These are the Variances and Waivers Requested by KIP 20 LLC
Zoning Variances
D(1) Use Variance — Proposed use is an indoor recreational facility.
D(6) Use Variance — Proposed height of the primary structure is 44.13 ft. “The maximum building height shall be 35 ft within the R40-A zone.”
Proposed front yard setback from the Garden State Parkway is 25.0 ft. “The minimum front yard setback on corner lots shall be at least 50 ft from both streets (40 ft within the cluster) within the R40-A zone.”
Proposed lot coverage is 67.1%. “The maximum lot coverage (…) shall be 25% of the lot area within the R40-A zone.”
As per the parking requirement for indoor recreational facilities in the RT35H Overlay Zone, the required amount of parking spaces is 332 spaces. There are 171 proposed parking spaces. “For indoor recreational facilities, there shall be a parking requirement of 5 spaces for every 1,000 square feet of ground floor area.” They can’t even satisfy commercial zoning, let alone residential zoning.
As per the loading requirement for indoor recreational facilities in the RT35H Overlay Zone, the required amount of loading spaces is four (4) spaces. There is one (1) proposed loading space. They can’t even satisfy commercial zoning, let alone residential zoning.
Design Waivers
Concrete curbing is proposed. “Off street parking areas containing six or more spaces and all off-street loading areas shall Belgian block curbing…”
Proposed parking spaces are located less than twenty (20) feet from the building. “The edge of any parking space shall be at least twenty (20) feet from any building.
Proposed parking spaces are located within the buffer area. “No parking spaces shall be located in any required buffer area…”
Buffers measured as 20% of the average depth and width of the subject property would yield excessive buffer widths exceeding 120 feet… However, proposed parking and other improvements are located within the buffer. “…The buffer area between parking and loading areas and street rights-of-way shall be at least fifteen (15) feet wide…”
Parking is proposed within the buffer area. “No structure, activity, storage of materials or parking of vehicles shall be permitted in the buffer area…”
Proposed parking area is located within 15 feet of the abutting residential property. “Parking areas for six (6) or more vehicles and loading areas for nonresidential uses shall be buffered from adjoining streets and residential uses at least fifteen (15) feet in width.”
Proposerd average light intensity at ground level is 1.89 foot-candles and the proposed maximum light intensity at any point is 10.3 foot-candles. “All lighting used… shall not be visible from adjacent property. The light intensity provided at ground level shall average between 0.5 (one-half) and 1.0 (one) foot candle over the entire area…”
Proposed average-to-minimum uniformity ratio is 18.90. “The uniformity ratios shall achieve a maximum average-to-minimum uniformity ratio less than 4 (four).” Basically, we don’t g.a.f. about your zoning. We will do what we want.
Proposed maximum-to-minimum uniformity ratio is 103.00. “The uniformity ratios shall achieve a maximum-to-minimum uniformity ratio less than 10 (ten).” Let’s be clear: they want to violate the lighting requirements by a factor of ten. Goodbye night skies.
Submission/Checklist Waivers
The proposed signage package is assumed to be compliant at this time… “Location and description of all existing and proposed signs.” Yeah, KIP 20 can’t be bothered to work on this yet…
Waiver relief is requested from providing cross sections and profiles. “Cross sections and profiles of all existing and proposed streets abutting the lots within 250 ft.” We didn’t do this… whatcha gonna do about it?
The proposed signage package is assumed to be compliant… “Location, size, color, wording, letter size, illumination, materials of construction.” We didn’t do this… see above.
The Applicant has hired an environmental specialist to review the site for wetlands… “Letter of Interpretation from DEP.” Yeah, we’re not doing this either…
What’s the message here?
The message is that KIP 20 LLC can’t satisfy residential/agricultural zoning and, despite that, they can’t even satisfy commercial zoning, and frankly, they’d like to not bother with a bunch of this stuff… m’kay?
