A QuickChek may be arriving in Pennington.
Well, technically it is Hopewell Township… but tomorrow night, WEDNESDAY JULY 2nd at 7PM,*** UPDATE: NO LONGER ON AGENDA FOR JULY 2 MEETING*** Hopewell Township Zoning Board will be hearing a proposal by First Choice Plaza, LLC for a use variance to develop a QuickChek gas station and convenience store and a parking area for the lot located at 2421 Pennington Rd, Pennington, New Jersey, Lot 6.01, Block 88 on Hopewell Township tax maps (at the intersection of RT-31 and Denow Road).
The application specifies that the project would include a 5,496 square foot QuickChek convenience store with a 5,000 square foot canopied fuel service station (3 islands with a total of 5 pumps under cover) . Access will be available via two driveways — the first would intersect with RT 31 with a “right in/right-out” driveway and the second would intersect with Denow Road forming a t-shape. As for parking, the site plan currently before the zoning board proposes 55 parking spaces (regulations require 1 parking space per every 150 square feet). The applicant also submitted a traffic report prepared by Langan Engineering and Environmental Services Inc which purports that the “proposed project will not significantly impact operations in the study area during peak hours.”
The property is owned by Har Sinai Hebrew Congregation of the City of Trenton and is currently zoned “SI” (Special Industrial) which allows for gas stations but not a convenience store. The applicant, First Choice Plaza, LLC, is seeking to subdivide the 9.4 acre parcel to use about 4 acres for the QuickChek project that would include a convenience store and service station. The remaining 5.4 acres would continue to serve as a house of worship and religious school for Har Sinai.
