NOTICE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the application of Woodlane Logistics, LLC (the "Applicant"), the Land Development Board (the "Board") of the Township of Westampton shall conduct a virtual public hearing on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, commencing at 7:00 p.m., to consider an Application for Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan Approval, Bulk Variance Approval, and Design Exceptions, all relevant to the proposed development and use of two warehouse/distribution facilities (Building #1 will be 307,520 +/- square feet in size, and Building #2 will be 205,140+/- square feet in size), along with related site improvements, including but not limited to approximately 503 car parking spaces, 92 loading docks, 45 trailer parking stalls, utility infrastructure, and related site improvements, and all involving property located along Irick Road (County Route 630), Woodlane Road (County Route 630), and the New Jersey Turnpike, and identified as Block 804, Lot 12 on the Official Tax Maps of Westampton Township (the "Property"). The Property is located in the I-Industrial Zoning District ("I-1 Zone"). The Applicant is the contract purchaser of the Property.
On April 7, 2022, the Applicant submitted an Application for Preliminary and Final Site Plan Approval and Bulk Variance Approval for the construction of two warehouse/distribution buildings, and Use Variance Approval to allow the existing cell tower at the Property to remain after construction of the warehouse buildings (collectively, the "Woodlane Application"). The Woodlane Application was before the Board sitting in its capacity as a Zoning Board because, in a previous application brought by MRP Industrial NE, LLC ("MRP") the Board had made the erroneous determination that a d(1) use variance was required in order for warehouses to be constructed on the Property because of the presence of a cell tower on the Property. MRP appealed that decision. On appeal, the Appellate Division held, among other things, that a use variance was not necessary. While the MRP appeal was pending, the Applicant submitted the Woodlane Application which presents a different site layout from the prior MRP application. The Woodlane Application was determined by the Board to be administratively complete, and public hearings on the Application were held on October 25, 2022, November 7, 2022, and December 7, 2022. At its December 7, 2022 meeting, the Board voted 5 to 2 to deny the Use Variance Application. The Board never decided the Site Plan and Bulk Variance requests following its denial of the Use Variance Application. By way of Resolution 01-2023 dated January 4, 2023, the Board memorialized its denial of the Woodlane Application. Thereafter, the Applicant filed an appeal to Superior Court which upheld the Board's denial. Thereafter, the Applicant filed an appeal to the Appellate Division which is currently pending. Recognizing that the decision by the Appellate Division in the MRP Appeal has direct bearing on the issues in the Woodlane Application, the Applicant filed a motion for a temporary remand allowing the matter to return to the Board to consider the Remanded Application on the merits.
Consistent with the Order of the Appellate Division dated June 16, 2025 and the subsequent Opinion and Order from Judge Terrence Cook dated December 17, 2025 remanding the back to the Board sitting in its capacity as a Planning Board, the Applicant is requesting that the Board now deliberate and vote on the Remanded Application.
The Applicant is requesting Bulk Variance Approvals to allow the following: (i) a water tank / fire pump station to be located on the front yard area, when accessory structures are not permitted in the front yard area along Irick Road; (ii) signage, a retaining wall, and guide rails to be located in buffer strips along Woodlane Road and Irick Road, when the Ordinance requires that buffer strips be free from structures and signs; and, (iii) the light intensity provided at ground level to range from approximately 1.7 footcandles to 2.7 footcandles, when the Ordinance provides that the lighting level shall average a maximum of 0.5 footcandles over the entire Property. The Applicant is requesting a Design Exception to allow a 25-foot landscaped buffer along the east, south and northerly property lines, when 50-foot buffers may be required by the Ordinance.
At the same time, the Applicant will also be requesting that the Board grant any and all other variances, waivers, Ordinance interpretations and/or other approvals or relief that may be deemed necessary to permit the use and development of the Property as proposed by the Applicant.
This application shall be heard at the regular meeting of the Westampton Township Land Development Board on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will be virtual via zoom website. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81250203695 Meeting ID: 812 5020 3695.
All documents relating to this application may be inspected by the public during normal business hours in the Westampton Township Municipal Building, 710 Rancocas Road, Westampton, New Jersey 08060. You can also contact the Board Secretary, Jennifer Cragg, at jcragg@westampton.com or (609) 267-1891 for assistance in reviewing the documents or with any questions about the Application or public hearing.
Michael F. Floyd, Esquire
ARCHER & GREINER, P.C.
1025 Laurel Oak Road
Voorhees, New Jersey 08043
(856) 795-2121
Attorneys for Applicant
March 22 2026
LSOM0482072
$70.98