PB 24 01 West Essex Highlands Inc Draft Resolution

{West Essex Highlands- Resolution Final} RESOLUTION Township of West Orange Planning Board PB 24-01 West Essex Highlands, Inc./ Warner Road Block: 179 Lot: 32; Zone: IH-1 Decided on May 6, 2026 Memorialized on June 10, 2026 Application for Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan Approval with Bulk Variance to Develop a 496-Unit Inclusionary Multifamily Residential Development WHEREAS, West Essex Highlands, Inc. (Hereinafter the “Applicant”) has made an application for Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan approval with Variance to develop a 496- unit inclusionary multifamily residential development on a vacant 120 acre property in the northwest corner of the Township fronting Warner Road, also known as Block: 179; Lot 32 (the “Property”), in the IH-1 zone; and WHEREAS, properly noticed public hearings were conducted on July 30, 2024, July 31, 2024, August 14, 2024, September 11, 2024, October 30, 2024, November 13, 2024, December 11, 2024, January 29, 2025, February 26, 2025, March 19, 2025 (no testimony due to technical problems), April 30, 2025, June 4, 2025, June 23, 2025, June 30, 2025, July 16, 2025, July 30, 2025, August 13, 2025, August 25, 2025, September 3, 2025, September 17, 2025, October 22, 2025, October 29, 2025, November 10, 2025, December 3, 2025, December 10, 2025, January 14, 2026, January 28, 2026, February 11, 2026 (no testimony- adjourned due to death in the family of attorney), March 4, 2026, April 15, 2026 (no testimony or deliberation) and May 6, 2026; WHEREAS, the Applicant was represented by Bryan D. Plocker, Esq of Hutt, Shimanowitz & Plocker, P.C.; and