CERTIFIED TOWN PLANNER'S COMMENTS

PROFESSIONAL PLANNER WARREN BENDIXEN
OBJECTOR AGAINST
K & K DEVELOPERS, INC. & ZYGMUNT WILF IN 2005:

RETAINING WALLS: When they are attached to the building they are considered as part of the building for the purpose of bulk requirements. This Wall is a structure not a fence, 13-14 feet high almost the height of the lights. Some 20 feet high, some 15 all four of them Up High. Down Baltusrol Way to Norwood, Down to Eaton Pl. Whole mountain Top becomes a Solid Masonry Wall with no Trees. Massive Wall 670 feet long by 37 feet high from the grade visible from areas throughout the County and with in the community. That will include height limitations. Here violation exceeds more then 10% which would put this Project into the Board of Adjustments rather then this Board.
NON-CRITICAL COVERAGE: This development would cover 95% of the Non-Critical portion of the Lot. My calculation 95% because you have got Roads in that. You have got Driveways. You have got Walls. And this is not even including the Area that the show off to build those Retaining Walls. This is more then allowable 80% as per town ordinance. No request for this Variance.
HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING: Average height of the building is 45.5 feet which is greater then 10% of 35 feet allowable with variance is a violation. Which would put this project into the Board of Adjustments rather then this Board. This is a different question Board would have grant a Variance of that sort?
32 UNITS IN ONE BUILDING TOWN ORDINANCE: Ordinance’s limit to a maximum of 32 Units per building. What would be the purpose or purposes of a restriction such as that?
Strictly for the scale. To keep the buildings to a smaller elements. Separation of 35 feet from next building, to give softer looks and more landscaping.
ENTRY ROAD: Entry Road slope is 14% and RSIS standard is 10% with an allowable increase of 2%. This should have required Waiver from the Board. No waiver was requested to the Board.
BUILDING: 670 Feet long with top of the building 54 feet above grade in the northerly end, 77 feet above grade at the southerly end and 39 feet above grade in the center. A Project standing by itself on a hill stripped of natural landscaping. Urban sprawl, degradation of environment through improper use of land. There are areas in the building that are 4 storeys high and 5 stories high will change the whole character of Springfield. Because of the height and length of the building there will be shadow cast because of the westerly sun into that whole area to the south.
THIS BOARD WILL BE CHASTISED SHOULD THIS PROJECT BE BUILT.
Master Plan 35: 30 1 A: The proposed Building would relate harmoniously to the natural features of this Site and other substantial structures in the vicinity that have visual relationship to the Proposed Building.
“Anything that would Develop this Site would improve this Site and certainly a CONFIRMING PROJECT would do that.
PLAINTIFF: Confirming project is a Yoga Center or a Center for Gifted Children or a Children’s Park with small single storey buildings fully confirming with the ordinance; Building should maintain Colonial Character of Springfield. Various sections of the ordinance and also in the Master Plan refer to this Character that should be maintained in the Planning of Any Building within these areas.”