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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-055 Council OrdinancesORDINANCE 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. The annual fees for licenses shall be per fee schedule as established by resolution, from time to time, by the Village Council; the fee schedule shall be on file in the office of the Village Clerk -Treasurer and a copy available to anyone desiring same. All licenses shall expire at midnight on December 31, of the year of issuance. Receptacles. - No person shall sell or cause to be sold, place or cause to be placed any gasoline or benzine in quantities of more than one pint in any receptable (other than a tank of the sort authorized by this ordinance or a tank truck) except one of a bright red color, tagged and labelled in large plain letters with the name of the contents, or with the words "Inflammable Liquid," nor sell or place any other liquid in any such receptacle. General Storage. - Except as otherwise provided in this ordinance, inflammable liquids shall be stored outside of buildings, in underground or above ground tanks, except that the storage of such liquids above ground is hereby prohibited within the following limits. Above Ground Tanks. - No person shall construct or maintain any above ground tanks except as hereinafter set forth. a. No tank may be constructed or maintained closer to the line of adjoining property or to any other tank than shown in the following table: Capacity of Tank Distance to Line of Adjoining Property Distance to any other tank 300 Gals. or less 300 - 500 gals. 500 - 1000 gals. 1000 - 10,000 gals. Over 10,000 gals. 5 ft. 10 ft. 20 ft. 30 ft. 100 ft. 2 ft. 2 ft. 2 ft. 3 ft. 15 ft. b. No above ground tank shall be constructed or maintained closer to the nearest rail of a railroad or street car track carrying passenger traffic or any state trunk highway, county road or village street, than shown in the following table: Capacity of tank in gallons Minimum distance from track or highway Under 18,000 Gallons 18,000 - 60,000 gallons 60,000 - 100,000 gallons Over 100,000 gallons 30 ft. 60 ft. 80 ft. 100 ft. c. No such tank may be constructed or maintained within four Hundred (400) feet of any depot, school, church, place of detention or other public building or within two hundred (200) feet of any place of human habitation. d. All tanks of more than 1,000 gallons capacity shall have all openings which may contain inflammable vapor provided with a 40 x 40 mesh, non -corrodible wire screen. A safety valve must be provided and manhole covers must be kept closed by weight only. e. All such tanks must be provided with danger signs painted conspicuously on their sides bearing the words "Inflammable, Keep Fire and Lights Away" in letters at least three inches high. f. All such tanks shall be protected by an embankment or dike with a capacity at least one and one-half times the capacity of the tank and not over four feet high. Such embankment shall be constructed of earthwork or reinforced concrete without openings through it. Earthwork dikes shall be compactly built with a three foot crown and a slope of at least two to one on both sides, that is, the horizontal leg of the right triangle outlining a cross section of the dike shall be at least twice as long as the perpendicular leg thereof. All brush, weeds, and combustible material must be kept cleared away from the embankment and space around the tank. g. All such tanks shall be constructed on a firm foundation and if of metal shall be electrically grounded. Tanks set more than one foot above the surface of the ground must have a noncombustible foundation and supports. h. The premises upon which such tanks are constructed must be surrounded by a substantial fence, adequate to keep out all intruders. i. All such tanks must be painted with a suitable rust -resisting paint. j. All emptying and filling of such tanks shall be by pumpage and such emptying or filling shall be done only when there is a man in constant attendance on the pump. The motor and pump must be located in a separate building at least twenty-six (26) feet from the tanks, warehouse and garage, or entirely surrounded by fire- proof wall. k. All such tanks shall be of material of sufficient thickness to hold the contents safely, and shall have a factor of safety at joints of at least 2.5. All riveted points shall have an efficiency of at least sixty per cent (60%). No verticle tanks shall exceed thirty (30) feet in height. Underground Tanks - All underground tanks shall conform to the following regulations: a. The top shall be below any piping to which they may be connected, and at least three feet below the surface of the ground. b. When under a building, the top shall be at least two feet below the lowest floor. The floor above the tank shall be of reinforced concrete nine inches thick extending twelve inches beyond the outline of the tank in all directions. c. No tank may be installed or maintained in any street, alley or public ground; or under any sidewalk except by ordinance granting a franshise therefor. d. Tanks shall be set on a firm foundation and enclosed in concrete or surrounded with soft earth or sand, well tamped into place. e. The storage permitted in underground tanks shall be as follows: When the top of the tank is lower than all floors, basements, cellars, or pits of buildings, and all sewers, catch basins and manholes (1) within a radius of 50 ft. - Unlimited (2) within a radius of 40 ft. - 50,000 gals. (3) withio a radi_zs of 30 Et. - 20,000 gals. (4) within a radius of 25 ft. - 10,000 gals. (5) within