(C0098-19; C0035-20)
The city council may grant, by petition, flammable products storage licenses, as the public good requires and subject to terms and conditions as it sees fit, to parcels of land deemed appropriate, subject to the provisions of these Revised Ordinances and applicable state statutes.
(C0098-19)
(a) 
Flammable products storage licenses shall only be granted to a parcel of land.
(b) 
A flammable products storage license shall be required to be obtained for every parcel of land proposed to be used to store any volume of any category of flammable and/or combustible materials that meets or exceeds the volume associated with such material in the table located in Section 8-2(b)(1) of these Revised Ordinances.
(c) 
No party shall store on a parcel of land under their control located in whole or in part within the limits of the city any volume of flammable or combustible materials requiring a flammable products storage license unless a flammable products storage license has first been granted for said parcel.
(d) 
No owner of any parcel of land located in whole or in part within the limits of the city shall allow any party to store on said parcel any volume of flammable or combustible materials requiring a flammable products storage license unless a flammable products storage license has first been granted for said parcel.
(e) 
Any violations of this section shall be reported to the city clerk. After conferring with the city solicitor and/or the president of the city council, if necessary, the city clerk may:
(1) 
Issue fines in accordance with Section 1-8 of these Revised Ordinances to the party in control of said parcel; and/or
(2) 
Issue fines in accordance with Section 1-8 of these Revised Ordinances to the owner of said parcel; and/or
(3) 
Issue a cease and desist order to the party in control of said parcel.
(C0098-19)
Even though flammable products storage licenses are granted to parcels of land, all applicants for flammable products storage licenses shall still need to meet the qualifications for all licenses and permits issued under the authority of the city council as prescribed in Section 12-302 of this Chapter.
(C0098-19; C0035-20)
(a) 
All applications for flammable products storage licenses pursuant to this division shall be completed, reviewed and processed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12-303 of this Chapter and the following additional provisions:
(1) 
To apply for a new flammable products storage license or to change the conditions or restrictions of an existing flammable products storage license, the petitioner shall first apply for approval or disapproval from the fire department.
(2) 
Whether the fire chief approves or disapproves such application, the next step in obtaining or modifying a flammable products storage license shall be to submit an application for such license to the city clerk.
(3) 
As flammable products storage licenses are not renewed annually, the application fee for a request to modify such license initiated by the owner/occupant of the land who currently exercises such license shall be the full application fee for such license.
(b) 
License conditions and restrictions.
(1) 
Flammable products storage licenses shall only allow flammable and/or combustible materials requiring such licenses to be stored on the property address for which the license was granted.
(2) 
All flammable products storage licenses shall be subject to the standard license and permit conditions and restrictions for licenses and permits issued under the authority of the city council as specified in Section 12-308(a) of this Chapter.
(3) 
The city council may impose other reasonable restrictions and conditions on individual flammable products storage licenses as they deem necessary to protect the public safety and welfare. Such restrictions and conditions may include limitations on the days and hours of operation.
(c) 
Petitions for flammable products storage licenses shall be considered by the city council in accordance with the provisions of Section 12-309 of this Chapter.
(d) 
Petitions for approved flammable products storage licenses shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12-310 of this Chapter.
(e) 
Petitions for denied flammable products storage licenses shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12-311 of this Chapter.
(f) 
Flammable products storage licenses shall not need to be renewed annually; however, a flammables storage registration shall be filed annually with the city clerk for every flammable products storage license issued by the city in accordance with Section 8-2(c) of these Revised Ordinances.
(g) 
The process used to monitor and ensure compliance with the conditions and restrictions placed on flammable products storage licenses, as well as the possible penalties for such noncompliance, is prescribed in Section 12-313 of this Chapter.
(h) 
Reviews of existing flammable products storage licenses shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12-314 of this Chapter.
(i) 
The method used to file and process complaints regarding a flammable products storage license is prescribed in Section 12-318.
(j) 
Suspensions of existing flammable products storage licenses shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12-315 of this Chapter.
(k) 
Revocations of existing flammable products storage licenses shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of Section 12-316 of this Chapter.