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City of Trenton New Jersey City of Trenton PLANNING BOARD Conference Session and Public Hearing (THURSDAY) November 12, 2020- 6PM TRENTON- CITY HALL TRENTON PLANNING BOARD PUBLIC NOTICE OF VIRTUAL MEETING In accordance with N.J.S.A 10:4-12, the “Open Public Meetings Act” you are hereby notified of a virtual meeting of the Trenton Planning Board. ADVISORIES This meeting will be conducted by electronic means in accordance with the “Senator Byron M. Baer Open Public Meetings Act” of 2020, which explicitly permits a public body to conduct a meeting electronically during a state of emergency. Governor Murphy issued Executive Orders 103 and 107 declaring a “Public Health Emergency and State of Emergency” and directing residents to quarantine and practice social distancing. Virtual Meeting Access Instructions The City of Trenton Planning Board is utilizing Microsoft Teams service to conduct regular meetings in compliance with the New Jersey Open Meetings Act. 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After that, you will be put into a lobby where the public meeting moderator will get you into the meeting. 1  City of Trenton New Jersey  CONFERENCE 6:00 P.M. o Approval of Minutes o Memorialization of Resolution(s)  PUBLIC HEARING: Item #2 20-P-1502L- 1502-08 Lamberton Street- TRENTON NJ Applicant is seeking an approval for a Preliminary and Final site Plan with a Conditional Use Permit to construct a wireless telecommunications facility consisting of a 125-foot-tall AGL monopole tower with antennas at the top inside, a 60 x 40 ft equipment compound with equipment and equipment cabinet. The relief of bulk requirements are as follows for the setback from the property line, and a waiver for the height of the tower; The Site is located in a Industrial A (IA) Zone District; Location Address 1502-08 Lamberton Road; City Tax Map Block(s) 12401, Lot(s) 1.01; Applicant, New Cingular wireless PCS, LLC. d/b/a AT&T Mobility, represented by Warren O. Stilwell, Esq, 1125 Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic City NJ 08401 2  DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAND USE AND ZONING SURVEY TO: THE PLANNING BOARD FROM: HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT-DIVISION OF PLANNING SUBJECT: THE DIVISION OF PLANNING STAFF RECOMMENDATION No. 20-P-1502L On Thursday November 12, 2020 Postponed and carried from Thursday October 8, 2020 The Planning Division staff has reviewed the following appeal resulting from a refusal of the building inspector to grant a permit. From a planning viewpoint, the Division’s evaluation is indicated in the appropriate space below. Description: To erect a communication facility consisting of a 125-foot-tall AGL monopole tower with antennas at the top inside and a 60 ft. x 40 ft. equipment compound with equipment and equipment cabinet. Applicant is authorized by a lease agreement with the City of Trenton Address: 1502-08 Lamberton Road Trenton, NJ Appellant: COOPER LEVENSON Attorneys at Law 1125 Atlantic Avenue Atlantic city, new Jersey 08401 c/o New Cingular Wireless PCS. LLC d/b/a AT&T RECOMMENDATION OF THE DIVISION OF PLANNING: ___ We have no objection to granting this subdivision, conditional use, use variance or development plan. ___ We object to granting this subdivision, conditional use, variance or development plan for the attached reasons. _X_ We have no objection to granting this subdivision, conditional use, variance or development plan, but recommend that the attached conditions be imposed. _X_ Recommendations attached. NOTE: THE CITY OF TRENTON DIVISION OF PLANNING MAKES ONLY RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROPOSED APPLICATIONS. THIS IN NO MEANS ASSURES APPROVALS FOR APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED FOR DEVELOPMENT. 