§ 5.52.020. Application.

A.

Any person desiring a license for a vending machine under the terms and conditions of this chapter shall make application to the borough clerk. The application shall contain the exact proposed location of the vending machine, the goods or materials to be sold therefrom and the name and address of the owner of the machine. Immediately upon receipt of the application, the clerk shall forward copies to the chief of police of Ship Bottom and to the zoning officer of Ship Bottom. The chief of police and zoning officer shall, within ten (10) days, approve or disapprove the license for which application is made.

B.

The zoning officer shall certify whether the zoning ordinance of Ship Bottom permits retail sales in the area for which the permit is sought and shall certify such information to the clerk. No permit shall be issued for any area unless the zoning ordinance permits such retail sales in that area.

C.

The chief of police shall cause the proposed site to be examined and shall recommend approval or disapproval based upon the following considerations:

1.

Pedestrian safety, giving due consideration to the adequacy of sidewalk space at the requested site;

2.

Traffic congestion, giving adequate consideration to the impact on the flow of traffic with potential motor vehicle stopping to utilize the outdoor vending machine;

3.

Proximity to other vending machines in the area, no vending machines vending the same product or same type of product shall be closer than five hundred (500) feet to any such other vending machine;

4.

Proximity of the proposed site to intersections and the impact upon traffic proceeding through the intersections.

(Ord. 76-5 § 1 (part), 1976: prior code § 18-2)