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Supporting Documentation · Sep 9, 2026

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WHEREAS, 410 Main is the owner of certain real property located at 410 Main Street, West Orange, New Jersey, also known as Block 113, Lots 262, 264, and 308 on the Township’s tax map (hereinafter the “Property”); and WHEREAS, the Property consists of approximately 11,936 square feet, or approximately 0.274 acres, and is located at or near the southwest corner of Main Street and Park Drive North in the Township’s B-2 Zone; and WHEREAS, the Property is presently vacant, the prior structures on the Property having been demolished; and WHEREAS, 410 Main previously filed an application with the Township of West Orange Planning Board under PB 24-06 seeking conditional use approval, preliminary and final tmnajor site plan approval, and variance approvals to permit a three story mixed use development on the Property, which application included approximately 900 square feet of ground floor commercial space, 14 parking spaces (where 25 parking spaces were required), and twelve (12) residential units on the upper floors, together with related site improvements (the “Prior Application”); and WHEREAS, the Prior Application proposed twelve (12) residential dwelling units, including two (2) units to be set aside as affordable housing units for low- and moderate-income households; and WHEREAS, after public hearings conducted on June 5, 2024, August 7, 2024, September 4, 2024, October 9, 2024, November 6, 2024, December 4, 2024, and December 11, 2024, the Planning Board denied the Prior Application, which denial was memorialized by resolution dated January 8, 2025, and WHEREAS, 410 Main filed an action in lieu of prerogative writs challenging the Planning Board’s denial of the Prior Application, bearing Docket No. ESX-L-1637-25 (the “PW Action”); and WHEREAS, 410 Main thereafter filed a builder’s remedy / exclusionary zoning action against the Township and Planning Board, bearing Docket No. ESX-L-1824-26 (the “Builder’s Remedy Action” and, together with the PW Action, the “410 Main Actions”); and WHEREAS, by Order entered on April 10, 2026, Docket Nos. ESX-L-1824-26 and. ESX-L-1637-25 -were consolidated with the Township’s. declaratory-judgment action, Docket No. ESX-L-886-25, for purposes of mediation and discovery, without prejudice to any party making an application to have all issues tried at the same time, and Elizabeth McManus, P.P. was designated to continue

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-886-25, for purposes of mediation and discovery, without prejudice to any party making an application to have all issues tried at the same time, and Elizabeth McManus, P.P. was designated to continue as Special Adjudicator; and 2

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