No plant for the storage of gasoline, petroleum,
shale oil or the liquid product thereof, or of coal tar or any volatile,
flammable liquid of an explosive nature shall be erected or maintained
without a permit being obtained from the Board of Trustees for such
purpose.
[Amended 6-21-1983 by L.L. No. 6-1983; 5-16-1995 by L.L. No.
3-1995]
Applications for storage plants and storage
tank permits shall be made, in writing, to the Village Clerk, shall
contain such information as shall be required by the Board of Trustees
and shall be accompanied by a fee of $200 for a plant permit and $200
for each tank permit. Such permit shall be issued by the Clerk only
upon a resolution of the Board of Trustees approving the same.
No permit for a storage plant shall be issued
for any building or structure which is occupied for residence purposes,
hotel or lodging house; or premises where paints, varnishes, lacquers
or similar items are manufactured or kept for sale; or premises where
dry goods or other highly flammable materials are manufactured or
kept for sale; or premises where resin, turpentine, hemp, cotton or
any explosives are stored or kept for sale; or premises situated within
100 feet from the nearest wall of a building or structure occupied
as a school, theater or other place of public amusement, public assembly
or assembly.
No permit shall be issued for placing tanks
or containers for the storage of gasoline, kerosene or other oils
within the bounds of a public highway or upon the surface thereof
nor to permit arrangements for the filling or drawing therefrom upon
the curbline of such street.
No tank forming part of a buried oil storage
system shall be covered from sight until after an inspection by the
Village Plumbing Inspector, and such tank shall be installed in conformity
with this Code.
Each tank used for the storage of gasoline or
any volatile, flammable, explosive oils or liquids shall be constructed
of steel of a thickness determined in accordance with regulations
of the National Fire Protection Association; shall have a capacity
of no more than 10,000 gallons for Class 1 liquids nor more than 20,000
gallons for Class 2 liquids; and shall, under test, stand a hydrostatic
pressure of at least 100 pounds to the square inch. Underground tanks
may also be built of materials other than steel, such as fiberglass,
if in accordance with the standards prescribed in the National Fire
Protection Code No. 30 and upon the approval of the Superintendent
of the Building Department.
A.
Coating, foundation, depth. Each storage tank shall
be coated on the on the outside with tar or other rust-resisting material,
shall be set on a solid foundation, shall have an eight-inch concrete
slab over the entire tank extending at least one foot beyond both
ends and sides of said tank and reinforced with six-by-six, fifty-four
pound mesh wire, and there shall also be at least one foot of earth
between the top of the tank and the bottom of said concrete slab.
B.
Pipes, fittings, joints. Each storage tank shall be
provided with a filling pipe, a drawing-off pipe and a vent pipe,
provided that tanks installed as part of a hydraulic storage system
shall not be required to have a vent pipe. All pipes shall be galvanized
wrought iron with malleable iron fittings. All screw joints shall
be made with litharge and glycerin.
C.
Location of vent pipes. Vent pipes shall be so constructed
that the lower end thereof shall extend through the top of the tank
for a distance of not more than one inch and the upper end thereof
shall extend at least one foot above the level of the top of the filling
pipe; and no such vent pipe shall be placed within four feet of a
window or other opening in any building in such a way that gases from
such vent will be likely to accumulate in such building.
D.
Location of filling pipe intake. The filling pipe
shall be at least two inches in diameter and shall be laid at a descending
grade from the sidewalk in front of the building to the tank. The
intake of the filling pipe shall be located in a heavy metal box,
which shall be sunk flush with the sidewalk at the curb level or at
some other location for the filling of the tank from a barrel wagon
and fitted with a heavy metal cover and shall be kept locked when
not in use.
E.
Screen for filling pipe. The filling pipe shall be
provided with a screen made of two thicknesses of twenty-inch-mesh
brass wire gauze, placed immediately below the filling cock or valve.
F.
Intake of filling tank. The filling tank shall be
closed at the intake by a cock or valve fitted with a coupling for
attaching through the hose of a barrel wagon and with a screw cap
to close the opening when not in use.
G.
Burial of steel storage tanks, receptacles. No tanks
or receptacles for the storage of gasoline, petroleum, shale oil or
the liquid product thereof, or of coal tar or of any volatile, flammable
liquid of an explosive nature shall be erected or maintained above
the ground level, and all such storage tanks forming a part of a gasoline
or other product of petroleum or volatile, flammable, explosive liquid
storage plant shall be buried so that the tops thereof shall be at
least two feet below ground level and at least two feet below the
level of the lowest cellar floor of any building within a radius of
10 feet from the tank; and no such tanks shall be buried underneath
any building or structure.
A.
Fiberglass tanks shall be installed upon firm foundations
having a six-inch minimum backfill bed, except that when fiberglass
tanks are to be installed over rock, stone, shale, clay areas or in
water, the backfill bed shall be constructed to a minimum thickness
of 12 inches.
