Draft 66 Franklin Ave ZB 24 18 Planning Review Memo September 11 2025 rcd 9 19 25

10 | Page 105 Grove Street, Suite 3 Montclair, NJ 07042 www.Nishuanegroup.com 973.954.2677 in groups, tea rooms, beauty parlors, hairdressing and manicuring establishments, convalescent homes or mortuary establishments. PARKING AREA Shall mean an open area other than a street, public way or access driveway, but including aisles that serve parking spaces, used for the parking of motor vehicles and available for use whether for a fee or privilege for clients, customers, suppliers, residents or employees. LOT COVERAGE Shall mean that portion of a lot which is covered by parking areas and any impervious surface including but not limited to principal and accessory, structures, driveways, patios, sidewalks, etc. See Figure 2. Planning Comments Though the application, is for an office, which is a permitted use within the B-1 Retail Business zone, the landscaping vehicles are inseparable from the office use. As such, the proposed business is less consistent with an office use, which is permitted within the zone, but rather should be defined as a “Contractor’s Storage Yard”. While there is no definition within the Township’s Zoning Code that defines such a use, a definition is provided on Page 126 of A Planner’s Dictionary, published by the American Planners Association. It states, “Contractor’s Storage Yard” - An unenclosed portion of the lot or parcel upon which a construction contractor maintains its principal office or a permanent business office. Designation of the lot or parcel as a contractor’s storage yard would allow this area to be used to store and maintain construction equipment and other materials customarily used in the trade carried on by the construction contractor. If permitted to be used in this manner, the entire lot or parcel would then be classified as a “contractor’s storage yard” and will be required to conform to all applicable zoning district standards and other legislative regulations. (Wheeling, Ill.) From the information provided by the Applicant and our review of the application, we find this is not a permitted use within the zone, and therefore required a D-1 Use Variance.