§ 184-181. Additional motor vehicle and service station requirements.

A. 

In addition to any other requirements for certain specific motor vehicle uses contained in this chapter, all motor vehicle uses shall comply with the following requirements:

(1) 

All outdoor fuel pumps and lubricating and other devices, if provided, shall be located at least 25 feet from any property line.

(2) 

All fuel, oil, gasoline or similar substances shall be stored underground and at least 12 feet from any and all property lines. Such facilities shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the standards of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.

(3) 

All dismantled automobiles, trucks, tractors, trailers and similar equipment and parts and accessories thereof shall be stored within a building or behind a solid screen fence no less than six feet high.

(4) 

Adequate receptacles shall be provided for the deposit of all motor vehicle waste material. There shall be adequate provision for disposal of trash and refuse left on the premises relating to such motor vehicle use.

(5) 

Adequate space shall be provided on the site for all the elements of the motor vehicle use to be incorporated on the site, including provision for off-street parking for the maximum number of motor vehicles, and off-street loading and unloading. No loading shall occur across curbs and sidewalks. Adequate access and egress with appropriate turning radii to the site shall be provided as well as adequate queuing and turnaround space on the site so that at no time is street traffic disrupted or blocked by vehicles entering or leaving the site. Queuing of vehicles on the street or shoulder waiting to enter the site shall not be permitted. All service and repair work shall be performed within enclosed buildings.

(6) 

All loading and parking areas for motor vehicles shall be paved, curbed and drained in accordance with the Borough Code.

Editor's Note: See Ch. A385, Construction Specifications.

(7) 

Except for single-family or two family uses, every motor vehicle use shall provide a separate entrance and exit for vehicles; entrance or exit driveways shall be located at least 20 feet from any side or rear property line. Such driveways shall be laid out as to avoid the necessity of any vehicle backing across any right-of-way.

(8) 

Curbs shall be constructed so as to channelize all traffic to permitted curb cuts. There shall be no more than two curb cuts on any street frontage.

(9) 

A fence of at least six feet shall be provided along all property boundary lines except along public street frontage.

(10) 

When located adjacent to a residential district or use, a dense planting of evergreen bushes or trees to a width of at least 10 feet in addition to a fence shall be provided, to block headlight glare and muffle noise from motor vehicles.

(11) 

All service, storage and trash areas, and such facilities as packer units, RPZ valves, LP tanks, transformers and condensers shall be completely screened from view from any public street or adjacent property.

(12) 

Display lighting shall be shielded and shall be so located and maintained as not to constitute a hazard or nuisance to the traveling public or neighbors.

B. 

Automobile service stations.

(1) 

An automobile service station site shall not be within 200 feet of the nearest wall of any hospital, theatre, auditorium, public or other noncommercial school, firehouse, police station, church, library or other similar facility located on the same street as such site, nor within 100 feet of the nearest wall of a structure devoted to any such use located elsewhere than on the same street.

(2) 

A motor vehicle service station shall have all of its pumps, tank and other facilities and space for the serving of motor vehicles located entirely upon private property. No facilities shall be installed for the servicing of motor vehicles standing upon a public street, and the fuel pumps shall not be located less than 20 feet from any property lines.

(3) 

All garage doors or interior bay accesses shall face and be oriented toward the property's side lot line, except where such side yard faces and is adjacent to a residential use.

(4) 

Outdoor storage and display of accessories and outdoor servicing, except for the filling of tires with compressed air and the dispensing of fuel, motor oil or other fluids while the vehicle is being refueled, shall be prohibited at all times. The premises shall not be used for the rental or display of trailers, mobile homes, boats or other vehicles. The rental of automobiles shall be considered a separate and distinct use from that of a service station and, as such, shall be required to comply with all requirements of New Jersey law and this chapter as they relate to automobile rental or sales establishments.

(5) 

There shall be a minimum lot frontage of 100 feet; a minimum side yard of 25 feet, within which no building shall be located; and a minimum rear yard of 25 feet, within which no building shall be located.

(6) 

The coverage of the lot by buildings, above-grade structures, pumps and mechanical equipment shall not exceed 20% of the total lot area.

(7) 

There shall be no mechanical or automatic car washing facility located on the same lot.

(8) 

When the lot upon which a motor vehicle service station is located is within 100 feet of a lot that is used, intended or suitable for use as, or zoned for use as, a residence, the filing station or service station shall not be permitted to operate or to be open to the public between the public between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. on any day.