[Ord. #437 § 1]
As used in this chapter:
GASOLINE SELLING OR SERVICE STATION
Shall mean any establishment, other than a public garage,
supplying and selling motor fuel from a pump or pumps and oil from
a container or containers direct to motor vehicles from premises abutting
a public street or right-of-way relative to which motor vehicles have
direct access therefrom.
MOTOR VEHICLE
Shall mean and include all vehicles propelled otherwise than
by muscular power, excepting such vehicles as run only upon rail or
other tracks.
PASSENGER MOTOR VEHICLE
Shall mean and include a two door or four door automobile
and station wagon used for passenger transportation.
PERSON
Shall mean and include individuals, partnerships, corporations
and associations.
PUBLIC GARAGE
Shall mean any building used for the storage, repair, servicing,
inspecting, testing or washing of one or more motor vehicles for the
general public for compensation, including storage for demonstrations,
sale or lease but not including storage as an accessory to a residential
or business use.
[Ord. #437 § 2]
All persons who shall construct, operate or maintain a gasoline
selling or service station or a public garage within the municipal
limits of the Borough shall comply with the provisions of this chapter.
[Ord. #437 § 6]
Each station or garage shall be equipped with fire extinguishers
of the number, type and quality as shall be required by the Bureau
of Fire Prevention of the Borough, or its authorized agent, together
with such other equipment as it or its agent may deem necessary for
fire or other emergencies.
[Ord. #437 § 7]
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, no station or
garage shall accumulate or store any new or used parts or tires, whether
for sale, storage, or waste or for any other purpose on any portion
of the premises unless within the permanent enclosed building or within
a side or rear yard fully screened by special planting or opaque fencing
in order not to be visible from abutting streets or properties.
[Ord. #437 § 8]
Except for such 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, penetration macadam or
gravel in accordance with municipal specifications and shall be graded
and drained to abutting streets or natural water courses in order
to dispose of accumulated surface water. Wherever the same shall abut
the side or rear line in a residency district, a solid masonry wall
or opaque fence not less than four feet high shall be erected along
the side or rear lot line but the fence or wall shall not be located
in any part of the front yard as defined by the Zoning Ordinance of
the Borough.
[Ord. #437 § 9]
No station or garage shall be erected or constructed on a lot
any part of which is within 500 feet of any other station or garage.
[Ord. #437 § 9]
All fuel tanks shall be installed underground, except not more
than 110 gallons in steel drums may be stored aboveground in such
a manner and at such location as is approved by the Bureau of Fire
Prevention, or its authorized agent.
[Ord. #437 § 9]
For the construction of new gasoline selling or service station
or public garage or reconstruction of existing such station or garage,
the following provisions shall apply:
a. All driveways shall be no less than 15 feet from the intersection
of street right-of-way lines and no driveway shall be wider than 30
feet at any point.
b. A raised concrete curb at least eight inches in height and six inches
wide at the top shall be constructed and maintained along all street
right-of-way lines, except at permitted driveways.
c. The entire area of the lot to be transversed by any motor vehicles
shall be hard surfaced and the balance of the lot shall be landscaped.
[Ord. #437 § 9]
The entire lot shall be continuously maintained and kept free
from paper, rubbish and debris.
[Ord. #437 § 10]
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this chapter,
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 Borough or are established
by law and are greater than those set forth herein shall take precedence
over those herein, otherwise, the provisions of this chapter shall
apply.
[Ord. #437 § 11]
This chapter shall be enforced by the Construction Official
of the Borough who shall investigate any violation of this chapter
coming to his attention whether by complaint or arising from his own
personal knowledge. If a violation is found to exist, he shall serve
a written notice by personal service or certified mail upon the owner,
lessee, tenant or other occupant of any gasoline selling or service
station or public garage building or premises. Such notice shall require
the violation to be abated within five days from the date of service,
or within such lesser time as the Construction Official shall deem
reasonable in cases where the danger to public health, safety and
general welfare is so imminent as to require more immediate abatement.
If the person fails to abate the violation within the time specified,
the Construction Official shall prosecute a complaint to terminate
the violation in the Municipal Court.
Every owner, lessee, or other person violating this chapter shall be liable, upon conviction, to the penalty stated in Chapter
1, Section
1-5. Each day that a violation is permitted to exist, continue or occur shall constitute a separate offense.