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ORDINANCE NO. 55 VILLAGE OF LINO LAKES COUNTY OF ANOKA STATE OF MINNESOTA AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE STORAGE OF INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS. The Village Council of the Village of Lino Lakes ordains: Definitions - The following terms, as used in this ordinance, shall be defined as follows: a. "Inflammable liquids" include: Class I, ether, carbon bisulphide, gasoline, naptha, benzine, benzene, collodion, hydrocarbon, and liquefied petroleum gas; Glass II, acetone, alcohol, amyl acetate, toluol; Class III, Kerosene, amyl alcohol, turpentine, distillate. b. A "garage" is a building of any sort wherein are housed for rent, care, demonstration, storage or sale, for private or public use, one or more vehicles containing in the tank thereof any inflammable liquid for fuel or power. c. A "service station" is a place maintained for retailing inflammable liquids. d. A "retail storage station" is a place equipped to retail inflammable liquids in connection with any other line of merchandise or enterprise. e. A "general storage station" is any place where inflammable liquids are stored, and sold in quantities of no less than thirty (30) gallons. f. An "approved" device is one held by the fire marshal to be reasonably safe for use. Licenses Required. - No person shall transport, have, or keep more than one gallon of Class I inflammable liquids in any dwelling, six gallons in any other building or ten gallons outside of any building; or store or handle more than five gallons of any Class II inflammable liquids in any dwelling, or ten gallons in any other building, or twenty-five gallons outside of any building; or handle or store more than twenty-five gallons of Class III inflammable liquids inside of any building or fifty gallons outside any building; without first obtaining a license. Exception. - The installation and maintenance of oil burning equipment shall be governed by the regulations specifically provided therefor elsewhere in this ordinance, and shall not be affected by any section of this ordinance, except that the license requirement in the preceding section shall apply so far as applicable by its own terms. Issuance of Licenses. - The application for such a license shall be approved by the Fire Marshal if, upon inspection, he shall determine that the granting of the license will not endanger public safety from fire or explosion. The application shall be referred to the Council. If the Council grants the license the Clerk -Treasurer shall issue a license to the applicant for the purpose stated in the application, on payment of the fee.