Where a use is not specifically permitted in any district, it shall be deemed to be prohibited.
The following uses, structures, buildings, lots and signs are specifically prohibited in any district:
A. 
Any sign that is not expressly related to a business, product, service or other use being lawfully conducted on the premises upon which such sign is located, unless such sign is otherwise specifically permitted in Article 48 of this chapter.
B. 
Auction shops and markets; provided, however, that this provision shall not prohibit an auction of an estate as permitted or required by law or any sole authority by any court or governmental agency having appropriate jurisdiction, nor shall this prohibition apply to an indoor auction of antique and used furniture, household items and collectibles located in a zone where retail uses are permitted.
[Amended 5-17-1999 by Ord. No. 99-6]
C. 
Mobile homes, mobile home parks, trailer coach parks and other nonpermanent places of residence, with the exception of a temporary trailer used solely during fire reconstruction, pursuant to § 110-105.
D. 
Junkyards, automobile wrecking yards or disassembly yards or the sorting or baling of scrap metal, paper, rags or other scrap material.
E. 
Migrant labor camps.
F. 
Privately operated dumps for the disposal of garbage, trash, refuse, junk or other such material.
G. 
Stables, kennels and the keeping of live poultry, livestock or live animals of any kind for commercial purposes, except in a pet shop or a veterinarian office for post-operation observation.
H. 
Any light industrial use in a residential or business district.
I. 
Trucking terminals.
J. 
Carnivals, circuses, amusement and live animal rides, amusement and live animal exhibitions and similar type commercial amusements.
K. 
Flea markets.
L. 
Conducting of business on a public street, sidewalk or right-of-way.
M. 
Quarries and other primary industrial operations that extract soil, stone, gravel or other natural materials from the ground.
N. 
Factory outlet and warehouse sales.
O. 
Processing, packaging or handling of highly inflammable, explosive or radioactive materials.
P. 
Slaughterhouses and rendering plants devoted to the rendering or refining of animal parts, fats and oils.
Q. 
The manufacture of creosote, creosote products, coal tar, coal tar products and yeast.
R. 
Incinerators or dumps, except when municipally owned and operated by the Borough of Metuchen.
S. 
The storage of crude oil or any of its volatile products or any highly inflammable liquids or gas in aboveground tanks with individual capacities greater than 550 gallons and with total capacities greater than 1,100 gallons.
T. 
The manufacture and storage of illuminating gas.
U. 
Blast furnaces, boiler works and forge shops.
V. 
The manufacture or refining of asphalt.
W. 
The tanning of hides and skins.
X. 
The generation of privately used heat, electricity and/or power, unless with smokeless fuels or with the use of approved and effective smoke and fly-ash elimination equipment.
Y. 
Fast-food restaurants and drive-in restaurants.
[Added 3-17-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-4]
Z. 
General Prohibitions on all cannabis businesses other than Class 3 Cannabis Wholesale services and Class 5 Cannabis Retail services. In accordance with the authority granted to the Borough by N.J.S.A. 24:61-45, Ordinance No. 2021-10 is hereby amended to conditionally permit Class 3 Cannabis Wholesale Services and Class 5 Cannabis Retail Services within the Borough subject to the conditions, use, permitting, and taxation requirements set forth in this Ordinance No. 2022-19. As provided in Ordinance No. 2021-10, all other cannabis businesses shall be prohibited from operating anywhere within the geographical boundaries of the Borough of Metuchen.
[Added 6-28-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-10; amended 10-24-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-19]
No prohibitions set forth in this article shall prevent the temporary or occasional operation or use of a flea market, sidewalk sale, tent sale, festival, fair, carnival, circus or amusement or animal rides or exhibitions at specific locations and under such rules and regulations as may be set forth by separate Borough ordinance or by permit, such as community-sponsored events.