MINUTES
OF THE
CRANBURY TOWNSHIP
PLANNING BOARD
CRANBURY, NEW JERSEY
MIDDLESEX COUNTY
TIME AND PLACE OF MEETING
The regular meeting of the Cranbury Township Planning
Board was held at the Cranbury Town Hall Municipal Building, Old School
Building, 23-A North Main Street, Cranbury, New Jersey, Middlesex County, on February
2, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
Thomas Harvey, Chairperson, of the Cranbury Township
Planning Board, called the meeting to order and acted as the Chairman thereof.
STATEMENT OF ADEQUATE
NOTICE
Pursuant with the Sunshine Law adequate notice according
to the open public meeting act was provided of this meeting’s date, time, place
and agenda was mailed to the news media, posted on the Township bulletin board,
mailed to those requesting personal notice, and filed with the municipal clerk.
MEMBERS PRESENT
Robert Dreyling, James
Golubieski, Allen Kehrt, Eugene Speer, Richard Stannard, Dave Stout, Joan
Weidner, Thomas Harvey
PROFESSIONALS PRESENT
Carolyn Cummings, Court
Reporter; Kathy S. Wasson, Acted as Secretary in Kratz absence; Cathleen
Marcelli, Township Engineer, Joseph Stonaker, Esquire, Planning Board Attorney;
Richard Preiss, Township Planner; Andrew Feranda, Traffic Consultant
APPLICATIONS
PB 097-05 Comsleep Properties, LLC (a.k.a. South
River Park Trammell Crow)
Block 6, Lots 5, 6 &
10, RO-LI Zone
South River Road
Amended Preliminary
& Final Sited Plan, Bulk Variance
(CARRIED TO FEBRUARY 23, 2006 WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE
OR PUBLICATION)
PB 092-04 JERC,
a.k.a - Petrucci (Middle Campus - Half Acre, LLC)
Block 8, Lot 1.03
Half Acre Road
Preliminary and Final
Major Site Plan Approval for an
Existing 160,185 SF Warehouse (Bld. 3)
REPRESENTATIVES: Steven
Barcan, Esquire
Richard
Burrow
Michael
Szura
Carmine Cerminara
Mr. Kehrt recused himself.
Mr. Stonaker noted that Mr. Golubieski listened to the
tapes and certified that he had done so.
Mr. Barcan reminded the board that they were here at a
previous meeting to review this application for Preliminary and Final Site Plan
approval. The board had some general
questions that came out of the reports with regard to landscaping and
architecture. They have sent a revised
set of plans by transmittal on January 23, 2006.
The professionals both for the applicant and the Township
were sworn.
Mr. Harvey asked that testimony only be directed to
changes and not go over any of the original material.
EXHIBIT A-3 Landscape
Plan (Same)
EXHIBIT A-10 Revised
Site Plan, revised January 23, 2006
Mr. Burrow addressed the request concerning the
parking eliminating the need for the waiver.
Mr. Harvey said that his recollection was where the
office component was going to be and a need to be flexible with that. He
thought the agreement might have been flexibility, but the amount of office
that could go in that corner was limited by the 11 parking spaces. Mr. Stonaker reiterated that the applicant
was eliminating the banked parking.
Application would be subject to the approval of the
fire department.
Mr. Speer brought up removal of waiver for parking too
close to the street. Mr. Burrow said it
was not picked up from the last meeting.
Mr. Speer asked that the Fire Department review the
turning radius would have to become a condition of the approval.
Mr. Marcelli recommended that the concrete be placed
in the loading dock area. Mr. Burrows
agreed.
Mr. Feranda requested a 75% complete traffic report.
EXHIBIT A-11 Revised
Landscaping Plan, Sheet 42.01, dated 1/23/06
The applicant made revisions in accordance with Scott
Levy’s report as reflected in Exhibit A-11.
EXHIBIT A-12 Architectural
revised plan, sated 1/19/06
The applicant would match the colors with the other
Petrucci building with the expectation of new accent colors.
Mr. Preiss asked about: #8, storm system piping and
drainage basin and plant remediation; #10 Basin and mosquito issue; #11
plantings in basin.
Mr. Speer moved that the application be approved as
presented with the granting of waivers for pavement section, use of high density
polyethylene pipe, exporting up 1200 CY to Lot 1.04, requirement of perk test
and soil logs, requirement of 25’ separation and loading area from the property
line.
Conditions:
1.
No storage in
trailers parked on lot and no long term parking of trailers;
2.
Plans would be
further modified to remove the parking space, keeping the 11 bank spaces to the
west of the drive;
3.
Maximum of 8,000
SF office within buildings, but that if the owner desires he may relocate up
2,750 SF from SW to NE;
4.
No TCO or CO for building until improvements for
building necessary for Lot 1.01 are substantially complete for the functioning
of this building, including necessary roadway on Lot 1.01;
5.
