Township Council Meeting — Packet

2928-25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 7, TRAFFIC, SUBSECTION 7-32.1 HANDICAPPED PARKING ON STREETS, OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Township Council of the Township of West Orange, in the County of Essex, State of New Jersey as follows: Section 1. Subsections 7-32.1, Handicapped Parking on Streets of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange is hereby supplemented and amended as follows (italic type denotes deletion, bold type denotes addition): 7-32.1 Handicapped Parking on Streets. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-197(2c) the following onstreet location is designated as a handicapped parking place. Such spaces are for use by persons who have been issued special identification cards, plates, or placards by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission, or a temporary placard issued by the Chief of Police. No other person shall be permitted to park in these places. Residence Address No. of Spaces Location 25 Tompkins Street 1 Beginning 219 feet south of the southerly curb line of Mitchell Street, and extending 20 feet south. Section 2. If any provision of this Ordinance or application thereof, under any circumstances, is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect any other provisions or applications of this Ordinance that can be given effect without the invalid provision(s) or application(s) and to this end the provisions of this Ordinance are severable. All other Ordinances or parts of Ordinances inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 3. This Ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication in accordance with law and upon the approval of the New Jersey Department of Transportation if required. SUSAN MCCARTNEY, MAYOR JOSEPH KRAKOVIAK, COUNCIL PRESIDENT KAREN J. CARNEVALE, R.M.C. MUNICIPAL CLERK INTRODUCED: June 24, 2025 ADOPTED:

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY A Handicapped Parking Stall will be established in front of 25 Tompkins Street. This property is a 17-unit multifamily residential building developed as part of the Harvard Press Urban Renewal Zone. The final variance approval from the West Orange Planning Board requires this Handicapped Stall. Such parking stalls are permissible under the laws of New Jersey, and they are designated as Handicapped Parking Zones. Because this stall cannot be restricted to a designated building resident, any person with a handicapped plate or placard may park there.

2930-25 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 7, TRAFFIC, SUBSECTION 7-18.1, ONE WAY STREETS DESIGNATED, SUBSECTION 7-12, PARKING PROHIBITED FOR STREET CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE, SUBSECTION 7-14.1c, NIGHT PARKING RESTRICTED, SUBSECTION 7-46.2 PARKING PROHIBITED DURING CERTAIN HOURS ON CERTAIN DAYS ON CERTAIN STREETS SERVICING RESIDENTIAL LAND USES, EXCEPT BY PERMIT, AND 7-46.9c PERMIT PARKING EXCEPTIONS OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Township Council of the Township of West Orange, in the County of Essex, State of New Jersey as follows: Section 1. Subsection 7-18.1, One Way Streets Designated, of the Township of West Orange is hereby supplemented and amended as follows: (italic type denotes deletion, bold type denotes addition): Name of Street Direction Standish Avenue South Section 2. Limits Lakeside Avenue to Park Avenue Subsection 7-12, Parking Prohibited for Street Cleaning and Maintenance, of the Township of West Orange is hereby supplemented and amended as follows: (italic type denotes deletion, bold type denotes addition): Name of Street Side Hours and Days Location Standish Avenue East Monday 8 A.M. to 12 Noon Lakeside Avenue to Park Avenue Standish Avenue West Friday 8 A.M. to 12 Noon Lakeside Avenue to Park Avenue

Section 3. Subsection 7-14.1c, Night Parking Restricted, of the Township of West Orange is hereby supplemented and amended as follows: (italic type denotes deletion, bold type denotes addition): Exceptions: Name of Street Sides Standish Avenue West Section 4. Location Lakeside Avenue to Park Avenue Subsection 7-46.2, Parking Prohibited During Certain Hours on Certain Days on Certain Streets Servicing Residential Land Uses, Except by Permit, of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange is hereby supplemented and amended as follows (italic type denotes deletion, bold type denotes addition): Name of Restricted Parking Street Zone Sides Hours Days Location Standish Avenue 11 West All All Beginning 97 feet north of the northerly curbline of Park Avenue and extending 323 feet north. Section 5. Subsection 7-46.9 Permit Parking Exceptions, of the Revised General Ordinances of the Township of West Orange is hereby supplemented and amended as follows (italic type denotes deletion, bold type denotes addition): c. Zone 11, Standish Avenue- Standish Avenue residents will be issued two (2) permits per dwelling unit. All remaining permits will be issued to Standish Avenue businesses, at a maximum of three (3) permits per business on a “first come” basis only. No Visitor or Temporary Permits will be issued in Zone 11.

Section 6. If any provisions of this Ordinance or application thereof, under any circumstances, is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect any of the provisions or applications of this Ordinance that can be given effect without the valid provision(s) or application and to this end, the provisions of this Ordinance are severable. Section 7. All other Ordinances or parts of Ordinances inconsistent with this Ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 8. This Ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication in accordance with law. ________________________________ Susan McCartney, Mayor _________________________________ Joe Krakoviak Council President ___________________________ Karen J. Carnevale, R.M.C., Municipal Clerk Introduced: June 24, 2025 Adopted:

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY Standish Avenue, between Lakeside Avenue and Park Avenue has historically been a two-way traffic street with parking on the west side opposite the residential portion, and a mix of No Parking and Loading Zones adjacent to the large commercial buildings. Increased parking demand from the larger commercial businesses, the Board of Education Bus Garage, and high-density housing nearby has created a parking issue for the local residents and smaller commercial enterprises. Based on the recommendations of the Municipal Engineer, Police Chief, and West Orange Fire Official, this Ordinance changes Standish Avenue between Lakeside Avenue and Park Avenue to a one-way street flowing southbound. This will decrease traffic congestion in the neighborhood, and allow street parking by permit at the south end of the street near the residences and smaller businesses. Residents will be issued two (2) permits per dwelling unit. Remaining permits will be issued to Standish Avenue businesses, on a first come basis, at a maximum of three permits (3) per business. One-way traffic southbound will mirror the one-way traffic northbound on Ashland Avenue allowing better circulation of traffic in the Redevelopment area of the Township, and eliminate traffic from Spring Street and the City of Orange using the street as a northbound cut-through to avoid traffic on Park Avenue (CR-658).

