Township of Mount Laurel, NJ Neighborhood Commercial Districts

[Amended 4-19-1965 by Ord. No. 1965-3; 12-15-1980 by Ord. No. 1980-38]

A building may be erected, used or occupied and a lot may be used or occupied for any of the following purposes and no other:

Churches and similar places of worship, parish houses, convents and cemeteries as a conditional use subject to all of the standards, specifications and criteria listed in § 154-78.

[Amended 2-7-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-2; 3-15-1993 by Ord. No. 1993-5; 12-1-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-30]

Public and quasi-public schools and institutions of higher learning. All such uses permitted in this subsection shall have a minimum lot area of five acres.

[Amended 12-1-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-30]

Municipal parks, playgrounds and other municipal buildings and uses as are deemed appropriate and necessary by the Township Council.

Other public buildings of a governmental or cultural nature.

Customary and conventional farming operations, except the keeping and raising of animals for the purpose of securing their pelts or hides.

A professional office or a customary home occupation in a dwelling.

Retail business and personal service establishments which are clearly of a neighborhood service character, such as, but not limited to, the following:

(1)

Stores selling groceries, meats, baked goods and other food items.

(2)

Drug and pharmaceutical stores.

(3)

Hardware and household supply stores.

(4)

Package liquor stores.

(5)

Stationery, tobacco and newspaper stores.

(6)

Restaurant and confectionary store.

[Amended 5-19-1969 by Ord. No. 1969-7]

(7)

Barber- and beauty shops.

(8)

Shoe repair shops.

(9)

Tailor shops, dry-cleaning pickup shops and self-service laundries, provided that public sewerage facilities are available.

(10)

Professional offices, banks and fiduciary institutions.

(11)

Business enterprises offering instructional program.

[Amended 2-7-1983 by Ord. No. 1983-2]

Child-care centers as a permitted use.

[Added 12-1-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-30[1]; amended 10-2-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-10]

[1]

Editor's Note: This ordinance also provided for the redesignation of former Subsection H as Subsection I.

Permitted accessory uses.

(1)

Customary farm buildings for the storage of products or equipment or for the processing of farm products and which are located on the same parcel as the principal use.

(2)

Roadside stands, in connection with a farm operation, for the purpose of display and sale of farm products.

(3)

Private garage space for storage of motor vehicles.

(4)

Other customary accessory uses and buildings incidental to any of the foregoing uses.

(5)

Electric vehicle charging stations or EVSE make ready parking spaces.

[Added 2-28-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-9]

Brewpub.

[Added 6-14-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-15]

Micro brewery, craft distillery, or winery in accordance with § 154-80.3.

[Added 6-14-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-15; amended 10-2-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-10]

Sales room, micro brewery, craft distillery, or winery, subject to the standards set forth in § 154-80.4.

[Added 6-14-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-15; amended 10-2-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-10]

Winemaking instructional facility.

[Added 6-14-2021 by Ord. No. 2021-15]

Clinic, animal.

[Added 2-28-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-7]

Office, medical.

[Added 2-28-2022 by Ord. No. 2022-7]

Adult day cares shall be permitted as a conditional use, subject to the following conditions:

[Added 10-2-2023 by Ord. No. 2023-10]

(1)

A designated vehicular dropoff and pickup location shall be provided to the facility that is separated from the public right-of-way as an internal driveway.

(2)

Off-street parking shall be provided at a minimum ratio of one parking space per every two program participants on a peak day, plus one space for every fleet vehicle to be stored on-site.