No person shall store or permit to be stored within this City
any crude petroleum, benzine, benzol, gasoline, naphtha, ether or
other like volatile combustibles or their compound except as hereinafter
provided.
A. Any person may keep for family use in a building owned or controlled
by him not to exceed two gallons of any of the liquids above-mentioned,
in a closed, approved metal can painted vermillion red and plainly
marked with the name of the oil. A quantity not exceeding one quart
of any such liquid may be kept in a glass bottle, plainly labeled
with the name of the liquid.
B. Any person using for mechanical purposes or dealing in gasoline or
other volatile liquid may keep not to exceed five gallons of any such
liquid in a closed, approved metal safety can painted vermillion red
and plainly marked with the name of the liquid.
C. Any person owning, handling, or storing automobiles or other machines
using gasoline may keep not to exceed 25 gallons of gasoline in each
machine, confined in a tank, free from leak, securely capped and protected
by all necessary safety appliances.
D. All crude oil, benzine, benzol, gasoline, naphtha, ether and all
other like volatile liquids or their compounds, except in kind, quantity
and manner hereinbefore stated, shall be kept in storage tanks constructed
of steel and coated on the outside with tar or other rust-resisting
material, outside a building, buried underground to a depth of not
less than two feet, and shall be handled only by some pumping system
approved by the Fire Chief; or such liquid may be kept in tanks, free
from leak, securely capped and protected by all necessary safety appliances,
partly or wholly above ground, outside of and at least 20 feet distant
from any building or adjoining property, provided that for every such
installation a special permit shall be secured from the Chief of the
Fire Department.
E. No gasoline or other combustible liquids shall be handled except
in daylight or by incandescent electric light.