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STORAGE AND lViNDI,ING OF GASOLINE Al D OTHERVOLAT-i.�, OR. r 'L� II A�
LIQUIDS AND EQUIPMENT THEREFOR AT FILLING STATIONS, WHOLESALE OR.
BULK STORAGE PLANTS, PRIVATE PLANTS, DEFINING CERTAIN WORDS AND
PHRASES USED. HEREIN: PROHIBITING THE REFECTION OR ALTERATION OF
ANY FILLING STATION, WHOLESALE OR BULK STORAGE PLANTOR PRIVATE
PLANT WITHOUT PENIT THERFOR FROM THE COUNCIL; PRESCRIBING APPLI-
CATION FOR SUCH PERMIT AND PROVIDING PROCEDURE AND BASIS FOR CON-
SIDERATION OF SUCH APPLICATION, PROVIDING FOR INSPECTION OF FILLING
STATIONS AND SUCH PLANTS, PROVIDING FOR REVOCATION OF SUCH PERMITS,
REGULATING THE SALE, DELIVERY, AND PURCHASE OF GASOLINE FROM TANK
TRUCKS OR PORTABLE TADS, THE BUILDINGS USED IN CONNECTION W1111 ANY
FILLING STATION, REGULATING THE USE OF FILLING STATION BUILDING OR
PORTION THEREOF FOR SLEEPING FOR LIVING QUARTERS, PROVIDING A
PENALTY FOR VILLATION, PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE, REPEAU'.NG ALL
CONFLICTING ORDIANCES OR PARTS THEREOF AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE GITY OF GEORGETOWNM TEXAS:
Section 1. Words and Phrases defined: The following words and phrases used in the Ordinan,,,r
shall for the purpose ofthis Ordinance have the meanings respectfully ascribed to them in
this Section.
(a) Person. Every natural person, firm, co -partnership, association partnership, corporati �r
or other entity.
(b) Filling Station, Any place where gasoline or other volatile liquid is sold, supplied,;
dispensed or offered for sale to the retail motor vehicle trade.
(c) Tank Truck. A metal receptacle of more. than sixty (60) gallons capacity, mounted on
wheels and ordinarly used for the purpose of transporting gasoline,
(d) Portable Tank. A metal receptacle or not more than sixty (60) gallons capacity, moun'.c'
on wheels and provided with means for filling.,and withdrawi:Ag liquid and bearing the label
the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
(e) Wholesale or Bulk Storage Plant_ Any place where gasoline or other volatile liquid i-
scored for the purpose of sale to the wholesale trade, or any place where such liquid is:F,:
to the wholesale trade;
(f) Private Plant, Any gasoline pump or other gasoline despensing equipment used by an r4._
or operator thereof, or by authority of such owner or operators exclusively for motor vei1i
owned or operated by such owner or operator and from which no gasoline is Bold,
Section 2. Scope of Ordinance Defined. It shall be unlawful for any person, or the ages u
representative of any person, to keep, store, handle, or offer for sale, gasoline, or any
*they volatile or explosive fuel or liquid, except upon conpliance by such person with the.
provisions of this Ordinance. The regulations set forth in this Ordinance shall govern all
filling stations, wholesale or balk, storage plants, private plants, tank trucks building-
within the corpoaate limits of the City of Georgetown in thesale and delivery of gasoline .0
any other volatile or explosives fuel or liquid.
Section 3. Permits and Certification Required. (a) Any person desiring to erect a filling
station, or wholesale or bulk storage plant, or private plant, or to erect or alter and
building to be used as a filling station or as such a plant, shall first obtain a permit
therefor from the City Council; The application for such permit shall be in wtiting, and
sahll be signed by the owner or authorized agent, or the peoperty upon which the filling
station is to be located __:_. = and shall be accompanied by four (4) like plans
(1) the proposed layout of the filling station or cast inclusding the proposed loc�.tton
buildings, tanks, pump and .other service .wits, (2 wahetier each proposed a,a_nk or pum_
the label of the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (3) arjr propese3 use of the psi dewaEr
for driveways, and (4) the proposed method of collecting waste oil a -Aid water and final c ir-
centration of same for disposals all in relation to contiguos street and property lip ro
(b) In granting or refusing the permit to erect, maintain a filling station , wholeza, c�,
or bulk storage plant, or private plant, or to erect or alter any building to be used. �.
