2023 07 10 Twp Resubmission Letter

Township of West Orange July 7, 2023 Page 8 of 12 Traffic Comments: 1. The Applicant should address the Board on where drive-thru customers of Sonic and/or Popeyes will park if requested by an employee due to longer waiting times for the food order. Testimony will be provided regarding the drive-thru operations. 2. The ingress straight arrow marking at the easterly driveway on sheet 5 should be revised to a right-turn only arrow. The Site Plan (Sheet 5 of 20) has been revised to provide a right-turn only pavement marking arrow. 3. The Applicant should address the Board regarding their plans to provide a loading space for each restaurant as required by §25-12.3 of the Ordinance. Testimony will be provided regarding loading operations. 4. Sheet 16 includes a vehicle circulation plan for a WB-50 tractor trailer. The plan shows that the truck will only access the front of the site. The Applicant should address the Board on how deliveries will be made to each restaurant without obstructing circulation at the site. Testimony will be provided regarding deliveries. 5. Sheet 17 includes a vehicle circulation plan for a trash truck. Both the trash truck circulation plan and the tractor trailer circulation plan shows that when both trucks enter the site, they have to drive over the island in the westerly driveway. The Applicant should clarify if the island will have vertical or mountable curb. The Site Plan (Sheet 5 of 20) has been revised to denote the proposed concrete island as mountable. 6. The plans must be revised to include a circulation plan for a fire truck. The Vehicle Circulation (Fire Truck) (Sheet 20 of 20) has been provided to depict the fire truck circulation per the truck template provided by Joseph Matullo, Fire Captain/Fire Official. 7. In the Traffic Impact Study, the total volumes of trips provided in Table Ill for the PM and Saturday (137 and 229 respectfully) peak street hours appear to be too low. The Applicant should clarify the source from which this data was obtained. The peak hour trip generation contained in Table IV was developed based on data published by the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) in the 11th Edition of the Trip Generation Manual which is the National and State standard for developing traffic volume projections. This publication sets forth trip generation rates based on empirical traffic count data conducted at

neration Manual which is the National and State standard for developing traffic volume projections. This publication sets forth trip generation rates based on empirical traffic count data conducted at numerous research sites. Landscaping and Forestry Comments: 1. Revise the plans to provide replacement tree calculations, in accordance with Section 25-27.Sg. Currently, the Applicant has provided nine (9) major trees (trees reaching 50' or greater) and twenty-nine (29) minor trees (evergreen and/or ornamental trees). However, of these, eight (8) are evergreen trees that will reach 50 feet at maturity. This should be discussed with the Board.