MONTVALE, N.J.—An applicant is expected to appear before the Planning Board on Tuesday, Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. to offer testimony on a proposed 170-unit three-story residential apartment building, with 202 parking spaces on a 28.4-acre property, which is now wooded and vacant.
The property is at 127 Summit Ave. The apartments proposed include 110 one-bedroom and 60 two-bedroom units, including 26 affordable units.
A public notice describes the development as a multi-family active adult residential community. Day Pitney LLP are the applicant’s attorneys.
The applicant, Waypoint Residential Services LLC, requests 11 bulk variances that vary from local ordinances. Variances requested include maximum dwelling units per building, where a maximum of 12 units per dwelling is permitted and 170 are proposed; a minimum 2.25 parking spaces per dwelling unit are required where 1.44 parking spaces per unit are proposed.
Other variances requested concern building height and length and street setbacks.
In related news, Council President Douglas Arendacs, speaking at a valley chamber event last month in Westwood, praised the work of both the Montvale Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Michael Ghassali’s Montvale Economic Development and Retention Committee.
For more information, see “Mayors Dish: Citizen Professionals Volunteer Their Talents in Montvale,” Feb. 3.