the purpose of storing ormhandling gasoline or atehr volatile or explosive lic;acid, t.h.,
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shall take r.nty eorwii era3u i cr 'she plc. : e wil ere sjuell s H.�;'
storage plant, or private plant, s proposed to be established its eorr�A;p.i y ". o
buildings or residences, the location of public buildings, shcoois, and places o3
resort in relation to the location of such filling station or plant, the &iaract'er azld
condition of public traffic on streets immediately contiguous to or within three hundred
(300) feet of such proposed filling station or plant, the hazards presented by the use of
the sidewalks as a means of ingress and egress to and from such filling station or plant
and the question of whether the operatt*n of such filling station or plant might create
such odors, noises, nocturnal iAtft illumination or increased traffic, as might be un-
reasonably offensive to the inhabitants or occupants of buildings or residences adjacent
thereto or withing three hundred (300) feet thereof as measured by the most direct line.
(c) If the City Council, after a consideration of the facts is of the opinion that the
application for the permit should �e refused, the Council, before taking final action thereon
shall first give the applicant an opportunity to be fully and fairly heard on such application
Written notices of such hearing shall be given to the applicant at least five (5) days beafe the
date of such hearing.
(d) Any person desiring to locate, or replace any tank or punp on premises then being used
as a filling station, wholesale, or bulk storage plant, or private plant, shall first oba;in
a permit threrfor from the City Council of -the City of Georgetown. The applicantion for such
permit shall show the location or proposed location of such equipment on the premises and
character of such equipment and shall show that each tank or pump to be used bears the labdl
of the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. showing that any such is an Underwriters Laboratories
ap orved pump or tank.
Ie) After the installation of pipe work connected with any tank or pump to be used for -the
handling or storing gasoline at a filling station , Wholesale or bulk storage plant, or
private plant, but before the said installation has been covered or concelaed from vicar, the
person who was physically in charge of such installation shall notify the City Plumbing
Inspector of such facts. It shall be unlawful for any person to cover or conceal.from veiw
such installation or cause same to becovered or concealed until the said Inspector has
inspected and approved such installation.
(f) After the completion of the filling station, wholesale or balk storage plant, or private
plant, or the " Anstallation or the location, relocation or replacement of any equipment on
premises then being used as a filling station, wholesale or balk storage plant, or private
plant, and the inspection and approval thereof, as provided in this Ordinance, and the full
compliance by the applicant for the permit with all the pertinent provisions of this
Ordinance and all laws and Ordinances pertaining to such matters, the City Council shall
issue a Certificate of Operation for such filling station, wholesale or bulk sotrage p1ant;
or private plant or such equipment,
(g) The permit to operate a filling station, wholesale or bulk storage or private plant,
or operate any of teh equipment regulated in this Ordiance, may be revoked by the City
Council if it is found by the City Council that the permittee or transferee of such permit
has failed and refused to comply with the provisions of this Ordinance and all of the other
laws applicable to such operations but the City Council before taking final steps thereon,
shall first give the permitee or the transferee an opportunity to be fully and fairly heard
and written notice of such hearings must be given the permitee or transferee at least five
(5) days before such hearing.
Section 4e Sleeping Quarters Regulated, It shall be unlawful to use or allow to be use
any room, or part of any building, hereafter to be constructed, altered, fitted, equipped, or
furnished'as a living or sleeping quarters, if portion of such building is used
at the same time as a filling station, or for the purpose of storing or handling gasoline or
other volatile liquids, unless the walls, floors and ceilings separating that portion of the
buildings used as a filling station and that portion used as a sleeping or living quarters
shall constitute an absolute fire separation, which fire separation shall be composed of
floors, and ceilings, unbroken by openings of any description and of thickness sufficient to
prevent any escape of gas through same,
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 applica"nces shall be placed
entirely within the property lines of the premises. That no tank shall be installed at an:
retail filling station or private plant with a capacity ": greater than 2,000 (Two Thousand),
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"'hereof and only by means cf pumps, beari g the approval of the Natti.czial oe—rd a
All zuch pumps a:,,d apparatus shall be placed inside the property lizie", and so 31af :sa d
it will be impractical to serve motor-rehicles therefrom wl3ila such vehicles are strndi g on
any part of any sidewalk, etLeet, or alley of said City to pump shall be used otbo 'Lh,n
one that has been approved by the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. for such sue, All au!ah
pumps shall be tested, examined, approved and sealed by the City Plumbing Inspector el the
City of Georgetown, Texas, _ before being placed in service.
