Wareham’s voters have had their fill when it comes to pumping more gas stations into Cranberry Highway.

Though Christopher Gabriel did receive a majority of the votes at Town Meeting Tuesday on a motion he sponsored to amend a zoning bylaw that bans the installation of any new underground gas tanks in town, he did not receive the two-thirds vote required to make zoning changes.

Gabriel owns Mr. Chris Hair Salon at 2512 Cranberry Highway, which would have fallen into the boundaries of the proposed zoning changes.

With the ruling, it is still virtually impossible to open a gas station at a new location not already equipped with an underground tank. At an earlier meeting of the Selectmen, Board member Peter Teitelbaum said the town voted to amend its zoning bylaws about five to ten years ago and disallowed building gas stations in every zoning district in town. He said at the time, there were about 20 gas stations in town.

According to Selectman Patrick Tropeano, who said he was the only member of the board to oppose the measure, there are currently 17 gas stations in town. The Finance Committee voted 5-2-0 in favor of the proposed change.

“This is just something more we don’t need,” said Tropeano of the measure, which would have only changed the bylaw for land within 2,000 feet of a federal highway or interchange, with direct access (frontage) on Cranberry Highway, and with a lot of size of at least an acre. “We have enough gas stations.”

Mark Vaughan, an attorney present for Gabriel, argued several benefits of a new gas station, but to no avail.

Members of both the Planning Board and the Zoning Board of Appeals expressed disapproval of the proposed change, as did others, but there were several vocal proponents both for and against the measure.

“The more gas stations there are, the more they compete with each other, the cheaper gas is— and paying for gas sucks,” said Selectman Peter Teitelbaum. “I support this amendment.”

Voters ruled 85-72 in favor of the change, but it wasn’t enough to garner any change in the bylaw.