2 ZBA Application

RESOLUTION ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE ZB-15-03 SETON HALL PREPARATORY SCHOOL WHEREAS, Seton Hall Preparatory School, with an address at 120 Northfield Avenue, West Orange, New Jersey 07052 (the “Applicant”), owner of the property located at 700 Prospect Avenue, Block 82.01, Lot { on the Tax Map of the Township of West Orange, located in the R-1 Zone, filed with the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Township of West Orange (the “Board”) an application for an amendment to previously granted final site plan approval to change the surface of two of the approved ball fields in their approval dated December 16, 2010, as amended by Resolution ZB-O8-37 dated January 17, 2013; and WHEREAS, the Applicant presented proof that adequate notice of the hearing on the application was published in the West Orange Chronicle, one of the official newspapers of the Board; and WHEREAS, the Applicant submitted proof of notice of the hearing upon all property owners within 200 feet of the property and all others required to receive notice; and ‘WHEREAS, the Applicant was heard at a public meeting of the Board held on March 19, 2015; and WHEREAS, the Applicant was represented by attorney Robert C. Williams, Esq.; and WHEREAS, the Applicant offered the testimony of Charles J. Stewart, , P.E., a licensed professional engineer, who was recognized by the Board as such, Mr, Stewart testified that at the request of the Applicant, the plans have been amended to upgtade the varsity baseball field and the practice field from grass to artificial turf, and that upon doing same, the Applicant has increased the size of the underground storm water detention basin under the practice field by adding two more rows of pipe in the system to catch any increased run-off that may result from the change in the surface of the fields; and 1