PB 25 08_Planning Courtesy Review_Turtle Back Zoo

Memorandum Page 2 of 5 236 BROAD STREET, RED BANK, NJ 07701 • TEL 732.741.2900 • FAX 732.741.2929 • MAIL@HGAPA.COM • www.HGAPA.com property which are not developed with buildings, parking lots, driveways, or pathways for the zoo remain unimproved. The subject property is located within the R-1 District (One-family dwellings on 80,000 square foot lots) of the Township. West of the Orange Reservoir, also located on Lot 2 of Block 163, includes the Essex County Safari Mini Golf course and McLoone’s Boathouse restaurant. The remaining County-owned sections of land south of Northfield Avenue are undeveloped and covered with a dense tree canopy. Prior Property Submissions The Essex County Turtle Back Zoo has presented several courtesy review applications to the Township’s Planning Board in the past. The addendum provided by the applicant indicates that a total of 33 courtesy review applications for the zoo has been reviewed by the Planning Board to date. Further, the zoo has also presented technical site plan applications, which included constructing a new gibbon exhibit (PB 09-01C), a new perimeter fence (PB 06-01C), and the merge of two existing supporting buildings into a larger one (PB 04-17C).