Borough of Closter, NJ
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2023-07-27
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Part II, General Legislation
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Chapter 200 Zoning
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Article XV Gasoline Stations, Public Garages and Repair Shops
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Administrator
- Ch 5 Assessment, Board of
- Ch 9 Claims and Bills
- Ch 10 Contracts
- Ch 11 Court, Municipal
- Ch 12 Defense and Indemnification
- Ch 14 Emergency Services
- Ch 16 Environmental Commission
- Ch 18 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 21 Fire Department
- Ch 23 Food and Assistance Board
- Ch 26 Health, Board of
- Ch 28 Housing Authority
- Ch 29 Improvement Commission
- Ch 30 Intermunicipal Agreements
- Ch 35 Land Use Procedures
- Ch 38 Map, Official
- Ch 43 Officers and Employees
- Ch 46 Pensions and Retirement
- Ch 48 Personnel Policies
- Ch 50 Police Department
- Ch 52 Public Works, Department of
- Ch 53 Purchasing Agent
- Ch 56 Recreation Commissioners, Board of
- Ch 57 (Reserved)
- Ch 58 Sexual Harassment
- Ch 59 Shade Tree Commission
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 65 Alarm Systems
- Ch 67 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 69 Amusements and Amusement Devices
- Ch 71 Animals
- Ch 75 Bicycles and Skateboards
- Ch 79 Borough Property
- Ch 81 Brush, Grass and Weeds
- Ch 85 Buildings, Unfit
- Ch 87 Business and Residential Certificates of Occupancy
- Ch 89 Construction Codes, Uniform
- Ch 92 Driveways
- Ch 93 Construction and Repair of Sidewalks and Curbs
- Ch 95 Dumpsters
- Ch 100 (Reserved)
- Ch 103 Fences
- Ch 106 Fire Prevention
- Ch 108 Flood Damage Prevention
- Ch 110 Games of Chance
- Ch 111 Garage Sales
- Ch 112 Gasoline Service Stations
- Ch 114 Hazardous Substance Costs Recovery
- Ch 116 Hunting and Trapping
- Ch 120 Jewelry, Secondhand
- Ch 125 Library Materials
- Ch 127 Licenses
- Ch 129 Limousine or Livery Service
- Ch 132 Newsracks
- Ch 134 Noise
- Ch 141 Outdoor Cafes
- Ch 142 Parks and Playgrounds
- Ch 145 Poolrooms
- Ch 147 Property Maintenance
- Ch 151 Rental Property, Short-Term
- Ch 160 Sewers
- Ch 162 Shopping Carts
- Ch 164 (Reserved)
- Ch 167 Soil Movement
- Ch 169 Solid Waste
- Ch 170 Stormwater Management
- Ch 170A Stormwater Control
- Ch 171 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 173 Subdivision of Land and Site Plan Review
- Ch 176 Swimming Pools
- Ch 178 Television and Movie Filming
- Ch 179 Towing and Storage
- Ch 180 Trailers and Camp Cars
- Ch 181 Tree Preservation and Removal
- Ch 183 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 185 Vending Machines
- Ch 189 Water
- Ch 200 Zoning
- Ch 200 Art XV Gasoline Stations, Public Garages and Repair Shops
- § 200-67 Permit required; applications; data.
- Board of Health Legislation
- Ch 250 Revised Health Code
- Ch DL_RHC Disposition List
- Appendix
- Ch A300 Cable Television Franchise
- Ch A301 Fees and Deposits
- Ch A302 Public Land, Leasing of
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
No person, firm or corporation shall erect,
alter or use any structure for a gasoline station, public garage,
repair shop or similar use without first obtaining a permit therefor
from the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Closter. Application
for said permit shall be made in writing, accompanied by detailed
plans and specifications of the structure intended to be erected,
altered or so used. No permit shall be granted unless the structure
or use conforms to the following minimum requirements:
A.
The lot upon which the proposed use is situated shall
not be within a distance of 200 feet, as measured along the public
street, of a school, church, hospital, theater or public library.
B.
The lot upon which the use is to be located shall
not be situated or have an entrance or exit within 50 feet of any
property in the Residence Area A, Residence Area B or Business Area
Zones.
C.
All facilities used in connection with said business
shall be located entirely upon private property, and no facilities
shall be installed for the servicing of any cars while said cars are
located on the public street.
D.
No public garage or repair shop shall have any openings
in the side or rear walls or roof within 10 feet of any lot line.
E.
No public garage shall have any of its ground floor
storage space or workshop within 25 feet of the front street line.
F.
All exterior walls of a public garage, gasoline station
or repair shop shall be constructed of fireproof materials.
G.
All automobile repair work shall be done inside the
building and not out of doors; provided, however, that the mechanical
repair work (i.e., working on mechanical parts of a vehicle and not
painting, bodywork, refinishing, etc.) may be done out of doors during
the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
[Amended 1-2-1997 by Ord. No. 1996:736]
H.
The entrance or exit driveways for a public garage
shall be at least eight feet wide and shall be extended directly to
a street.
