81 Northfield Ave ZB 24 16 Planning Review Rev 1 August 20 2025

6 | Page 105 Grove Street, Suite 3 Montclair, NJ 07042 www.Nishuanegroup.com 973.954.2677 Project Overview (Amended August 20, 2025) The Applicant seeks a zoning interpretation with respect to the term Required Accessory Parking. Required Accessory Park is listed as a permitted accessory use within the OB-1 Zone, although there is no definition of the term within the Township’s Zoning Code. We note that although the applicant has not applied to appeal the Zoning Officer’s Decision, their application includes overnight parking for their medical transport vehicles. Our review focuses solely on the request for zoning interpretation, which is the nature of this application. Zoning (§25-7.1) (Amended August 20, 2025) This application is located within the Township’s OB-1 Zone, which is generally described as permitting office buildings. Within this zone, a permitted accessory use is Required Accessory Parking. There is no specific definition of “Required Accessory Parking” and definitions do not provide guidance as to how a use is regulated. Rather, other provisions of the Code regulate a particular use, such as parking. Off-street Parking regulations are governed by §25-12 PARKING AND LOADING SPACE REQUIREMENTS. In paragraph “g” of The General Provisions for Off-Street Parking (§25-12.1), the ordinance states, “Such parking area shall be used solely for the parking of passenger automobiles and no repair work or service of any kind shall be conducted in the parking lot. No permitted sign shall be larger than two square feet in area.” The vehicles listed by the applicant in their Commercial Business/Change of Use Application are not passenger automobiles and, therefore, their parking is not permitted in off-street parking areas. A variance for the parking of these ambulances is required, whether during the day or overnight as the applicant seeks to do. Definitions (§25-4) ACCESSORY USE Shall mean use naturally and normally incident and subordinate to the principal use of the premises or lot. The following uses are not accessory uses and are prohibited: 1. The dismantling, assembly or repair of a vehicle other than one belonging to a member of the resident household in any Residential Zoning District and any Nonresidential Zoning District where such use is not permitted.