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Board approves Sai Temple land development with traffic‑study conditions after attendance and parking concerns
Summary
The Board approved Resolution No. 23-2025 for the Sai Temple Worship Center's preliminary/final land development but noted ambiguous traffic impact assumptions and required conditions for post‑development traffic review; Mr. Lambert flagged potential parking shortfalls if large gatherings reach 600 attendees.
The Board voted to approve Resolution No. 23-2025 for the Sai Temple Worship Center land‑development application (LD‑06‑2024) on June 11, with conditions addressing traffic evaluation and post‑development review.
Board documents and comments read into the record highlighted uncertainties in the applicant’s traffic assumptions. Mr. Lambert’s statement noted that total membership, event frequency and maximum attendance are critical to an accurate traffic evaluation. He cited prior indications that events could have as many as 600 attendees while the site would offer only 128 parking spaces, which could result in roughly 200–240 vehicles at peak attendance and create ingress/egress problems onto Planebrook.
Board members said they were comfortable approving the resolution with conditions that require a post‑development traffic study and allow the township to revisit approvals if actual use differs from assumptions. The motion was made by Peter Fixler, seconded by Rich Orlow, and approved unanimously.
