Parsippany‑Troy Hills board approves Flagship car wash on Route 46 with variances and conditions

The Parsippany‑Troy Hills Board of Adjustment voted June 3 to approve preliminary and final site plans for a Flagship car wash at 1236 Route 46, granting several variances for setbacks, signage and a third bay in the dry‑detail tunnel.

Justice O’Neal, attorney for the applicant, told the board the design has been revised to address drainage and utility concerns and that the design will match township engineering requirements. “We resubmitted plans and added survey information that clarified the proposed outfall and utility crossings,” he said.

Engineers and consultants summarized technical fixes the applicant agreed to make before compliance. José Lazo, the applicant’s professional engineer, said the revised plans route stormwater to a proposed inlet and an easement that will identify which elements the applicant must maintain and which will be turned over to the township. “Anything upstream of the inlet is the site’s responsibility; the inlet and downstream will be the township’s,” Lazo said.

Traffic testimony from David Shropshshire said NJDOT requires 12‑foot offsets (24 feet combined between curb radii) for adjacent driveways and that the applicant will work with DOT; the board added a compliance condition so minor driveway shifts can be approved without returning to the board if they are needed to meet DOT standards.

Board members and the applicant agreed on several conditions to be included in the resolution: submit the final colorized architectural elevations (May 22, 2026 version), finalize and execute easement language clarifying maintenance responsibility, remove certain trees where grading requires it but preserve and enhance a buffer with evergreens, and limit signage lighting after hours. The applicant told the board nonsecurity signage and pole sign lighting will be turned off by 10:00 p.m.; security and minimal site lighting may remain on.

The board also agreed that the site will use LED fixtures with full cutoffs and that signage and landscape details must conform to the materials and dimensions filed with the board’s revised plans. Project representatives said the car wash will recirculate a portion of water and will route runoff through an oil‑water separator before discharging to the sanitary system.

The board moved and seconded a resolution reflecting the on‑record conditions and voted to approve the application. Board members present voted in favor in the roll call that concluded the hearing.

The resolution will be finalized to include the easement revisions discussed on the record, detailed lighting hours, and language allowing field edits to accommodate NJDOT driveway permit requirements during compliance review.