NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWNSHIP OF BARNEGAT PLANNING BOARD Ocean County, New Jersey September 30, 2025 at 6:30 pm PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that M&T at 547 Main, LLC ("Applicant") has filed an application with the Township of Barnegat Planning Board ("Board") for Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan and Minor Subdivision approval to consolidate the below referenced Property into two (2) lots: Proposed Block 146.02, Lot 10.02 and Proposed Block 149, Lot 1.01, and to construct a Wawa Food Market and Fueling Station with a shared parking lot and four (4) stormwater management features, along with related site improvements ("Application"). The property which is the subject of this application is located in the Town Center Commercial Planned Highway Development Overlay (TC-CPHD) Zone, at 547 North Main Street (corner of U.S. Route 9 (North Main Street) and North Barnegat Boulevard), also identified on the Township's Tax Map as Block 146.02, Lots 9.02, 10.01 and 11; Block 147, Lot 1; Block 148, Lot 1; Block 149, Lots 1 and 2; and Block 151, Lot 1, Barnegat Township, Ocean County, New Jersey ("Property"). The Applicant requests the following variance and design waiver relief from the Township of Barnegat Land Use Code in conjunction with the Application: Variances: a. The minimum lot depth required is 175 ft. whereas 163 ft. is proposed for Lot 10.02. (Ord. No. 2024-1 §2(C)9a[1][a][III]); and b. The minimum lot depth required is 175 ft. whereas 163 ft. is proposed for Lot 1.01. (Ord. No. 2024-1 §2(C)9a[1][a][III]) Design Waivers: a. Minimum front yard lawn area required is 5 ft. whereas less than 5 ft. is proposed on Lot 1.01 (pre-existing condition). (Ord. No. 2024-1 §2(C)9a[2][i]) b. To the extent that oversized parking is required, no oversized parking is proposed. (Ord. No. 2024-1 §2(C)9a[2][j]) c. Minimum freestanding sign setback required is 10 ft. whereas the sign on Lot 10.02 is setback 1 ft. from the southern property line. (Ord. No. 2024-1 §2(C)9a[3][a][VI]) d. Enhanced landscaping buffers are required at freestanding signs whereas no landscape buffer is shown at the sign locations on Lot 10.02. (Ord. No. 2024-1 §2(C)9a[3][a][IV]) e. Maximum directional sign height required is 3 ft. from the ground whereas the directional sign is proposed to be 3 ft. 3 in. (Ord. No. 2024-1 §2(C)9a[3][b][II]) f. Minimum directional sign setback required is 5 ft. whereas 2 ft. is proposed on Lot 10.02 (Ord. No. 2024-1 §2(C)9a[3][b][VI]) g. Minimum directional sign setback required is 5 ft. whereas 2 ft. is proposed on Lot 1.01 (Ord. No. 2024-1 §2(C)9a[3][b][VI]) h. Enhanced landscaping buffers are required at directional signs whereas no landscape buffer is proposed at the sign locations on Lot 10.02. (Ord. No. 2024-1 §2(C)9a[3][b][VIII]) i. Enhanced landscaping buffers are required at directional signs whereas no landscape buffer is proposed at the sign locations on Lot 1.01. (Ord. No. 2024-1 §2(C)9a[3][b][VIII]) j. Parking areas are not permitted in the front yard area whereas parking is proposed in the front yard area of Lot 10.02 (§55-173D(1)) k. Parking areas are not permitted in the front yard area whereas the existing parking area is proposed to remain in the front yard area of Lot 1.01. The parking area is to be utilized as shared parking for the proposed subdivision. (§55-173D(1)) l. Concrete curbs shall be installed along every street whereas no curbs are proposed along Weaver Street or Twain Avenue (§55-126.4) m. For subdivisions, shade trees shall be planted along both sides of the street spaced 40 ft to 50 ft apart whereas no trees are proposed along the property frontages, (§55-126.9A), in connection with the proposed lot consolidation of the property into 2 lots. n. Concrete sidewalks are required along both sides of each street whereas a concrete sidewalk is proposed only along the US Route 9 street frontage, although an asphalt sidewalk presently exists along the North Barnegat Boulevard roadway frontage. No sidewalks presently exist or are proposed along Thorn Avenue or Weaver Street. (§55-126.10) o. Sight triangles are required at all driveways, whereas the ingress/egress driveways on Thorn Avenue do not have sight triangles. (§55-126.11) The Applicant may also request such additional variances and/or waivers as required by law or as the Board or its staff and professionals may determine are necessary or appropriate during their review of the application, or as may be generated by changes to the plan required or suggested by members of the Board, its consultants, members of the public, or by the Applicant. A public hearing on this application before the Barnegat Township Planning Board will be held on September 30, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. in the Municipal Court Room of the Barnegat Township Municipal Building, 900 West Bay Avenue, Barnegat, New Jersey, or at such date, time, and place to which the matter may be adjourned or carried. Any interested person may appear at the hearing either in person or by attorney, and be given an opportunity to be heard with respect to the approvals sought by the Applicant. The public hearing may be continued without further notice on such additional or other dates as the Board may determine. The application, maps, plans and related supporting materials are on file and available for public inspection Monday through Friday, between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m., (except Holidays), in the Planning and Zoning Board office, located at One Ocean Avenue, Barnegat, New Jersey. The Weingarten Law Firm, LLC 444 Hoes Lane, Suite 200 Piscataway, NJ 08854 Attorneys for the Applicant M&T at 547 Main, LLC Publication Dates LNYS0370182 $