PB2604 Orange Prospect LLC Affidavit of Service and Publication

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SPECIAL MEETING OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE PLANNING BOARD PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Township of West Orange Planning Board will hold a special public meeting on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, at 7:30 p.m., virtually via Zoom, to review and take formal action upon the application of Orange Prospect LLC (the “Applicant”), identified as Planning Board Application No. PB-26-04. The Applicant seeks amended preliminary and final major site plan approval, together with related permits, waivers, variances, interpretations and/or other relief, for the existing restaurant/banquet facility located at 111 Prospect Avenue, West Orange, New Jersey 07052, identified as Block 151, Lot 17.01 on the Township tax map. The Property contains approximately 8.29 acres, is located in the B-2 General Business Zone and has long been used as a catering/banquet hall and restaurant facility formerly known as The Manor. The Applicant previously received preliminary and final major site plan approval with bulk variance relief and waivers pursuant to Planning Board Resolution PB-25-02, memorialized June 4, 2025, which permitted driveway, walkway, valet parking, main building, porte-cochere, community garden, parking, occupancy, impervious coverage, tree replacement and related site improvements. The Prior Approval permitted 471 parking spaces, including EV credits, 1,515- person occupancy, and 60.53% impervious coverage, reduced from an existing 61.75%, where 60% is permitted. The present Application seeks amended approval for revised and additional improvements, including renovations and modifications to portions of the existing banquet hall and restaurant buildings; reconstruction and reconfiguration of portions of the rear parking area; revised parking, circulation, driveway and walkway improvements; grading, drainage, stormwater, landscaping and lighting improvements; new storm sewer infrastructure; modifications to courtyard, patio, gazebo, landscaped wall, fountain, outdoor amenity and paved walkway areas; EV parking/charging improvements; limited soil movement/soil removal; and related site work. The amended plan proposes 486 parking spaces, including EV credits, maximum occupancy of 1,563 people, and reduced impervious coverage of approximately 59.76%, whereas 60% is permitted. The Application also includes confirmation

6 parking spaces, including EV credits, maximum occupancy of 1,563 people, and reduced impervious coverage of approximately 59.76%, whereas 60% is permitted. The Application also includes confirmation that existing second-floor space within the restaurant/accessory building, including kitchen, living/dining, bedroom and bathroom areas, may be used for staff, chef or other employee accommodation/support purposes accessory and incidental to the principal restaurant/banquet facility use. The Application further seeks approval for removal of five (5) additional trees in the 6-inch to 13-inch D.B.H. category and planting of ten (10) replacement Thuja Green Giants, resulting in a total replanting program of 348 replacement trees and a net increase of seventy-six (76) trees as part of the overall tree removal and replacement program. The Applicant also seeks an extension of time to complete certain replacement plantings pursuant to Township Code § 28-8. Overall, the Applicant seeks amended preliminary and final major site plan approval, stormwater permit approval, soil movement/soil removal permit approval, tree removal and replacement approval, an extension of time to complete tree replanting, and bulk “c” variance relief under N.I.S.A. 40:55D-70(c), if deemed necessary by the Board, together with any required waivers, exceptions, interpretations or other relief, including relief related to: the 50-foot residential buffer under Township Code § 25-11.3; parking row length under § 25-12.1 for 26 spaces where 20 spaces is permitted before a landscaped break is required; lighting under §§ 25-14.3 and 25- 14.1(d), including walkway, parking, street and/or property-line illumination; wall/fence standards