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

10. used by the Applicant for additional parking and associated circulation, thereby increasing the total parking supply for the Property, which currently contains 165 parking spaces, by approximately 11.5% (or 19 parking spaces), for a total of 184 parking spaces (188 with EV credits factored in). This will eliminate an existing parking variance on the Property. A former martial arts studio consisted of the remainder of the Applicant’s proposed tenant space. In addition to the Main Building there is a smaller retail building that is approximately 3,254 square feet in area which presently contains two personal service establishments, and a bagel and pizza store. There are three (3) driveways located along all three street frontages that provide access to the existing shopping complex. There is a driveway along Mount Pleasant Avenue which is the main entrance to the site, a driveway located along Pleasant Valley Way and a third driveway located along Mount Pleasant Place. The access to the site from Pleasant Valley Way is via a bridge over the Rahway River. Surrounding the site are additional commercial establishments near the intersection of Mount Pleasant Avenue and Pleasant Valley Way and single-family residential neighborhoods are located north, east and south of the commercial complex. Directly south of the Property is the Francis A. Byrne Golf Course. Trader Joe’s will occupy approximately 18,767 square feet of existing tenant space, including the approximately 1,522 square foot mezzanine, of the Main Building. There will be no expansion of the existing building envelope. Currently the parking lot provides 165 parking spaces including 6 ADA accessible parking spaces.