PB 24 16 350 Mount Pleasant Avenue Essex Country Club West Orange Planner Report 8 27 2024

August 27, 2024 Page 4 of 13 PB-24-16 350 Mt. Pleasant Avenue Block 156, Lot 1 105 Grove Street, Suite 3, Montclair, NJ 07042 ∙ Phone: (973) 954-2677 ∙ www.NishuaneGroup.com 4. A waiver is required from West Orange application checklist item 29 that requires “existing right-of-way and/or easements on and within 200’ of tract.” The applicant comments that the proposed site development has no adjustments or impacts to the existing right-of-way and/or easement on and within 200 ft of the tract. Planner’s Comment: No objection to this waiver. 5. A waiver is required from West Orange application checklist item 32 that requires “boundary, limits, nature and extent of wooded areas, specimen trees, and other significant physical features (detail may vary).” The applicant comments that the proposed site development has no adjustments or impacts to the boundary, limit, nature and extent of wooded areas and other significant physical features of the site. Planner’s Comment: No objection to this waiver. 6. A waiver is required from West Orange application checklist item 46 that requires solid waste management plan. The applicant comments that there are no changes to the existing solid waste management plan for the existing site. The proposed site improvement will keep the existing solid waste management plan. Planner’s Comment: No objection to this waiver. Project Description The subject site encompasses a total of 176.83-acres on the southwestern corner of the intersection of Mt. Pleasant and Prospect Avenues and has been developed with a golf course since 1887. The site also has frontage on Pleasant Valley Way to the northwest and Old Indian Road to the southwest. The site is occupied by the country club and the surrounding uses include another golf course, single-family houses, offices and other institutional uses. On the northeastern side of the country club, on the Mt Pleasant Avenue frontage, is a commercial strip with various retail outlets, fitness gym, health facility and restaurants. Opposite to that is a residential area with predominantly single-family homes. The western side of the club comprises a sports club, a church, single family homes and a care community. Whereas on the eastern side of the club there is a nursing facility, health facility and single-family homes and the southern side is predominantly residential. The applicant proposes to renovate

ity. Whereas on the eastern side of the club there is a nursing facility, health facility and single-family homes and the southern side is predominantly residential. The applicant proposes to renovate the existing pool house facility on the subject site, which is inclusive of renovation of the interior of the one-story pool house building.