The following regulations shall apply in all
Business Districts.
[Amended 2-7-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-2; 3-15-1993 by Ord. No.
1993-5]
A.
Business Districts are primarily for the conduct of retail trade and related services. In Business Districts, no building or other structure and no land shall be used and no building or other structure built, altered or erected to be used for any purpose other than as listed in § 154-25, including business enterprises offering instructional programs.
[Amended 12-1-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-30]
B.
Motor vehicle service stations, when authorized by
the Planning Board as a conditional use, subject to the following
standards
[Amended 3-17-1997 by Ord. No. 1997-4]:
(1)
All conditional use standards set forth in § 154-21D(1) through (15).
[Amended 12-1-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-30]
(2)
The minimum lot area shall be not less than 25,000
square feet.
(3)
The minimum lot depth shall be 125 feet, and the minimum
lot width shall be 200 feet.
(4)
All fuel tanks shall be installed underground.
(5)
No motor vehicle service station, or area so utilized,
shall be located within 1,000 feet of any property upon which a church,
nursing home, hospital, public or parochial school, private school,
college, institution or theater shall be located. Said distance shall
be measured from the property or lot line on which the proposed service
station is to be located on a straight line to the property line or
lot line on which the church, hospital, public or parochial school,
private school, college, institution or theater shall be located.
(6)
The walls of any building shall be set back at least
25 feet from every adjoining property line or required buffer yard
and at least 50 feet from a street right-of-way line.
(7)
The maximum building height shall not exceed 20 feet.
This shall not include canopies over the gas pump area.
(8)
All lubrication, repair, maintenance or similar activities
shall be performed within a completely enclosed building. In addition
thereto, all displays and sale of merchandise shall be made or sold
within a completely enclosed building, except as specifically provided
or allowed under the terms of this chapter.
(9)
Sufficient parking space for all vehicles of employees
and patrons shall be provided, with a minimum of five spaces in any
event, with the total number of spaces computed on the basis of three
spaces for each lift, wheel alignment pit, bay or similar work area,
which spaces shall be separate from the driveway and general apron
areas giving access to the air pumps, gasoline pumps and garage doors.
Fueling positions are not to be counted as parking spaces.
[Amended 12-1-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-30]
(10)
No automobile, truck, trailer or boat shall
be allowed to stand on any motor vehicle service station property
publicly advertising such vehicle for sale.
(11)
The use of the same lot or parcel for retail
food facilities or fast-food services is not permitted in conjunction
with the use of the lot or parcel for a motor vehicle service station.
(12)
Selling of used motor vehicles is prohibited.
[Added 12-1-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-30]
(13)
Automatic and self-service car washes are allowed
as accessory uses to motor vehicle service stations.
[Added 12-1-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-30]
C.
Child-care centers as a permitted use subject to the standards set forth in § 154-56C(7).
[Added 12-1-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-30]
D.
Cannabis
alternative treatment center or cannabis retailer, as a permitted
use subject to the following conditions:
[Added 6-14-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-14; amended 2-28-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-8]
(1)
Such
facility shall meet all requirements for licensure, and hold an appropriate
license issued by the Cannabis Regulatory Commission, Department of
Treasury, State of New Jersey.
(3)
Shall
not be located any closer than 500 feet from a residential behavioral
health care facility or residential medical detoxification center,
as measured in a straight line from the nearest two points of the
property lines.
(4)
Shall
not be located any closer than 500 feet from a residential use or
district, public or private k through 12 school, child-care center,
church or house of worship, or public park of the Township of Mount
Laurel containing active recreation uses, as measured in a straight
line from the nearest two points of the property lines For the purposes
of this conditional use requirement, a child-care center shall refer
only to those entities and organizations licensed by the NJ Department
of Human Services or another State agency of appropriate jurisdiction,
to operate a program for the care, maintenance and supervision of
children who are not attended by their parents or guardians, such
as a day-care, pre-k, child cooperative, or nursery school. For the
purposes of this conditional use requirement, a child-care center
shall not refer to facilities such as a seasonal day camp, drop-in
tutoring center, or recreational facility. For the purposes of this
conditional use requirement, a church or house of worship shall only
apply to facilities recognized by the Township and tax assessed as
a class 15D property, and the church or house of worship is the principal
use of the property. For the purposes of this conditional use requirement,
the 500-foot distance limitation shall not apply if the cannabis business
is separated from the residential use or district, church, school,
child care center, or park by a state highway of at least four lanes
in width.
