[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee
of the Township of Maplewood 8-18-2015 by Ord. No. 2793-15.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Fire prevention — See Ch. 127.
Hazardous materials — See Ch. 147.
Zoning and land development — See Ch. 271.
[1]
Editor’s Note: This ordinance superseded former Ch. 137, Gasoline Service Stations, consisting of Art. I, General Provisions, adopted 12-3-1974 by Ord. No. 1438 as Section 3-6 of the 1974 Revised General Ordinances, as amended, and Art. II, Hours of Operation, adopted 11-27-1983 by Ord. No. 1640.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any building, land area or other premises used for a convenience
store, which is a store that stocks a range of everyday items such
as groceries, snack food, candy, toiletries, soft drinks, tobacco
products and newspapers, with an associated automotive fueling station,
which involves the retail dispensing or sales of fuels and oil from
a container for automobiles, light passenger trucks, and commercial
trucks but does not include the installation of tires, batteries and
similar vehicular accessories nor the renting, painting, cleaning
or detailing, body work, servicing, storage or repair of any vehicles.
The dispensing, sale or offering for sale of motor vehicle
fuel which is dispensed from fixed fuel pumps into the fuel tanks
of motor vehicles.
Any building, structure, place or location designated to
supply motor vehicles with gasoline, oil, grease and supplies for
the inspection, testing and examination and repair thereof and to
maintain gasoline pumps and oil pumps for the purpose of selling gasoline
and oil.
Any business, service or industry, other than a gasoline
service station, which involves the storage, maintenance or repair
of motor vehicles.
The owners or operators of a gasoline service station, a repair
garage, a convenience store with fueling station or a fueling station
in the Township shall comply with the following regulations:
A.
The building and premises on which the business is conducted shall
be kept clean, and no refuse shall be permitted to accumulate therein
or thereon.
B.
Restrooms and other toilet facilities shall be kept in a clean and
sanitary condition and the fixtures in working order at all times.
C.
At gasoline service stations or repair garages, no repair work on
vehicles shall be done on the outside of the building, except the
following:
(1)
The repair of tires and tubes.
(2)
The recharging and rental of batteries.
(3)
Such incidental work as may be necessary in connection with the installation,
mounting or adjustment of accessories herein permitted to be sold
or in connection with the testing and adjustment of the fuel and electrical
systems of motor vehicles.
(4)
The adjustment of brakes.
D.
At convenience stores with fueling stations, no repair work on vehicles
shall be done in the open, except the following:
(1)
Pouring oil, transmission fluid, power steering fluid, and window
washer fluid from a container directly into a vehicle and dispersing
air.
E.
No merchandise shall be displayed or kept for sale outside the building
except petroleum products and automobile accessories reasonably connected
with or necessary for the sale or lawful operation of motor vehicles.
F.
No oil shall be stored or displayed in tanks or other receptacles
outside of the building except for immediate use in servicing vehicles.
Such oil shall be kept in jars or cans neatly racked or stacked, and
no jar or can shall be in excess of eight-quart capacity. Nothing
herein shall be construed to permit the storage or handling of flammable
liquids in violation of the Fire Prevention Ordinance of the Township
of Maplewood.[1]
G.
At gasoline service stations or repair garages, only one neat and
attractive identification pylon or similar type sign and one neat
and attractive portable A-frame or similar type sign advertising the
business conducted on the premises shall be permitted in addition
to the usual identification signs affixed to the building on the premises.
Such A-frame or similar type sign shall not exceed three feet in width
or four feet in height, and the supporting frame shall not exceed
five feet in height. Where the premises abuts upon two or more streets,
one additional such pylon or similar type sign and one additional
such A-frame or similar type sign shall be permitted at each street
frontage. Signs shall be placed so as not to obstruct drivers'
vision. Advertising or identification signs painted on the face of
the building and the use of strings of pennants, flags or similar
decorations, whirling displays, cards and flickering, rotating, flashing
or colored lights on the premises are expressly prohibited. The lighting
sources on the premises shall be so erected and maintained that no
disturbing glare will be visible at any time to adjacent property
owners or to motorists using the public streets.
I.
Any case or rack for the display of petroleum products and automobile
accessories reasonably connected with or necessary for the safe or
lawful operation of motor vehicles hereinafter erected or placed outside
of the building shall be constructed of metal and may not exceed seven
feet in height.
J.
At gasoline service stations or repair garages, no parking of commercial
vehicles shall be permitted on the premises except such temporary
parking as may be necessary in connection with the servicing of such
vehicles. No outdoor parking of any vehicles shall be permitted on
the premises between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., except
such vehicles as are required to remain on the premises for further
servicing or repair.
K.
At gasoline service stations or repair garages, no motor vehicles
shall be sold or displayed for sale on the premises unless the owner
or operator of the premises holds a license to do so issued pursuant
to the provisions of the statutes of the State of New Jersey and the
ordinances of the Township.
L.
At convenience stores with fueling stations or fueling stations,
no motor vehicles shall be sold or displayed for sale on the premises.
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any building, land area or other premises used for a convenience
store, which is a store that stocks a range of everyday items such
as groceries, snack food, candy, toiletries, soft drinks, tobacco
products and newspapers, with an associated automotive fueling station,
which involves the retail dispensing or sales of fuels and oil from
a container for automobiles, light passenger trucks, and commercial
trucks but does not include the installation of tires, batteries and
similar vehicular accessories nor the renting, painting, cleaning
or detailing, body work, servicing, storage or repair of any vehicles.
Any building, structure, place or location designated primarily
to supply motor vehicles with gasoline, oil, grease and supplies for
the inspection, testing and examination and repair thereof and to
maintain gasoline pumps and oil pumps for the purpose of selling gasoline
and oil.
A.
Except for gasoline service stations and convenience stores with
fueling stations that are located within the Highway Business Zone,
it shall be unlawful for any gasoline service station to be operated
between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. of the following morning.
B.
Any gasoline service station and convenience store with fueling station
operating between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. must:
(1)
Have a security plan in place that is preapproved by the Maplewood
Chief of Police, which includes an emergency phone number for the
owner or manager of the facility.
(2)
Take all steps necessary to insure that ambient noise and light is
not a disturbance to adjacent residential properties.
(3)
Comply with the Township Noise Ordinance.
Any person who violates any provision of this article shall,
upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not to exceed $500 for
each violation.
