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Supporting Documentation · May 28, 2026

Prior Resolutions of Approval submission

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5. The Subject Property is approximately 45 acres in size. The Zoning Board has heard extensive testimony over the course of 26 meetings or hearings that commenced in November 2008. 6. Seton Hall is a private non-profit high school that is accredited by the New Jersey State Department of Education. 7. Seton Hall first leased the Subject Property in question in 1987 and purchased it in 1993. The Subject Property was previously the location of the Carteret Boys School. Seton Hall is a well-respected neighbor in Town. The Subject Property is situated in the R-1 zone and is private, not public, property. Across Prospect Avenue from the Subject Property is a golf course, and the Shillelagh Club, certain private homes and a church abut portions of the Subject Property. 8. Seton Hall seeks numerous variances in order to expand existing athletic facilities and fields and a field house at the Subject Property, with the construction of a football field, bleachers, a press booth, a concession stand, a storage room/athletic facility, five tennis courts, two baseball fields, practice fields, parking lots and required drainage facilities needed in connection with the further development of the Subject Property and a sign. 9. Seton Hall currently maintains certain practice fields and a field house at the Subject Property which were previously approved by the Township Planning Board. Seton Hall has demonstrated, by the testimony of Monsignor Kelly and Peter Steck, its planner, of its need to expand the athletic -23-

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