V4 06 Response to Board Engineers Review 2 1 26 2023

155 Passaic Avenue, Suite 350, Fairfield, New Jersey 07004 973-227-7004 973-227-7074 (fax) www.petryengineering.com January 26, 2023 John Hess, PE, PP, CME Zoning Board Engineer 66 Main Street West Orange, New Jersey 07052 Re: ZB-21-21 Daughters of Israel, Inc. Preliminary & Final Major Site Plan Review #3 1155 Pleasant Valley Way Block 171, Lot 12 Dear Mr. Hess: Pursuant to your letter dated November 15th, our subsequent site visit on January 12th, 2023, and the Zoning Board Meetings on January 12th and 19th, we have prepared revised plans and reports. The plans have been revised to eliminate the Phase IV portion of the building. The reduction of Phase IV resulted in changes to the overall unit counts which are now, 76 one-bedroom and 87 two-bedroom independent living units, 64 assisted living beds, and 84 skilled nursing beds. Based on the reduced unit counts, the updated parking study showed that the proposed site would be considerably overparked when compared to industry standards. To balance the West Orange standards with the industry standards, we have included two areas of the parking lots as future parking. It should be noted that these areas are within the footprint of the previously submitted plans. These spaces would not be constructed unless they were deemed necessary by either the applicant or the Township in accordance with the ordinance requirements. If these spaces are not constructed, the site would have more open space. If the future parking in the south-westerly corner of the parking lot is not constructed, it would also result in less steep slope disturbance, and approximately 30 trees will be preserved. In addition to these modifications, based on conversations with yourself and Walt Kipp, the Township Forester, the Tree Removal Plans has been revised to save additional trees. These trees are located primarily in the south-westerly corner of the parking lot and along the frontage of the site. These trees are able to be preserved by modifying the limits of grading on site and moving some of the sanitary and storm sewers to avoid the trees and their roots. Finally, we have revised the plans based on your comments. Below is a detailed response to each