Applications for any conditional use permit
permitted by this chapter shall be made to the Planning Board. In
approving any such application, the Planning Board may impose any
conditions that it deems necessary to accomplish the reasonable application
of applicable standards as provided in this article and may deny any
such application, but only in accordance with the standards outlined
below. Attached to each application shall be a site plan as per the
Site Plan Ordinance of the Borough of Lavallette.
Gasoline filling stations, automobile service
stations and public garages shall be permitted in the Business District,
provided that the following conditions and standards are complied
with:
A. No automobile service station or parking garage or
parking lot for five or more vehicles shall have an entrance or exit
for vehicles within 200 feet along the same side of a street of any
hospital, public building or institution located within the same block.
B. No automobile service station shall be permitted where
any oil draining pit or visible appliance for any purpose, other than
filling pumps, is located within 20 feet of any property line or within
50 feet of any residential district unless such appliance or pit is
located within a building.
C. There shall be a minimum of 1,500 feet between automobile
service stations, which distance shall be measured in a direct line
between the closest property lines of each of the premises involved.
D. A set of plans and specifications, plot plan and a
site plan of the proposed premises shall be filed in triplicate with
the Planning Board, showing in detail an exact location of the automobile
service station or public garage, the number and location of fuel
tanks to be installed, the dimensions and capacity of each tank, the
depth at which the tanks will be placed below the ground, the number
and location of pumps to be installed, the type of structure and accessory
buildings to be constructed, the number of automobiles which may be
garaged and a description of the nature and extent of the proposed
use.
E. Automobile service stations or public garages shall
be on lots of not less than 10,000 square feet in area and 100 feet
of frontage.
F. All gasoline pumps shall be located at least 25 feet
from any side or rear property line.
G. No gasoline pumps shall be located nearer than 15
feet to any property line abutting a street or streets.
H. No pits, racks or lifts shall be permitted out of
doors.
I. No ingress or egress drive shall be located within
30 feet of a street intersection and no such drive shall have a width
of less than 20 feet or more than 30 feet.
J. No automobiles shall be offered for sale at a public
garage or gasoline station, but the rental of automobiles shall be
permitted at public garages.
K. No vehicle body repairs shall be carried out.
L. No junk or derelict vehicles shall be stored or maintained.
Inoperable vehicles shall be stored only for a period reasonably necessary
to permit repair.
M. The entire area of the site traversed by motor vehicles
shall be hard surfaced.
N. The Planning Board shall determine that the site plan
is appropriate to the area. It may require buffers of foliage and/or
screen fencing if necessary to protect surrounding properties from
the effect of light or noise generated on the property, or for aesthetic
reasons.
O. Any repair of motor vehicles shall be performed in
a fully enclosed building.
P. No gasoline shall be stored on any premises except
in underground tanks.
Q. No residence of any kind shall be permitted on the
premises having a gasoline filling station, auto service station or
public garage.