CME Associates Review 1

\ ASSOCIATES Chairman and Members of the West Orange Township Planning Board June 26, 2024 Re: West Essex Highlands, LLC (PB 24-01) Our File No. VWRP0179.01 Preliminary & Final Site Plan - Review #1 Page 13 46. It appears that a 15” HDPE pipe is proposed to traverse beneath Building D.1. Our office 47. 48. 49. has concerns with possible maintenance and access issues relative to this pipe. We recommend that design medications be made and/or Applicant provide testimony addressing same. The SWM report indicates that roof runoff will be directed to the proposed basins; however, no roof leader collections have been shown on the plans. Specifications and points of connection for roof leader collection system should be indicated. Rip rap sizing calculations should be provided to verify the dimensions indicated in the construction detail on SP-25. As stipulated in Section 25-29.10(b)(1) of the Ordinance, the design engineer shall prepare a maintenance plan for the stormwater management measures incorporated into the design of a major development. It further stipulates in Section 25-29.10(b)(4) of the Ordinance that the maintenance plan and any future revisions shall be recorded upon the deed of record for each property on which the maintenance described in the maintenance plan must be undertaken. Prior to recording, the form of the deed must be approved by the Board Attorney and our office. F. LANDSCAPING COMMENTS 1. The Applicant has proposed deer exclusion fencing for existing wooded areas to remain. Details of the proposed fence, method of installation, maintenance responsibilities and notes should be provided for further review. Revise the street tree layout to create uniformity within the site by providing the same species of trees on both sides of the roadways within substantial groupings. Review and revise match lines, as they create difficulties for review (and later construction), such as labels to corresponding graphics are not on the same sheet. Also, the overall landscape plan should indicate the match line locations. Our office recommends that street trees be provided on the lawn side of sidewalks, where feasible, to reduce future hardscape conflicts as well as to provide greater soil volume for a healthier tree. Revise the ‘Plant List’, sheet 29 of 66, as indicated below: a. Both BP (Paper Birch) and AS (Sugar Maple) are a northern

pe conflicts as well as to provide greater soil volume for a healthier tree. Revise the ‘Plant List’, sheet 29 of 66, as indicated below: a. Both BP (Paper Birch) and AS (Sugar Maple) are a northern tree species and with a warming climate, these species are not recommended. b. RP (Black Locust) is an invasive species, is not commercially available, nor recommended. The Applicant has included the 25 RP within the tree credits as native trees. ‘§:\West Orange\Planning Board\VWRPO179.01 - West Essex Highlands, Inc\Review #1 06-26-24 docx