Parsippany zoning board presses ICC on mechanical stacker parking, parking counts and senior housing plan

Parsippany‑Troy Hills — The Board of Adjustment on Wednesday continued its review of an application by the Islamic Community Cultural Center (ICC) for a three‑story addition at 879 South Beverwyck Road that would add 28 one‑bedroom senior rental units and seek on‑site parking relief.

At issue for much of the Jan. 28 hearing was a newly proposed mechanical “stacker” parking system the applicant’s architect described as a two‑tier hydraulic lift that could add roughly 20–22 stacked parking units (44 vehicle positions) under the building. Architect M. Carty told the board the systems are hydraulically operated, key‑activated, and require periodic maintenance by the manufacturer; residents would not operate the lifts, which the applicant says would be set to an “up” position except when the system was pre‑staged for worship events.

The board, its engineering consultant and a stream of neighbors pressed the project team for far more technical detail. Questions included: exact cycle time (how fast a car moves up or down), whether the lifts require separate footings or foundations, the minimum clearances needed under the trays, whether lifts would impair automatic sprinkler coverage, what fluids or lubricants the manufacturer uses and how leaks would be contained in a property the town describes as environmentally constrained and within a well‑head protection area.

"We need the manufacturer’s maintenance manuals,…