As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
SERVICE STATION
Any premises or portion of premises, public or private, where gasoline
or other flammable liquid fuel for self-propelled vehicles, boats or portable
internal combustion engines is dispensed into the fuel tank of such equipment,
including outdoor facilities on such premises used for lubrication and minor
service of such vehicles, boats, machines or engines.
A service station shall be equipped and operated in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter.
An accurate weekly inventory shall be kept of the contents of all underground
tanks by the physical gauging of such tanks and the comparison of the amount
of the product on hand at the beginning of each weekly period plus purchases
less sales and where this result checked against meter readings for sales
for said period indicate a shortage or shrinkage of over 1% of sales, the
Fire Chief or Fire Department shall be immediately notified.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to dispense
or to sell or offer for sale at retail any gasoline or other flammable liquid
or to establish, maintain or operate for public or private use any service
station or install any pumps or apparatus for the dispensing of gasoline or
other flammable liquid without first having obtained a written permit therefor
as herein provided.
New applications for such permits shall be in writing on forms furnished
by the city and shall be made to the City Clerk and shall be accompanied by
a plot of the station and a description of the pump and tank and other apparatus
installation. This requirement is not necessary for renewals.
A. Insurance. This application shall include an insurance
policy to the City of Oneonta individually and/or as an additional insured
to indemnify the city against liability, for bodily injury, property damage,
costs and expenses which the city may incur or suffer by reason of the granting
of such permit. Such policy shall be at least in the sum of $300,000 single
limit for bodily injury and property damage liability combined and shall be
in such form as may be prescribed or approved by the City Attorney. This requirement
is necessary for renewals.
Such application shall be accompanied by a permit fee as shall be set
by resolution from time to time by the Common Council of the City of Oneonta.
The set fee is an annual fee and all permits issued hereunder must be renewed
within the thirty-day period preceding the expiration of the existing permit
each year thereafter. A license issued hereunder shall be valid during the
calendar year of issuance and may be transferable for the same location only
upon proper application to the City Clerk.
The City Clerk shall refer such application to the City Fire Chief and
Code Enforcement Officer for their approval; no license shall be issued without
their joint approval.
The fees herein provided shall cover the required instance, and, in
the event such license is not approved and issued, 1/2 of the total fee shall
be refunded to the applicant.
If such application is approved as required herein, the City Clerk shall
issue a license to the applicant. Any such license issued hereunder may be
revoked for the violation of any of the provisions of this chapter.
Any person, firm or corporate licensee who shall violate any of the
provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction, be subject to the penalties
prescribed in this Code of the City of Oneonta.