When, after consideration of a site plan presented to it, the Planning Board of the Township of Cinnaminson determines that a tract of land is to be developed as a shopping center, individual leased premises with the shopping center shall not be included in the definition of the word "lot" set forth in this chapter. However, before a valid sale of any one or more of the leased premises within the shopping center may be effected, there must be compliance with all pertinent terms of this chapter, and the premises to be sold will no longer be entitled to the exemption provided for leased premises in this subsection.

A shopping center is a building composed of three or more partitioned units, said units to be occupied for business purposes as permitted under this chapter. These units must have a common owner and be located in one structure, with the result that all the units are under the same roof and have party or common walls between immediately adjacent units and have common walkways and common parking lots.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter heretofore adopted, all uses permitted in the Commercial Districts of the Township shall be permitted uses in a shopping center complex, as defined hereinabove, when such shopping center is approved by the Planning Board of the Township.

Any sign or signs of identity to be used by individual stores in shopping center complexes, as defined hereinabove, must be located and confined entirely to the facade of the building. The identity sign or signs for any individual store may occupy a space equivalent to two square feet for every one foot in width of the individual store front. Any sign or signs to be erected must be placed at least one foot from the top of the facade of the building. No signs may be erected or placed on any part of a canopy, awning or marquee covering the pedestrian walkway adjacent to this store.

All shopping centers shall erect a multiple occupant tenant sign listing all store and/or retail establishments occupying the premises. The size, height and location of said sign shall be in conformance with the requirements of § 525-121, but in no case shall exceed 125 square feet per side.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the foregoing paragraphs, the definition of "shopping center" is expressly intended to exclude operations familiarly known as "flea markets" which are generally, though not specifically, considered to consist of utilization of large, previous vacant buildings, such as discount stores or vacant shopping centers for purposes of providing locations for the wholesale or retail sale of goods to the public in which the vendors do not enjoy long-term leases with the owners/lessors of the site, and/or where the tenancies are generally unaccompanied by substantial investments by the tenants in the property itself, such as "fit-ups," "shopping amenities," and the like.