No license for the purpose mentioned in the preceding section
shall be issued until the Borough Council, upon the report of the
Building Inspector, shall be satisfied by a due and proper proof that
the building in which it is proposed to conduct the said public garage
or the business of storing or repairing motor vehicles has been properly
constructed and safeguarded against fire and other dangerous elements.
Upon being satisfied that the applicant for the operation of
any such public garage has complied with all the provisions of this
chapter and is otherwise entitled to a license hereunder, the Clerk,
upon the order of the Borough Council and upon the payment of the
required license fees, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue
the license to any corporation, firm or person applying therefor.
The annual fees to be paid for such license shall be according to
the capacity of said public garage or building, as follows: at the
rate of $1.00 for each car stored or capable of being stored in any
such buildings up to the limit of five machines, the floor space capacity
hereunder to be computed at the rate of 200 square feet for each car,
provided that the minimum license hereunder for any public garage
shall be $1.00 per year. Any public garage having more than 1,000
square feet of floor space intended to be devoted to the purpose of
such public garage shall pay an additional license fee at the rate
of $0.50 for every additional 200 square feet therein used or intended
to be used as a public garage or for motor vehicle storage purposes,
provided that the maximum license fee hereunder for any public garage
shall be $15.00 per year and provided also that where a number of
individual public garages are constructed in separate stalls or sections
under one roof or adjoining each other for the storage in each stall
or section thereof of one car or motor vehicle, the annual license
fee to be paid hereunder for each stall or section shall be the sum
of $1.00.
It shall be unlawful to erect or maintain on any of the public
streets or sidewalks in the Borough of Merchantville any gasoline
storage tank, pump, pipes or other appliances for the sale of gasoline
without first obtaining a license therefor as herein provided. Such
license shall be issued by the Clerk when directed by the Borough
Council when in the judgment of the Council the issuance thereof is
for the public good. The license fee therefor shall be $2.00 per annum.
Every license issued hereunder shall expire on the 31st day
of December next after the same shall be issued and shall be renewed
annually, and for any license taken out between the first day of January
in one year and the first day of January in the next year, the applicant
shall only be required to pay for the proportional part of the year
for which it is issued; provided, however, that the minimum license
fee hereunder shall be $1.00 for any one year or part of any one year
for each public garage or each gasoline selling station, as aforesaid.
The keeping open of such garage for business or the advertising
of such garage whether by printed advertisement, public signs or otherwise
shall be deemed to be the operation and maintenance of a public garage
within the meaning of this chapter.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith,
to the extent of such inconsistency only, are hereby repealed.
This chapter shall take effect immediately.