[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Shamokin 7-14-1987 by Ord. No. 312 (Ch. 56 of the 1967 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes but is not limited to a front window or front door
of a structure or other premises.
Refers to and includes oxygen in its liquid or gaseous state
or in a combination of the two.
[Added 8-25-1987]
A placard approved by the Shamokin City Council and available
at the vendor's place of business and the Shamokin City Communications
Center which announces the presence of stored liquid oxygen on the
premises.
Any person or other entity who maintains liquid oxygen in
any structure or premises located in the City of Shamokin.
Any person or other entity who sells or in any way distributes
liquid oxygen for use in the City of Shamokin.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any vendor to distribute liquid oxygen in
any form for use within the City of Shamokin without first having
placed in a conspicuous location a liquid oxygen placard on the structure
or other premises where the liquid oxygen is kept.
B.
The vendor and the vendee shall jointly have an affirmative duty
to notify the Shamokin City Communications Center of the fact that
liquid oxygen sold or distributed by the vendor has been installed
in the structure or on the premises and, in that event, to have the
liquid oxygen placard installed therein. Failure of the vendor to
do so shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
C.
The vendor and the vendee shall jointly have an affirmative duty
to notify the Shamokin City Communications Center of the fact that
liquid oxygen sold or distributed by the vendor has been removed from
the structure or premises and, in that event, to have the liquid oxygen
placard removed therefrom. Failure of the vendor to do so shall constitute
a violation of this chapter.
D.
It shall be unlawful for any vendee, person, firm, corporation or
any other entity or agent therefor to keep liquid oxygen in any structure
or other premises within the City of Shamokin without first having
placed in a conspicuous location on said structure or premises a liquid
oxygen placard.
[Amended 6-11-1990]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate or fail to
comply with any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon conviction
thereof before any Magisterial District Judge, be sentenced to pay
a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $300, and costs of
prosecution, and/or suffer imprisonment for up to 180 days, or both.
The continuation of such violation for each successive day shall constitute
a new and separate offense, and the person or persons allowing the
continuation of the violation may be punished as provided above for
each separate offense.
All other ordinances or parts of ordinances, insofar as the
same are inconsistent herewith, be and the same are hereby repealed
upon the effective date of this chapter.
The provisions of this chapter are severable, and if any section,
clause, sentence, part or provision thereof is held to be illegal,
unconstitutional or invalid, the decision so holding shall not affect
or impair any of the remaining sections, clauses, sentences, parts
or provisions of this chapter. It is hereby declared to be the intent
of the Council of the City of Shamokin that this chapter would have
been adopted as if such illegal, unconstitutional or invalid section,
clause, sentence, part or provision had not been included therein.
This chapter shall become effective immediately upon passage
by the City Council.
