845-865 Hwy 36 Union Beach, NJ 07735

B-2 Highway Business Zone. [ Ord. No. 324 , § 10.6; Ord. No. 2005-55 ; Ord. No. 2006-81 ; Ord. No. 2009-133 ; Ord. No. 2009-150 , § 3; Ord. No. 2016-244 § 9; amended 7-17-2025 by Ord. No. 2025-363 ] a. Permitted Uses. Uses within the following categories shall be permitted uses within the highway business zone unless otherwise specified in subsection 13-10.6d as a use requiring a conditional use approval. 1. Retail and wholesale stores, shops and markets, provided that: (a) All goods or products fabricated or process incidental to such use shall be sold on the premises or distributed from the premises. (b) Such fabricating or processing that is done on the premises shall not include a processing activity which would involve a physical or chemical process that would change the nature and/or character of the product and/or raw material. (c) Such fabricating or processing shall be confined to the first floor and basement of the premises and no supplies, materials or goods shall be stored out-of-doors, except in conformance with the requirements of subsection 13-5.18 and subsection 13-8.6 . 2. Personal service establishments, such as, but not limited to, barbershops, and beauty shops and tailoring and dressmaking shops. 3. Business and professional offices and banks and fiduciary institutions. 4. Restaurants, lunchrooms, bars and other eating and drinking establishments. 5. (Reserved) 6. Art, dancing, music, gymnastics and other similar instructional schools. 7. Schools for vocational instruction. 8. Scientific or research laboratories devoted to research, design and/or experimentation, and processing and fabricating incidental thereto, provided that no materials or finished products shall be manufactured, processed or fabricated on the premises for sale, except such as are incidental to the laboratory activities or are otherwise permitted in this zone. 9. Publication of newspapers and periodicals. 10. The offices, showrooms, warehouses and garages of contractors in the building trade. 11. Federal, state, county and municipal buildings and grounds, but excluding schools. 12. Essential services. 13. Child care centers pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.6 and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-66.7 of the Municipal Land Use law which are required to be licensed by the Department of Human Services pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:5B-1, et seq. 14. Artisanal Manufacturing provided that: (a) Manufacture and production is performed by a manual worker or craftsperson of commercial goods, such as jewelry, metalwork, cabinetry, stained glass, textiles, ceramics, or hand-made food products.