April 23, 2014 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • Page 3 Midland Park Site overuse concerns zoning board members Concerns over parking, traffic flow and property over- use surfaced as the Midland Park Board of Adjustment at its last meeting discussed a proposal to open an adult day care center at 42-46 Prospect Street across from the Baseball Card Store and around the corner from Godwin School. Danielle Kalb proposes to run a social, non-medical day care center for adults, to be called Horizon Adult Day Care. The center would provide activities, social interac- tion and meals for up to 25 clients, who would be trans- ported to and from the facility in the center’s own van. Additionally, the owner of the property, CE White II, LLC, proposes to rent the second floor of the building for office use and convert the garage on the property into office/storage space for his son’s property maintenance business. Planner Ken Oshab of Fair Lawn said the proposed uses would be less intensive than the permitted uses in the B-2 zone. He likened the senior center use to a children’s day care center and said it could be considered inherently ben- eficial to the public good. He said that unlike a children’s center, however, it would not have pick up and drop off traffic because the patrons would be driven in by van. Oshab said the proposal was ideal for the fringes of the B-2 zone adjacent to a residential area. He said all three uses would be low key: the center would generate no traf- fic throughout the day; White’s business would have no one there during the day, would generate no contractor traffic and have no outside storage; and the second floor office would be used by a professional and would not have a separate entrance. The planner said of the 11 parking spaces provided, six would be allocated to the center’s employees, three for the second floor office and two for the garage. Board Chairman Linda Herlihy said she saw no reason to put an office into the garage, noting that the board could not control future uses there that might be more inten- sive. Board member David Zuidema said that if the lot needs to be closed or spaces reduced following a snow fall, the neighborhood lots and streets are already saturated and could not accommodate additional vehicles or overflow parking. Board member Doug Feick suggested the garage space might be used to mitigate the parking deficiency. Member Richard Kroitsch said a senior population might generate more emergency calls than children and said that it would be difficult for emergency vehicles to maneuver in the small lot with an uphill driveway. A variance is needed for the adult center because such a use is not listed as a permitted use in the B-2 zone. A vari- ance would also be needed to have two principal build- ings on one property. Using the garage as a separate office would constitute the second use. The board will continue hearing testimony on the application at its next meeting on May 14.