PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE Marketplace Mission Group, Inc. (the "Applicant") has filed an application for development with the Washington Township Zoning Board of Adjustment ("Board") regarding real property located at 360 Greentree Road, designated as block 193, lots 3, 3.01 and 3.02 on the municipal tax map (the "Property"). The Applicant is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and is affiliated with Rhaddi LLC, the owner of the Property. The Applicant proposes to consolidate the existing tax lots and develop a commercial multi-use facility that will include a coffee shop, retail store and Young Life Group Center. Lot 3.01 is located in the Residential Rural (R) zone and is currently vacant. Lot 3 is located in the Highway Commercial (HC) zone and is also currently vacant. Lot 3.02 is located in the Highway Commercial (HC) zone and is currently improved with a vacant single-family dwelling. These three lots will be consolidated at which point the lot will be approximately 1.352 acres. A proposed coffee shop and retail store will be located on the portion of the consolidated lot located in the HC zone, where those uses are permitted. The Young Life Group Center will be located on a portion of the combined lot located in the R zone, where commercial uses are not permitted. The Board granted a use variance on December 8, 2025 to permit (i) a Young Life Group Center and (ii) multiple principal commercial uses on a single tax lot. The Applicant now seeks preliminary and final major site plan approval from the Zoning Board. The Applicant seeks approval of the following variances under the municipal land use ordinance: 1. Section 285-103.d allows a maximum lot coverage of 45%. The proposed lot coverage for combined lots 3, 3.01, 3.02 is 57%. 2. Section 285-196.g.(2) requires parking spaces for physically handicapped to be 12 foot wide, whereas the site plan has (2) 8-foot-wide spaces with an 8-foot-wide access aisle between the two. 3. Section 285-196.i requires a minimum number of 100 parking spaces. The Applicant proposes 41 parking spaces. 4. Section 285-197.a requires off-street loading spaces to be at least 12 feet wide and 60 feet long, whereas a loading space that is 15 feet wide by 32 feet long is proposed. 5. Section 285-197.d requires that one off-street loading space is required for each commercial establishment, whereas only one off-street loading space is proposed for the overall lot, where three are required. 6. Section 285-200.a. requires that a planted landscaped buffer shall be provided and maintained by the owner or lessee of a nonresidential property with a contiguous residential used or zoned property, whereas a partial buffer with a 6 foot high fence is provided on the east property line adjacent to block 193, lot 2, and a partial buffer with a 6 foot high fence is provided along the property line bordering block 193, lot 3.03. 7. Section 285-200.b. - The landscaped buffer shall be developed in accordance with all requirements of the Washington Township landscape ordinance. The proposed buffer does not comply as shown below: a. Section §285-200.A. requires a planted landscape buffer whereas a partial buffer of plantings and a 6 ft high fence is proposed. b. Section §285-201.A.(1)(B) requires a buffer width between commercial use and any residential use or zone to be 50 feet, whereas less than 50 feet is proposed. c. Section §285-201.A.(1)(C) requires a buffer width between office use and any residential use or zone to be 30 feet, whereas less than 30 feet is proposed. d. Section §285-201.A.(2) prohibits portions of storm drainage facilities to be within the buffer area, whereas portions of the proposed stormwater management basins, and associated upstream piping, are proposed within the required buffer area. 8. Section 285-200.d states that buffers shall consist of evergreen and deciduous plant material, earthen berms or combination of the same and shall provide a year-round visual screen, whereas a partial screening is proposed. 9. Section 285-201.a.(1)(b) requires a buffer width between a commercial use and any residential use or zone shall be 50 feet, whereas less than 50 feet is proposed. 10. Section 285-201.b states, at the discretion of the approving authority, the use of a suitable fence or wall, for small lots, with possible reduction of width requirements may be approved in lieu of the required landscape buffer. The approving authority may also reduce the required buffer where natural or physical barriers exist. A reduction in required buffer width is requested from the approving authority. 11. Section 285-230.a(1) states that individual facade sign boxes shall not be more than three feet high, whereas the proposed façade sign for Young Life is 8'-4" high. 12. Section 285-231.c states that up to two (2) facade signs shall be permitted within the HC zone, provided the combined sign area does not exceed the sign area as specified in §285-230.a. The applicant proposes three (3) facade signs, one for each use. 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, 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 June 8, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. in-person in the Washington Township Municipal Building, Courtroom, 523 Egg Harbor Road, Sewell, New Jersey 08080, 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 Board's office in the Washington Township Municipal Building, 523 Egg Harbor Road, Sewell, New Jersey 08080 and is available for public inspection during regular business hours. You may contact the Board Secretary, Jeanette Naylor, by telephone at (856) 589-0520 extension 2245, or by email at jnaylor@twp.washington.nj.us for any questions regarding this application. The application may be adjourned to another date without further notice to you and you are advised to contact the Board Secretary 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 May 28 2026 LNYS0527307 $107.50