TOWNSHIP OF BUENA VISTA PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD
NOTICE OF VIRTUAL PUBLIC HEARING
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Township of Buena Vista Planning and Zoning Board (the “Board”) will hold a virtual public hearing on December 23, 2020, at 6:00 PM, at a special meeting of the Board, to review and take formal action upon the application of Milmay DG, LLC (“Applicant”) for preliminary and final major site plan approval, together with bulk variance and/or design waiver/exception relief (the “Application”), with respect to property having a street address of 1168 Tuckahoe Road, in the Township of Buena Vista, County of Atlantic, State of New Jersey 08340, and being designated as Block 8416, Lots 2 and 3, on the Tax Map of the Township of Buena Vista (the “Property”). The Property is located at the intersection of Tuckahoe Road (a/k/a Buena Tuckahoe Road a/k/a County Route 557) and Broad Street (a/k/a Bears Head Road a/k/a County Route 552).
Applicant, by way of the Application, proposes to construct on the Property an approximately 9,100 square foot retail store to be used as a Dollar General, together with related site improvements including but not limited to, parking spaces, signage, lighting, drainage, and landscaping.
In connection with the Application, Applicant seeks the following bulk variances and/or design waivers/exceptions: (i) providing more lot coverage than permitted (10% permitted, 24.9% proposed); (ii) providing a driveway located closer to an intersection than permitted (75 feet permitted, 20.7 feet proposed); (iii) providing fewer parking spaces than required (46 spaces required, 30 spaces proposed); (iv) providing a greater attached sign area than permitted (50 square feet permitted, 97.5 square feet proposed); (v) providing a greater freestanding sign height than permitted (15 feet permitted, 21 feet proposed); (vi) providing a greater freestanding sign area than permitted (32 square feet permitted, 97.17 square feet proposed); (vii) providing a greater driveway width at a right-of-way than permitted (50 feet permitted; 90.3 feet at Tuckahoe Road and 120.5 feet at Broad Street proposed); (viii) providing less of a two-way driveway width than required (30 feet required, 24 feet proposed); (ix) providing a greater curbline opening than permitted (50 feet permitted; 90.3 feet at Tuckahoe Road and 120.5 feet at Broad Street proposed); (x) providing a loading space that also serves as a drive aisle where a loading space is not permitted to be devoted to another use; (xi) providing paving thickness that differs from what is required; and (xii) providing no sidewalks where same are required.
Applicant also seeks any additional exceptions, waivers, design waivers, variances, interpretations, de minimis exceptions, modifications of conditions of prior approvals, continuation of any preexisting nonconforming conditions, and other approvals reflected on the filed plans (as same may be further amended or revised from time to time without further notice) as may be determined to be necessary during the review and processing of the Application by the Board and its professional staff.
Pursuant to the declarations by the Governor of the State of New Jersey [Executive Orders 103 and 107], and the mechanisms that have been used by local governments during emergencies that render in-person meetings less than optimal, the public hearing will be held by online/virtual means and telephonically only. During the virtual public hearing, any interested party will have an opportunity to listen to and, if participating online, view the hearing in its entirety, be heard (ask questions, provide comments or offer evidence) by either (a) participating online by visiting https://www.gotomeet.me/StonefieldEngineering/beunavistatownshipvirtualmeeting and following the instructions provided to join the online/virtual meeting or (b) participating telephonically by calling 1 (872) 240-3212 and entering access code 401-451-877. The foregoing information for participating in the meeting via online/virtual means and/or telephonically will also be available on the Township of Buena Vista’s website at http://www.buenavistanj.com/, as well as at http://meetings.stonefieldeng.com.
Participating via online/virtual means or telephonically is free of charge to the public. If participating via online/virtual means, you may install GoToMeeting on your computer, tablet, or smartphone in advance of the virtual public hearing by visiting https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/851851397.
There will also be a portion of the virtual public hearing dedicated to public questions, public comment, and the opportunity for the public to offer evidence, with individually or by attorney.
Any member of the public that has a concern regarding utilizing the technology set forth above to participate in the virtual public hearing may contact the Board Secretary, Lisa Tilton, by email to ltilton@buenavistanj.com or by phone at either (856) 697-2100, extension 11, or (609) 561-5650, extension 11.
The Application materials and supporting documents (including maps and plans) will be available for public inspection free of charge to the public by visiting http://meetings.stonefieldeng.com at least ten (10) days before the virtual public hearing. Alternatively, members of the public may review the Application materials and supporting documents (including maps and plans) in person, in the office of the Board, during regular business hours, which are typically Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM, within the Township of Buena Vista Municipal Building, located at 890 Harding Highway, Buena (Township of Buena Vista), New Jersey 08310. In addition, all exhibits which will be relied upon during the virtual public hearing, together with the review letters of the Board’s consultants, will be available for inspection forty-eight (48) hours before the virtual public hearing at http://meetings.stonefieldeng.com. The virtual public hearing may be continued without further notice on such additional or other dates as the Board may determine.
Jason R. Tuvel, Esq.
Prime & Tuvel
14000 Horizon Way, Suite 325
Mount Laurel, New Jersey 08054
Phone: (856) 273-8300
Attorney for Milmay DG, LLC, Applicant