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West Orange Zoning Board March 4, 2026 Re: Seton Hall Prep Health & Fitness Center Our File No. 115.WRZ0082.V03 CME Planning Review #1 Page 2 H:\Legacy\Howell-FS1\SEC\West Orange\Zoning Board\115.WRZ0082.V03 - Seton Hall Preparatory School\26-02-09 Seton Hall Prep- CME Planning Review 1.docx 2. Project and Property Description The subject property is a 44.5 acre; irregularly shaped parcel located along Prospect Avenue that is currently developed with the Seton Hall Prep athletic fields and complex. The site includes currently 221 off-street parking spaces that are accessed by one ingress and egress driveway onto Prospect Avenue. The surrounding land uses include Shillelagh Pub and Essex Shillelaghs GAA Sports Club, and the Essex County Country Club to the west; Antioch Presbyterian Church to the north; and several single-family residences to the east and south. The property and the use has a history of zoning board action on the site, including the following: 1) Resolution ZB-08-37 (2010) – Granted a d-1 use variance to permit athletic fields in a residential zone as well as site plan approval and associated bulk variances; 2) Amended Resolution ZB-08-37 (2013) – Reaffirmed the granting of the d-1 use variance and approving a different site plan, and modifying certain conditions of approval; 3) Resolution ZB-15-03 (2015) – Amended site plan approval to change the surface of two playing fields; 4) Resolution ZB-16-05 (2016) – Amended site plan approval and a ‘d’ variance to permit the expansion of a non-conforming conditional use to install new signs and change the location of batting cages; 5) Resolution ZB-22-12 (2023) – Approval of a d-2 expansion of a non-conforming use variance and amended site plan to permit an addition to a maintenance building on the site to include athletic training facilities and administrative offices; The Applicant now seeks to amend several of the conditions of the initial approval for the use on the site. The proposed amendments seek to change the following conditions: Condition imposed by Resolution ZB-08-37 Requested Modification 36. During the months of June, July and August, the athletic fields can only be used directly by Seton Hall Prep and its own students or athletes and not by Seton Hall coaches or third parties Allow use by the West Orange Recreation Department throughout the year to conduct regularly offered programs

n Hall Prep and its own students or athletes and not by Seton Hall coaches or third parties Allow use by the West Orange Recreation Department throughout the year to conduct regularly offered programs and activities. 37. There shall be no installation of any field lights on any of the fields, whether on a permanent or temporary basis. Install Sports Lighting on Tevlin Field and Pathway lighting extending from the Home Grandstands and Visitors Bleachers to both parking lots. Lighting with a mounting height of 90 feet is proposed. 40. Seton Hall Prep can have a maximum of 8 home football games per year. The school seeks to allow for hosting of additional home football games in the event that there are state playoffs.