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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0736 AN ORDINANCE regulating the use, keeping and storage of gasoline, benzine, naphtha, distillate or any hydrocarbon liquid within the limits of the City of Bremerton, and providing a penalty for the violation thereof; and repealing all ordinances in conflict herewith. The City Cotu~cil of the City of Bremerton do ordain as follows: Section 1. The wor~Fire Chief, wherever used in th~s ordinance, stzall be held and construed to mean Fire Chief of the City of Bremerton or any of his author- ized assistants or any competent party duly appointed by the mayor and council of said city. Sec. £. The term benzine or gasoline, wherever used herein, shall mean any product of i~etroleum or any hydro-carbon liquid that will flash or emit an inflam- mable vapor below the temperature of one hundred and ten IllO) degrees Fahrenheit. Sec. Z. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to keep, store or use, or to permit the keeping, storing or ~sing of gasoline or benzine in larger quantities than one Il) gallon, without first obtaining a written or printed permit from the Fire Chief. Use of gasoli~ne or benzine shall include burn- ing, washing, cleaning, heating, generating gas and any other purpose to which such hydro-carbon liquid or oils may be put; provided, thatl~0thing herein contained shall be construed as applying to gasoline or benzine contained in the service tankm of motor vehicles, vessels, boats or airplanes, when such tanks are permanent- ly connected with the motor engines which they su?ply. Permits shall be granted by the Fire Chief only when the gasoline or benzine is to be Eept or stored in accordance with the conditions mentioned in the following sections, and excepting when in the judgment of the Fire Chief the use by the ap- plicant in the manner pro[[~osed, or adopted by him or the quantity to be kept would endanger the safety of life or property. Sec. 4. All gasoline or benzine in excSss of one Il) gallon and not more than ten Il0) gallons must be kept outside the walls of any building ~.n a manner to be safe from fire and secure from theft, and also marked so that it can be removed by 'the Fire Department whenever necessary. Sec. 5. Gasoline or benzine in excess of ten Il0) gallons and not more than three hundred {~500) gallons, must be kept or stored in a tank outside the walls of any building, and so buried in the ground that there will be at least four {4) feet of earth around the entire tank. ~q~en two [£) or more tanks are installed there shall not be less than four [4) feet of earth or a brick or concrete dividing wall, each tank. The material of which said tanks are made must be steel, in thickness not less than fourteen [14) gauge. Ail openings to said tank must be on the top. A filling pipe shall extend above the surface of the ground outside the building and be provided with a permanent cover secured to the pipe with a chain and lock A three-quarter inch vent pipe shall extend from the tank to a point high enough above the ground to prevent it being.' tampered with and as far as possible from any opening in the building, and shall end in a return bend of which the opening shall be closed with a grass wire netting of fine mesh. The vent pipe must not pass through or into the building. Ail piping must be galvanized and put together with litharge and glycerine. all tanks shall be fzlled only through hose d~rectly co~nected to t~.e de].~very~, wagon or truck, when the wagon or truck can be brought close enough to said fill pipe or tank otherwise the gasoline or benzine must be carried to the fill oipe in metallic cans or containers which shall be painted a bright red. Gasoline or benzine shall be taken from the underground tanks only by the means of a pump with an automatic out-off. It shall_ be unlawful to use ar~y gravity, air l~ressure device or system for taking gasoline or benzine from any tank; provi~edj that gasoline or benzine in quantities of over ter~ Il0) gallons and not more than fifty /50) gal!on$J may be stored in a strong ~:~etal tauk at least ~.~rty I~O) feet from any building and securely housed over with corrugated iron shed, roofed and well ventilated at the base and the door well fastened b~j lock and ~ey. Sec. 8. Every person, firm, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance s?mll be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and u.pon conviction thereof "~00 shall be punished by a fine of not more than three hundred dol]~ars I~ .00) or b imprisoned in the City Jail not more than 90 days or by both such fine and Sec. 7. Ail ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, be and' the same hereby are repealed. Sec. 8. Th~s ordinance shall take effect five days after its passage, appr~ and publication as provided by law. Passed by the City Council of the ~ity of Bremerton and ap~;roved by me thi 8th day of A~gust, 1921. Attest: Mayor. t~ [ ~i~y- Clerk.