[HISTORY: Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 179.
[Adopted 5-6-1936]
A.
All tanks shall be electrically grounded by resting directly on moist
earth or otherwise electrically grounded to permanent moisture to
the satisfaction of the Chief of the Fire Department.
B.
No insulated connections shall be permitted.
C.
Telephone poles or other projections liable to act as lightning points
shall be kept as far as practicable from tanks.
D.
All steel work or reinforced concrete tanks shall be interconnected
and grounded by an approved method.
A.
All tanks containing crude oil or other liquids which have a tendency
to boil over, and all tanks exceeding 50,000 gallons' (1,200
barrels') capacity, shall be adequately and properly diked with
a dike having a capacity not less than equal in volume to that of
the tank or tanks surrounded; the minimum height of earth dikes to
be three feet and of masonry dikes 30 inches.
B.
Tanks of less than 50,000 gallons' (1,200 barrels') capacity
shall, when deemed necessary by the Chief of the Fire Department on
account of proximity to streams, character of topography or nearness
to buildings of high value, be diked or the entire yard provided with
a curb or retaining wall or other suitable means to prevent the discharge
of liquids onto other property in case of a rupture in tank or piping,
provided that when tanks are vertical and set on a solid foundation
and exposed piping which will permit delivery from tanks is protected
from mechanical injury, such dike or curb may be omitted.
C.
Dikes or walls required by the proceeding subsections shall be of
earth or masonry, so constructed as to afford adequate protection
when dikes surround tanks containing crude oil. They shall have, in
addition to the above capacity, suitable coping or deflectors projecting
inward, properly constructed to minimize the effect of a boilover
wave. Dikes surrounding crude oil tanks shall be not less than 50
feet from the shell of the tank or tanks surrounded. The capacity
of dikes required by this section shall be properly maintained. Earthen
dikes shall preferably have a flat section at the top of not less
than three feet and shall have a slope consistent with the angle of
repose of the materials of which they are constructed.
The Commissioner of Assessment and Taxation shall be charged
with the immediate enforcement of this article and with the administration,
and he is hereby authorized in the name of the City of Rensselaer
to enjoin impending or existing violations of this article to enforce
mandatory compliance therewith.
[Amended 8-15-1990 by L.L. No. 4-1990]
Any person violating the provisions of this article shall, upon
conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not more than $250 or
imprisonment for a term not to exceed 15 days, or both.
