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Parsippany Planning Board approves warehouse at 249 Pomeroy Road with variances, conditions
Summary
The Parsippany (Troy Hills) Planning Board approved application 24:521 for a warehouse at 249 Pomeroy Road, granting variances for a 7.3‑ft wall, a 30‑ft driveway and limited steep‑slope disturbance while imposing conditions including compliance with engineering reports and NJDEP requirements.
The Parsippany (Troy Hills) Planning Board on Dec. 16 approved application 24:521 from AR Parsippany Urban Renewal LLC to demolish an existing printing facility and construct a one‑story warehouse at 249 Pomeroy Road (Block 737, Lot 3) in the SED‑5A redevelopment zone.
Attorney Johnny Glencino, representing the applicant, told the board the project repurposes a long‑vacant site and is consistent with the redevelopment plan’s goals to eliminate blight and expand industrial uses near Route 287. The board heard testimony from the applicant’s civil engineer, landscape witness, traffic engineer, architect and professional planner.
Civil engineer Bridal Enes of Boller (or Bollard) Engineering testified the roughly 7.67‑acre site would host a one‑story building below the 50‑foot maximum, two full‑movement driveways, 53 parking spaces (46 standard, five ADA, two EV‑ready), 20 recessed loading docks and 20 trailer parking spaces. Enes described a stormwater basin and other drainage measures, proposed landscaping of 91 trees and more than 550 shrubs, and said remediation work on the property had been completed in July and December 2022 and remediation documentation can be provided.
Traffic engineer John Korek of Stonefield Engineering said trip generation for the 9,650‑square‑foot warehouse would be about 37–40 trips in a peak hour and roughly 33 truck movements over a typical day, concluding the site would not create a significant traffic impact. Architect Charles (Chuck) Dietz described the precast facade treatments, rooftop mechanicals sized to supply minimal heat and fresh air, and design details to reduce the visual impact of long walls.
Professional planner John McDonough summarized the limited relief sought: a 7.3‑foot side‑yard wall where 6 feet is allowed (driven by site grading and ADA access), a 30‑foot driveway width where 24 feet is permitted, and limited disturbance of previously disturbed steep slopes totaling about 10,400 sq ft (≈3% of the site). McDonough argued the application meets the balancing test under the Municipal Land Use Law and advances redevelopment goals.
Board members and professionals probed wetlands mapping, remediation and outstanding stormwater comments. The applicant agreed to add the 300‑foot Highlands buffer and wetland transition to plan sheets, to address outstanding items in the board‑engineer September 5 and December 13 review letters, to comply with NJDEP requirements, and to secure required utility approvals. Those items were incorporated as conditions of approval.
On a motion and second, the board approved application 24:521 subject to the on‑record conditions that the applicant comply with board‑engineer and township department reports, provide utility approvals and the remediation documentation, include the Highlands buffer and wetland transition on plans, and supply structural/retaining wall details in the construction documents. A roll call recorded affirmative votes by members in attendance and the application passed.
The board closed the hearing with holiday remarks and adjourned. No public objected during the evidentiary portion and no additional public comments were recorded on the application.
