St. Elizabeth's School wants to build a new parking lot and make temporary classrooms permanent.
The Parsipanny Board of Planning began hearing testimony at its Monday meeting for a two-phase application by the Franciscan Sisters of St. Elizabeth to begin construction at St. Elizabeth School on Park Road. While the Franciscan Sisters came to the board with a number of requests, Chairman Kaushik Parikh adjourned the hearing just after 9:40 p.m. and scheduled it to resume at the Sept. 12 meeting. Residents will have a chance to voice concerns about the proposed lot at the conclusion of that meeting. Attorney Bill Strasser approached the board with applications to build a new parking lot, as well as to convert the current temporary classrooms at the school, which were installed in 2000, into permanent structures. The classrooms have all …
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The body also OKs a new addition to Morris Corporate Center campus.
At the Monday night Planning Board meeting, Township Council and board member Michael dePierro again spoke out against a planning mechanism he said would "destroy the quality of life in Parsippany." As a council member, dePierro approved giving the designation "in need of rehabilitation" to the lot at 272 Parsippany Rd. During the Planning Board's recent consideration of a proposed mixed-use development for that spot, one that would have put a bank and five-story, 50-unit upscale condominium residence on a little more than one acre of land, the councilman changed his mind. Though the board ultimately decided not to approve the project, he waged a one-man campaign to do away with the "rehabilitation" designation. His most recent attempt to…
Kevin
12:16 pm on Tuesday, August 2, 2011
That school really needs more parking. My son went there several years ago for pre-k and it was crazy then. I can only imagine it is 10x more troublesome now. more ›