Planning Report 072225 submission

2 SITE ZONING DESIGNATION (2020) III. Character of Surrounding Area The property is located along Prospect Avenue (County Route 577), approximately 2,200 feet south of the Interstate 280 entrance and exit, offering convenient regional access. Immediately northeast of the site is the Essex Green Shopping Center, a major retail hub featuring a range of regional and big-box commercial tenants, including PetCo, Panera Bread, Mattress Warehouse, AMC Theatres, TGI Fridays, and ShopRite. The surrounding zoning and land use patterns are as follows: • North: B-2 General Business Zone and PURD Planned Unit Residential Development – the B-2 zone is characterized by commercial and retail uses, and the Planned Unit Residential Development zone is characterized as a medium density residential townhome development; • West: P-C Planned Commercial and O-R Office Research – consisting primarily of regional, big-box, and local retailers, restaurants, and office uses; • South: B-2 General Business zone and R-1 Single Family Residential – the B-2 zone is characterized by commercial and retail uses, and the R-1 zone is characterized by low density single-family residential development; SOURCE: TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE ZONING MAP, DATED 2020 https://westorange.org/DocumentCenter/View/2073/Zoning-Map---Township-of-West-Orange?bidId=