HomeMy WebLinkAbout0201_1960N ORDINANCE OF THE CITY_OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS
AMENDING THAT CERTAIN OR�INANCE AND AMENDMENTS
THERETO REGULATING THE HANDLING OF VOLATILE OR
EXPLOSIVE LIQUIDS, THAT WAS PASSED AND APPROVED
ON THE 10TH DAY OF FEBRUARY A.D. 1948, AND
AMENDING SECTION 5 AND 5A AS AMENDED ON APRIL
27TH 1950, AND ADDING TO SAID ORDINANCE, SECTION
5 AND 5A AS AMENDED REGARDING UNDERGROUND TANKS
AND CAPACITY OF TRUCKS HAULING GASOLINE IN SAID
CITY SO THAT SAID SUBSECTIONS MENTIONED ABOVE SHALL
APPLY TO "PRIVATE PLANT"; AND INCREASING CAPACITY OF
STORAGE TANKS FROM 1,290 GALLONS TO '2,000 GALLONS AND
INCREASING THE TOTAL COMBINED CAPACITY OF ALL TANKS'
AT ANY ONE RETAIL FILLING STATION FROM 4,000 GALLONS
TO 5,000 GALLONS AND COMBINED TOTAL GALLONS NOT TO
EXCEED 2,000 GALLONS AT ANY PRIVATE PLANT AND LIMITING
CARRYING CAPACITY OF TRUCKS HAULING GASOLINE TO PRI-
VATE
RIVATE PLANTS WITHIN SAID CITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GEORGETOWN, TEXAS:
That Sections 5 and 5A of that certain ordinance of the said
City that regulates the handling of volatile or explosive lihaids
and that was passed and approved on the 10th day of February A.D
1948, and the 25th day of April, 1950, shall hereafter read as
follows:
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 appliAbbes shall be placed entirely within the
property lines of the premises. That no tank shall be installed at
any retail filling station or private plant :with a capacity greater
than 2,000 (Two Thousand ) 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 5,000
(Five Thousand ) gallons and combined capacity not to exceed 2,000
gallons at any private plant-. All of such tanks shall be labeled'
showing "Underwriter's Laboratories Approved Tank". Gasoline shall be
drawn from underground 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 i0 -
side the property Eines, and so placed that it will be impractical to
serve motor vehicles therefrom while such vehicles are standing on any
part of any sidewalk, street, or alley of said City. No pump shall be
used other than one that has been approved by the Underwriters Labor-
atories, Inc., for such use. All such pumps shall be tested$ examined,
approved and sealed by the City Plumbing Inspector of the City or
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
perm ttV to deliver gasoline, theredom to any filling station,
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private plant or to any tank used by any filling.station or. private
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