2025 11 12_Vite_Engineering Review Letter

F:\2023\23-1345 West Orange 2024 Municipal Engineering Services\018 - PB-25-10 Trader Joe's - 457 Mt Pleasant Avenue\Correspondence\2025-11-12_Vite_Engineering Review Letter.Docx 4 5. Soil Erosion & Sediment Control 5.1. A Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Plan was prepared as part of the site plan submission. This Plan shall be approved by the Hudson Essex Passaic Soil Conservation District. 5.2. The soil stockpile area appears to adversely impact access to existing store fronts. Another location should be considered. 6. Site Lighting 6.1. The Applicant shall provide testimony regarding the site’s compliance with Township Ordinance §25-14, related to lighting levels. The Applicant shall review the need for replacement or supplemental lighting to meet the minimum lighting level criteria in §25-14.3 particularly behind the Main Building as well as to its east, while minimizing light spillover onto adjacent properties. Should additional lighting improvements be required, the Applicant shall provide a lighting plan to depict the characteristics of the additional proposed lighting, as well as a photometric analysis to demonstrate compliance with minimum illumination requirements. Additionally, the plan shall be revised to depict any existing light poles on-site that will remain, particularly those that may be behind the building and on the driveway to Pleasant Valley Way. 7. Landscaping and Buffers 7.1. The Applicant shall provide testimony regarding existing vegetation, and any related removals, replacements, or new planting areas. The Applicant shall also confirm the presence of required buffers as the property abuts residential zones. 8. Utilities 8.1. The Applicant shall provide testimony on utility service lines, laterals, connections, or associated appurtenances that are proposed for the new facilities. The Applicant shall clean and televise the existing sanitary lateral and any roof drainage laterals intended to be reused prior to construction. 8.2. The Applicant shall provide testimony regarding the need to construct any above- or below- grade improvements for utility services. 9. Traffic, Traffic Maintenance and Parking Maintenance 9.1 The Applicant shall provide a Traffic Maintenance and Parking Maintenance Plan depicting how traffic and circulation patterns and parking for those retail facilities that remain will be maintained during the constructions

rovide a Traffic Maintenance and Parking Maintenance Plan depicting how traffic and circulation patterns and parking for those retail facilities that remain will be maintained during the constructions period. 9.2 Vehicle access, egress and turn restrictions shall remain as previously approved. 9.3 There appears to be a small inconsistency between the number of parking stalls on the Site Plan and the number of stalls specified in the traffic report. 10. Inspection Escrow 10.1 The Applicant shall prepare a construction cost estimate for the site improvements for the purpose of computing the amount of funds to be placed in escrow for site inspections.