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ta TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE 66 MAIN STREET, WEST ORANGE, N.J. 07052 Department of Planning and Development ROBERT D. PARISI Mayor Tel: (973) 325-4110 Fax: (973) 325-6359 DIANA L. CHANDLER Email: planningboard@x estorange.org Acting Planning Board Secretary Dr. Robert Bagoff, Chairmar William B. Wilkes II, Fice-Chairman Ken Alper Diana P. MeGovera, Esq., Board Attorney Jerry Guarino Paul Grygiel, AICP, PP, Township Planner Lee D. Klein, PE PTOE John J. Hess, PE, PP, Consulting Engineer Christopher Morgan, Sr (Mayor's Designee) Leonard Lepore, PE, Township Engineer ‘Councilwoman Susan MeCartney John McNair Peter F. Smeraldo, Jr. Sal A, Jensen (Alternate #1) Jol Cardoza (Alternate #2) April 11, 2022 Mayor and Township Council (RParisi@westorange.org ; Council@westorange.org ) Municipal Building 66 Main Street West Orange, New Jersey 07052 RE: Proposed Amendment to Land Use Regulations, Chapter 25: Section 28, Steep Slope and Natural Features Ordinance 2678-22 Dear Mayor Parisi, Council President McCartney and Council Members: Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-64 and 40:55D-26a, the Township of West Orange Planning Board (the "Board") has evaluated the Proposed Ordinance Amending and Supplementing Chapter 25, Land Use Regulations, of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange (a copy being enclosed hereto). After reviewing the proposed Ordinance amendment and conferring with the Township’s Planner at the Board’s April 6, 2022, Regular Meeting, the Board finds that the Ordinance is consistent with the most recent Master Plan reexamination and plan element updates adopted in 2019. Specifically, the proposed Ordinance provides tightened controls on single-family residential properties and requires consideration of off-site impacts, provision requiring geotechnical analysis of development on parcels with steep slopes, requiring a rock fall zone at the toe of a slope where the potential for rockslides exist, preparation of a maintenance plan and setback requirements at the top of steep slopes. The proposed ordinance is particularly in keeping with the Township’s 2019 Master Plan Update, Principle 3 in the Reexamination Report: “Protect Natural Features and Environmental Resources” which provides: “Continue to protect natural features and environmental resources including, but not limited to, floodplains, wetlands, woodlands, steep

t Natural Features and Environmental Resources” which provides: “Continue to protect natural features and environmental resources including, but not limited to, floodplains, wetlands, woodlands, steep slopes, ridgelines, and areas valuable as scenic, historical, cultural, or recreational resources.”

The Board recommends that the Council adopt the Ordinance and offers no other recommendations thereto. Ce: ir. Robert Bagoff, D.M.D. Chair, Township of West Orange Planning Board Diana Powell McGovern, Esq. (Via Email) Richard D. Trenk, Esq. (Via Email) Karen Carnevale, R.M.C. (Via Email) Paul Grygiel, AICP,PP (Via Email) William B. Wilkes II (Via Email) Enclosure