§ 14-320 — Approval of gasoline station location by commissioner.

No station or place of business for the wholesale or retail sale of gasoline shall be established or maintained in a place adjoining a state highway, or in a town or city containing fewer than ten thousand inhabitants according to the last-preceding census of the United States, unless the person establishing or maintaining such station has procured from the commissioner a certificate stating that, in the opinion of the commissioner, the location of such station or place of business will not imperil the safety of the public. The commissioner may revoke any such certificate whenever, in his opinion, such station will, by reason of its location, imperil the safety of the public. For the initial examination of the location of each such station there shall be charged the sum of one hundred dollars, and on and after July 1, 1985, one hundred fifty dollars, on and after July 1, 1989, two hundred twenty-five dollars, on and after July 1, 1991, two hundred eighty dollars, and on and after July 1, 1993, three hundred fifty dollars. For the examination of each pump which is to be added to or relocated on the premises of any licensed station and of the proposed location and plan of installation of such pump, there shall be charged a fee of fourteen dollars, and on and after July 1, 1985, twenty-one dollars, on and after July 1, 1989, thirty-two dollars, on and after July 1, 1991, forty dollars, and on and after July 1, 1993, fifty dollars. For the examination of the location of any such station upon the change of ownership of such station, there shall be charged a fee of fourteen dollars, and on and after July 1, 1985, twenty-one dollars, on and after July 1, 1989, thirty-two dollars, on and after July 1, 1991, forty dollars, and on and after July 1, 1993, fifty dollars.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 2537; 1959, P.A. 221, S. 1; 1961, P.A. 581, S. 19; February, 1965, P.A. 52; P.A. 83-489, S. 14, 17; P.A. 84-254, S. 53, 62.) History: 1959 act increased fee for initial examination of location; 1961 act increased fees for examination of additional pumps and for examination of location on change of ownership; 1965 act added provision re relocated pumps; P.A. 83-489 increased fees as follows: For the initial examination of the location of each such station, from $50 to $100, for the examination of each pump to be added to or relocated on the premises of a licensed station and of the proposed location and plan of installation of such pump, from $7 to $14, and for the examination of the location of any such station upon the change of ownership of such station, from $7 to $14; P.A. 84-254 periodically increased the fees scheduling the increases to take effect July first of the following years: 1985, 1989, 1991 and 1993. Action of commissioner is reviewable only where he has acted arbitrarily, illegally or abused his discretion. 117 C. 262. Cited. 149 C. 513. Revocation cannot be by letter and without hearing. 149 C. 517. Cited. 3 CS 224.