TENAFLY — The engineer for a proposed Bottle King store said the project has "a very simple site plan," meets municipal guidelines for parking, and would improve traffic circulation at the site of the former Kia dealership.

The Planning Board held a special meeting Wednesday on the application for the 13,784-square-foot Bottle King retail liquor store. The hearing will continue this Wednesday.

Engineer Brett Skapinetz said the plan for the new store includes 57 parking spaces, 10 new light fixtures 15 feet in height, 30-foot two-way drive aisles, and a graded drop on the property to make it easier for trucks to make deliveries.

Bottle King, which has been in business for 48 years and bills itself as "the largest New Jersey retailer of wine, beer and spirits," operates 14 stores in New Jersey with locations in Dumont, Glen Rock, Hillsdale, Ramsey, Wayne, Livingston and Glen Ridge.

Skapinetz said the hours of operation for the new store would be 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. from Monday to Saturday and noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday. Deliveries to the store would be scheduled from 9 a.m. to noon.

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The plan calls for a 50-foot flagpole, but the board's planner, David Novak, said the permitted flagpole height is 25 feet. He also noted that signs must be attached to the building, not freestanding. Skapinetz said he would submit a revised site plan.

During public comment, resident Inbal Israeli Miller said delivery trucks exiting the business would go onto Piermont Road and could affect traffic from local schools during the morning.

Ira Weiner and Matthew Capizzi, lawyers representing Tenafly residents concerned about the project, wanted the next meeting rescheduled to a later date to have time to study the revised plan and question the professionals speaking about the application.

Planning Board Chairwoman Mary Beth Wilmit said the next meeting will just feature more witnesses speaking on the plan and will not conclude that day. And those same professionals will be made available for the lawyers to question at a later date.

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