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Planning board approves Gateway Services tweaks for Panera and Starbucks, requires ADA/EV compliance and design changes
Summary
The board approved amended preliminary and final site plans for the Gateway Services area (Riverton Village phase 1), allowing rotated and resized footprints for Panera and a three‑tenant building including Starbucks, with clarifications on ADA spaces, EV make‑ready and trash/sidewalk circulation.
The Sayreville Planning Board on Dec. 3 approved amendments to the Gateway Services portion of the Riverton Village phase 1 development, clearing revised footprints and minor layout changes for three pad buildings, including a 6,225‑square‑foot three‑tenant building that will house a Starbucks with drive‑through and a 3,520‑square‑foot Panera prototype.
Attorney Jennifer Phillips Smith said the changes do not alter the approved public infrastructure; much of the roadway, utilities and signalization are already installed. Project executive Mark Veda said public improvements and bonds required by the 2019 approvals are in the borough’s custody and that private and public work is advancing.
Civil engineer Dan Bush described plan updates: small net increases in Lot 24 square footage (from about 25,050 to 25,005.43 according to testimony), relocation of trash enclosures to the rear of the middle buildings with six‑foot screening walls, and sidewalk connections to Peter Fisher Boulevard. On ADA parking, Bush testified that the Panera parking area has 52 stalls (including spaces reserved for future expansion) and that reducing to 50 striped stalls would keep the required two ADA spaces in place and avoid a redundant third space until the lot is built out. On EV infrastructure, he said the lot would meet the previously established lot‑level EV requirements (Lot 24 requires about 12 make‑ready spaces) and that individual buildings would have a mix of one to three EV spaces as required when developed.
Architect Michael Testa described the Starbucks prototype and pedestrian amenities, and architect Jim Kimble detailed the Panera prototype. Testa said the Starbucks medallion signs ("sirens") were misstated earlier in testimony as 60 inches and corrected to 6 feet in diameter.
There were no public speakers on the item. The board opened and closed public comment and then took a roll‑call vote to approve the amended preliminary and final major site plan for Gateway Services.
