preliminary and Final Major site plan with c variances and Soil Movement Permit is hereby granted to Trader Joe’s East, Inc.; and 13