CME Associates Review 2

\ ASSOCIATES Chairman and Members of the West Orange Township Planning Board duly 29, 2024 Re: West Essex Highlands, LLC (PB 24-01) Our File No. VWRP0179.01 Preliminary & Final Site Plan - Review #2 Page 6 9. The Applicant should address the Board regarding their plans to provide potable water to 10. 41. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 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. In his June 27, 2024 letter, Mr. Anderson states that the detailed water system design will be provided as a condition of approval. The Applicant should address the Board regarding the status of the required outside agency approvals for this project. It remains for the site plan drawings to be revised to identify the handicap accessible parking spaces that will be van accessible. In addition, not all of the accessible aisles have been dimensioned. The plans have been revised to indicate the locations of EV parking spaces outside the proposed buildings. In his June 27, 2024 letter, Mr. Anderson states that additional EV spaces will be provided in the parking garages. Therefore, the architectural plans must be revised to identify the locations of the EV parking spaces. In his June 27, 2024 letter, Mr. Anderson states that all proposed curbing on site will be Belgian Block Curb. Therefore, if concrete vertical curb is not proposed then the Concrete Vertical Curb detail on sheet SP-59 should be removed. Our office notes that most of the radii of all proposed curves along each side of the proposed streets and parking areas have been labeled. All unlabeled curves along each side of the proposed streets and parking areas shall be labeled. Map Reference #4 on sheet SP-1 states that the freshwater wetlands/boundary line was verified by the NDEP under File No. 1423-07-0001.1, FWWW190001. Therefore, a copy of the NJDEP approval must be submitted to the Planning Board. It shows on the Zoning Schedule on sheet SP-3 that 1,070 parking spaces are proposed. We note that the Overall Development Summary on

py of the NJDEP approval must be submitted to the Planning Board. It shows on the Zoning Schedule on sheet SP-3 that 1,070 parking spaces are proposed. We note that the Overall Development Summary on sheet SP-3 shows that 1,070 parking spaces are proposed for the apartment units. In addition, the plans show that 55 parking spaces are proposed at the clubhouse and 17 parking spaces are proposed at the dog park. Therefore, a total of 1,142 parking spaces are proposed. The Zoning Schedule must be revised accordingly. Our office notes that Sheet SP-6 has been revised to label the improvements that are proposed at the Warner Road wetlands crossing. However, some of the labels are not visible as they are out of the viewport. The plan must be revised accordingly. Our office notes that Sheet SP-6 has been revised to provide a handicap parking space near the dog park and maintenance building. It shall be clarified how ADA access will be 'S:\West Orange\Planning Board\VWRPO179.01 - West Essex Highlands, Inc\Review #2 07-29-24.docx