The Parsippany (Troy Hills) Planning Board carried application 24:510 for Knoll Manor Associates (North Beverly Grove) to the board's Jan. 13, 2025 meeting after hearing engineer testimony and extensive questioning from board members and neighbors.

Mark Rothberg, attorney for the applicant, introduced the request as a minor site-plan application with one C variance to formalize a maintenance yard that the applicant said has been used to service a 1,108-unit apartment community for approximately 40 years. Engineer Michael Dippel described the maintenance area as roughly a half‑acre (about 100 by 200 feet) used for masonry materials, seasonal storage (salt and snow‑removal equipment) and several large containers and dumpsters.

Residents and board professionals objected to the yard's current condition and asked detailed questions about permitted uses in the R‑5 zone, buffering to adjacent properties, and how concrete pads, organization and reduced storage could improve visibility and nuisance conditions. A board member said photographs taken in May show a “very messy yard” visible to adjacent tenants; Dippel acknowledged some damaged dumpsters existed and said the applicant would remove them and organize storage areas.

The board directed the applicant to produce a more specific site plan showing concrete pads for containers, clearly demarcated storage zones, proposed screening/landscaping and impervious-coverage calculations (concrete pads will affect impervious-area totals). The applicant requested additional time to prepare the revisions; the board agreed to carry the matter to Jan. 13, 2025 to allow for a resubmission and further public input.

The procedural decision delays any final determination and gives abutters, property management and the applicant time to meet and refine the plan so the board can evaluate buffering, site order and zoning consistency at the continued hearing.