Public Notice:
PUBLIC NOTICE Please be advised pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-12 that an application has been filed by LHN Owner, LLC with the Jersey City Planning Board for Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan Approval with deviations pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(c) with regard to the property located at: 155 Marin Boulevard, a/k/a 1 and 33 Park Avenue; Morris Blvd; Marin Blvd.; and 130 Marin Blvd., also known on the Jersey City Tax Maps as: Block 15901, Lot 17, Master Unit 1; Block 15901, Lot 16.01; Lot 14.01 a/k/a part of Lot 14; Lot 19; Lot 21.03 a/k/a part of Lot 21.01; and Block 15810, Lot 1 a/k/a Block 15901, part of Lot 14. The parcels are located within the Liberty Harbor North Redevelopment Plan area. The Applicant is proposing to develop a mixed-use, 2-phase project containing approximately 900 residential units, approximately 14,327 square feet of commercial space, which may include retail, restaurant and other permitted uses, approximately 900 permanent parking spaces within a parking structure, approximately 22 on-street parking spaces, approximately 14 retail signs, 2 building address signs, and 1 temporary sign. In addition, as part of the application, the Applicant proposes to improve certain rights-of-way surrounding the proposed development. The Applicant requests Preliminary Major Site Plan Approval with deviations for Phases 1 and 2 of the project and Final Major Site Plan Approval with deviations for Phase 1 of the project. As part of the application, the Applicant seeks the following deviations, variances, waivers and/or exceptions from the Liberty Harbor North Redevelopment Plan (“Redevelopment Plan”) and the Jersey City Land Development Ordinance: 1. VI.C. and Regulating Plan: Frontages of the Redevelopment Plan, requiring parking decks to be masked from the street by habitable building along Park Avenue and Marin Boulevard, where the proposed parking deck is not masked by habitable building in certain limited areas along the Park Avenue street frontages. 2. VI.A of the Redevelopment Plan, requiring a minimum of .5 space per unit to a maximum of 1 space per unit for residential uses and a maximum of 1 space per 1,000 square feet of retail space, where in Phase 1 of the project the Applicant proposes a total of 566 parking spaces (in excess of the number of spaces permitted for Phase 1), but where upon full build-out of the project the proposed number of parking spaces will fully comply with the parking space requirements. 3. Urban and Architectural Regulations of the Redevelopment Plan, requiring building fa?ade articulation to be located 80′ above sidewalk grade along Marin Boulevard, where the Applicant proposes a cornice at 60′ above the sidewalk and a pergola along the edge of the building to address this requirement. 4. V.G of the Redevelopment Plan, requiring a small roundabout in the center of the intersection of Seventh Street and Avenue E, where no such roundabout is proposed. 5. Urban and Architectural Regulations of the Redevelopment Plan, requiring the main portion of sidewalks to be constructed in concrete with mica and the outer 4′ – 5′ of sidewalks to be constructed of bricks (or similar pavers), where scored concrete with bluestone pavement is proposed for the sidewalks along the Phase 1 building street frontages and the eastern side of Marin Boulevard and asphalt sidewalks are temporarily proposed along the interim private park street frontages during Phase 1, and where scored concrete with bluestone pavement is proposed for all sidewalks upon full build-out of the project. 6. III.C. of the Redevelopment Plan, requiring that windows contain both lintels and sills, where no such window lintels or sills are proposed. 7. Urban and Architectural Regulations of the Redevelopment Plan, requiring a fa?ade articulation for XXL buildings at the 8th floor, where no such 8th floor articulation is proposed. 8. Vehicular Circulation Plan of the Redevelopment Plan, requiring Seventh Street/St. Peter’s Street to be one-way southbound, where a one-way northbound Seventh Street/St. Peter’s Street is proposed. 9. Urban and Architectural Regulations of the Redevelopment Plan, requiring lighting standards every 30 feet along Marin Boulevard, where lighting standards every 60 feet along Marin Boulevard are proposed. 10. Thoroughfare Standards of the Redevelopment Plan, requiring 13-foot-wide sidewalks along Park Avenue, where 12-foot-wide sidewalks along Park Avenue are temporarily proposed along the interim private park during Phase 1, requiring 17-foot-wide sidewalks along the western side of Marin Boulevard, where 14-foot-wide sidewalks along the western side of Marin Boulevard are temporarily proposed during Phase 1, and requiring 13-foot-wide sidewalks along South Cove/Avenue E, where 8-foot-wide sidewalks along South Cove/Avenue E are temporarily proposed along the interim private park during Phase 1, but where all sidewalk widths will be fully compliant upon full build-out of the project. 11. Any other deviations/variances, waivers and/or exceptions from the Redevelopment Plan or the Jersey City Land Development Ordinance that the Planning Board shall deem necessary in connection with this application. Any person interested in this application will have the opportunity to address the Planning Board at the public hearing on December 17, 2013, at 5:30 p.m. in the Municipal Council Chambers, City Hall, 280 Grove Street, Jersey City, New Jersey. The application, plans, and related documents are available for public inspection on any working day between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at the City Planning Division Office, 30 Montgomery Street, 14th Floor, Jersey City, New Jersey, 07302. James C. McCann, Esq., Attorney for the Applicant 201-521-1000 12/06/13 $115.99
