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Chairman and Members of the West Orange Township Planning Board February 25, 2026 Re: Catalyst Development Group, LLC (PB-26-02) File No. 115.WRP0086.V01 Minor Subdivision with “C” Variances – Review #1 H:\Legacy\Howell-FS1\SEC\West Orange\Planning Board\115.WRP0086.V01 - Catalyst Development Group, LLC\26-02-25 - Review #1.docx b) Item #23 – List of required regulatory approvals or permits. c) Item #35 – Drainage Calculations. d) Item #43 – New lot and block numbers confirmed with local assessor or municipal designee. e) Item #52 – Plans and legal documents for compliance with West Orange COAH Ordinances. C. DESIGN COMMENTS AND PLAT DETAILS 1. The Applicant should address the Board regarding whether this subdivision will be perfected by filing of the plat or by deed. We have performed our review based on the assumption that this subdivision will be perfected by filing of the plat. 2. As stipulated in the Municipal Land Use Law, the approval of this minor subdivision will expire 190 days after the date that the resolution of municipal approval is adopted unless within such period a minor subdivision plat or deed has been filed with the county recording officer, the municipal engineer and the municipal tax assessor. 3. The Applicant should clarify why both the Minor Subdivision Plat and the Title & Topographic Survey have been stamped “Preliminary”. 4. The proposed street address for each new lot must be shown on the Minor Subdivision Plat. Further, the proposed block and lot numbers and street addresses for each new lot must be approved in writing by the Tax Assessor. 5. If the Applicant intends to perfect the minor subdivision approval by filing of the plat, then the following Map Filing Law requirements must be addressed: a) A minimum of three corners distributed around the tract shall indicate coordinate values. The coordinate base, either assumed or based on the New Jersey Plane Coordinate System, shall be shown on the plat. b) The plat shall include a surveyor’s certificate which conforms to NJSA 46:26B-2.b.(12). c) The plat shall include a municipal engineer’s certificate which conforms to NJSA 46:26B-2.b.(14). d) NJSA 46:26B-3b(10) stipulates that “On minor subdivisions, a monument shall be set at each intersection of an outside boundary of the newly created lot or lots with the right of way line of any side of an existing street”. We note that the

minor subdivisions, a monument shall be set at each intersection of an outside boundary of the newly created lot or lots with the right of way line of any side of an existing street”. We note that the Applicant has requested a waiver from the requirement to provide the required monumentation. Our office recommends that the monumentation be provided, as required under NJSA 46:26B-3b(10). e) If the monuments are to be set at a later date, then the plat must include a municipal clerk’s certificate which conforms to NJSA 46:26B-2.b.(13).