[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Kinnelon 6-27-1931 by Ord. No. 14 (Ch. 59 of the 1972 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Uniform construction codes — See Ch. 105.
Fire Prevention —  See Ch. 123.
Zoning — See Ch. 207.
A. 
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms used herein are defined as follows:
PUBLIC PLACES
Any garage, service station, stand or any place where gasoline is sold.
B. 
No building shall be occupied as a public garage, service station, stand or any place where gasoline is sold until a license therefor has been granted by the Mayor and Council.
[Amended 4-21-1966 by Ord. No. 3-66]
A. 
No person or persons, firm or corporation shall maintain or pursue the business or occupation of a garage, service station, stand or any place where gasoline is sold in the Borough of Kinnelon unless such person or persons, firm or corporation shall have first obtained a license therefor in the manner and for the term hereinafter provided, and shall have paid to the Clerk of said Borough a fee computed as follows:
(1) 
For the maintenance of a total of not more than three gasoline pumps for one calendar year or any part thereof: $10.
(2) 
For the maintenance of each gasoline pump in excess of three such pumps for one calendar year or any part thereof: $5.
B. 
For the purpose of determining the above fees, the term "gasoline pump" shall be defined as a gasoline- or any other liquid fuel-dispensing nozzle. The requirements of this chapter and the fees provided hereunder shall be in addition to any others which may be provided by any other applicable ordinances, laws or regulations of the Borough of Kinnelon, the County of Morris and the State of New Jersey, or of any of the agencies thereof.
[Amended 12-16-1976 by Ord. No. 8-76]
[Amended 12-16-76 by Ord. No. 8-76]
The granting of any such license shall be at the discretion of the Borough Council, and no license shall be granted where, in the judgment of the Mayor and Council, such place will be detrimental to the location or to the adjacent property. Such license shall be signed by the Borough Clerk, bearing the date of issue, the name of the person or persons, firm or corporation so licensed, the purpose for which it is granted and the location of the garage, service station, stand or any place where gasoline is sold wherein said business or occupation is authorized to be carried on or conducted; and such license shall not be transferable or valid to authorize the licensee to carry on or conduct said business or occupation in any place or location other than that set forth in said license; and the Borough Council may, for good and sufficient reason, revoke any such license; provided, however, that the licensee or licensees shall have been given or afforded an opportunity to be heard and permitted to show cause why such action shall not be taken.
All licenses granted hereunder shall expire on the 31st day of December of each year.
[Amended 5-1-1972 by Ord. No. 9-72; 7-21-1988 by Ord. No. 12-88; 6-21-1990 by Ord. No. 4-90]
Any person, firm or corporation violating this chapter shall be subject, upon conviction, to one or more of the following at the discretion of the court: a fine not to exceed $1,000 or imprisonment in the county jail for a term not to exceed 90 days or community service not to exceed 90 days and, if licensed, shall forfeit said license.