[HISTORY: Adopted 6-7-1993 ATM, Art. 5 (Section 24.05 of
the 1993 General Bylaws). Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 415.
It is hereby declared to be a public purpose
to promote the health, safety and welfare of the residents of the
Town of Rockland, the prevention and control of fire, the control
of traffic, and the restraint of vandalism, to regulate the conditions
of operation of self-service gasoline dispensing systems.
Each license heretofore or hereafter issued
under the provisions of MGL c. 148, § 13, shall be subject
to the additional condition, that no gasoline shall be dispensed in
or upon the licensed premises by means of self-service dispensing
systems, unless during the hours when open for business there shall
be on duty at all times no fewer than one person, owner or operator
or employee, for each four dispensing hoses.
Where traffic conditions so warrant, each license
heretofore or hereafter issued under the provisions of MGL c. 148,
§ 13, shall be subject to reasonable traffic control requirements
as set forth by the Board of Selectmen after a full evaluation concerning
such traffic conditions.
[Amended 5-5-2008 ATM, Art. 33]
A violation of this bylaw shall be punishable
by a fine of $100 for each offense. Each day of violation shall constitute
a separate offense.
Evidence of repeated violations of this bylaw
shall be taken into consideration in connection with proceedings for
the revocation of such a license in accordance with the provisions
of said MGL c. 148, § 13.
