[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of Lancaster 1-12-1959 as Chapter X of the Ordinances of the Village of Lancaster
(Ch. 87 of the 1976 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
No plant known as a "filling station," "service station" or "garage,"
nor any establishment handling gasoline or any other explosive liquids
for retail sales shall be permitted to store same within the Village
of Lancaster unless an application is presented to the Village Board
and a permit is issued by said body.
B.
No such permission shall be granted by the Board of Trustees unless
the ordinances, rules and regulations of the Village of Lancaster,
County of Erie and State of New York shall have been or are to be
complied with, and unless a notice of such application and of the
time and place at which the same shall be heard shall have been published
in the official newspaper of the Village of Lancaster at least one
week before action is taken on such application, and a public hearing
held thereon.
[Added 6-14-2021 by L.L. No. 9-2021]
In addition to the provisions set forth in §§ 170-2 through 170-6, the standards set forth in the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code and the New York State Energy Conservation Construction Code shall be deemed incorporated into the provisions of this chapter as if fully set forth and recited herein.
No tanks or receptacles for the storage of gasoline or any other
explosive liquids having a flash point below 100° F. shall be
erected or maintained above the ground level, and all such storage
tanks forming a part of a gasoline or other products of explosive
liquids shall be buried so that the top of the tank shall be at least
two feet below the ground level.
No tanks for the storage of the above named liquids shall be
located under a sidewalk or beyond the building line without a written
permit from the Board of Trustees.
A.
Each tank used for the storage of gasoline or other explosive liquids
shall in no case have a capacity greater than 4,000 gallons, each
to be constructed of steel at least 3/16 inch in thickness and tested
for leaks before covering.
B.
Each storage tank shall be provided with a filling pipe, a drawing
off pipe and a vent pipe with an outlet which shall be located at
least 12 feet above grade.
C.
All piping and fittings used for gasoline shall be galvanized.
D.
All screw joints shall be made with litharge and glycerine or any
approved compound.
E.
The filling pipe shall be at least two inches in diameter and shall
be laid at a descending grade from the point of filling. The fill
pipe shall be closed at the end with a suitable valve or fitting when
not in use to prevent any escape of gases or vapors.
No stove, forge, torch or other device employing flame or fire,
nor any electrical or other apparatus likely to produce an exposed
spark, except such electrical motors as are the fully enclosed type,
shall be placed within 10 feet of such tanks, unless it be placed
in a room or compartment separated therefrom by a partition constructed
of fire-retarding material and provided with a self-closing fireproof
door.
No system of artificial light, other than incandescent electric
lights, shall be installed in any premises used for the storage of
explosive liquid.
No permit for the storage of gasoline or other explosive liquids
will be issued for any building or enclosure which is occupied as
a tenement house, hotel or lodging house, where paints, varnish or
lacquers are manufactured or kept for sale, or which is situated within
100 feet of the nearest wall of a building occupied as a school, theater
or other place of public amusement or assembly.
