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A developer has applied to the township to construct a three-story self-storage building at the intersection of eastbound Route 22 and Route 28.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Bridgewater Storage LLC, of Teaneck, is proposing to demolish the buildings on the two lots on the 5.43-acre site to build the 120,570-square-foot self-storage facility.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The buildings on the site are an 8,000-square-foot vacant office building, a single-family home and Melick’s Towne Farm stand which fronts on Route 28.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Bridgewater Storage has bought the office building property for $725,000 and has a contract to buy the residential property.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The site has 960 feet of frontage on Route 22 and 900 feet along Route 28.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In 2015 Quick Chek proposed a convenience store and gas station on the site but dropped its plans in face of opposition from neighborhood residents.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The self-storage plan requires a use variance from the township Zoning Board of Adjustment because self-storage facilities are not permitted in the zone.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Last June the Zoning Board of Adjustment approved a plan to demolish an office building on westbound Route 22 by Vosseller Avenue to build a self-storage facility. <\/span><\/span><\/span>No date has been scheduled before the township Zoning Board of Adjustment. The plan calls for 21 parking spaces and 60 drive-up units. The existing driveways on Route 28 would be closed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The existing right-in right-out driveway from Route 22 would be slightly realigned, according to the plans. <\/span><\/span><\/span>Customer access to the facility would be controlled by two keypad gates, one for entry and the other for exit.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n