Planning Director Memo ZB 22 07 CLPF Essex Green LLC updated 9 26 22

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER www.westorange.org 4 The site plan also references “plans by SBLM for proposed plaza area furniture” and “for work from building curb in” for site improvements in the previously proposed plaza area between Buildings A and B. These plans have not been provided. The applicant’s attorney stated that improvements to the existing plaza have not yet been determined, and that reference to plans for the plaza area furniture is a carryover from the 2019 approved site plan. Signs Modifications are proposed to existing freestanding signs along the Prospect Avenue frontage: • An existing 25-foot tall sign with an area of 127 square feet located at the intersection of Prospect Avenue and Rooney Circle has been refurbished and the applicant is proposing to add “Essex Green” at the base of the sign, similar to the other existing pylon sign. is proposed to be removed, and replaced by a 22-foot tall sign with an area of 220 square feet. The proposed new sign would be located to the north of the existing sign location, and would be 50 feet north of Rooney Circle. A monument with “Essex Green” on it would be located below the main portion of the sign, which would contain the names of a number of site tenants. • A 23-foot tall digital shopping center sign with an area of 236 square feet is was previously proposed to replace an existing sign to the north of the existing site driveway, but is no longer proposed, per the applicant’s attorney. No details were provided for this sign. • A 20-foot tall freestanding sign for AMC Theatres with an area of 126 square feet is proposed to replace an existing sign for AMC Theatres located towards the northern end of the site’s Prospect Avenue frontage. This sign appears to have changeable copy for the theaters. Current Pphotographs of the existing north and south shopping center signs have been provided by the applicant are included at the end of this memorandum. There is was a separate application pending before the Board for a freestanding sign for the Burlington store in the interior of the site. This application was denied. The applicant should confirm whether this sign is included in the sign count. There is space for what appears to be changeable copy in the AMC pylon sign. The applicant should confirm that this is the case, and if so, clarify whether this portion of the sign is proposed to be an

here is space for what appears to be changeable copy in the AMC pylon sign. The applicant should confirm that this is the case, and if so, clarify whether this portion of the sign is proposed to be an electrically activated changeable sign or one that is changed manually.