1 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LAND USE AND ZONING SURVEY ADDRESS: 1502-08 Lamberton Road Block(s): 12401 Lot(s): 1.01 ACTION REQUESTED: Granting a USE VARIANCE and PRELIMINARY SITE PLAN APPROVAL and Conditional use Permit ZONING: Industrial A (IA) REVEDLOPMENT AREA __________________________________________________________________________ ZONING: INDUSTRIAL A (IA) A. Principal Permitted Uses: 315-122-Industrial A (IA) Districts are for light manufacturing and heavy commercial usage. In addition, the following are also permitted: 1. Commercial warehouses 2. Lumber and building material storage yards 3. Repair and machine shops 4. Bottling works and bakeries 5. Wholesale markets 6. Processes of assembly, manufacture or treatment. B. The following are uses that are specifically prohibited: 1. Ant residential building or use; provided, however, that a single residential dwelling unit shall be permitted within an industrial building, where such dwelling is incident to the existing industrial use of the building. A dwelling unit is incident to the existing industrial use f the dwelling is occupied by the owner of the building, by a member of the owners family or by an en employee of the owner whose presence on the premises is necessary for the operation or security at the building. 2. Coal yards 3. Laundries, institutional 4. Cleaning and dye works 5. Storage of autos and truces, except as ancillary to a permitted use. 6. Trucking terminals and motor freight stations. 7. Servicing and repairing of motor vehicles, except as ancillary to a permitted use 8. Any process of assembly, manufacture or treatment constituting a nuisance by reason of smoke, odor, dust, or noise and including, but not limited to, such things as the manufacture or refining of asphalt, blast furnaces, the manufacturing or processing or fertilizer, glue or gelatin, the tanning and storage of raw hides and skins, and the manufacture of paint, oil varnish. 9. Any process of assembly, manufacture or treatment constituting a hazardous use including, but not limited to such things as the manufacture or storage of fireworks, explosives or 2  poisonous gas, and the storage of any gas, except as may be incidental and essential to a permitted industrial process conducted on the premises. 10. Stockyards and slaughterhouses 11. Foundries, forge sops and boiler works. 12. Junkyards and automobile disassembly plants, storage of wrecked cars and auto salvage parts and the storage of used materials for sale or recycling. 13. Fossil fuel generation of power, except when it may be incidental and essential to a permitted industrial process conducted on the premises. 14. The storage of crude oil or any of its volatile products or other flammable liquids in aboveground tanks with unit capacity greater than 10,000 gallons and in above ground tanks with unit capacity greater than 500 gallons closer than 50 feet to any property line. ACCORDING TO THE TRENTON250 Master Plan Industrial General (I-G) The Industrial General (I-G) zone is intended to allow for both light industries and more intensive industrial uses. Permitted uses include storage facilities, integrated retail facilities, laboratory space, as well as manufacturing, assembly, trade and craftsman industries. Lots and buildings within the Industrial - General Zone may require a large footprint and are set back from public roads. Parking within the Industrial zone may be either surface parking lots or multi-level parking structures. Appropriate buffering, including the use of opaque screening, may be appropriate if parking, millyards or other exposed storage facilities are adjacent to a public street. Streets within the Industrial Zone should support and accommodate heavy truck traffic. Residential and institutional uses within this area are discouraged. Appropriate Land Uses General Design Building Types Character Building Height: 4 stories Light Industrial maximum Industrial Industrial facility Building P lacem ent: Brewery/Distillery building facades shall be set Refinery back from the street Manufacturing facility Foundry Warehouse P arking: Storage Facility buffered surface parking structured parking 3 1502-08 Lamberton Road Recommendation: The Division of planning staff recommends Approvals for Preliminary and Final Site Plan and for a Conditional Use permit. In order to accommodate the expansion of telecommunications in this area and still maintain the integrity of its landscape, the City encourages telecommunication companies to locate antennas on existing communication towers and structures where it can be determined that the addition of the antennas does not adversely affect the existing structure and/or surrounding neighborhoods. See site Acquisition narrative attached to the report. Conditions for Approval: 1. Applicant shall adhere to the memo provided by Taylor Design Group dated September 21, 2020 primarily comments # 3, 5 & 8. 4