Section 5A. That no trtack hauling gasoline. that has a carrying capacity of over ' 100
gallons, shall hereafter be permitted to deliver gasoline, therefrom to any filling 3taticm,
private plant, or to any tank used by any filling station or private plant distributing
gasoline therefrom within said City. That each track used for, or by which gasoline or other
volatile or vxplosive liquids are transported, or are delivered, withia said City, shall
carry gasoline, or other volatile or other explosives liquids, in a tank thereon suitable
for such purpose; and that such tanks shall be made of not less than twelve gauge galvamise
steel; or at beast ona-fourth inch black open hearth tank steel; and that such t€u1k shall Aye
equipped with outlet faucets of theantidrip approved selfclosing type, and also must ',e
equipped with automatic check valves for safety in the went of mechanical injury to vile
outlet faucet, and said tank and equipment shall have been approved by and shall bean the
label of approval of the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
(Section 5 and 5A being ammaded as printed above on the 14th day of April, 1960.)
Section 6- Service on Street Prohibited_ It shall be unlawful for any person to serve, o
to receive service of gasoline fram any filling station pump to any motor vehicle; while euc:"
motor vehicle or any part thereof is standing upon or projecting into or over arty a dezallz
atreet� or alley.
Section 7. Lights & Wiripg Prescribed, Only electric lights shall be used in bui ldinga
rooms, or on premises where gasoline or other volatile liquids are stored or handled, �-x,
all electric wiring for lights or meters shall be installed is compliance with, the ord=na-,.'_-
and regulations of the City of Georgetown, governing the wiring of any such 1avd1ding,3 or
preffdees-
Section S Fire Extinguishers Required, There shall be provided in all buildings cr on
premises where gasoline or other volatile liquids are stored or handled, at least ,7,;le
National Board of Fire Underwriters approved type fire extinguisher for every two vr,oa'saZ.6
(2,000) sq., feet of floor space, or fraction thereof; each of whicli fire ex-iingui-srers shay,
be kept in good working order at all times,
Section _9, Smoking and Open Flames, Signs marked "No Smoking" shall be displayed
in all filling rotations at all times by the operator thereof, It shall be unlaWflTI f��
filling station operator or employee to smoke, have cause or permit aary flame or fire near
where gasoline or other volatile liquid is handled or stored and while servicing or loath.-_
or unloading any motor vehicle with gma gasoline or any, other volatile fluid.
Section 10, Funning Motor Luring Service Unlawful. It shall be unlay.fua for any i.s ling
station employee, or any other person, to fill the tank of any actor vehicle ,,i:it ga f�line
while the motor of any such motor vehicle is running; and it shall be unianful for arnype :.e'er
in control of any motor vehicle to permit the motor of same to be running ah:i:'_e the ✓w�<9, s
sueb motor 3ehicJpp is being filled with gasoliuee
Section -I 11, Ga£te-1 Y3.e S tors -a 1e•ostriotedX (Fa j It shRI]. 10L'
a -tore above ground any geso ins or other vfll$.' : le or explt-£ J.-'_:
:t any protable container hay.CL-gsg fi capacityo. J[Sare then. y =sv+. ' y;al'lor , :1
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ti1`"in altotal O '�:`PL ::may- � 'Ys ('2 ) gallozm. of suck-, fuels ne kept. at' on'-'
17.3 The forego-'.C-C Ge;v:-.Lqn o!-altl not apply to gasoline or eDt;ac. �. E';33�'.',y=.=C-'
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Sectjor, 12� Sterage Above Grc�_1,rul RegLIIQtCd� !-��b07C
volatile liquids, may be used at wholesale oz- bulk 5ticrage plug z; T t -r,
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for any peroon to locate, place, or carse to be locateti or placee. any
ground which is less than one hundred (100) feet from any dwelling, school, F;hvreh.
hospital,. asylum, apartment bulilding, hotel, or charitable pr public
of public assembly.
Section 13, Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Label Prescribed. All tanks and pumps
installed shall bear the labels of the Underwriters Laboratories Inc. for such use, &-ad shail
be conetructed and installed in compliance with the regulations of the Wational Eoard. of
Fire Underwriters governing such construction and installation; and all such tank-2 , pups;,
piping and eqnIpment shall be inspected and approved by the Plumbing Inopector and the Fins,
Marshall b�Iore being pit into service.
