Crompond Crossing Subdivision
SBL: 26.18-1-7
Location: Crompond Rd
Contact: Neil DeLuca
Description: Approved project includes two commercial buildings of 8,500 SF (retail) and 4,200 SF (restaurant/retail), a 26 unit multifamily residential site plan, and a 29 lot subdivision.
Planning Board, 5/7/2012
The board okayed a 2nd 90-day extension, pending final DEP approval which Al Capellini, the project’s attorney, said was “almost there.” One of the final issues was DEP’s concern over the stormwater runoff from the sidewalk that will connect the development to the existing sidewalk around the Chase bank. He explained that the Chase stormwater calculations took into account the eventual extension of the sidewalk to Crompond Crossing.
Planning Board, 3/26/2012
The applicant was requesting a “sense of the board” whether it would be receptive to a change in the size and configuration of the commercial building that is part of this already approved site plan. The change is being requested in order to address the needs of a prospective single tenant, Best Plumbing, which wants to relocate from its current location in the BJ Shopping Center when its lease expires in about five months. According to Mr. Weiner of Best Plumbing, his current lease includes basement space which he no longer needs so the company is looking for a smaller location.
In order to accommodate Best’s showroom and warehouse needs, the building will be increased slightly in size and will become more square-like instead of rectangular. The architectural treatment of the building’s exterior will be modified to minimize its bulkiness and to make it visually compatible with the residential buildings to the rear of the commercial building. The streetscape elements around the site will not be changed.
Best currently has one daily truck delivery and Mr. Weiner said the company was trying to reduce that to two deliveries per week. The business is open from early morning until 5-6pm with most of the warehouse and plumbing supply activity taking place in the morning hours. There was a brief discussion about parking needs at different times of the day and the possibility of eliminating a few spaces on the side of the building in order to increase the width of the landscaped buffer area fronting on Route 202.
The board gave the applicant and Best Plumbing the requested “warm and fuzzy” okay to proceed and the applicant will return to the board with a more formal amended site plan.
The applicant advised the board that he is “days away” from getting DEP approval for the original site plan, (he noted that it was the delay in getting DEP approval that has been holding up the project) and that once he gets that approval, he will apprise DEP of this new change. Given Best’s need to relocate when its current lease expires, he wants to move quickly to begin construction on both the commercial building and town houses.
Planning Board, 2/13/2012
The applicant is waiting for DEP to sign off on the design for a green roof.The Planning Board approved the first 90 day extension. | 
