[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the Township of
Limerick 4-5-1983 by Ord. No. 83. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
Any person, firm or corporation who or which shall receive flammable
products, whether by retail sale or any other method, from any retail filling
station or service station.
Any place in the Township of Limerick where pumps or other dispensing
devices are available for the dispensing of gasoline or other flammable liquids
for sale to the public.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any owner, lessee, operator
or employee of any retail filling station or service station located in the
Township of Limerick, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, to permit any purchaser,
customer or other person to use or manipulate any pump, hose, pipe or other
device for pumping or dispensing gasoline or other flammable liquid for any
purpose, unless such dispensing of gasoline or other flammable liquid shall
be conducted under the supervision of a person trained in the dispensing of
such gasoline or flammable liquids, hereinafter referred to as an "attendant,"
under such conditions that the person supervising shall be within 15 feet
of emergency controls, including the main power shutoff switch or switches,
and not more than 100 feet from the point of dispensing of such gasoline or
flammable liquids at all times during the dispensing of such gasoline or flammable
liquid.
B.
It shall be unlawful for any purchaser or customer of
a gasoline filling or service station in the Township of Limerick, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania, to use or manipulate any pump, hose, pipe or other device
for the pumping or dispensing of gasoline or other flammable liquid for any
purpose, unless such dispensing of gasoline or other flammable liquid shall
be conducted under the supervision of a person trained in the dispensing of
such gasoline or flammable liquid and under such conditions that the person
supervising shall be within 15 feet of emergency controls, including the main
power shutoff switch or switches, and not more than 100 feet from the point
of dispensing of such gasoline or flammable liquids.
Every retail filling station or service station located in the Township
of Limerick, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, shall at all times, have posted
at conspicuous locations on the premises at least three signs of minimum size
of 12 inches by 15 inches with lettering no less than a uniform size of 1/2
inch, having affixed thereon the following statement:
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IT IS UNLAWFUL UNDER ORDINANCE NO. 83 OF THE TOWNSHIP OF LIMERICK FOR
CUSTOMERS TO HANDLE PUMPS OR HOSES FOR DISPENSING FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS UNLESS
AN ATTENDANT IS WITHIN 15 FEET OF EMERGENCY SHUTOFF CONTROLS AND WITHIN 100
FEET OF THE POINT OF DISPENSING.
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[Amended 4-4-1989 by Ord. No. 109]
Any person, firm, partnership or corporation who or which shall violate
the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be sentenced
to pay a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $1,000 together with the
costs of prosecution, or, in default of payment thereof, shall be imprisoned
for not more than 30 days.
