Filing Letter to Board in Response to M Bennett Email with Exhibits 12 02 2024

CHIESA SHAHINIAN & GIANTOMASI PC 105 Eisenhower Parkway, Roseland, NJ 07068 csglaw.com LISA A. JOHN-BASTA Member ljohn-basta@csglaw.com O 973.530.2083 F 973.530.2283 December 2, 2024 VIA EMAIL AND FEDEX Ms. Jamilet Baquerizo Vite, Planning Board Clerk Township of West Orange 66 Main Street West Orange, NJ 07052 Re: Essex County Country Club Site Plan Application 350 Mount Pleasant Avenue - Block 156, Lot 1 Response to M. Bennett Email 11.25.24 Dear Ms. Vite: This office represents the Essex County Country Club (the “Applicant” or the “Club”), which is the owner of property located at 350 Mount Pleasant Avenue, and designated as Block 156, Lot 1 on the Tax Maps of the Township of West Orange (the “Property”). The Club was established in 1887. It is the State’s oldest Country Club and the sixth oldest in the Country. The Club has been at its present location since 1917. The Property measures approximately 176.83 acres and is developed with an existing golf course, clubhouse and a number of accessory structures including, but not limited to, a pool house, swimming pool, tennis courts, and maintenance buildings. The Property is located in the Township’s R-2 Zoning District (the “Zoning District”) where golf courses and golf club houses as well as customary accessory buildings and structures related thereto are expressly permitted. The Applicant recently filed an application for site plan approval with the Township of West Orange Planning Board (the “Planning Board” or the “Board”) to renovate the existing pool house building located on the Property and to construct certain improvements in the immediate vicinity of the pool house. The area in question is located in the western portion of the Property adjacent to the Francis Byrne Golf Course owned by the County of Essex (the “Application”). The Application is scheduled for a public hearing before the Board on December 4, 2024. In advance of the public hearing, the Applicant provided notice of the Application in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-1, et seq. (the “MLUL”) (the “Legal Notice”). In response to the Application, Ms. Micaela Bennett (the “Objector”) emailed the Board Secretary on November 24, 2024 and November 25, 2024 objecting to the Board’s consideration of NEW JERSEY NEW YORK 4904-2272-4354.v1