23 1345 001 PB24 14 172 174 Main St Engineering Review

Matrix New World Engineering, Land Surveying and Landscape Architecture, PC 26 Columbia Turnpike Florham Park, NJ 07932 973.240.1800 F: 973.240.1818 www.mnwe.com 23-1345-001 – PB24-14 (172-174 Main St.) Page 1 of 5 August 13, 2024 Via E-mail (JVite@westorange.org) Planning Board Township of West Orange 66 Main Street West Orange, New Jersey 07052 Attn.: Jamilet Baquerizo Vite – Board Secretary RE: ENGINEERING REVIEW FOR 172-174 MAIN STREET, LLC. WEST ORANGE PLANNING BOARD APPLICATION No. PB 24-14 172-174 MAIN STREET (BLOCK 89, LOT 6) TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY MATRIX No. 23-1345-001 Ms. Vite, As requested, Matrix New World Engineering, Land Surveying and Landscape Architecture, PC (Matrix) has reviewed the Planning Board application and supporting documentation for the above-referenced site. Matrix has prepared a technical engineering review of the proposed improvements at the subject. It shall be noted that our review of the project is limited to site / civil engineering only. Matrix defers all planning matters, including but not limited to, bulk and/or use variances, conformance with the master plan and ordinances, etc. As provided by your office, Matrix has received and reviewed the following documents for this project: • Township of West Orange Application form for the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Adjustment, dated July 8, 2024; • Property buffer report (200-foot owner list) for Block 89, Lot 6, prepared by the Office of the Tax Assessor, Township of West Orange, dated July 16, 2024; • Verification of Taxes and Sewer Charges Paid, Block 89, Lot 6, 172-174 Main Street, LLC., prepared by the Office of the Tax Collector, dated July 16, 2024; • Signed but unsealed set of architectural plans, consisting of seventeen (17) drawings, entitled “Change of Use – Add A Level, 172-174 Main Street, West Orange, NJ 07052, Block 89, Lot 6, Essex County,” prepared by Jason Peist, A.I.A., LLC., dated April 10, 2024; and • Signed but unsealed property survey drawing, entitled “172-174 Main Street, Survey of Land, situate Town of West Orange, Essex County, NJ,” prepared by Kenneth R. Carlisle, P.L.S. of N.E. Breid & Company, Inc., dated March 13, 1989. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Matrix understands that the Owner and Applicant for this application is 172-174 Main Street, LLC., mailing address: c/o Cox RE Holdings, 105 Main Street, Unit 1B, West Orange,

989. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Matrix understands that the Owner and Applicant for this application is 172-174 Main Street, LLC., mailing address: c/o Cox RE Holdings, 105 Main Street, Unit 1B, West Orange, New Jersey. As per the Township’s Zoning Map (last revised 2020), the subject parcel (Block 89, Lot 6) is located in the ‘B-1’ (Retail Business) zone along Main Street, across the street from the Downtown Redevelopment Area. The subject property is approximately 0.35 acres and is presently developed with a two-story masonry building and a steeply-sloped asphalt parking lot, with ingress and egress onto Main Street. Matrix further understands that the Applicant intends to construct a one-floor addition atop the existing two-story office building. The existing two-story office building will be converted into a mixed use