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 5 10. 11. 12. 13. b) A statement of the manner by which strict compliance with said provisions would result in practical difficulties; and c) Astatement of the nature and extent of such practical difficulties. Within 30 days of granting a de minimis exception request, the Planning Board shall send a copy of the document(s) constituting the de minimis exception resolution and/or document to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, Division of codes and Standards, 101 South Broad Street, PO Box 802, Trenton, NJ 08625-0802. Such notice shall be clearly marked “Site Improvement Exception’. If the de minimis exception is granted by the Planning Board, then it is our recommendation that the connection to Kuzik Drive be maintained as an emergency access. The site plan drawings should be revised to note that the proposed streets will be private. The Applicant should address the Board regarding how the storage and collection of trash and recyclables will be handled at the site. The Applicant should address the Board regarding their plans to install a guard house as indicated in item #24 in Exhibit D of the Settlement of Litigation Agreement. If a guard house is proposed, then the location must be shown on the site plan drawings and the appropriate details must be added to the plans. The Applicant should submit turning movement plans to the Board to demonstrate that adequate maneuvering room is provided for emergency vehicles, school buses, trash trucks, delivery vehicles and moving vans. The Applicant should address the Board regarding their plans to provide sanitary sewer service to the site. Sheet SP-18 shows that 2 pumping stations are proposed with the force mains for each running to Bakely Terrace. However, no information has been provided regarding the design of the pumping stations, the capacity of each pumping station, the size of the proposed force mains and the ultimate points of discharge. In addition, the Applicant must demonstrate that adequate downstream capacity is available to service the project. The Applicant should address the Board regarding their plans to provide potable water to the site. The Applicant must demonstrate

hat adequate downstream capacity is available to service the project. The Applicant should address the Board regarding their plans to provide potable water to the site. The Applicant must demonstrate that the water system will be looped so that supply may be brought to the consumer from more than one direction. In addition, the system must be designed to provide the required fire demand plus the maximum daily residential demand as stipulated in §5:21-5.2 of the RSIS. The system must also be designed to maintain a minimum pressure of 20 psi at street level under all flow conditions. The Applicant should address the Board regarding the status of the required outside agency approvals for this project. $\West Orange\Planning BoardlVWRPO179.01 - West Essex Highlands, Inc\Review #1 05-26-24 docx