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Neighbors press board on egress, fire access, trees and site impacts
Summary
During public comment, residents raised concerns about emergency egress and ramp width, Knox Box and fire-connection locations, tree removal and landscape screening, dumpster capacity, generator noise and the plans' handling of flood-hazard elevations; the board urged the applicant to address these items in the revised submission.
Residents at the Cranford Board of Adjustment hearing pressed the applicant for more detail on safety and neighborhood impacts, asking the board to require clarified plans before the application moves forward.
Barbara Allen and other neighbors asked whether the patio and exit discharge could accommodate wheelchair users and patient queues; the architect replied the patio meets building-code exit-discharge requirements (minimum 10 feet) but is not sized to hold all occupants and that civil-engineering details will show how occupants will be routed to pickup points. The board and the applicant's…
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