26 03 04 Seton Hall Prep Fields Planning Review 1 rcd 3 5 2026

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 3 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 41. No more than one athletic event can occur at the same time, with a minimum of 1.5 hours between scheduled event times. Events can occur at the reasonable discretion of the administration operating the fields and courts. 46. No county or state athletic tournaments are permitted at the site. County or state tournaments may be permitted if Seton Hall Prep is one of the participants. 53. The fields shall be offered for use to the Townships of West Orange, Livingston and South Orange for their high school varsity teams in the case of an emergency. The Applicant seeks to make the fields available to the West Orange Recreation Department and other local area community programs for use in conducting regularly offered programs and activities. 61. The use of a public address system at the Subject Property shall be limited to football games and Use a public address system during any regular event. 3. Zoning Compliance The site is located within the R-1 Residential District of the Township. Private schools are listed as conditionally permitted uses in the district, subject to the following conditional use requirements: 1) The minimum lot area shall be 5 acres. The site is 44.5 acres. 2) All buildings and outdoor recreation facilities shall be setback at least 125 feet from any property line, and any parking areas and accessory buildings shall be setback at least 75 feet. It appears that there are several encroachments into these required setbacks. 3) A fifty-foot wide vegetative buffer is required adjacent to all property lines. It does not appear that a buffer of at least 50 feet is provided around the site. 4) Required setbacks for outdoor recreation shall be doubled for any facilities that will be lighted for evening use. No recreation facilities shall be used after 11:00 pm. The applicant is proposing light fixtures that will be setback 59.13 feet from Ridge Road. 5) A landscape plan with substantial buffering must be approved by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment. A commercial recreation facility is also listed as a conditionally permitted use, with the

5) A landscape plan with substantial buffering must be approved by the Planning Board or Board of Adjustment. A commercial recreation facility is also listed as a conditionally permitted use, with the same conditional use requirements as a private school. The athletic fields can technically be considered an accessory use to Seton Hall Prep, and since the school itself is on a different site, the athletic fields may not necessarily be considered a conditionally permitted use as a school, but could otherwise then potentially fall under the category of commercial recreation.