Manasquan City Zoning Code
§ 35-14.3
Servicing and Selling of Automobiles.
[1972 Code § 107-39; Ord. No. 1097]
a.
In no district shall a gasoline or other motor fuel service or filling station, automatic automobile cleaning station, public garage or commercial garage accommodating more than five motor vehicles be erected, constructed, established, maintained or operated within 500 feet of any of the following:
1.
A public school or playground or lands owned by the Board of Education for school or playground purposes.
2.
A duly organized school giving regular instruction at least five days a week (holidays excepted) for eight or more months a year.
3.
A hospital.
4.
A church.
5.
An orphan asylum.
6.
A nursing or rest home.
7.
A public library.
8.
A theater or opera house or other building used for theatrical or operatic purposes or for public entertainment.
9.
A municipal building housing the public offices of the municipality.
10.
Any public playground or athletic field.
b.
No gasoline or other motor fuel filling appliance shall be located within 10 feet of a street line or within five feet of any adjacent property line.
c.
No gasoline or other motor fuel service or filling station shall be erected, constructed, maintained or operated within 1,000 feet of any other such service or filling station.
d.
No gasoline or other motor fuel service or filling station shall be erected, constructed, maintained or operated in that part of the Borough of Manasquan lying east of Watson's Creek.
e.
No existing garage accommodating or designed to accommodate more than five motor vehicles or a gasoline or other motor fuel service or filling station shall be deemed to become a nonconforming use through the subsequent erection of such school or schools, hospital, church, orphan asylum, nursing or rest home, public library, theater or opera house or other building used for theatrical or operatic purposes or for public entertainment, a municipal building or any public playground or athletic field, as defined above, within the aforesaid prescribed area.
f.
Plot Plans and Specifications. All applications for building permits and all applications for exceptions or variances shall be accompanied by a plan in duplicate, drawn to scale, showing the actual dimensions of the lot to be built upon, the size of the buildings to be erected or any addition thereto and any existing buildings, the location of any building upon the lot, the dimensions of all open spaces, the established building lines within the block, specifications for or of any buildings to be erected or any addition to any existing buildings or any other work to be done and such other information as may be necessary to provide for the enforcement of this Section 35-14.
g.
No business for the sale of, or otherwise dealing in, secondhand or used motor vehicles shall be conducted, operated, maintained or carried on within the Borough of Manasquan, unless such business is conducted, operated, maintained and carried on by a franchised dealer actually engaged in the business of the sale of new motor vehicles and licensed to do so by the State of New Jersey.