New Jersey § 39:11-5

§ 39:11-5.

Upon receipt of an application for the local permit or certificate of approval, the

governing body or zoning commission of the municipality in which the junk business

or junk yard is proposed to be established or maintained, shall hold a public hearing

upon the application, which hearing shall take place not less than two weeks nor more

than four weeks from the date of the application. Notice of the hearing shall be given the applicant and be published once in a newspaper

having a circulation in the municipality not less than seven days before the date

thereof. No permit or certificate of approval shall be granted unless the governing body or

zoning commission, as the case may be, shall, after the hearing, find that no unreasonable

depreciation of surrounding property would ensue from the establishment or maintenance

of the motor vehicle junk yard or business and that the best interests of the community

require the operation of the yard or business at the location designated. The proximity of schools, churches or other places of public gatherings, the sufficiency

in number of other similar places in the vicinity and the suitability of the applicant

to receive the license, shall be taken into consideration in considering the application. Each applicant shall pay a fee of ten dollars, the costs of publication and expenses

of the hearing to the treasurer of the municipality.