[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Babylon as indicated in article histories. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
[Adopted as Ch. X, Art. XV, of the 1938 Code
of Ordinances (Ch. 141, Art. I, of the 1981 Code)]
Artificial light in private garages shall be
by incandescent electric light only.
Unless expressly permitted by the Board of Trustees,
not more than five gallons of gasoline, exclusive of that in the tanks
which constitute a part of vehicles, shall be kept in a private garage.
Gasoline shall be kept only in approved safety containers.
[Added 11-30-1981 by L.L. No. 22-1981]
A.
Any person committing an offense against any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation
pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by
a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding
15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of
an offense against the provisions of this article shall constitute,
for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense
hereunder.
B.
In addition or as an alternative to the above-provided
penalties, the Board of Trustees may also maintain an action or proceeding
in the name of the Village in a court of competent jurisdiction to
compel compliance with or to restrain by injunction the violation
of this article.
[Adopted as Ch. X, Art. XVI, of the 1938
Code of Ordinances (Ch. 141, Art. II, of the 1981 Code)]
Before constructing or altering any public garage,
complete plans of such proposed work shall be filed with and approved
by the Building Inspector. No structure shall be used as a public
garage without a license.
[Amended 4-8-2008 by L.L. No. 8-2008]
Public garages shall be fireproof, semifireproof or heavy timber construction as required by the authority herein empowered to approve the plans thereof and in compliance with all the provisions of the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and Chapter 305, Stormwater Management and Erosion and Sediment Control, of the Village of Babylon Code.
A public garage located in or attached to a
building occupied for any different purpose shall be separated from
such other occupancy by walls, floors and ceiling having a fire-resistance
rating of not less than two hours. Walls, floors and ceilings which
effect such separation shall be continuous and unpierced by openings,
provided that door openings equipped with self-closing fire doors
leading to sales rooms or offices operated in connection with such
garages shall not be prohibited, and provided also that the use of
elevators and stairways to other stories accessible only by vestibules
or balconies constructed and arranged as required for fire towers
shall not be prohibited. Public garages containing gasoline for sale
and carbon or lead burning, welding or other processes involving open
flame or spark-emitting devices or the use of machine tools shall
not be connected with any residence building.
Garages located in buildings with parts above
the garage used for other purposes shall be protected by automatic
sprinklers when such garages are able to contain 20 or more passenger
automobiles or are used as bus terminals with a capacity of more than
two buses or are used for the storage and loading of two or more trucks.
Basements used as public garages shall be continuously
ventilated by mechanical ventilating systems so constructed as to
assure suitable dilution and removal of gasoline vapors and motor
exhaust fumes.
Carbon and lead burning, welding and other processes
involving direct application of flame shall be carried on in the open
air not less than 10 feet from any building or in a special closed
machine of approved type or in a special room separated from the rest
of the garage by two-hour partitions.
Volatile flammable liquids shall not be used
for cleaning purposes in a garage unless in a special closed machine
of approved type or in a special room separated from the rest of the
garage by two-hour partitions.
Gasoline and other volatile flammable liquids
shall not be allowed to run upon the floor or to fall or pass into
the drainage system of the premises. Self-closing metal cans shall
be used for all oily waste or wasted oils. Garages shall be swept
frequently and kept clean.
Exclusive of that in the tanks of vehicles,
gasoline shall be kept at a public garage only in underground tanks
or in approved safety cans or in approved portable wheeled tanks not
exceeding a capacity of 60 gallons each. The gasoline tanks of vehicles
shall be filled directly through hose from pumps attached either to
portable storage tanks or to permanent filling stations connected
to underground storage tanks. Gasoline shall not be handled in any
open container.
In every public garage two or more approved
chemical fire extinguishers and four or more pails of sand shall be
kept convenient for quick use in case of fire.
[Added 11-30-1981 by L.L. No. 22-1981]
A.
Any person committing an offense against any provision
of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation
pursuant to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by
a fine not exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding
15 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of
an offense against the provisions of this article shall constitute,
for each day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense
hereunder.
B.
In addition or as an alternative to the above-provided
penalties, the Board of Trustees may also maintain an action or proceeding
in the name of the Village in a court of competent jurisdiction to
compel compliance with or to restrain by injunction the violation
of this article.