Monitoring well
on site shall be protected during construction;
6.
Proposed bollard
and chain, blocking of the access for the fire/rescue equipment be subject to
the approval;
7.
Curb radius be
approved by fire department;
8.
Walking path be extended
along the south extension of the roadway;
9.
Subject to all
conditions in the report from Shropshire Associates, including restrictions of
parking of all vehicles which is striped for parking;
10.
An updated
traffic report after 75% occupancy;
11.
Signal on Half
Acre Road should be installed be TCO or CO on this building;
12.
Continue to defer
Condition #9 in the original approval, regarding comprehensive sign plan until
completion of building of the entire park;
13.
Roof top
equipment shall not be visible from the exterior of the building;
14.
Concrete will be
used for the loading docks, subject of the approval to the Township Engineer;
15.
Color used in
building shall be modified from the proposed plan in accord with colors used on
Building 1.04 subject to the approval for the Township Planner;
16.
Maintenance plan
and stream encroachment plan stream encroachment plan shall be properly filed
with the Township;
17.
Revised elevation
plan for colors;
18.
Subject to the
latter of January 17, 2006 from Scott Levy, Scott Alan Design.
19.
Subject to the
Township Engineer, Richard Preiss report, and all other outside agencies
approval.
Mr. Stannard seconded the motion.
ROLL CALL:
AYES: Mr. Dreyling, Mr. Golubieski, Mr. Kehrt,
Mr. Speer, Mr. Stannard, Mr. Stout, Ms. Weidner, Mr. Harvey
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
MOTION CARRIED
Mr. Speer
asked that there be a revised ordinance to address the loading docks. Mr. Harvey requested that Ms. Marcelli get an
ordinance to the Township Committee so that the board did not have to hear this
argument again.
PB
103-05 Suellan Waters
33 Main Street
Block 23, Lot 57, Zone VC
Minor Site Plan
REPRESENTATIVES: Michael P. Balint, Esquire in place of Donald
Driggers, Esquire
Sue
Ellen Waters, Applicant
Mark
Berkowsky, Architect
Ms. Weidner recused herself from this applicant since
she resided within 200 ft.
Applicant seeking a minor site plan for what was
formally known as Cranbury Hardware. Ms.
Waters, owner, intends to use it as a furniture & furnishing store which
has been determined that it is not a change in use, but a change of occupancy.
Mr. Stonaker announced the Board had jurisdiction to
hear the application.
The proposed hours of operation would be Tuesday to
Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. with extended hours during the holidays.
Name of shop will be Patina Home; selling some
furniture, decorative accents, china, etc. There will be two employees Jamie,
her business partner and herself for now.
The two sheds will remain, although they will no be actively used for
the retail operation.
The upstairs apartment was previously rented.
Mr. Berkowsky explained that there was no intention to
change the exterior. They would bring
the dumpster in conformity by bringing it onto the property. Present signage would be reduced by painting the
existing sign white. There would be
small signs on the front glass. Awning was in good working order.
Ms. Marcelli did not know if applicant had a right to
have a hauler come onto school property and remove the dumpster.
Public Comments
Ms. Weidner, as a member of the public, mentioned that
her recollection when the hardware store first closed there was a meeting of
items that were not being on school property.
Access could be discussed at the next school board meeting that would be
held next Tuesday.
Mr. Baliant said that the applicant didn’t even know
if they needed a dumpster, but felt that was something that the Township would
want them to have. Ms. Marcelli said
that the DRC thought that there would be in access of packaging and cardboard.
Mr. Jamie Sims, applicant’s partner, sworn, said that
the hardware store had a dumpster so they thought that was the way a commercial
property was to handle their garbage situation.
The janitor of the school had told him that since they were moving in
the school really didn’t want the dumpster to be on there property.
Mr. Speer motioned for the approval of the minor site plan.
Mr. Kehrt seconded the motion.
ROLL
CALL
AYES: Mr.
Dreyling, Mr. Golubieski, Mr. Kehrt, Mr. Speer, Mr. Stannard, Mr. Stout, Mr.
Harvey
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: Ms.
Weidner (Recused)
ABSENT: None
MOTION
CARRIED
Mr. Harvey opened the floor for general public
comments. There were no comments from
the public.
ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING
There being no further
business, on motion duly made, seconded, and carried, the meeting was thereupon
adjourned at 8:50 p.m.
CERTIFICATE OF SECRETARY
I,
Undersigned, do hereby certify;
That
I am duly elected and acting secretary of the Cranbury Township Planning Board
and, that the foregoing minutes of the Planning Board, held on February 2, 2006,
consisting of 6 pages, constitute a true and correct copy of the
minutes of the said meeting.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto subscribed my name of said Planning Board this
April 6, 2006.
Josette
C. Kratz, Secretary
/jck