Section 14. Tank Track and Portable Tank Sales Regulated. (a) It shall be unla%Tul fa:T7 P.,-�y
person to sell, deliver, or purchase gasoline from a tank truck or portable tank withi-a
limits of the City of Georgetown except as follows:
kl) Gasoline may be delivered from a tank track to heavy construction equipment ma6h
tractors, concrete mixers, trehch diggers, air compressors, and fire pumpting eragine2
service but not while the motor of such equipment is mnning�
(2) Gasoline may be delivered from =.y such tank timck directly to undergroumd etcrag��-
and to portable tanks by ma
oceans of'hose, or from such tank track to underground stGrage
or portable tacks by means of zimmlixg standard tank truck buckets; provided ho-revsr,
use of such 'ruckets. for such purpose shall be unlawful (a) where any filler pipe ed' an -ZT-K
guound storage tank is not located at -- reaeonaBly safe distance from any public e.r-,va-,,rV
Public walkway, (b) and it shall be unlawful for a gasoline to be delivered frcm c
to any- other container if xa± any part of such truck is standing on or over ai)T publi-,
way or public walkway. (c)Emery portable tank shall have painted on each side the
"Gasoline" in letters at least six 06) inches high, and unde-17- the word Gasoline tbf_,Te
painted the following: "No smoking - Keep Open Flames and Lights Away�ll (a) it eh --nil
lawful for any tank track driver or attendant thereof, or portable -tank attendant -2-,,_, or-.-�!7�
intentionally to cause or permit any open fl6.e or fire while ors or abou.tmzvzcl� tank
portable tank or while drawing gasoline or other volatile liquid t11ereZ_*TU,,
Section 15, Repair Of Equipment Required.. All tanksm pumpo and! any a -,_her ee, i-
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handling or storing gasoline or other volatile liquids shall be kept i,
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order at all times, or thd use of same shall be discontinued lantil such
safe condition for use.
Section 16. Permit Fees Prescribed.. The following fees shall be chargn,_,z. azd�
City, before issuance of a pexm't therefor, for and on account of `he penr.%tz
this ordinance. For permit of new filling station, shall inch-deall inw- --o ea ta -til.
engineering department, final inspection after co4letion Wit befo:-e
fire marshall, plumbing inspector, sealer of weights and mer-2aree, C c1-
permit. MINIMLM CHARGE _o_..015.013
For stations where the total lenght of openings of driverays t'_&e
greater than forty fett but le4z than pne hundred feet- .... $',20�00
For stations where the total lengthof openings for dri-jeway.-a -,'ne
than one hundred feet _-.635.00
Wholesale or bulk storage plant or private plznt, iacl.adir.g 4z�',.z
said permit...—A15.00
For replacement of" equipment, relocati-na of exisiing equdprns7!-.t, 'J
ment, 10 c ati sn 0 f n CW G-_aUi 7MMM t . , i ac 1"ZiUr-7 imsp a C t I orl auld -� F�eucmcd• v Z
of equipme_nt ..41A30
secti= 17, Penalty Prescribr_,ddper.9cm whnc� El-lnll ate a-�-.'.iin ..__ i. E,
ordine-ace ;i?D. be deemed guilty of a aa-1, -4,
hLt ,tm apay sum� n�)t to exceed Each day t 40agat-_'..
offense.
6ectio- IS. Swing 'ddsfr'sllee., If au ���� s Boo k� � g- g'
declared unconstitutional or invalid, then and an that event it is `` PLV-e'.---1 Y" y:Pa°C !.;. r s
it si the intention of the City Council in passing this Ordinance that aWl o ber
this ordinance shall nevertheless be is effect thereby and shall remain :Ia full forv�e
Section 19e Repealing Clause—, All Ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 20. Emergency Clause.,. The fact that is it is necessary to promptly provide for
the handling, storing, and sale of gasoline within this City, creates an emergency requiring
that the rules providing for the reading of an Ordinance at three separate meetings Wore
passage, be suspended and all rules are here suspended and this ordinance at once passed
and ordered to take effect -from and after its passage and publication.
Passed and Approved this the 10th clay of February, A. Doip 1948
G eorae C. Rester
Mayor, City of Georgetown, Texas
ATTEST
M, L, Cates
City Secretary, City of Georgetown, Texas
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