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The only exit within Mount Laurel is Exit 4, which provides access to Route 73. [114] I-295 passes through the township, with three exits: (Exit 36: Berlin/Tacony Bridge/Route 73, Exit 40: Moorestown/Mount Holly/Route 38, and Exit 43: Delran/Rancocas Woods). [115] Other major thoroughfares through Mount Laurel are Route 38, [116] Route 73 [117 ...
The doctrine takes its name from the lead case in which it was first pronounced by the New Jersey Supreme Court in 1975: Southern Burlington County N.A.A.C.P. v. Mount Laurel Township (commonly called Mount Laurel I), in which the plaintiffs challenged the zoning ordinance of Mount Laurel Township, New Jersey, on the grounds that it operated to ...
Washington Township shares a municipal court with neighboring Bass River Township; the court is located in New Gretna, Bass River Township. [52] In 2018, the township had an average property tax bill of $3,438, the lowest in the county, compared to an average bill of $6,872 in Burlington County and $8,767 statewide. [53] [54]
Ethel Robinson Lawrence (March 16, 1926 - July 19, 1994) was a civil rights activist who was known as the "Rosa Parks of affordable housing". [1] Lawrence was the lead plaintiff in the Mount Laurel, New Jersey litigation for affordable housing, which led to the New Jersey Fair Housing Act, the New Jersey Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) and the Mount Laurel doctrine. [2]
The township borders the Burlington County municipalities of Burlington Township, Delanco Township, Delran Township, Edgewater Park Township, Moorestown Township, Mount Laurel Township and Westampton Township. [36] [37] [38] Rancocas Creek drains Willingboro and forms its SW boundary while U.S. Route 130 forms its NW boundary.
Rancocas Woods is located on the Rancocas Creek, a major river that empties into the Delaware River.Exit 43 on Interstate 295 can be used to access Rancocas Woods. There is no direct exit on the New Jersey Turnpike, however, the nearest exits to Rancocas Woods are exit 4 (Route 73 – Mount Laurel) and exit 5 (County Route 541 – Burlington, Mount Holly).
Mount Laurel Township, 92 N.J., 158). The litigation led to the requirement by the New Jersey Supreme Court (1983) for communities to supply their "regional fair share" of low-income housing needs, known as the "Mount Laurel Doctrine." Davidoff died in New York City from complications related to cancer treatment on December 27, 1984. [1]
There had been a Mount Holly post office since before the 1870 U.S. Census. The township was renamed Mount Holly as of November 6, 1931, based on the results of a referendum held three days earlier. [23] The township was named for hills covered with holly trees. [24] [25] Some areas of today's Mount Holly were known as Bridgetown. [26] [27] [28]