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Board approves amended grading and stormwater changes for Paparone subdivision after engineer raises water‑table concerns
Summary
The board granted amended final major‑subdivision approval to Bruce Paparone Communities for lots on Pond View Court, conditioning the approval on easement signoffs, a revised Gloucester County Soils Conservation District permit and required pipe calculations; engineers testified houses must be raised about 1 to 3.5 feet because of a high seasonal water table.
The Elk Township Planning & Zoning Board approved an amended final major subdivision on May 20 to revise grading and add supplemental stormwater measures for several lots on Pond View Court owned by Bruce Paparone Communities and one Renzi Family lot.
Applicant counsel Damian Del Duca summarized the amendment as a coordinated grading change across the six Paparone‑owned lots and the additional Renzi Family lot so all parcels would be graded similarly. Board Engineer Steve Bach said his office had no objection to waivers for most remaining checklist items but identified three outstanding requirements the applicant must satisfy as conditions of approval: easement approvals (checklist Item #37), an updated and approved permit from the Gloucester County Soils Conservation District (Item #58), and pipe calculations (Item #64). The board recorded those requirements in its approval motion.
Steven Bagley, the applicant’s engineer, said the site’s seasonal high‑water table requires raising the septic beds and, consequently, house elevations. ‘‘In order to get the sewer into the septic bed the houses would need to go up as the basements would have to be above the seasonal high‑water table and the homes would need to be 1 -3.5 feet higher than shown on the original plan,’’ Bagley said. He added the plan includes added stormwater measures for lots 1.01 and 1.03 and extension of an existing storm sewer/catch basin line with an additional catch basin. Bagley also told the board there will be a homeowners association to maintain the basins and that HOA documents should be submitted to the township for review.
Mr. Smith recused from the application. There were no public comments on the item. Donna Nicholson moved and Ed Wolf seconded approval of the amended final site plan; the roll call vote was Yes: Nicholson, Goetsch, Richardson, Wolf, Hughes and Afflerbach, and the motion carried unanimously among voting members present.
