Politics & Government
CVS Hearing to Continue This Week
Residents have hired an attorney to object to the plan.
The Washington Township Zoning Board is scheduled to continue hearing testimony about plans for a proposed CVS during a special meeting Tuesday.
The plan calls for a 14,769-square-foot pharmacy with a drive-through to be built on the corner of Pascack Road and Washington Avenue. The site is in a residential zone and there are currently three houses on the property.
At the , engineer David Caruso testified about the plans for drainage at the site. According to Caruso, rain water that falls on the site would be collected through several filtration systems that would reduce the flow of water off the site during storms. Currently, 2.81 cubic feet of water per second flow from the site during a two-year storm. The proposed drainage system would cut that down to 1.39 cubic feet of water per second.
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Residents of the nearby Northgate Condominiums have hired attorney Christopher Minks to object to the plan. The residents have expressed concern that the store would bring more traffic to the already busy intersection. They have also complained about the removal of trees and state of the existing homes on the property.
The zoning board meets Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the
