As used in this chapter the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
FILLING STATION
The use of a building or structure or any portion thereof
for the purpose of dispensing motor fuel from fixed equipment into
the fuel tanks of motor vehicles and the services incidental thereto.
The words "filling station" include the words "automotive service
station."
No person shall manage, conduct, operate or
carry on the business of a filling station without first having obtained
a license therefor as hereinafter provided. All gasoline pumps, tanks
or other containers for which permits or licenses have been heretofore
granted shall be and become subject to the terms of this chapter and
amendments thereto; and persons to whom licenses have been granted
shall forthwith apply for a license under the terms and provisions
of this chapter.
No license shall be granted except upon payment of a license fee as set out in Chapter
79, Fees and Licenses.
All licenses issued under this chapter shall
terminate on the 31st day of December following the date of issuance.
No license issued under the provisions of this
chapter shall authorize the maintenance of the business of a filling
station at any location but the location specified therein.
The following restrictions shall be observed
in reviewing applications for licenses, which shall be granted contingent
upon their observance by applicant:
A. Driveways into the plot on which the station is to
be maintained shall possess a minimum width of 10 feet and a maximum
width of 20 feet.
B. Adjacent building lines shall be approached not nearer
than five feet by any driveway.
C. No driveway shall approach nearer than 10 feet to
an intersection corner of public streets.
D. A minimum distance of 15 feet on any sidewalk shall
separate driveways in order to afford safety for pedestrians.
No gas tank or pump or any filling station shall
be constructed or maintained on the curb or on the sidewalk or any
street in the township. No gasoline pump, lift, filling, greasing
or other service applicance or apparatus shall be located within five
feet of a side or rear lot line.
Any license issued shall be revocable by the
Township Committee after hearing and good cause shown, upon 15 days'
notice in writing to be given the licensee either by serving the same
upon him personally or his surety or by leaving the same at the place
of business of such licensee.
Any person who violates any provision of this
chapter or who shall disobey any order of the Fire or Building Department
in relation to said gasoline pump, tank or other container shall,
upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding $500
or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 90 days, or both.
The provisions of this chapter as to location,
restrictions as to plot and restrictions as to setback from street
shall not apply to any filling station in existence on November 24,
1948; provided, however, that should any such filling station cease
to be operated for a period of six months, then full compliance with
all of the provisions of this chapter shall be required before any
license shall thereafter be granted.