PB-24-01 West Essex Highlands Inc; Block: 179 Lot: 32 Zone: IH-1

TDs 76. Ts 78. to the project. He also testified that these details are necessary to establish that there can be fire suppression supplied, that there would be sufficient water for the peak hours of use of the site. Green suggested that either a well or a water tower would be needed. Objector engineering expert Green also testified that he did not see any evidence of a sewer system on the Applicant’s plans. He opined that the Applicant would need to install pumping stations for the sewer system and none are provided on the plans. The Board engineer, Ryan MacNeil testified that water and sewer connections are not provided in detail at the Planning Board site plan review but are a requirement of a post approval condition which is the usual and customary method of detail required to establish sufficient sewer and water connections. In a report to the Township Engineer dated December 8, 2025, Michael Dziubeck, P.E. of CME, reviewed the sanitary sewer plans submitted by the Applicant and provided conditions that must be satisfied by the Applicant. The sewer plan is depicted on Site Plan pages SP-18, and SP-19 to SP-24 depict enlarged details of specific sewer construction with the proposed pump station depicted in SP-23. With respect to water supply to the site, the Applicant provided evidence that water would be supplied by New Jersey Water (a signed agreement with New Jersey Water was provided by the Applicant to the Board’s professionals) and the utility plans (SP 18 Overall Utility Plan, SP19-24 representing enlarged views of sections) depict the water lines (shown marked with a “W”) which demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed water source.