2026 03 06 Justifications Memo_470 Eagle Rock AvenueWORev4

JUSTIFICATIONS OF VARIANCES DR Project no.:12210-001 PROPOSED MIXED COMMERICAL DEVELOPMENT Rev. March 06, 2026 470 EAGLE ROCK AVENUE (BLOCK 153, LOT 38) TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY Page 3 of 15 • The subject property and the proposed fast-food use abuts the R-6 residential zone to the south (rear property line) and the west (fronting Rosney Terrace). The properties to the north and east of the subject property are located within the B-2 and P-C zones. Project does not meet the condition. 4. The minimum size for any lot upon which any fast-food restaurant is located shall be 30,000 square feet, and the minimum street frontage of such lot shall be 200 feet. If a fast-food restaurant is located on a corner lot, the minimum street frontage on each street shall be 200 feet. • The lot area meets the required threshold at 45,713 square feet and the lot width along Eagle Rock Avenue meets the required 200 feet at 223.45 feet. However, the frontage along Rosney Terrace has an existing width of 182.41 feet. Project does not meet the condition. 5. Combined entrance and exit driveways to and from any lot upon which is located a fast-food restaurant shall have an unrestricted width of not less than 24 feet nor more than 30 feet, shall be located not nearer than 20 feet to any lot line and shall be so designed to avoid the need for any existing vehicle to back across or into any portion of a public sidewalk or street. One-way entrance or exit driveways shall have a minimum width of 18 feet. • The widths of the two combined entrance and exit driveways are 30 feet. The western driveway is located approximately 28.4 feet from the property lot line and the eastern driveway is located approximately 30.58 feet from the side property line. No one-way entrance or exit driveways are proposed. Project complies. 6. The minimum distance between driveways on a lot upon which is located a fast-food restaurant shall be 100 feet, measured from the two closest driveway curbs. • The distance between the driveways from the two closest driveway curbs is approximately 128.2 feet. Project complies. 7. The minimum distance of any driveway into the street, of a lot upon which a fast-food restaurant is located, from a street intersection shall be 100 feet, measured from the nearest end of the curb radius of the intersection to the nearest end of the curb radius of the

which a fast-food restaurant is located, from a street intersection shall be 100 feet, measured from the nearest end of the curb radius of the intersection to the nearest end of the curb radius of the driveway. • The curb radius of the western driveway is located approximately 13.2 feet from the Rosney Terrace intersection. Project does not meet the condition.