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

33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. Applicant’s planning expert, Justin Auciello, testified that while the proposed Application was in excess of the 60% maximum impervious coverage permitted by ordinance, the Applicant was reducing the impervious coverage from the existing 83.8% to 82.1%, There are a number of pre-existing conditions that necessitate variances for parking. The parking spaces located in the front yard, 27 parking spaces are within 10 feet of the front lot line, 25 existing parking spaces are within 10 feet of the side lot line which brings the total to 52 parking stalls that are within the required 10 foot buffer which are pre-existing. The trash enclosure is considered in the front yard, bordering Mt. Pleasant Place; however, the Property has multiple front yards (bordering on three streets). The trash enclosure will be screened by vegetation, a fence wall and trees that will be planted. The trash enclosure will result in a clean-up of the hap-hazard dumpsters currently on the Property. The proposed fence height of 8 feet is pre-existing and will provide screening for the loading space and enhance visual screening to the houses to the east. The 8 foot screen around the utilities is offered to screen the ground utilities and because the utilities must be set on a concrete pad, landscape screening will not be possible. Applicant’s proposed illumination of the site is below the required footcandles; however, the Applicant offers the lessened footcandles to limit spillover into the residential area.