HomeMy WebLinkAbout006 - 03/22/1935 - AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 007, 1920 REGULATING THE USE HANDLING STORAGE AND SALE OF INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS ORDINANCE NO 6 1935
BEING AN E11FRGENCY ORDINANCE AA1ENDING ORDINANCE NO 7 1920
AS Ah1FINDED REGULATING THE USE HANDLING STORAGE AND SALE
OF INFLAASTABLE LIQUIDS ARID THE PRODUCTS THEREOF, WITHIN THE
CORPORATE LInjITS OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS, COLORADO BY
CHANGING SECTION 7 THEREOF AND ADDING THERETO SECTION 7-A
and SECTION 7-B
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1 That Ordinance No 7 , 1920 as amended
be amended as follows
That Section 7 of said Ordinance No 7 1920 shall
read as follows
"Section 7 Upon special application in writing,
permits may be granted by the City Council for above ground
storage tanks in sparsely built up sections of the city, if
located entirely outside the mercantile and congested districts
and at least two hundred (200) feet to line of adjoining property
which may be built upon
That it be further amended by adding the following
Sections
Section 7-A Openings in above ground tanks
(Applies to all classes of liquids)
All above ground tanks shall be provided with in-
dividual vent pipes not less than 2 inches in diameter equipped
at outer end with an approved open or automatically operated
weather-proci vent fitting or device All vent openings shall
be protected by approved flame arresters Screens or arresters
shall be accessible for examination and removal If gauging
openings are provided, they shall be equipped with approved self-
closing covers Manhole covers shall be securely bolted in place
and made gas tight
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All above ground tanks having a capacity of over
5 ,000 gallons shall be equipped with an approved escapement
valve not less than 6 inches in diameter
All draw-off outlets shall be equipped with approved
inside emergency valves arranged to close automatically in
case of fire
Section 7-B Above ground tanks labeled
(a) Above ground tanks for Class I and II liquids
shall have painted conspicuously upon their sides in letters
at least 2 inches high , the wording T'FLAMTAABLEa°KEEP FIRE AIVAY "
(b) Oil storage yards shall be completely surrounded
by a substantial wire fence at least six (6) feet in height ,
or shall otherwise be safeguarded against entry of unauthorized
persons , as provided by the Chief of the Fire Department
Section 2 In the opinion of the City Council
an emergency exists for the preservation of the public health,
peace and safety, ana this ordinance shall take effect upon its
passage under and by virtue of the authority contained in Sections
6 and 7 of Article IV of the City Charter
Introduced, read at length and adopted by the
unanimous vote of all members of the City Council at a regular
meeting of the City Council, held the 2..e, day of March , A D 1935
Commissioner of Safety and Ex- fficio
Mayor
Attest
City Clerk
STATE OF COLORADO )
ss
County of Larimer )
I, A J ROSENOW, City Clerk of the
City of Fort Collins , do hereby certify and declare that the
foregoing Ordinance , co4sisting of two (2) sections , was duly
proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 22nd day of March, A D 1935 and was
duly adopted and ordered published in the Fort Collins Express-
Courier a daily newspaper and the official newspaper of the
City of Fort Collins , by the unanimous vote of all members of
the City Council as an emergency ordinance , in accordance with
the provisions of Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of the City
Charter, and thereafter and on to-wit the 86th day of March,
A D 1935 , said Ordinance No 6 was duly published in The
Fort Collins Express-Courier, a daily newspaper published in
the City of Fort Collins , Colorado
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of said City, this 26th day of Uarch,
A D 1935
City Clerk