HomeMy WebLinkAbout008 - 12/15/1933 - AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 007, 1920, CONCERNING THE USE, HANDLING, STORAGE AND SALE OF INFLAMABLE LIQUI ,r
ORDINANCN NO 8 , 1933,
BEING AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO 7 , 1920 ,
CONCERNING THE USE, HANDLING, STORAGE AND SALE OF INFLAM?RLE
LIQUIDS AND PROVIDING LICENSES THEREFOR WITHIN THE LIMITS OF
THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT COLLINS
Section 1. That there be added to Section 1
of Ordinance No, 7 , 1920 , the following
"It shall be unlawful to Deep any quantity
of five (5) gallon or less of gasoline , naphtha or other
inflemable liquids within the City of Fort Collins,
except in an approved safety can bearing the under-
writer'-s approval label
It shall be unlawful for gasoline or other
inflamable liquid to be unloaded from any truck, tank car
or other container into another tank or container, except
in the immediate presence of an attendant , who shall be
personally- present at all times when gasoline is being so
transferred from one container to another At any time
when loading or unloading of gasoline is being carried
on from one container to another, a suitable ground
either by chain or wire shall be used All tank wagons
or tanks upon trucks or wagons, or when placed upon-
foundations, shall have an approved vent installed
thereon
It shall be unlawful to expose to the air
within any building or part thereof, within the City of
Fort Collins , any quantity of gasoline , naphtha or other
inflamable liquids
No storage tanks or pumps for the handling
of inflamable liquids shall be installed without obtaining
a permit and having inspection thereof , nor shall any
replacements of the same be made without permit and
inspection "
Section 2 That Section & of said Ordinance
No 79 1920 is amended to read as follows
"Section 6 The provisions of this ordin-
ance shall not be construed as applying to gasoline
contained in tide reservoir or tanks of motor vehicles ,
and not to exceed ten (10) gallon in approved measuring
pumps used for filling purposes , or to portable wheel
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tanks for use in garages when not exceeding sixty
(60) gallons capacity, and when constructed and used
in accordance with the requirements of Section 15 of
this ordinance "
Section 3 That Section 18 of said Ordinance
No. 71 1920 shall read as follows
"Section 18 All tank wagons transporting
gasoline or other inflamable liquids within the cor-
porate limits of the City of Fort Collins must secure
a license or permit in the same manner as is provided
for securing permits for the installation of tanks and
PUMPS Each application for a permit to operate a
tank wagon for transporting gasoline or other inflamable
liquids within the City of Fort Collins , shall be accom-
panied by the sum of Twenty-five ($25 00) Dollars in
payment of the annual license fee therefor Gasoline
and other inflamable liquids shall not be transported
within the City of Fort Collins , except in licensed
tank wagons or in metallic drums of approved design
Section 4 That Section 21 of said Ordinance
No 79 1920 , shall be amended to read as follows
"Section 21. Fees for permits and Occupation
Tax The following fees shall be charged and collected
under this Ordinance
For each tank installed Five ($5 00) Dollars,
For all curb pumps anf occupation tax, One Hundred
($100.00) Dollars per annum,
For all other pumps Five ($5.00) Dollars per annum
The schedule of fees for permits to operate
filling stations shall be as follows
For each tank installed 1n excess of one hundred (100)
gallon, the fee shall be Five ($5 00) Dollars,
For each pump installed the fee shall be Five ($5 00)
Dollars
In addition to the above , each pump shall
pay an annual license fee of Ten ($10 00) Dollars."
Section: 5 That there be added to Section 22
of said Ordinance No 7, 1920 , the following
"All licenses required by this ordinance
and amendments thereto , may be assigned only by making
application to the City Council and securing its approval
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and giving a corporate surety bond as provided therein
for an original license No person, firm or corporation
holding a license for a filling station or tank wagon
under said ordinance, shall sell or lease the business
or property used under said license without reporting
the same to the City Clerk in writing within three (3)
days of said sale or lease , and failure so to do shall
be a violation of this ordinance "
Section 6 That there be added to Section 23
of said Ordinance No 7, 1920 , the following
"Said bond shall indemnify the City against
the violation of any provision of Ordinance No 7 of
1920 and any amendments thereto "
Section 7 That Section 27 of said Ordinance
No, 71 1920 , shall be amended- to read as follows
"Section 27 Storage of Kerosene by retail
Merchants It shall be lawful for a retail merchant
to keep in storage not to exceed one (1) barrel of
kerosene in an approved pump type container, without
any draw-off faucets or gage glasses, which shall be
the limit of amount in one building, the same to be
located away from any furnace room or any open heating
device upon a permit to be granted by the City Council
upon ap lication therefor and the payment of the sum
of Two 42 00) Dollars as permit fee "
Section 8 All ordinances and parts of
ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby repealed,
save and except that all causes of actions accrued in favor of
the City of Fort Collins by reason of any violation of said
ordinances, prior to the taking effect of this repeal, shall
be prosecuted as tho no repeal had been made
Section 9 In the opinion of the City Council
an emergency exists for the preservation of the public health,
peace and safety, and this ordinance shall take effect upon
its passage under and by ujrtue of the
authority contained in Sections 6 and 7 of Article IV of
the City Charter
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Introduced, read at length and adopted by
the unanimous vote of all members of the City Council at
a regular meeting held this i5O day of December, A D
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Commissioner or Saretyand - ff cio
Mayor
ATTEST
City Clerk
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STATE OF COLORADO )
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County of Larimer )
I, A J ROSENOW, City Clerk of the
City of Fort Collins , do hereby certify and declare that the
foregoing Ordinance, consisting of nine (9) sections , was
duly proposed and read at length at a regular meeting of the
City Council, held on the /S f1h day of December , A D 19339
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
day of December, A D 1933, said Ordinance No.
1933, 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
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set my hand and affixed the seal of said City, this t
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day of December, A D 1933
City Clerk