Chapter 152 Motor Vehicle Service Stations

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Title	Adopted	Subject	Affects
Ord. No. 2025-6 pdf	2025-06-16	Codes: Fire Prevention Code Amendment; Curfew Amendment; Insurance: Fire Insurance Claims Amendment; Loitering Amendment; Mobile Home Parks Amendment; Motor Vehicle Service Stations Amendment; Noise: Sound-Amplification Devices Amendment; Disorderly Conduct Amendment; Parks and Recreation Areas: Closing Hours Amendment; Smoking Prohibited Amendment; Peace and Good Order: Prohibited Activities Amendment; Peddling and Soliciting: Licensing of Transient Retail Business Amendment; Property, Public: Tampering With, Damaging or Destroying Amendment; Use of Malls, Benches and Monument Square Improvements Amendment; Sewers and Sewage Disposal: Sanitary Sewer Connections and Uses Amendment; Streets and Sidewalks: Sidewalk, Curb, Curb Cut, Gutter or Surface Water Drain Construction, Excavation or Repair Amendment; Street and Sidewalk Encroachments and Obstructions; Restrictions on Display of Goods Amendment; Taxation: Per Capita Tax Amendment; Local Services Tax Amendment; Water: Mandatory Connection Amendment; Zoning Amendment	Ch 110 Art II, Ch 115, Ch 137 Art I, Ch 142, Ch 148, Ch 152, Ch 160 Art I, Ch 160 Art III, Ch 166 Art I, Ch 166 Art II, Ch 170 Art I, Ch 175 Art I, Ch 180 Art I, Ch 180 Art II, Ch 192 Art I, Ch 212 Art II, Ch 212 Art III, Ch 225 Art I, Ch 225 Art IV, Ch 236 Art I, Ch 240

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Lewistown 9-22-1972 by Ord. No. 72-48(C) (Ch. 13, Part 3, of the 1986 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]

GENERAL REFERENCES

Zoning — See Ch. 240.

§ 152-1 Definitions and interpretation.

[Amended 3-24-1986 by Ord. No. 86-2]

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

MOTOR VEHICLE SERVICE DEVICE

Any tank, pump or other device or fixture for dispensing gasoline, oil or other motor fuel, or water or air, for use by motor vehicles.

PERSON

Any individual, partnership, firm, association, organization, corporation, government agency, or other entity.

§ 152-2 Location for service devices restricted.

From and after September 22, 1972, it shall be unlawful for any person to construct, erect or locate any motor vehicle service device upon any sidewalk or curb in the Borough of Lewistown or upon any other location from which vehicles might be served while standing or parked upon any street or alley in the Borough, provided that any such device lawfully located prior to September 22, 1972, may continue to be used and maintained, but every such device shall be removed whenever its use shall be discontinued. If and when it shall be necessary to replace such device, the device taking the place thereof shall not be placed or located in any location where a new device would be prohibited under this § 152-2.

§ 152-3 Violations and penalties.

[Amended 3-24-1986 by Ord. No. 86-2]

Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $300 and/or to imprisonment for a term not to exceed 90 days. Every day that a violation of this chapter continues shall constitute a separate offense.