2 ZBA Application

WHEREAS, the applicant presented the testimony of Donald R. Fiore, RA, a licensed professional architect in the State of New Jersey, who was recognized by the Board as such, Mr. Fiore testified about the requested additional bleachers for the football and baseball field and the addition of two toilets at the concession stand; and WHEREAS, the Applicant presented the testimony of Peter Steck, a licensed professional planner in the State of New Jersey who was accepted by the Board as such, Mr. Steck testified that the athletic fieids of a school are an inherently beneficial use (as found by the Board in the previous applications) and that the requested changes and variances required for the expansion of the conditional non-conforming use should be judged under a Sica standard’which includes the four part weighing of the public benefit and negative impacts which have been addressed by the engineer and landscape architect, and that in his opinion, the Board has sufficient evidence to conclude the that the application can be granted without substantial detriment to the public good and without substantial detriment to the West Orange Master Plan Update and Land Use Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Applicant offered the following Exhibits: