Letter Requesting Extension of Approval athletic center 10 16 2025

FINAL — V1 - SKW — 10.18.23 be reflected on a revised plan. 18. | Mr. Stewart addressed the comments raised in Board Engineer Hess's January 20, 2023 and June 1, 2023 review memoranda pertaining to the application, to the satisfaction of Mr. Hess. In so doing, Mr. Stewart testified that: (i) no exterior lighting fixtures are proposed; (ii) no steep slope disturbance is proposed; and (iii) the Applicant would be amenable to adding additional landscape screening to the south of the southern field house on the Property. 19. No member of the Public asked questions of Mr. Stewart. Testimony Offered at the September 28, 2023 Hearing 20. On questioning by members of the Board and Board Professionals during the September 28, 2023 hearing, Mr. Fiore testified that: (i the existing field house would be used for the storage of primarily athletic equipment and not landscaping equipment, because the Applicant employs an outside landscaping contractor to maintain the grounds of the athletic complex; (ii) the proposed fitness center would not be equipped with an internal speaker system; and (iii) the proposed fitness center would pose less of an impact to surrounding properties than the existing field house as the proposed fitness center would be more centrally located within the Site. 21. No member of the Public asked questions of Mr. Fiore during the September 28, 2023 hearing. 22. | Mr. Dougherty testified that, in his professional opinion, the Applicant has sufficiently demonstrated the "positive criteria" for the grant of its requested (d)(2) expansion of use variance. In so doing, Mr. Dougherty opined that the existing, and would-be-expanded, athletic complex constitutes an inherently beneficial use, because (i) schools are specifically recognized in the Municipal Land Use Law (the “MLUL”) as "inherently beneficial uses"; (ii) the existing and would-be-expanded athletic complex is accessory to a school use; and (iii) thus, the