All persons, firms or corporations who may, from and after the
effective date of this article, install or equip any residence, business
house or apartment house, or any other building located and situated
within the corporate limits of the city with any installation or equipment
designed to use as a fuel any form of manufactured or liquefied petroleum
gases shall use in any such installation, whether for domestic or
industrial use, only a standard grade of pipe or piping, and all appliances
used in connection with any such installation shall be a standard
grade and type of equipment. Any system which uses any form of manufactured
or liquefied petroleum gases must bear the label of approved or listed
by the Underwriters’ Laboratories. The storage of any liquefied
petroleum gases in any individual customer size of container, either
above ground or underground, is prohibited inside of or underneath
any building in the corporate limits, and no equipment used for the
purpose of storing wholesale quantities of such gases shall be permitted
within the corporate limits of the city.
(1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 8A; 2001
Code, sec. 3.701)
Any such tanks, trucks and equipment as required for the storage
and handling of liquefied petroleum gases shall be installed or repaired
in a workmanlike manner and shall comply with all standards and laws
and the regulations of the city, the regulations of the National Board
of Fire Underwriters and the regulations recommended by the National
Fire Protection Association, as well as the regulations by the liquefied
petroleum gas division of the state railroad commission.
(1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 8B; 2001
Code, sec. 3.702)
(a)
When
any such equipment is installed as herein provided, same shall not
be placed in operation or used unless and until said installation
has been approved as complying with this article by the certified
plumbing inspector.
(b)
Any
person, firm or corporation installing any such equipment as herein
provided shall secure the approval of same as complying with the requirements
of this article by the city gas inspector, and shall, upon requesting
such inspection for approval, pay an inspection fee as set by the
city council and on file with the city secretary to cover the cost
of original inspection and an additional fee as set by the city council
for each additional inspection required. Each year thereafter an annual
inspection shall be made, and a like charge as set by the city council
for each inspection shall be collected by the city.
(1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 8C; 2001
Code, sec. 3.703)
All tank trucks and tank trailers used for the transportation
of liquefied petroleum gases within the city shall be so constructed
and operated as to comply with the regulations for the design, construction
and operation of automobile tank trucks and tank trailers for the
transportation of liquefied petroleum gases as approved by the National
Board of Fire Underwriters and the National Fire Protection Association.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall operate any tank truck or
tank trailer used for the purpose of transporting liquefied petroleum
gas within the corporate limits of the city shall keep any such equipment
in good condition at all times, and upon the development of any defect
that would create a hazard to persons or property said tank truck
or tank trailer shall be removed from the streets of the city until
such defects have been repaired, or faulty equipment replaced, and
any such tank trucks and tank trailers shall be subject to inspection
by the proper authorities at any time. No tank truck or tank trailer
shall be stored upon any street within the fire limits, nor shall
they be stored or repaired inside of any building within the fire
limits.
(1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 8D; 2001
Code, sec. 3.704)
All liquefied petroleum gas sold within the city shall be treated
with a malodorant in such quantities as required by state law to create
an odor easily detected in case of leaks in piping or equipment.
(1987 Code, ch. 3, sec. 8E; 2001
Code, sec. 3.705)
