Mavis Tire to appear before Mount Laurel zoning board Wednesday for store in Towne Square Shopping Center.

A bid to build a Mavis Discount Tire store on the site of a now-closed bank at a Mount Laurel shopping center is scheduled to be heard by the Township zoning board on Wednesday. 

The public hearing and board consideration of the application from Mavis Tire Supply LLC to open in the Towne Square Shopping Center was postponed from the September meeting of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The meeting Wednesday begins at 6 p.m. in the municipal building courtroom, 750 Centerton Road.

A 6,952-square-foot service center would be constructed on the site of the former Liberty Bell Bank at Union Mill Road and Morning Glory Drive, according to the application to the zoning board. Mavis Tire, established in 1949, reports on its website that it has more than 3,500 owned and franchised retail locations across the United States and Canada.

An automotive service center is not a permitted use, according to Township zoning regulations. Mavis also has asked for approval for 23 parking spaces when 73 spaces are required, a larger-than-allowed freestanding sign and other zoning variances.

Mavis would occupy 1,482 square feet of retail space and the balance would be for eight service bays, according to the company's filing. A traffic impact study, by Dynamic Traffic of Marlton, estimates that the Mavis center would result in less traffic than that formerly generated by the bank.

The owner of the property is Town Square Associates LLC of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, according to the application.

Full details on the Mavis Tire application is available on the Township website here.