Politics & Government

Lakeside Plaza Shopping Center Up for Public Hearing Monday

Planning Board meeting begins at the Lacey Township Municipal Building at 7 p.m.

The application for Lakeside Plaza, a shopping center that if approved would be built on Route 9 and Lakeside Drive South, will be before the Planning Board for a public hearing at 7 p.m. this evening.

The township Planning Board

The shopping center would be built behind the Applebee’s on Route 9. It will include three retail stores, three restaurants and Retro Fitness.

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The applicant is proposing to construct and maintain approximately 81,506 square feet of retail and restaurant space.

The preliminary plans for the shopping center included a retail shopping center, an unnamed anchor building containing 5,8735 square feet and six retail stores for a total of 69,984 square feet. It also included 25,000 square feet for pad sites for a bank and restaurant.

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Currently the total square footage is 74,581 and includes an unnamed anchor store, a second anchor store and six retail stores, the southerly pad site for the existing Hudson City Savings Bank and Cingular Wireless Store, an unnamed tenant and an electrical maintenance room. The northerly pad already includes the existing Applebee’s.

Parking was decreased from 492 spaces to 449 and the applicant is proposing two freestanding and two monument signs.

As of May, the applicant had a pending CAFRA permit and a pending Ocean County Soil Conservation District Certification.

Photos of the proposed shopping plaza are attached to this story.

Also on the Planning Board agenda… 

The board will vote on a resolution approving the White Castle application. The application for the White Castle to be built at the intersection of Route 9 and Sunrise Boulevard was

The board will also vote on a resolution to adopt the expansion of the M-100 Zone. Last month, the board recommended that the township committee approve an amendment to rezone the property behind Oyster Creek Generating Station for the potential construction of a new plant.

Up for technical completeness is the preliminary and final major site plan with variances for Dollar General, which would be located at 120B Lacey Road. The application is also on the agenda for public hearing.


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