West Orange Township_Fourth Round HEFSP_Final Draft

PB-20-02 GREEN ESSEX PARTNERS URBAN RENEWAL ENTITY, LLC RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING BOARD OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE Granting preliminary site plan, final site plan, and tree removal permit approval to construct a multi-family residential development. WHEREAS, the Planning Board of the Township of West Orange, at a meeting held on June 3, 2020, as well as at a continued special meeting on June 25, 2020, both which were properly noticed in accordance with the Open Public Meetings Act, considered the application for preliminary site plan, final site plan, and tree removal permit approval to construct a multi-family residential development on property located in the Executive Drive Multi-Family Residential Zone of the Essex Green - Executive Drive Redevelopment Plan identified as Block 155, Lots: 40.02, 42.01, and 42.02. The application was submitted by Green Essex Partners Urban Renewal Entity, LLC (the “Applicant”), through its attorney, Francis X. Regan, Esq.; and WHEREAS, the Applicant provided notice to property owners within 200 feet of the property and in the official newspaper of the Township in accordance with the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12; and WHEREAS, the Planning Board considered the presentation of Francis X. Regan, Esq., attorney for the Applicant; and heard and considered the testimony of Zachary E. Chaplin, P.E., the Applicant's engineer (licensed in New Jersey as an engineer, and qualified in that capacity by the Board), Jack L. Raker, R.A., the Applicant’s architect (licensed in New Jersey as an architect, and qualified in that capacity by the Board), Paul DeVitto, the Applicant's landscape architect (licensed in New Jersey as a certified landscape architect, and qualified in that capacity by the Board), Eric L. Keller, P.E., the Applicant's Traffic Engineer (licensed in New Jersey as an engineer, and qualified in the capacity of a professional traffic engineer by the board); and