a radius of 20 ft. - 5,000 gals. (6) within a radius of 10 ft. - 1,500 gals When such tank is not lower than such basements of other structures, within a radius of ten feet the storage is hereby limited to 500 gallons and the tank shall be entirely encased :tn six inches of concrete. Service Stations. - All Service Stations shall be installed, conducted and maintained in accordance with the following rules: a. All tanks used for storage of inflammable liquids shall be underground tanks installed as provided in the preceding section. b. Delivery of inflammable liquids of Classes I and II from tank wagons or tank cars shall be made direct to the storage tank through the filling pipe from the receptacle from which the liquid is being drawn. No tank wagon may make such delivery with its engine or motor running. c. Delivery of inflammable liquids from the storage tank shall be made through pumps, which are mechanically perfect and so constructed as to prevent leaking or splashing. At the completion of each delivery the discharge hose must be completely emptied or hung up so that no liquids may run therefrom. When the service station is closed, each pump shall be so locked as to prevent the drawing of liquids therefrom. d. Buildings used as service stations shall be fireproof and shall be heated by steam or hot water. The heating plant shall be in a fireproof room with no opening except an outside entrance. This paragraph shall not apply to buildings now being used as service stations, except that no stoves will be permitted under any circum- stances. e. No service station may be located within four hundred feet (400) of any public building. f. No inflammable liquids may be kept in or dispensed from said buildings in open containers and no light or flame shall be permitted within any such premises. g. No person at any service station shall dispense any inflammable liquids to a motor vehicle while the motor of said vehicle is running. h. The maximum amount of storage of inflammable liquids permitted in any service station is 10,000 gallons. Garages. - The storage of inflammable liquids in and near garages for use therein or to be dispensed therefrom shall conform to the following rules, as well as those in preceding sections: a. All garages shall be equipped with sand traps and grease traps which shall be cleaned often enough to keep any sand or inflammable liquid or grease from entering the sewers. b. No garage shall ever be kept or allowed within fifty feet of any building or place used for a school, hotel, or public building used as a place of assemblage or detention. Miscellaneous. - a. No person except by express direction of a municipal officer in an emergency shall place or allow to be placed in any sewer, any inflammable liquid. b. No person may smoke or strike any match or cause any spark within fifty feet of any place where inflammable liquids are being dispensed or used in open containers, or stored or kept for sale; nor shall any stove or open flame be permitted in any such room or place. c. No person shall use Class I or Class II inflammable liquids in starting or feeding any fire except in heating devices designed to use such liquids as fuel. d. Fuel supply of inflammable liquids to stationary internal combustion engines shall be by pumpage from tanks, and not by any system of gravity -flow. e. Whenever any inflammable liquid shall have escaped from any tank, by leakage or overflow or in any other manner, it shall be the duty of the owner and of the occupant and of the person in charge of the premises to notify the fire marshal and the chief of the fire department at once of such fact, in order that pre- caution may be taken to minimize the resulting fire hazard. Inspection. - The Fire Marshal shall inspect all installations of tanks and other equipment designed to handle inflammable liquids before the same are placed in operation and no person shall use any installation or cover or cause any such installation to be covered from view before the same has been inspected. The Fire Marshal shall also make a monthly inspection of all premises which are under permit to store, dispense, or use inflammable liquids, and require compliance with the terms of this article by written orders which shall state the time in each case within which such compliance must be made. Time for Compliance. - All installations which do not conform to the requirements of this article shall be made to do so within ninety (90) days after this ordinance becomes effective. The Fire Marshal shall report to the Council at the end of such ninety (90) day period all persons who have failed to comply herewith and the location of said non -complying installations and the Council will take such steps as seem necessary to secure compliance herewith. Sale and Storage of Gasoline: General. - No person shall sell, offer for sale, deal in, keep, or handle any motor gasoline, kerosene, furnace oil, or lubricating oil as defined in the 1929 Session Laws of Minnesota, Chapter 425, as amended or as same may be amended or replaced from time to tirne, contrary to the provisions of said Chapter. Violations - Penalties. - Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in an amount not to exceed $300.00 or imprisoned for not to exceed 90 days, or both. Each day that any violation is continued shall constitute a separate offense and punishable as such. Effective Date. - This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication according to law. Passed by the Village Council this 13th day of October, 1970. Ra . L All Mayor ATTEST: June L. Emerton Clerk -Treasurer (Village Seal)