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West Caldwell City Zoning Code

§ 20-17.12

Motor Vehicle Service Stations.

[Ord. No. 890 § 20-17.12; Ord. No. 937; Ord. No. 1206 § 2]
a. 
No approval shall be granted, and no permit shall be issued, for the erection, structural alteration or enlargement of any motor vehicle service station or for the conversion of any premises for such purposes if the effect of same would increase to more than 10 the total number of motor vehicle service stations within the Township.
b. 
All the conditional use standards herein pertaining to public garages shall also apply to motor vehicle service stations.
c. 
No motor vehicle service station shall be located on any lot which is within 1,500 feet from the nearest property line of any lot upon which is erected an existing motor vehicle service station.
d. 
Gasoline pumps and related service facilities may be located in any yard and shall be set back at least 25 feet from any property line. Canopy structures related thereto shall be set back at least 15 feet from any property line and shall not exceed 18 feet in height to the top thereof, nor shall any valances affixed to such structures exceed four feet in height.
e. 
All applicants shall supply full and complete information as to the size, type and construction of all tanks and the quantity of all fuels and other flammable substances to be stored therein, together with the minimum depth of the top of all tanks below ground level and the method of extracting fuels and other flammable substances from all tanks.
f. 
All gas tank vents shall be located at least 20 feet from any property line.