{"id":17841,"date":"2021-02-18T02:22:37","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T07:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=17841"},"modified":"2021-02-18T02:22:37","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T07:22:37","slug":"brick-approves-drive-through-oil-change-shop-where-hardees-was-supposed-to-be-built","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2021\/02\/brick-approves-drive-through-oil-change-shop-where-hardees-was-supposed-to-be-built\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Approves ‘Drive-Through’ Oil Change Shop (Where Hardee’s Was Supposed to be Built)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A Valvoline Instant Oil Change location approved for Brick Township. (Screenshot)<\/p><\/div>\n

You\u2019ll have to cross the street<\/a> for a hamburger, but a drive-through oil change business was approved to be constructed at Brick\u2019s Bay Harbor Plaza shopping center Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

In a 5-2 vote, the township\u2019s Board of Adjustment approved an application by Meadowbrook Realty, owned by Michael Ferri, of Hartford, CT, to build a Valvoline Instant Oil Change location on the pad site on which a Hardee\u2019s fast food restaurant was approved to be built in 2014<\/a>. The Hardee\u2019s project was ultimately abandoned, and there was no discussion at Wednesday\u2019s meeting, held via Zoom, as to what happened.<\/p>\n

The lube shop, however, is planned to be a 4,144 square feet of gross floor area including a basement level. Meadowbrook\u2019s engineer, Brad Thompson, told board members the facility would be set up so drivers can receive oil changes without ever leaving their vehicle. The basement floor will serve as a sunken workspace for technicians, who will perform oil changes as cars roll in and out of the shop. A computer screen will be moved next to the driver\u2019s side window of a vehicle once the oil has been changed, and the customers can pay immediately and be on their way.<\/p>\n

Alternatively, customers can take a seat in a waiting area if they are not comfortable driving into the garage themselves, representatives for the company said. The Valvoline facility is expected to completed in relatively short order.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe previous application for the fast food restaurant had much of the infrastructure built in,\u201d said Thompson. \u201cAll of the utilities are readily available, and there are no large swaths of pavement that have to come up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Valvoline facility, which will become part of Meadowbrook\u2019s group of franchises in southern New Jersey, \u201cisn\u2019t a high-intensity use,\u201d said Thompson, adding that there will be enough space to serve three vehicles at a time in the garage while three more wait \u2013 and that volume generally only occurs on the busiest of days.<\/p>\n

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A Valvoline Instant Oil Change location approved for Brick Township. (Screenshot)<\/p><\/div>\n

John Bedson, Meadowbrook\u2019s regional manager, said different types of oils \u2013 traditional, synthetic, specialty formulations \u2013 are delivered in bulk once a week. Used oil is collected in a sealed-off tank that is located in the basement, then automatically pumped out by a tanker truck when full.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if something does get spilled, we have multiple chemicals to clean it up,\u201d said Bedson, responding to a question from a planning board member.<\/p>\n

The facility, in the case of a spill, would use a material made out of volcanic ash to absorb the oil, and it would then be deposited in the tank for regular removal. There are no drains or other means for any spilled material to escape the sunken work area.<\/p>\n

The pad site at Bay Harbor Plaza will be aesthetically improved alongside construction, representatives said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have approximately 52 new plantings out there, including shrubs, evergreens and ornamental grasses,\u201d said Thompson.<\/p>\n

Tara Paxton, the township planner, said she did not recommend creating pedestrian crossings at the site \u2013 the opposite of the township\u2019s usual practice \u2013 because the Valvoline shop will be located in between a jug handle and the drive-through lane of the Starbucks coffee shop next door, creating a potential hazard.<\/p>\n

The board granted Meadowbrook a use variance since automotive shops are a conditional use in the B-3 zone, where Bay Harbor is located. A variance was also granted so the facility can place its own sign at the shopping center.<\/p>\n

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