Encroachment in a Mount Laurel residential zone near Walmart on Route 73 is being proposed by a developer that wants to build a self-storage facility on Federal Street.
MLS Operating LLC of Edgewater Park is scheduled to appear before the Township Zoning Board of Adjustment at its October 9 meeting to seek a use variance allowing a commercial use in a residential zone. An existing 71,991-square-foot building would be converted and five single-story storage units totaling 15,350 square feet would be built at the site, which abuts Route 295 northbound.
Last year, the Planning Board approved the construction of another self-storage facility and a car wash next to the neighborhood…