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An ORDIRANCE establishing a Bureau of Fire Pre-
vention, providing regulation for fire prevention,
and protec~on, in connection with hazardous materials
and procesuess; providing officers therefor and defining
their powers and duties; providing penalties for the
violation thereof and repealing Ordinances No. 1843~nd
2255./
THE CITY OF BREMERTON DOES ORDAIN:
Section 1. That a certain document, three copies of which
are on file in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Bremerton,
marked and designated as a suggested FIRE PREVE. NTION_ORDINA~.NCE..,
Edition of 1960 of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, be, and
the same hereby is, ~opt!~d ~a a Fire Prevention Ordinance of the
City of Bremerton, and providing for the establishment of a Bureau
of Fire Prevention, providing regulations for fire prevention and
protection in connection with hazardous materials and processes;
providing officers therefor and defining their powers and duties,
and providing penalties for the violation thereof and each and all
of the regulations, provisions, conditions, terms and penalties con-
tained therein are hereby referred to and by reference adopted and
made a part hereof as though fully set out in this ordinance. Such
adoption by reference, however, to be subject to the amendments
and additions as here and after set forth.
Section 2. That Ordinance No. 1843 and 2255 be, and the same
hereby are repealed.
Section 3. The City Clerk of the City of Bremerton shall
keep on file in his office at least three copies of such suggested
Fire Prevention Ordinance, Edition of 1960, for the use of theL
public and as reference, and shall proVide for such additional copies
for sale or distribution to such persons interested as shall be
determined by the City Council.
Section 4. That Section 16. 43 of the Fire Prevention Code,
1960 edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 16.43 Protection Against Corrosion.
All Piping and tanks for flammable liquids, both above
and below ground, where subject to external corrosion, shall
be painted or otherwise protected.
Section 5. That Section 16.62 of the Fire Prevention Code,
the 1960 Edition, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 16.62. General Construction
Buildings shall be constructed so that rooms in which
flammable liquids are handled or stored comply with the
requirements of the zone or area in which located. Class
I and Class II flammable liquids shall not be stored or
handled within a building having a basement or pit into
which flammable vapors may travel, unless such area is
provided with ventilation designed to prevent the accumu-
lation of flammable vapors therein.
Pump islands shall be contructed with a minimum height
of eight (8) inches, and the pump island shall extend forty-
two (42) inches beyond the last pump and shall be further
protected by a suitable crash barrier.
Section 6. That Subsection 2, paragraph c, of Section 16.63
is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 16.63, Storage and Handling.
c. (2) No Class I or Class II flammable liquids shall be
dispensed, or transferred from one container to another,
inside of a service station building, except flammable anti-
freeze liquids. Such anti-freeze may be dispensed in rooms
of a service station building providing such rooms have
approved heating devices and ,there is no open flame in such
'~~v '~ Service stations
room lower than eight e floor level,t
· shall be heated in accordance with the building code of the
'~ City of Bremerton.}
Section 7. That Section 16.67 of the Fire Prevention Code of
1960 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 16.67. Drainage and Waste Disposal.
Provision shall be made in the area where Class I fam-
mable liquids may be spilled to prevent liquids from flow-
ing into interior of service-station buildings. Such provision
may be by grading driveway, raising door sills, or other
effective means. Crankcase drainings and .f. lammable liquids
shall not be dumped into sewers, but shall be stored in
tanks or tight drums outside of any building until removed
from the premises.
Ail paved or hard surfaced areas in connection with a
service station shall be provided with approved drainage
to dispose of all the water that may fall upon such areas.
Under no circumstances shall water be allowed to run across
a sidewalk area. All drainage provisions shall be of such
design as to carry surface water to the nearest practical
storm sewer or other means of disposal approved by the
City Engineer.
Section 8. Violation of or failure to comply with the
provisions of this Ordinance shall subject the offender to a
fine in the sum of not to exceed $300 or to imprisonment in the
city jail for a term not exceeding 90 days or to both such fine
and imprisonment.
APPROVED on first reading this/~ day of~j~ ~, 1962.
PASSED on second reading, signed by the Mayor and attested
by the City Clerk in authentication of such passage this / ~/~
%~"~.~x.~[.cc,~.-q/ , 1962.
H. O. DOMSTAD, Mayor
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