[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council
of the Borough of Dumont by Ord.
No. 771 (Secs. 7-30 through 7-36 of the 1970 Revised
Ordinances). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A car wash shall be a permitted use in the B2
and LI Zoning Districts.
The necessity for certain specific uses is recognized
and at the same time appreciating the fact that it may be or become
inimical to public health, safety, and general welfare of the community,
if located without due consideration to the existing conditions and
surroundings, the following standards for a "car wash" are hereby
established:
A.
The parcel upon which it shall be located shall have
a minimum frontage of 150 feet and a minimum depth of 200 feet.
B.
No structure shall be erected nearer than 75 feet
to any street line, nor nearer than 50 feet to any side property line,
nor nearer than 40 feet at its rear yard line.
C.
The minimum building size shall be 1,200 square feet
and shall include rest room facilities for employees and the public.
A.
No person shall operate any car wash in the Borough
without having first obtained a license therefor from the Borough
Council as hereafter provided.
C.
No license shall be issued unless the premises in
which the commercial car wash is to be located complies in all respects
with the Building Code of the Borough,[2]Chapter 455, Zoning, health codes and other Borough ordinances and regulations or other ordinances and laws of public bodies have jurisdiction. The Building Officer and Health Officer shall certify on each application that the Borough ordinances within their jurisdiction have been satisfied.
D.
Each license shall be issued for a term of one year
commencing on January 1st and shall expire on the 31st day of December
next following the date of issuance.
E.
The annual license fee for a full year or any portion
thereof shall be $75. In addition thereto, the applicant shall pay
for any engineering fees incurred by the Borough of Dumont in the
course of processing such application. All said fees shall be paid
prior to the issuance of such license. Prior to each renewal of such
license, the Borough Engineer, Building Officer and Health Officer
shall certify that the applicant is complying with the terms of this
chapter, each certification to relate to those matters under this
chapter entrusted to his jurisdiction or as to other applicable ordinances
of the Borough within their jurisdiction.[3]
A.
An applicant shall first submit plans for the proposed
improvement or use which shall include a site plan drawn to scale,
construction details and details regarding paving, lighting, curb
cuts, means of ingress and egress, landscaping and adjacent uses.
During or prior to the required public hearing held in accordance
with the statute, reports from the department of public works concerning
construction and from the police department concerning traffic shall
be filed with the Joint Land Use Board. The Joint Land Use Board
may impose such conditions, in recommending the issuance of any such
permit so as to insure that the proposed use shall be integrated with
the street pattern and to secure proper traffic safety.
B.
No motor vehicles waiting to enter a commercial car
wash shall be permitted on any public street of the Borough, but must
be confined within the parking and waiting areas shown on plans filed
by a licensee with his application for a license.
C.
The site plan will provide for the standing of at
least 25 vehicles on the lot within a free-flowing line(s) from the
point of ingress to the entrance to the car wash structure and the
entire area of the site intended for the travel or parking of motor
vehicles will be hard surfaced. No driveway will be closer than 10
feet to any property line or closer than 25 feet to another lot which
is within a residential zone or to the intersection of street lines.
D.
There shall be a minimum of one on-site parking space
for each two employees.
E.
The noise at the boundary of such lot shall not exceed
in intensity and frequency the noise of street traffic at the adjoining
street or streets.
F.
No waste material whatsoever shall be discharged into
any street or watercourse except in accordance with existing state
and local requirements and regulations.
No commercial car wash shall be operated before
8:30 a.m. prevailing time and after 8:30 p.m. prevailing time from
Monday to Saturday in any week and shall not be operated on Sunday
in any week.
Any license granted or renewed hereunder may
be revoked by the Mayor and Council in the event any licensee in his
operation violates any provision of this chapter or any other applicable
ordinance of the Borough of Dumont, upon at least 10 days written
notice to the applicant at the address shown on his most recent application,
and after public hearing. Said notice shall clearly specify any and
all such violations and set the date, time and place of hearing. The
Building Inspector or other parties designated by the Mayor and Council
shall be the enforcement officer.
Any person violating any of the provisions of
this chapter shall be subject to a penalty of imprisonment in the
county jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or a fine not exceeding
$200 or both. The court before which any person is convicted for violating
this chapter shall have power to impose any fine or term of imprisonment
not exceeding the maximum fine in such ordinance.
