[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of West
Haven 5-24-1982 by Ord. No. 181. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
A service station where all the pumps are self-service.
The person responsible for the service station operation
or his duly authorized representative. A duly authorized representative
shall be a person 16 years of age or older.
A motor fuel dispensing installation where part of the facility
is used as self-service and part is used for attendant-service.
A.
The dispensing of motor fuel by means of self-service automated dispensing
systems shall be permitted, provided that:
(1)
The applicant for such a system has submitted complete plans and
specifications of the proposed installation to the Municipal Fire
Marshal and has obtained approval of said plans and, further, provided
that there is compliance with Article VII, Section 29-62[1] (effective October 1, 1978), of Regulations Covering the
Storage, Use and Transportation of Flammable Liquids, Commissioner
of State Police, State of Connecticut.
[1]
Editor's Note: See new Connecticut General Statutes,
§ 23-320. Former Connecticut General Statutes, § 29-62,
was redesignated as § 29-320 in 1963.
(2)
The motor fuel is dispensed only by a competent licensed motor vehicle
operator or by the service station operator.
(3)
Approved signs bearing the wording "No Smoking" and "Shut Off Engine"
are conspicuously posted at both ends of the pump dispensing island
and are visible to approaching vehicles. All approved signs required
by this chapter shall consist of block letters not less than six inches
in height and a three-fourths-inch stroke and shall be either red
letters on a white background or white letters on a red background.
(4)
The controlling mechanism console providing power to the pump motor
is in constant attendance by the owner, operator or duly authorized
employee at all times while motor fuel is being dispensed and is properly
protected against physical damage from motor vehicles. "Constant attendance"
shall mean that the console operator must be at the controls during
its operation.
(5)
There is constant contact between the controlling mechanism console
operator and the pump island by means of an intercommunication system,
which shall be maintained in proper operating condition at all times
while motor fuel is being dispensed.
(6)
A means is provided for the controlling mechanism console operator
to observe the filling operation at each vehicle and that the dispensing
of motor fuel shall be continuously observed by the console operator
during the time that any of the pumps have been activated to dispense
motor fuel.
(7)
The controlling mechanism console includes a disconnect switch which
will instantly cut off all pumping power to all motor fuel pumps at
the service station.
(8)
The controlling mechanism console, switches and related equipment
are of a design and type approved by the Fire Marshal.
B.
Any person, firm or corporation constructing a self-service facility
or making changes or alterations in the method of dispensing motor
fuel shall first notify the Fire Marshal, in writing, prior to submitting
plans.
C.
Self-service automated motor fuel dispensing systems for which plans
have been submitted subsequent to April 29, 1975, shall be equipped
with a fire-extinguishing system of a type approved by the Fire Marshal,
details of which shall be included with plans submitted to the Marshal
for approval.
Split-island facilities may be allowed, provided that:
A.
There shall be installed on the full-service islands an additional
switch which will activate the overhead fire-suspension system on
and deactivate power to the self-service island.
B.
The station operator shall be within 25 feet of one of the switches as defined in Subsection A whenever the self-service dispensing mechanism is in operation; the service station operator shall be within visual range of the filling operation.
C.
The self-serve island shall be that island(s) that is (are) closest
to the facility housing the full-service attendant, most commonly
referred to as the "inside island."
