HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 04.27.1950 - Explosive Liquids
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, AMENDING
THAT CERTAIN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE DANDLING OF
VOLITILE OR EXPLOSIVE LIQUIDS, THAT WAS PASSED AND APPROVED
ON THE TENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, A.D., 1948, BY AMENDING
SECTION 5, OF THE SAID ORDINANCE, AND -Tf ADDING TO THE
SAID ORDINANCE, SECTION 5a, 30 THAT THE SAID AMENDED PORTIONS
OF THE SAID ORDINANCE SHALL READ AS SET OUT HEREIN** PROS
VIDING HEREIN A. SAVING CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS:
That Section 5, of that certain ordinance of the said City
that regulates the handling of volatile or explosive liquids, and
that ;was passed and approved on the 10th day of February, A.D.,
1948, shall hereafter read as follows: and Section 5a, hereof is
added thereto.
Section 5, Storage tanks and pumps regulated: Only
underground tanks shall be used for the storage of gasoline at
filling stations, and the said tanks and appliances shall be
placed entirely within the property lines of the premises. That
no tank shall be installed at any retail filling station with a
capacity greater than 1,200 (twelve hundred) gallons; and only
one tank shall be permitted for each pump in service. That the
total combined capacity of all of the tanks at any one retail
filling station shall not exceed 4,000 (four thousand) gallons*
.All of such tanks shall be l.abled showing, "Underwriter's
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Laboratories approved Tank,": Gasoline small be drawn from under.
ground storage tanks only through openings in the top thereof
and only by means of pumps, bearing the approval of the
National Board of Underwriters. All such pumps and apparatus
shall be placed inside the property lines, and so placed that
it will be impracticable to serve motor vehicles therefrom
wizile such vehicles are standing on any part of any sidewalk,
street, or alley of said City. No pump shall be used ether
than one that has been approved by the Underwriters Labora-
tories, Inc,, for such use, All such pumps shall be tested,
examined, approved and sealed by the City Plumbing Inspector
of the City of Georgetown, Texas, before being placed in
service,
Section 5a. That no truck, hauling gasoline, that
has a carrying capacity of over 1,400 (fourteen hundred)
gallons shall hereafter be permitted to deliver gasoline,
therefrom, to any filling station; or to any 'tank used by
any filling station, for retailing gasoline therefrom with-
in said City. That each truck used for, or by which gasoline
or other volatile or explosive liquids are transported, or
are delivered, within the said City, shall carry such gasoline,
or other volatile, or other explosive liquids, in a tank
thereon suitable for such purpose; and that such tanks shall
be made of not less than twelve guate galvanized steel; or
at least one-fourth inch black open hearth tank steel, and
that such tank shall be equipped with outlet faucets, of the
antidrip approved self-closing type, and also must be equipped
with automatic check valves for safety, in the event of
mechanical injury to the outlet faucets, and said tank and
equipment shall have been approved by, and shall bear the
label of approval of the National Board of lire Underwriters*
That other than as here amended, all of the said
ordinance that is hereby being amended, shall be..:and remain
in full force and effect; and that amendment shall be con
sidered as a part thereof,
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That if any word, sentence, clause, or paragraph of this
amendment be declared to be void, the said void portion hereof shall
not ef'f'ect the validity of all of the remaining portions hereof.
The fact that the matters covered hereby are of material
importance, creates an emergency, making it necessary that the
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rules requiring that ordinance be read at three separate meetings
be suspended and the said rules are here and now suspended, and
this ordinance is at once passed, and it is ordered that it take
effect, from and after its passage,
PASSED AND APPROVED THIS TATE T ETNTY' SEVENTH .DAY OF APRIL, A*D*
1950#
Ma.yc_r, " y o Georgetown, Texas
City 6ecretary, City of
Georgetown, *�exas
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