Artheon Review 2

PAGE | 3 Essex County Register of Deeds & Mortgages Office on February 24, 2025 as Instrument #2025011243. • A copy of a Deed dated March 13, 2025, which conveys ownership of Block 114, Lot 55 from Walgreen Eastern Co, Inc to 262 Main Street Realty, LLC. This deed was recorded in the Essex County Register of Deeds & Mortgages Office on March 17, 2025 as Instrument #2025016950. • A copy of Township of West Orange Planning Board (Technical Review Committee) Resolution of Approval for Application PB12-28T, which was memorialized on December 5, 2012. This resolution granted the Applicant, Rite Aid of New Jersey, Inc., Technical Site Plan approval without variances for interior store renovations and flood damage repair on property located on Block 114, Lot 55. We have reviewed the submitted information in support of this application and offer the following comments: A. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The property in question is an irregularly shaped tract which has frontage on Main Street (CR 659), Erwin Place and Prospect Place. The property is located in the B-1 Retail Business Zone and has an area of 30,218 sf or approximately 0.69 acres. The property is currently occupied by the former Walgreens Pharmacy and the Americana Diner. The existing improvements at the site include two 1-story buildings and two asphalt parking lots. The Applicant is seeking Preliminary & Final Site Plan approval with “C” Variances and Tree Removal Permit approval to raze the existing improvements, including demolishing and regrading the parking lots. Once the existing improvements are removed, the Applicant proposes to construct a 2-story supermarket building consisting of 13,934 square feet on the first floor and 4,144 square feet on the second floor, for a total of 18,078 square feet. The second floor will be utilized for storage and will not be accessible to customers. The roof will accommodate the mechanical equipment as well as multiple solar panel arrays. The Applicant is proposing a parking lot containing forty-four (44) on-site parking spaces including four (4) EV parking spaces and two (2) handicap accessible parking space. In addition, the Applicant is proposing ten (10) on-street parking spaces. Access to the new parking lot will be provided via a one-way in and one-way out driveway from Main Street. Two (2) of the on-site parking spaces are separated from the rest of the parking lot

spaces. Access to the new parking lot will be provided via a one-way in and one-way out driveway from Main Street. Two (2) of the on-site parking spaces are separated from the rest of the parking lot with direct access provided from Prospect Place. The Applicant is proposing two (2) loading spaces; one to the rear of the supermarket and a temporary loading space along Main Street. The temporary loading space will be used for trucks up to 65 feet long, while the permanent loading space will be used for all other deliveries. The temporary loading space is intended to be used Monday through Friday, between 7:00 am and 12:00 am, outside of these hours all deliveries will utilize the permanent loading space.