CME Associates Review 3

——eE—__" —~— == #& Gre Consulting & Municipal ASSOCIATES ENGINEERS Chairman and Members of the West Orange Township Planning Board June 13, 2025 Re: West Essex Highlands, LLC (PB 24-01) Our File No. 115.WRP0179.V01 Preliminary & Final Site Plan - Review #3 Page 8 8. Sheet SP-20 must be revised to identify the pipes proposed in conjunction with porous pavement system #3. All pipes should be labeled with pipe size, material, length, and slope. 9. Clarify the limits of porous pavement for BMP #8, BMP #9 and BMP #11. Two separate pavement hatches are shown and it is unclear if both hatches are intended to be pervious pavement. 10. Revise the hatching associated with BMP#4 to remove the pervious pavement hatching from the landscape island. 11. Sheet SP-25 must be revised to correct the finished grade elevation on porous pavement section #6 detail. 12. As stipulated in Section 25-29.10(b)(1) of the Ordinance, the design engineer shall prepare a maintenance plan for the stormwater management measures incorporated into the design of a major development. It further stipulates in Section 25-29.10(b)(4) of the Ordinance that the maintenance plan and any future revisions shall be recorded upon the deed of record for each property on which the maintenance described in the maintenance plan must be undertaken. Prior to recording, the form of the deed must be approved by the Board Attorney and our office. F. LANDSCAPING COMMENTS 1. The Applicant has proposed deer exclusion fencing for existing wooded areas to remain. Details of the proposed fence, method of installation, maintenance responsibilities and notes should be provided for further review. 2. Revise the street tree layout to create uniformity within the site by providing the same species of trees on both sides of the roadways within substantial groupings. 3. Review and revise match lines, as they create difficulties for review (and later construction), such as labels to corresponding graphics are not on the same sheet. Also, the overall landscape plan should indicate the match line locations. 4. Our office recommends that street trees be provided on the lawn side of sidewalks, where feasible, to reduce future hardscape conflicts as well as to provide greater soil volume for a healthier tree. 5. Revise the ‘Plant List’, sheet 29 of 66, as indicated below: a. Both BP (Paper Birch) and AS (Sugar Maple)

ture hardscape conflicts as well as to provide greater soil volume for a healthier tree. 5. Revise the ‘Plant List’, sheet 29 of 66, as indicated below: a. Both BP (Paper Birch) and AS (Sugar Maple) are a northern tree species and with a warming climate, these species are not recommended. S:\West Orange\Planning BoarciVWRPO179 01 - West Essex Highlands, Inc\Review #3 - 06-13-25 docx —