No gasoline tank or gasoline pump, including
a gasoline tank or gasoline pump to be used exclusively for private
purposes, shall be installed within the limits of the Borough of Ridgefield
without a permit therefor issued by the Borough Clerk.
No such permit shall be issued by the Borough
Clerk until he shall be so directed by a resolution duly adopted by
the Borough Council. All persons, firms or corporations desiring such
a permit shall make written application therefor to the Borough Council,
specifying the proposed location of such gasoline tanks and gasoline
pumps, the size and capacity thereof, the name of the owner of the
property upon which said tanks and pumps will be located and such
other information as may be required by the Borough Council. The Borough
Council may refuse to grant such application if it deems such refusal
to be for the general welfare or public safety or convenience.
No permit shall be granted until there shall
be paid a fee of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.) for each
pump connected to any gasoline tank which may be installed; except,
however, a gasoline pump to be used exclusively for private purposes
and except any person, firm or corporation having such permit.
No permit shall be granted until there shall
be paid a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.) for each pump connected
to any such gasoline tank which may be installed to be used exclusively
for private purposes.
[Amended 7-22-1985 by Ord. No. 1289]
After such permit is granted, any person, firm
or corporation operating said gasoline pump or pumps, including a
gasoline pump or pumps to be used exclusively for private purposes,
shall pay an annual fee of ten dollars ($10.) for a permit to own,
maintain or operate each such gasoline pump, which fee shall be paid
to the Borough Clerk on the first day of August in each year.
All such pumps and tanks must be installed in
a manner satisfactory to the person designated by resolution of the
Borough Council to inspect such pumps and tanks.
In the event that a written application is made
for a permit to install and maintain a tank and pump in conjunction
with a structure to be used as a service station, no permit shall
be granted by the Borough Council unless the service station shall
be located within a reasonable distance of the location of such tank
and pump, and no permit shall be granted by the Borough Council unless
said service station shall be equipped with separate comfort stations
for each sex.
The owner or owners of all gasoline service
stations now being maintained and operated in the Borough of Ridgefield
which are not now equipped with comfort stations shall cause the same
to be installed within ninety (90) days of the passage hereof.
All fees for permits herein provided for are
imposed for revenue purposes.
[Amended 3-25-1985 by Ord. No. 1281; 6-28-2010 by Ord. No. 2133]
A. If this chapter of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield
provides for the licensing or permitting of the violator, the Mayor
and Council of the Borough of Ridgefield reserve the right to revoke
such permit or license.
B. Any person found guilty of violating this chapter
of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield shall be subject to a penalty
consisting of a fine or imprisonment, or both, subject to the discretion
of the Judge, the maximum of which shall be the maximum fine or term
of imprisonment permitted to be imposed by the court having jurisdiction
over the violation of this chapter of the Code of the Borough of Ridgefield;
provided, however, that the fine shall not be less than $100 nor more
than $2,000 per offense and the prison term shall not exceed 90 days
in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:49-5.
C. In the event of a continuing violation, each day shall
constitute a separate offense.
Ordinance No. 406, entitled "An Ordinance to
regulate and control the installation of gasoline tanks and pumps,
and the maintenance of gasoline service stations in the Borough of
Ridgefield," adopted by the Borough Council on the second day of August
1932, and all ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith,
are hereby repealed.