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Morris Township board approves Delbarton School Student Life Center with height, slope and lighting conditions

Morris Township Board (planning / board of adjustment matters heard) · December 4, 2024
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Summary

The Morris Township board approved site‑plan and variance relief for Delbarton School’s proposed Student Life Center, allowing a multistory facility with gyms, natatorium and dining after the applicant agreed to conditions including dark‑sky lighting, landscaping and stormwater measures.

The Morris Township board on Nov. 25 approved a conditional use and variance package allowing Delbarton School to build a new Student Life Center on its Mendham Road campus.

The board granted D‑3 relief for building height and four‑story massing on the downhill side, and C‑variances for a 10‑foot retaining wall and steep‑slope disturbances tied to relocation of a campus circulation road. Counsel Martin Newmark told the board the project “will allow for the construction of a new 126,000 square foot student life center,” and project exhibits later showed an architect’s footprint of about 79,000 square feet.

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