SEPTEMBER 11, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY MARK KRULISH
STAFF WRITER |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The village Planning Board heard and approved a minor site plan application last week to convert the former Pompanoosuc Mills site into a PNC express branch and add a handicap accessible ramp.
The plan calls for a 4- by 6-foot Americans with Disabilities Act compliant ramp to be constructed at the front of the building facing East Ridgewood Avenue and the tenancy of a wealth management office occupying the second floor and a portion of the first floor of the building along with an automated teller machine (ATM) lobby.
Currently, there is no handicap accessibility at all. The only way a handicapped individual can access the bank is to use the rear door of the building and take the elevator to the ATM or wealth management offices. The first floor will contain an ATM and three conference rooms and employees will work out of cubicles on the second floor facing North Maple Avenue.
At the bank’s main entrance, the express branch and the wealth management office will share a common vestibule, allowing customers to access either area of the building.
In front of the building, a ramp on the western side of the entrance with decorative aluminum railings that carries customers up 21 inches will be built next to the set of stairs already in place.
The compact design of the ramp created the need for a variance to be granted by the Planning Board. The building is compliant with the 12-yard setback from the sidewalk required, but the ramp will encroach 7 feet into the setback where only a 5-foot encroachment is allowed.
https://www.northjersey.com/news/pnc-s-plans-for-new-branch-ok-d-1.1407664
WOW another Sarasino win. He is on a roll.
We need another bank as much as we need another nail salon.
Can the bank also sell frozen yogurt? I seems like I can never find a bank or frozen yogurt in town.
In a few more years, even banks will be moving out, and then we will be talking about the good old days when you could walk into a bank. Bash banks all you want, they pay their rent in full and on time, and they have employees.
Small retail is in its twilight years.