Except during garage, estate or auction sales conducted pursuant to a permit issued by the Township, no goods shall be displayed for sale in any residential zone district.[1]

Business uses shall not permanently display goods for sale, including motor vehicles, outdoors except where the goods displayed are the merchandise of a business included within a structure located on the site and the display is in accordance with a site plan approved by the municipal agency.

Temporary sales and outdoor display of goods may be permitted where the goods displayed are the merchandise of a business included within a structure located on the site. No business shall hold more than five such sales per year nor shall any one sale exceed one week in duration.

Uses such as flea markets where two or more concessionaires, proprietors or businesses display goods out of doors shall not be permitted in any zoning district within the Township except temporary sales operated by nonprofit or charitable groups may be permitted where the goods displayed are on a site which is already developed as a principal use of the nonprofit group. No nonprofit group shall hold more than two such sales per year nor shall any one sale exceed four days in duration.

Goods for sale, displayed or stored outdoors, in accordance with an approved site plan, shall not be located closer than 25 feet to any street right-of-way or 15 feet to any side or rear line, except in conjunction with temporary sidewalk or other types of outdoor sales, provided that a clear pathway of at least four feet is maintained at all times on the sidewalk.

Temporary sales of Christmas trees may be permitted beginning the day after Thanksgiving in November through the month of December in business zones and on developed sites occupied by nonprofit or charitable groups. Such sales shall be in accordance with a permit issued by the Zoning Officer. No permit shall be issued unless adequate off-street stopping space or maneuvering space for vehicles of customers can be provided and it can be demonstrated that the temporary use will not interfere with other uses on the site. Each such use shall be permitted to have one freestanding sign, no larger than 12 square feet in area, no closer to any property line than 10 feet, and not exceeding eight feet in height. Such signs shall be temporary and shall be removed from the property on which the sales are being conducted no later than December 31.

Peddlers, canvassers, or itinerant vendors who are subject to the license requirements of Chapter 169 of the Township Code shall operate in accordance with the terms of the license issued by Manalapan Township. No peddler, canvasser, or itinerant vendor shall conduct business from a stationary position for any extended period of time in a residential or nonresidential zone except as permitted pursuant to Subsection D above in conjunction with the temporary sales operated by nonprofit or charitable groups on sites which are already developed as the principal use of the nonprofit group. No peddler, canvasser, or itinerant vendor shall operate from a stationary position for any extended period of time in a nonresidential zone except that the Manalapan Township Committee may approve a license for a peddler or vendor to operate at a stationary position in the LI Light Industrial Zone District or the LB-W Limited Business Wilson Avenue Zone District. Approval to operate from a stationary position in the LB-W Zone or the LI Zone shall be at the discretion of the Township Committee and a license issued by the Township may limit the hours of operation, placement, duration of stay, signage, equipment, or any other aspect of the business operation in order to ensure that the presence of the operation does not present a public hazard, danger or inconvenience, contribute to pedestrian or vehicular congestion, or constitute a public nuisance.