Planning board approves amended Princeton University baseball stadium plan with conditions

The West Windsor Planning Board on March 18 approved an amended final major site plan for the Trustees of Princeton University to build a smaller baseball stadium at the Lake Campus, concluding a public hearing and adopting conditions recommended by township professionals.

The board’s motion approved PB24‑08 — an amendment to a previously approved stadium — that removes the project’s originally proposed second floor, reduces overall building height and impervious surface, and reduces seating from about 463 seats in the original approval to roughly 300 seats (including six ADA seats and about 163 fixed seats), the applicant’s attorney said. "The major change is that this one's a little smaller," said Christopher Degurezia, attorney for the applicant, summarizing the amendment as a consolidation of operations to a single level.

University architect Ron McCoy, who testified as an expert, walked the board through the revised site plan and said the project retains the approved…