§ 284-5. Storage by service station or garage operators or new or used car dealers.

A. 

Not more than 10 vehicles. Service station or garage operators and new or used car dealers shall have the right to park, have, store or maintain, at any one time, no more than 10 inoperable motor vehicles or component parts thereof on private property owned or occupied by such operators or dealers, when such vehicles or any of them are being or are about to be repaired or are being disposed of or scrapped or are being held for insurance company evaluations, so long as there has been complete compliance with the following conditions:

(1) 

Such storage of any single motor vehicles shall not continue for more than 90 days.

(2) 

All of the other applicable provisions of the Code of the Borough of Fanwood are met.

(3) 

All requirements of Chapter 184, Land Use, of the Code of the Borough of Fanwood for the location and operation of such storage facility are met.

(4) 

Leaks or drippings of vehicle fluids shall be trapped by a suitable container so as to prevent the fluid(s) or drippings from seeping into the pavement or ground.

B. 

More than 10 vehicles. Service station or garage operators or licensed new or used car dealers shall have the right to park, have, store or maintain, at any one time, more than 10 inoperable motor vehicles or component parts thereof on private property owned or occupied by such operators or dealers so long as there has been complete compliance with the following conditions:

(1) 

Such storage of any single vehicle shall not continue for more than 180 days.

(2) 

All of the other applicable provisions of the Code of the Borough of Fanwood are met.

(3) 

All requirements of Chapter 184, Land Use, of the Code of the Borough of Fanwood for the location and operation of such storage facility are met.

(4) 

Fire lanes of adequate width and location, as determined by the Fanwood Fire Department, must be provided.

(5) 

Any vegetation in the storage area must be kept trimmed and cut back to within four inches of ground level and all resultant trimmings and clippings removed from the storage area.

(6) 

The property must be fully lighted and the area devoted to vehicle storage paved to provide support for emergency vehicles. Paving materials may be gravel, cinders, macadam, concrete or other similar materials and must be sufficient depth to provide support equivalent to four inches of gravel;

(7) 

The property must be surrounded by solid-type fencing at least six feet in height to prevent unlawful entry, with the fences maintained in good repair at all times and in sufficient quantity, density and location to preclude viewing of the inoperable vehicles from the public street or adjacent properties from ground level.

(8) 

Leaks or drippings of vehicle fluids shall be trapped by a suitable container so as to prevent the fluid(s) or drippings from seeping into the pavement of ground.

C. 

For purposes of this section, property separated from the main place of business of the service station or garage operator or new or used car dealer by a public road or property owned or operated by another shall be considered as part of the same property and activity.