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Supporting Documentation · Feb 5, 2025

9 4 2024 WO PB Draft Minutes

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7 • Ms. Mary Kay Adams at Park Drive South asked is it correct that the driveway entrance point is 75 feet from the intersection of Main Street and Park Drive North. Mr. Maltz said it depends where you measure it from. If you measure it from the center line of the drive coming onto Park Drive North to the center of Main Street, it is approximately 75 feet. If you measure it from the driver side position along Park Drive, it is 73 feet. • Ms. Adams asked what prevents a tenant from looking for street parking closer to the building. Mr. Maltz said they wouldn’t be able to park 24 hours on the street. There is no parking permitted from 2am to 5am. • Ms. Adams asked are you aware of a report from the New Jersey Transportation Planning Authority that calculated households in New Jersey generate an average 4 trips per day. Mr. Maltz said no he is not; he uses the IT trip generation publication which has weekday values. • Ms. Adams asked are you aware that when cars park on Main Street in front of the bus stop, it blocks the sightline of vehicles that are exiting from Park Drive South. Mr. Maltz said when he was there, he saw no cars parked on Main Street along the west curb line from the bus stop sign all the way to Park Drive South. • Susan Lenczyk at Eagle Rock Avenue asked what prevents residents from parking on the Park Drive loop where there is overnight parking instead of the lot further away. Mr. Wine said there can be a lease provision that could make it a violation if they were to do that. It could also become a zoning enforcement issue. • Bill Mills at Park Drive North asked how is the applicant following RSIS guidelines if they are taking away parking spaces and who is the guidelines protecting. Mr. Maltz said that the guidelines were develop by New Jersey residential site improvement standards which specify maximum number of parking spaces based on the number of units and bedrooms. • Bill Mills at Park Drive North asked, when you were here, did you walk to the parking area by the Mississippi. Mr. Maltz said yes. • Weatau McPherson at 26 Park Drive South asked if Mr. Maltz is willing to frequent the area more, so he will be able to have an idea of how congested the area is. Mr. Maltz said casually he wouldn’t do that. This is a very small project and has a low trip generator. • Barbara T. at 3 Park Drive North asked, in regards to a vehicle coming up

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ngested the area is. Mr. Maltz said casually he wouldn’t do that. This is a very small project and has a low trip generator. • Barbara T. at 3 Park Drive North asked, in regards to a vehicle coming up the street, how long would it take for the garage to open and how far away do they have to be to open the garage. Mr. Maltz said residents will have a key fob to open the garage door and they can activate the garage door further away so they are opening it as they are approaching the garage driveway which would speed up the operation. • Barbara T. asked were you ever on site during inclement weather. Mr. Maltz said no, he wasn’t. • Jasmine Santana at Park Drive South asked what mass transit other than the buses are there. Mr. Maltz said there is the Mississippi Bus Loop that helps people get to New York. • Jasmine Santana asked, if the width of the inside of the garage is 23 feet and the garage door is 22 feet but the RSIS requires 24 feet, would that cause any type of hesitant making turns or makes it harder to make turns. Mr. Maltz said no, the 22 ft. is at the garage door but maneuverability within the garage itself is 23 feet. 24 ft. is the standard but cars can maneuver adequately at a 23-foot width. • Jasmine Santana asked when there are cars parked on the right side of Park Drive North, can somebody make the turn out of the garage safely without hitting the parked car. Mr. Maltz it’s in the site plan that was prepared by the site engineer and was testified previously.

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