PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE Please take notice that Raising Cane's Restaurants, L.L.C. ("Applicant") has filed an application for development with the East Brunswick Township Zoning Board of Adjustment ("Board") regarding real property located at the intersection of N.J.S.H. Route 18 and Cindy Way, designated as block 132.14, lot 1 on the municipal tax map. The Applicant seeks preliminary and final major site plan approval to demolish the existing vacant restaurant building on the Property and construct an approximately 3,500 s.f. Raising Cane's Restaurant with drive-thru lanes, parking areas and associated improvements. The property is located in the HC-3 (Highway Commercial Shopping Center) zoning district. Both fast-food restaurants and drive-thru facilities at fast-food restaurants are conditional uses in the HC-3 Highway Commercial Shopping Center zone, pursuant to ordinance Section 228-195.2 of the Township of East Brunswick Zoning Ordinance ("Ordinance"). Those conditions are set forth in ordinance Section 228-195.2.A (fast-food restaurants in the HC-3 zone) and Section 228-195.2.C (drive-thru facilities at fast-food restaurants in the HC-3 zone). The application does not meet all of the conditions set forth in Ordinance section 228-195.2(A) and (C), therefore, the Applicant also seeks a D(3) conditional use variance. The proposed restaurant does not meet the following conditions for a fast-food restaurant with drive-thru facilities: 1. Section 228-195.2.A.6: The side and rear yards shall be screened with a solid masonry wall or board-on-board fence at the Board's discretion, a minimum of six (6) feet in height is required; screening not provided along internal lot line shared with adjacent commercial use. In addition, there is an existing chain link fence and existing vegetation along the northerly (residential) boundary which does not comply; 2. Section 228-195.2.A.7: All season planted buffer strips ten (10) feet in width shall be provided along the side and rear property lines. Where the property abuts a residence or residential zone these buffers shall be increased to twenty-five (25) feet in width. In areas with existing space constraints, the board may reduce the width of the buffer if additional plantings, berms, plants of greater height or other mitigating factors are required instead. No planted buffer strip is proposed along the side (south) and rear (west) property lines shared with adjacent commercial uses; an existing 46.9 ft. residential buffer strip along the northerly property line will remain unchanged; 3. Section 228-195.2.C.4: Reserve parking spaces shall be provided between the drive-thru area and the facilities exit. Such parking spaces are intended for use by any drive-thru vehicles awaiting delivery of a delayed order. No such spaces are proposed; 4. Section 228-195.2.C.9: No loudspeaker shall be permitted at properties that abut a residential zone or residential property line; drive-thru speaker proposed by Applicant, however that speaker shall comply with applicable noise limits. The Applicant also seeks approval of the following bulk variances: 1. Section 228-197.E: minimum lot width – 500 ft. required, 465 ft. existing and proposed (existing nonconformity); 2. Section 228-197.B: minimum building setback – 100 ft. from any property line or within 100 ft. of right-of-way of any street required, 37.3 ft. existing (existing nonconformity), 63.7 ft. proposed (building) and 25.4 ft. (canopy); 3. Section 192-43: minimum stall size – 9 ft. by 18 ft. required, there are multiple existing parking spaces on the property which are less than 9 ft. by 18 ft., which will remain (existing nonconformity); 4. Section 228-197.M – one off-street loading space is required for each 50,000 s.f. of gross leasable floor area, thus one loading space is required; zero loading spaces are proposed; 5. Section 228-256.A: maximum number of façade signs – 1 permitted, 8 proposed total: •Route 18: one (1) Raising Cane's logo wall sign, one (1) painted Raising Cane's logo mural wall sign, and one (1) 'One Love' canopy sign •Southern Side: one (1) Raising Cane's logo wall sign, one (1) 'Red Dog' wall sign •Northeast Side: one (1) Raising Cane's logo wall sign •Northern Side: one (1) Raising Cane's logo wall sign, one (1) painted arrow mural wall sign 6. Section 228-256.A: maximum wall sign coverage – permitted: 122.65 s.f. for Route 18 façade (10% of the area of that side of the building to which it is attached), proposed: 187.82 s.f. for Route 18 façade; 7. Section 228-245.I.G: maximum freestanding sign shape, distance between faces of double faced signs – 18 inches permitted, 2 ft. 6 inches proposed; 8. Section 228-197.K: landscape buffer requirement – no parking area or off-street loading space shall be located closer than 30 ft. to any lot line. A 30 ft. landscaped buffer shall be required to shield adjacent roadways and properties from parking lot illumination, headlight glare and fumes. Proposed: 0 ft. setback proposed along internal lot line shared with adjacent commercial uses; 9. Section 228-197.M: off street parking screening requirement – all off street loading areas shall be separate from shopper vehicular and pedestrian traffic and shall be screened to the satisfaction of the Planning Board from the view of shoppers, those travelling on adjacent roadways, and surrounding property owners. Proposed: none; and 10. Section 228-256.A: residential facing signage requirement – no sign shall protrude above the building roof line or top of any parapet. No sign shall be permitted on the side of any building bordering on a residential zone unless the residential zone and building are separated by a street. Proposed: sign proposed along building façade facing residential zone. 11. Section 228-245G: maximum freestanding sign distance - The maximum distance between the faces of the double faced freestanding sign shall not exceed 18 inches, whereas the applicant proposes a maximum distance (i.e., width or depth) of 34 inches. 12. Section 228-256.A: residential facing signage requirement – No sign shall be permitted on the side of any building bordering on a residential zone unless the residential zone and the building are separated by a street. The applicant proposes to install two wall signs along the drive-thru pick-up façade, which faces residential properties to the north. 13. Section 228-256.A: Each commercial use may have one or more signs flat against the building provided, however, that the total area of all such signs shall not exceed ten percent (10%) of the area of the same façade. The applicant proposes wall signage which exceeds the permitted area per façade, along Route 18: 125.47 square feet permitted; 187.82 square feet proposed. 14. Section 228-252R: drive-through menu boards are permitted without a sign permit when not visible from the adjacent street right-of-way. The applicant proposes drive-thru menu boards. To the extent they are considered visible from Cindy Way, the applicant seeks a variance. The Applicant also requests any additional variances, submission waivers, exceptions, design waivers, de minimis exceptions, interpretations, modifications of conditions of prior approvals, continuation of any preexisting non-conforming conditions, additional conditional use approval, other approvals reflected on the plans (as same may be further amended or revised from time to time without further notice) as may be determined to be necessary during the review and processing of the application by the Board and its professional staff, and permits requested or required by the Board at the public hearing. This application shall be considered by the Board on October 9, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. in-person at the East Brunswick Township Municipal Building, Courtroom, 1 Jean Walling Civic Center, East Brunswick, New Jersey, at which time you may appear either in person or through an attorney and present any objection that you may have to the granting of this application. A copy of the application and supporting documentation is on file in the East Brunswick Township Office of Planning and Engineering located at 4 Harts Lane, East Brunswick, New Jersey, and is available for public inspection during regular business hours. You may contact the Department of Planning and Engineering by phone at (732) 390-6870 definitive information on consideration of the application. The application may be adjourned to another date without further notice to you and you are advised to contact the Board in order to confirm the date and time of the hearing. Del Duca Lewis & Berr, LLC Attorneys for Applicant 21 E. Euclid Avenue, Suite 100 Haddonfield, New Jersey 08033 (856) 427-4200 September 28 2025 LNYS0378088 $134.16