Draft_October 2025_West Orange_HEFSP_with Appendices

Claire Silvestre, 20 Grandview Avenue, testified that she disagrees with the planner that the project will benefit the public, admitting that the hotel is not an attractive use but a dense mixed use with such lot coverage is not in the best interest of the community, that traffic expert’s assumptions were not accurate concerning the duration of park cars during drop off times, which will affect the adequacy of parking, and that the building is too large for the space; and Christine Bosco, 4 Mason Place, testified that this project will be detrimental to the St. Cloud area in terms of traffic and congestion, that the building is too large and will block the sun and view of the mountains to the neighborhood in the late afternoon, that the apartment building will add more children to the schools system, does not fit the character of the neighborhood and there are better uses for this property; and Scott Dias, 272 St. Cloud Avenue testified that the scope and size of the building will hurt the fabric of the neighborhood, and that the Board should see the traffic on St. Cloud Avenue at the start and end of the school day; and WHEREAS, all the facts and data contained in the submitted Application and all facts and testimony adduced at the public Hearing on said Application are incorporated herein as Findings of Facts of this Board as if set forth at length herein and made a part hereof; and WHEREAS, THE BOARD HAVING MADE THE FOLLOWING SPECIFIC FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS: A. The Applicant is the owner of 555 Northfield Avenue, West Orange, New Jersey, 07052, being Block 168, Lot 26 and Lot 28 on the Tax Map of the Township of West Orange and located in the B-2 zone.