[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee of the Township of Pennsauken
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-13-1978 by Ord.
No. 78-3 as Art. I of Ch. 153 of the 1977 Code]
All persons or corporations who shall construct, operate or maintain
a public garage or a gasoline, diesel or oil filling station within the municipal
limits of the Township of Pennsauken shall comply with the provisions of this
article.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
See the definition of "gasoline service station" in § 141-73 of Chapter 141, Development Regulations.
[1]Any structure or place used to service, repair, fuel, lubricate,
inspect, test or store motor vehicles for compensation.
A.
Except during business hours or when at least one employee
is on the premises, no station or garage shall park or store motor vehicles
unless the same are parked or stored within an enclosed building.
B.
Except during business hours or when at least one employee
is on the premises, no station or garage shall park or store motor-drawn vehicles
unless the same are parked or stored within an enclosed building.
C.
No motor vehicle may be offered or exposed for sale,
lease, rental or hire on such premises.
D.
No motor-drawn vehicle may be offered or exposed for
sale, lease, rental or hire on such premises.
E.
No type of machinery, equipment, supplies, merchandise
or salvage or maintenance materials shall be stored outside any buildings
on such premises.
All drainage, refuse, grease drippings, oily rags or other waste material,
or other greasy or oily waste material, shall be kept enclosed in metal containers
approved by fire underwriters for disposal.
There shall be no outside storage of supplies, materials or parts unless
the same are contained within a permanent rack, case, cabinet or enclosure
of metal or other fireproof material.
Each station or garage shall be equipped with fire extinguishers of
such number, type and quality as shall be required by the Director of Public
Safety, together with such other equipment as he or she may deem necessary
for fire or other emergency purposes.[1]
No station or garage shall accumulate or store any used parts or tires,
whether for sale, storage or waste, or for any purpose, on any portion of
the premises unless within the permanent enclosed building.
A.
Except for such minor areas as may be planted with shrubbery,
the remainder of the lot or plot of said station shall be surfaced with concrete
or bituminous concrete or asphalt and shall be graded and drained to the street
to dispose of surface water accumulated.
A.
No gasoline, diesel fuel or oil filling station shall be erected or constructed on a lot any part of which is within 2,500 feet of any other gasoline, diesel fuel or oil filling station or within such other distance as may be specified in Chapter 141, Development Regulations.
B.
All fuel tanks shall be installed underground.
C.
All driveways shall be no less than 25 feet from the
intersection of street right-of-way lines, and no driveway shall be wider
than 30 feet at any point.
D.
A raised concrete curb at least eight inches high and
six inches wide at the top shall be constructed and maintained along all street
right-of-way lines, except at permitted driveways.
E.
The entire area of the lot to be traversed by any motor
vehicles shall be hard-surfaced and the balance of the lot shall be landscaped.
F.
No gasoline, diesel fuel or oil pumps or islands shall
be within 25 feet of any street right-of-way line.
G.
No other Township ordinance shall be violated.
H.
Any sign erected or maintained shall comply with the requirements of Chapter 141, Development Regulations.
I.
No signs, portable or otherwise, nor any merchandise
display racks or carts shall be placed on or about such premises at any point
beyond the property line, and in no event shall they be placed, fixed and
maintained in any way or manner that obstructs or impairs the vision of motorists
traveling on or along the highway or street abutting said station or of motorists
entering or leaving such station or public garage.
J.
The entire lot shall be continuously maintained and kept
free from paper, rubbish and debris.
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this article, they shall
be held to be minimum requirements unless otherwise stated. Any restrictions
or requirements with respect to buildings or land, or both, which appear in
other ordinances of the Township of Pennsauken or which are established by
law and are greater than those set forth herein shall take precedence over
those herein; otherwise, the provisions of this article shall apply.
[Amended 9-12-1984 by Ord.
No. 84-26]
Every owner, lessee or other person violating this article shall be
subject to one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding $1,250 or imprisonment
in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days, or a period of community
service not exceeding 90 days, in the discretion of the Municipal Court Judge.
Each day that a violation is permitted to exist, continue or occur shall constitute
a separate offense.
[Adopted 12-28-1988 by Ord.
No. 88-50]
No person, firm or corporation shall allow to be placed or permit the
placement or storage of motor vehicles as defined in Title 39 of the laws
of the State of New Jersey except and as limited to the following conditions
hereunder.
Any person, firm or corporation who is engaged in the business of automotive
repair or automotive storage or the retail distribution of gasoline shall
be permitted a maximum number of motor vehicles to remain on the exterior
of the aforesaid premises, said number to be the equivalent of three times
the number of repair bays located on the premises. For purposes of this article,
each facility with one repair bay shall be permitted three motor vehicles
to be stored or maintained on the exterior of the premises, and so forth,
multiplied by the number of repair bays located on the premises.
In the event that a person, firm or corporation who is engaged in the
business of automotive repair or automotive storage, or the retail distribution
of gasoline, shall seek relief from this article solely for the purpose of
storing motor vehicles in the rear of the premises behind any gas station
or other automotive facility, said applicant may be permitted to seek relief
from this article by virtue of an application to the Planning Board of the
Township of Pennsauken, for a conditional use permit pursuant to the New Jersey
Municipal Land Use Law (N.J.S.A. 40:55-1 et seq.). In granting or denying
said application for conditional use permit, the Township Planning Board of
the Township of Pennsauken shall use the following criteria: that said applicant
shall have adequate aesthetic buffering by way of fencing, trees or shrubbery.
In further considering the application for relief by way of conditional use
permit, the Township Planning Board of the Township of Pennsauken shall consider
other health and safety conditions, such as lighting, proximity to neighboring
residential areas and any other health, safety and public welfare considerations
it deems necessary in the use of sound discretion.
Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provisions of this
article shall be subject to one or more of the following: a fine not exceeding
$1,250 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days,
or a period of community service not exceeding 90 days, in the discretion
of the Municipal Court Judge.