767-25 June 24, 2025 TOWNSHIP OF WEST ORANGE, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE AND CONTROL BOARD RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Township Council of the Township of West Orange (“Township”) serves as the Township of West Orange Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control (“ABC Board”); and WHEREAS, an application has been filed by Las Palmeras, Inc. t/a La Dolce Vita Bar Restaurante (“Licensee”), 364 Valley Road, West Orange, NJ, for the renewal of its Plenary Retail Consumption License, bearing License #0722-33-045-005, for the License Period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026; and WHEREAS, the Licensee’s application for renewal complies with the New Jersey State Laws regulating the sale, consumption, and distribution of alcoholic beverages; and WHEREAS, the Licensee, in or about early June 2016, resolved with the State of New Jersey at least ten (10) charges filed by the Office of the Attorney General, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, alleging that the Licensee had committed various and serious offenses during 2014, and seeking suspension of the license for 209 days, the resolution of which included payment of $8,600 in lieu of a 72 day suspension, with 45 days held in abeyance for a period of 2 years, and the mitigating factor that the Township had imposed Special Conditions on this Licensee, including, but not limited to, the requirement to install and maintain a video security system, and the Township learning of such disposition shortly after the Licensee’s License had been renewed for the 2016-2017 License term; and WHEREAS, the Special Conditions existing on the Licensee for that License Term were as follows” 1. The Licensee shall hire one off-duty WOPD Officer or private security guard at prevailing rates to provide for exterior security at the Licensed Premises on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from 9:30 p.m., to 1:30 a.m.; 2. The Licensee shall hire a licensed security company to provide security for the interior of the Licensed Premises on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights from 9:30 p.m., to 1:30 a.m.; 3. The Licensee shall install and maintain a video surveillance system to cover the interior of the Licensed Premises, including the bar area, the front and back entrances and exits and the front sidewalk area on Valley Road, which surveillance system shall be maintained in good working order and

he Licensed Premises, including the bar area, the front and back entrances and exits and the front sidewalk area on Valley Road, which surveillance system shall be maintained in good working order and operating during all hours when the Licensed Premises is open for business, and recordings shall be kept and made available to the West Orange Police Department upon request for at least thirty (30) days following the date of recording, and the Licensee shall 1

cooperate with the West Orange Police Department in the implementation and maintenance of this video surveillance system; and that 4. The Licensee, every day it is open, shall close its doors to new customers at 12:30 a.m., shall cease the sale of alcoholic beverages at 1:00 a.m., and all customers shall be off the premise by 1:30 a.m.; and WHEREAS, new ABC charges were brought by the Township against this Licensee in February 2017, as follows: On or about November 27, 2016, at or about 11:20 p.m., in the Township of West Orange, County of Essex and State of New Jersey, at and about the Licensed premises of the Licensee located at 364 Valley Road, West Orange, New Jersey, the Licensee did conduct the premises so as to allow, permit or suffer in, upon and about that premises, an act of violence and disturbance, specifically a patron shoving and throwing a bottle at another patron, who was highly intoxicated, and causing a laceration above the victim’s left eye, in violation N.J.A.C. §13:2-23.6(a)2, and the Licensee has violated N.J.A.C. §13:2-23.6(b) , in that it has repeatedly and over a period of at least the past three years allowed, permitted, or suffered in or upon the licensed premises assaults, acts of violence and/or disturbances, including, but not limited to seventeen incidents requiring police intervention in or about the year 2014, adversely affecting public safety or the rights of the public, to which a non-vult plea was entered and disposition made on June 1, 2016, by the State of New Jersey, Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Trans. No. R42991, as well as fifteen incidents of affrays, two incidents of aggravated assault, an incident of strong arm robbery, urinating in public, disorderly conduct, and ten noise complaints, all occurring in 2015, as well as twenty-one incidents of affrays, four incidents of simple assault, an aggravated assault, assault with a weapon, fighting, strong arm robbery, disorderly conduct, theft and noise complaints in 2016, all contrary to the public health, safety and welfare, requiring many calls to and interventions by the West Orange Police Department, such that the operation of this licensed premises has become, and its operation is, a nuisance, the Licensee unable to maintain control of its patrons and its licensed and surrounding premises; and WHEREAS, counsel for the

n of this licensed premises has become, and its operation is, a nuisance, the Licensee unable to maintain control of its patrons and its licensed and surrounding premises; and WHEREAS, counsel for the Licensee had advised that the Licensee employed a new CoManager in February 2017, and had voluntarily self-imposed certain time constraints on its operation since that time, which were greater constraints than those currently existing Special Conditions, in an effort to eliminate the incidents which have given rise to the pending and earlier ABC charges and Special Conditions during the past several years; and WHEREAS, the West Orange Township ABC Board and the Licensee agreed with respect to said pending charges to proceed as follows: The Township ABC Board shall adjourn the hearing on the pending ABC charges for a period of ninety (90) days, from the currently scheduled June 27, 2017, to the second regular Council Meeting in September, or first such meeting in October 2017, and shall then determine based upon the Licensee’s operation in the interim whether there is a need to go forward with prosecution of those charges, or to forego them in view of the Licensee’s improved and acceptable operation during 2017; and 2