MARLBORO – An application that is proposing the construction of a Wawa convenience store and gas station and a medical office building is scheduled to be heard by the Marlboro Zoning Board of Adjustment on Oct. 23.
The application was initially scheduled for a hearing before the board on Aug. 14, but it was not heard and was moved to the date in October.
The applicant is Marlboro North Main, LLC. Attorney Jason R. Tuvel represents the applicant.
The application deals with three lots that combine to form a 12.3-acre parcel east of Route 79 and south of Route 520. The lots are in a C-2 commercial zone. Two lots each contain a home with walkways, a patio and a detached garage. The third lot contains a church/house of worship, a rectory/parish hall building, and a parking area.
Marlboro North Main is seeking a use variance from the zoning board that would permit the removal of all the existing site improvements on the first two lots.
The applicant is seeking approval to consolidate the three lots to construct a two-story medical office building (10,092 square feet) with parking for 104 vehicles, and a Wawa convenience store (5,585 square feet) with gasoline fuel service, and 57 parking spaces.
Access is proposed by a full-movement driveway on Route 520 that will also serve the church property.
Information from the zoning board states that “while a personal service use, including a medical office, is a permitted use within a C-2 zone district and a motor vehicle station is a permitted conditional use, the mixed use of the property to contain two principal uses is not permitted; thereby requiring (a) use variance.”