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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0238 OrdinanceS1 ORDINANCE . NO. 2 3 8 J Aid.ORDINATTCE REGULATING TTT,, USE LTD STORAGE Of BENZINE, GASOLINE, RAPTHA OR ANY HYDRO-BARBON LIQUID WITHIN THE FIRE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PASCO, WASH. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY COUIICIL DO ORDARIIT AS FOLLUS : Section 1. No person, or persons, firm , company Or corporation shall .use, keep, store or permit to the keeping of, or storage of within the fire,,# limits of the City of Pasco, in larF•er quantities than one(1) gallon, to be always kep4 in closepmetallic cans or tanks, in any one building or upon any one premises, place or street, any of the products of petroleum, including ben- zine, gasoline, naptha, or any hydro -carbon liquid, which will flash or emit any inflamable vapor at a temperture below one hundred and ten (110) degrees Farerheit without first obtaining a written permit from the chief of the fire department of the City of Pasco. Not more than fifty (50) 13allons ofgassoline or any product of petroleum shall be kept in any one ?dace, except as herein- after provided. All gasoline or any proatct ofpetroleum in excess of one(lr gallon shall be installed under thefollowing conditions: Shall be burried under ground deepen6ngh so that four (4) feet of earth shall cover the top of same, a filling pipe shall extend up to the surface of the ground, must have a cover screwed to top and secured to thepipe with 4 chain and lock; tgnk ranst be connected with a three-quarter (8`4) inch vent pipe, which must rise tv:elve (12) feet above ground, said vent must have a return bend on top and must not pass through br into the building under any circumstances, openings to be.cibvered with copper or brass screen of at least No. thirty (30) mesh. Section 2. No person or persons, firm, company or corporation shall keep, store or use for burnong, cleaning, generating gas or for illuminating purposes any benzine, gasoline, naptha or any product of pertoleum which will fkash or emit an inflamabtie vaner at a temperture below110 degrees Fa-renheit, in quantities of over one (1) gallon within the fire limits of the City of Pasco, without a writtenor printed permit issued and signed by the Chief of the fire department. Permits will be granted by the chief of the fire department except where in his judgement the use by the allplicant in the manner proposed by him or the quantity to be kept would endange the safety of life and property. Section 3. Gasoline shall be drain from storage tanks only by automatic closing valve pumps, and no gravity, siphon, air or water pressure system shall be permitted. such pumps must be located abovethe top of the tanks and may be locoed inside the building not below the first floor. Such pumps must be of an approved design, havingvalves to close all suction lines, pumps arranged to lock and having a shutoff valve in the nozzle. Section 4. the Chief of the fire de artment of the City of Pasco, is hereby charged with the enforcement of this Ordinance. Becti.on 6. any person or persons, firm, company or corporation violating any of the -provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than five (5) dollars or more than one hundred (1'-0) dollars, and the continuance or m maintenance of such violation shall be doomed a new offense for each day on which the same is so continued or maintained, and shall be punished accordingly. Passed this 21st day of July, 1914. Approved this 21st, day of July, 1914. ATTEST: 'CITY1 i, Published JEily 24th 1914. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance id a full true and correct copy of the original Ordinance as was passed and addpted, by the City Council of the City of Pasco, and published by the official newspapre of said City on above dates, I T Y C L E L