[HISTORY: Adopted by the Commissioners (now Town Council) of the
Town of Denton 5-10-1948 by Ord. No. 63.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person, firm, corporation or association of persons shall erect,
construct, operate or maintain any drive-in station for the sale of gasoline,
oils and greases, commonly known as a "filling station," on Market Street
in Denton, Maryland, between the west side of Second Street and the east side
of Fifth Street.
No person, firm, corporation or association of persons shall erect,
operate or maintain any gasoline pumps on the public sidewalks of Market Street
between the west side of Second Street and the east side of Fifth Street in
the Town of Denton.
A.
Any such station for the sale of gasoline, oils and greases,
commonly known as a "filling station," erected, constructed, operated or maintained
within the aforesaid limits shall be and constitute a public nuisance and,
upon the order of said Town Council of Denton, may be abated and removed by
the Chief of Police of Denton.
B.
Any pumps for the sale of gasoline erected, constructed,
operated or maintained on the public sidewalks of Market Street within the
aforesaid limits shall be and constitute a public nuisance and, upon the order
of said Town Council of Denton, may be abated and removed by the Chief of
Police of Denton.
This chapter shall in no manner affect any building permit previously
issued by the Town Council of Denton for the erection of a gasoline filling
station within the aforesaid limits.