MARLBORO — The site plan for a dental office that will be built on Route 79 at Roosevelt Avenue received approval from the township Zoning Board ofAdjustment during the panel’s April 5 meeting.
The application was split into two parts. One part of the application received a use variance from the zoning board in 2010 because the property where the dental office will be built is zoned for residential uses.
Applicant Dr. Richard Champagne sought a use variance in order to be able to construct a 3,600-square-foot, one-story medical office building. Traffic to the site will enter and exit from Roosevelt Avenue.
During the April 5 zoning board meeting, Champagne was back before the board to seek preliminary and final site plan approval for the building.
When the plan for the building was initially presented to the board it included a basement for storage, but because of the high water table that was found at the property, the basement is being switched to an attic.
One area that concerned zoning board members was how storm-water runoff would be handled at the site.
Engineer Robert Burdick, representing the applicant, said the plan is to have water drain toward the northwest corner of the property and to possibly have a berm there to recharge the water. A rain garden is also a possibility in the area.
Zoning board engineer James Priolo said he had concerns about potential flooding to neighboring properties.
It was decided that Priolo will review additional information concerning the applicant’s storm-water plan and determine if the plan is satisfactory.
If the plan meets Priolo’s satisfaction, it will move forward. If it does not, the applicant will have to contact the state Department of Transportation to inquire about tapping into its storm-water system near the site.
During the board’s deliberations, Vice Chairman Matthew Weilheimer said although he was not entirely comfortable with a storm water plan that lacked certain details, if Priolo gave his final approval to the plan, Weilheimer would be OK with the matter.
Landscaping buffers are being planned near neighboring homes. The board members requested the applicant to ask the resident who lives across from the subject property if he had any concerns about the landscaping buffer.
Some board members were concerned about how a garbage container for the medical offices would be screened from neighboring residents.
Champagne said the garbage container would be screened in an aesthetically pleasing fashion especially since his patients would be able to see the garbage container if it is not properly screened.
The site plan for Champagne’s new medical building was unanimously approved by Chairman Michael Shapiro, Weilheimer, Alan Zwerin, Ira Levin and Adrianne Spota.
Board member Jennifer Bajar recused herself from hearing the application.