[Amended 5-21-1991 by Ord. No. 884]
The purpose of this district is to provide for
business, commercial and office uses. Within this district, no lot
or building shall be used and no building shall be erected or altered
to be used, in whole or in part, unless it complies with the regulations
set forth in this article. The following retail and service uses and
those uses which are similar to the enumerated permitted uses shall
be permitted in this district:
Antique shops, provided that there is no display
of merchandise outside the building
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Bakery or confectionery shops for retail sales
on the same premises
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Blueprinting or other reproduction establishments
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Bookstores and stationery stores
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Buildings and structures owned and operated
by the Borough of Haddon Heights for municipal purposes
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Clothing stores, gift shops and sporting goods
stores
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Interior decorating establishments
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Jewelry stores and watch repairs
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Job printing
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Musical instrument stores or studios, including
retail sale of recordings and tapes
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Office buildings, office complexes and professional
offices
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Offices and shops of an artisan, such as a carpenter,
electrician and plumber, provided that all facilities and supplies
are in a completely enclosed building and all shop work is performed
therein
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Offices for professional services such as physicians,
lawyers or architects; small commercial offices such as realtors,
insurance or travel agencies; small governmental offices, including
post office branch or social security; and offices incidental to uses
permitted in this section
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Personal service shops, such as beauty, barber-,
tailor and dressmaking shops, retail dry-cleaning, laundry and shoe
repair shops
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Photographers' and artists' studios
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Picture-framing shops
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Repair, sale and servicing of radio, television
and other home appliances
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Repair, sale and servicing shops for typewriters
and other office equipment
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Sales offices, including the office of a manufacturer's
representative or catalog-ordering establishment
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Stamp or coin stores
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Supermarkets, grocery stores, meat markets,
delicatessens, fish markets, drugstores and hardware stores
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Travel bureaus
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Veteran, fraternal and lodge organizations
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Video rental and retail sales
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[Amended 5-21-1991 by Ord. No. 884]
The following uses are specifically prohibited
in the Business Commercial District:
A. Billiard parlors, poolrooms, bowling alleys or commercial
amusement establishments.
C. Pet shops, kennels or other commercial establishments
for breeding or sale of animals.
D. Display, outside the building, of articles for sale.
E. Any kind of manufacturing, fabricating, altering,
finishing or assembling, except as necessarily incidental to retail
trade or service.
F. Any machinery used incidental to any permitted use
that is powered by other than electric motive power. In no one store
or separate establishment shall there be permitted more than 10 horsepower,
exclusive of refrigeration and air conditioning. If steam is required,
no more than 15 pounds of steam pressure shall be permitted.
G. Any internal-combustion engine or gas generator, unless
operated for a particular temporary use or where essential for the
emergency use of a public utility.
H. Heavy-trucking transport.
I. The storage of furniture, building materials or solid,
liquid or gaseous fuels or chemicals, unless incidental and subordinate
to a permitted use.
J. Uses conducive to potentially high hazard in the form
of fire, explosion, radiation, contamination or other elements dangerous
to human beings.
K. Fast-food, drive-in or take-out restaurants.
The following accessory uses shall be permitted
in the Business Commercial District:
C. Parking lots and parking garages, provided that:
(1) There is no automotive service or repair.
(2) The use will not increase traffic congestion in the
streets abutting the property.
D. Public utility installations, subject to the following
special requirements:
(1) There shall be no storage of materials and trucks
and no repair facilities or staging of repair crews except within
completely enclosed buildings.
(2) The exterior of any structure shall be in keeping
with the other structures in the immediate neighborhood.
The following conditional uses shall be permitted
in the Business Commercial District:
A. Restaurants, excluding fast-food, drive-in and take-out
service establishments.