(5)
No
consumption of any cannabis or cannabis products or shall be permitted
on site.
(6)
No
outside storage of any cannabis, cannabis products or related materials
shall be permitted.
(7)
A
security plan shall be submitted to the Mt. Laurel Township Police
Department which shall demonstrate how the facility will maintain
effective security and control of operations. The security plan shall
identify the type and manner of twenty-four-hour security, tracking
and record-keeping of products and materials, surveillance systems
to be utilized, and whether any armed security will be on the premises.
(8)
Off-street
parking shall be provided at a ratio of one space for every 200 square
feet of gross floor area.
E.
Brewpub.
[Added 6-14-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-15]
F.
Micro brewery, craft distillery, or winery in accordance with § 154-80.2.
[Added 6-14-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-15]
G.
Sales room, micro brewery, craft distillery, or winery, subject to the standards set forth in § 154-80.3.
[Added 6-14-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-15]
H.
Winemaking
instructional facility.
[Added 6-14-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-15]
I.
Gasoline
filling station with accessory convenience retail and food service
shall be permitted as a conditional use in the Business Districts,
subject to the following standards, specifications, and criteria:
[Added 2-28-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-2]
(1)
The
minimum lot area shall be 60,000 square feet.
(2)
The
minimum lot frontage shall be 250 feet.
(5)
The
maximum building height shall be 20 feet.
(6)
Pump
islands shall be separated from one another and from any building
by a minimum of 25 feet.
(8)
Convenience
retail sales and food service areas shall be limited to a maximum
of 6,000 square feet of gross floor area.
(9)
No
drive-through service of food sales shall be permitted.
(10)
Off-street parking areas must be set back a minimum of 10 feet from
any property line.
(11)
Adequate circulation space for queuing must be provided so that there
is room for queuing of one vehicle per each gasoline service pump
island without interfering with vehicular or pedestrian circulation
on site.
(12)
A landscaped buffer of at least 30 feet in width must be provided where any gasoline filling station abuts a property line of a residential use or zone. Said buffer shall be consistent with the requirements of § 154-68.
(13)
A maximum of two curb cuts for entry/exit onto a public right-of-way
shall be permitted for each street frontage.
(14)
No servicing or repair of vehicles shall be permitted on the premises.
(15)
Signage standards:
(a)
A changeable copy sign displaying fuel prices shall be permitted
to have a maximum sign area of 15 square feet, and a maximum sign
height of 18 feet.
(b)
In addition to a fuel price display sign, one monument style sign
or freestanding sign per street frontage shall be permitted. Such
sign shall have a maximum sign area of 40 square feet.
(c)
Freestanding signs shall have a maximum height of 20 feet.
(d)
The fueling station canopy shall be permitted to have one fascia
sign for each street frontage. Fascia signs shall have a maximum sign
area of 10 square feet.
(e)
Convenience store buildings shall be permitted to have a maximum
of two facade signs per street frontage, with a total maximum sign
area of 60 square feet or 4% of the facade area per street facing
facade, whichever is lesser.
J.
Electric
vehicle charging stations or EVSE make ready parking spaces shall
be permitted as an accessory use in this district.
[Added 2-28-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-9]
A.
No row houses, apartment houses, trailers, trailer
parks, trailer cabins, commercial migrant labor camps or amusement
rides for which admission is charged shall be permitted in any Business
Districts.
[Amended 10-4-1965 by Ord. No. 1965-4]
[Amended 11-21-2005 by Ord. No. 2005-28]
All of the bulk area regulations set forth in the Business Development Overlay Zone shall be incorporated into this zone and the Article X schedule shall be amended accordingly.
Buffer strips shall be provided when necessary in accordance with requirements of § 154-68.
Off-street parking shall be provided in accordance with § 154-69.
