Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision of this article shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction for violation thereof shall be fined in accordance with section 1.01.009 of this code, and each day of use and/or operation of any such equipment without having first secured the approval of the city public works director shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ordinance adopted 4/15/1940,
sec. 8; Ordinance adopting Code)
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 and/or
liquefied petroleum gases shall use in any such installation (whether
for domestic or industrial use) only a standard grade of pipe and/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 and/or liquefied petroleum gases must
bear the label of approval and/or listing of the Underwriters’
Laboratories. The storage of any liquefied petroleum gases in any
container, either above ground and/or underground, is prohibited inside
of and/or underneath any building in the corporate limits of the city.
(Ordinance adopted 4/15/1940,
sec. 1)
The term “standard grade” as used herein shall mean
that grade of article which is accepted by dealers in such equipment
and recognized as complying with all fire law regulations.
(Ordinance adopted 4/15/1940,
sec. 2)
When any such equipment is installed as herein provided, same
shall not be placed in operation or used by any persons unless and
until said installation has been approved as complying with this article
by the city public works director.
(Ordinance adopted 4/15/1940,
sec. 4)
Any person, firm or corporation installing any such equipment
as herein provided shall secure approval of same as complying with
the requirements of this article by the city public works director
as herein provided for, and shall, upon requesting such inspection
for approval, pay an inspection fee of $1.00 for each piece of equipment,
to cover the cost of inspection.
(Ordinance adopted 4/15/1940,
sec. 5)
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/or 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 or cause to be
operated any tank truck and/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 and/or tank trailer shall be parked, stored, and/or
operated upon any street within the fire limits; nor shall they be
parked, other than for routine delivery purposes, stored and/or repaired
inside and/or outside of any building within the city limits as such
city limits are defined by ordinance of the city.
(Ordinance adopted 12/6/1955)
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 and/or equipment.
(Ordinance adopted 4/15/1940,
sec. 7)
