13-16 SERVICE STATIONS.



§13-16.1 Entrance Regulations



No service station shall have an entrance or exit for vehicles within 200 feet along the same side of a street of any school, public playground, church, hospital, public building or institution, except where such property is in another block or on another street which the lot in question does not abut.



§13-16.2 Location of Equipment



No service station shall be permitted where any oil drainage pit or visible appliance for any purpose (other than gasoline filling pumps) is located within 20 feet of any street line or within 50 feet of any residential district. All such appliances or pits, other than gasoline filling pumps, shall be within a building. Gasoline pumps shall be permitted within the required front yard space of service stations, but shall be no closer than 15 feet to the street line.



§13-16.3 Minimum Distance Between Stations.



There shall be a minimum of one-half mile between service stations along the same side of any street. The distance shall be measured between the nearest portions of the property lines of the two lots in question



§13-16.4 Storage of Junk Vehicles



In cases where a use permit shall be issued for the operation of a service station or repair garage, no junk yards or premises used for storage of junked motor vehicles or vehicles incapable of normal operation shall be permitted within the township. It shall be deemed prima facie evidence of violation of this chapter if more than six motor vehicles incapable of operation are located at any one time upon any premises not within a closed and roofed building excepting however, that a number not exceeding eight motor vehicles may be located upon any service station or repair garage premise, outside of a closed or roofed building