B.
The depth of cover shall be not less than three feet
nor more than seven feet of approved material, or not less than 18
inches of approved material plus six inches of reinforced concrete
paving, or not less than 18 inches of approved material plus eight
inches of asphaltic concrete paving. Whenever paving options are used
to reduce the cover as hereinabove referred to, the pavement shall
extend not less than one foot beyond the tank outline in all directions.
C.
Fiberglass tanks shall be backfilled with approved
backfill in such manner as to provide not less than 12 inches of backfill
material between tank ribs and the side of the hole, between tank
ends and the side of the hole and between tank ribs of adjacent tanks.
D.
Backfill bedding and backfill materials shall consist
of any of the following:
(1)
A naturally rounded free-flowing aggregate with a
particle size not less than 1/8 inch nor more than 3/4 inch in diameter.
(2)
A free-flowing angular aggregate with a particle size
not less than 1/8 inch nor more than 1/2 inch. Angular material may
be either crushed stone or gravel meeting quality and soundness requirements
of ASTM C-33.
E.
Cover materials shall consist of any of the following:
(1)
A naturally rounded free-flowing aggregate with a
particle size not less than 1/8 inch nor more than 3/4 inch in diameter.
(2)
A free-flowing angular aggregate with a particle size
not less than 1/8 inch nor more than 1/2 inch. Angular material may
be either crushed stone or gravel meeting quality and soundness requirements
of ASTM C-33.
(3)
Clean, suitable backfill material free of rock, shale,
topsoil, humus, root matter, stumps, spongy materials and any other
objectionable material. Whenever clean, suitable backfill material
is used as cover material, the required bedding and backfill materials
placed in accordance with this specification shall be covered with
a polyethylene film or suitable substitute prior to filling between
the tank top and finished grade.
F.
All bedding, backfill bedding and approved backfill
materials shall be tamped into place.
G.
Fiberglass tanks that are subject to uplifting forces
shall be securely anchored using noncorrosive hold-down straps or
approved alternate materials and fittings in accordance with requirements
prescribed by an engineering review of the factors involved.
H.
Fiberglass tanks shall be tested for concealed damage
prior to installation and prior to being placed in service. Testing
shall be pressure testing at five pounds per square inch with fittings
soaped. During this test procedure and whenever the tank is being
held under pressure, the tank shall not be left unattended. No tank
shall be placed in service until the pressure test of five pounds
per square inch shall have been completed to the satisfaction of the
Superintendent of Building Department.
I.
No repairs to fiberglass underground storage tanks
shall be made by other than the manufacturer's authorized representative
or a qualified person engaged in such work.
Each tank used for the storage of gasoline or
any volatile, flammable, explosive oils or liquids shall have a capacity
of no more than 10,000 gallons for Class one liquids nor more than
20,000 gallons for Class two liquids.
No tank for the storage of gasoline or any volatile,
flammable, explosive oils or liquids shall be located under a sidewalk
or beyond the building setback line or within five feet of any building
or property line.
No stove, forge, torch or other device employing
flame or fire nor any electrical or other apparatus likely to produce
an exposed spark, except such electrical motors as are of the fully
enclosed type, shall be placed within 10 feet of tanks regulated in
this article unless it be placed in a room or compartment separated
therefrom by a partition constructed of fire-retarding material and
provided with a self-closing door.
No system of artificial light, other than incandescent
electric lights, shall be installed in any premises used for the storage
of explosive liquids.
Any tank regulated by this article, if abandoned,
unused, leaking or defective, shall be immediately removed from the
premises.
[Amended 5-16-1995 by L.L. No. 3-1995]
No tank having been heretofore used for the storage of liquids as regulated in this article shall be removed or carried through the streets of the Village except pursuant to a permit therefor, obtained in the same manner as provided in § 65-42. Such permits shall be issued only after due inspection and the payment of a fee to the Clerk of $125 for each tank.
Any tank already installed or proposed for installation
for the purposes described in this article shall conform as to design,
construction, installation, maintenance, removal and in all other
respects to the most restrictive provisions of this Code, the regulations
of the National Fire Prevention Association and the provisions of
the Nassau County Fire Prevention Ordinance, all as determined by
the Superintendent of the Building Department.
Nothing contained in this article shall apply
to the keeping or storage of gasoline or kerosene in amounts not exceeding
20 gallons in five-gallon approved cans.
A.
Authority of Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees
may authorize tanks for the storage of gasoline, petroleum or shale
oil or the liquid products thereof, or of coal tar or any volatile,
flammable liquid of an explosive nature to be placed above ground
upon such conditions as the Board of Trustees may require.
B.
Application, fee for permit. Application for a permit
pursuant to this section shall be made in writing to the Village Clerk,
shall contain such information as shall be required by the Board of
Trustees and shall be accompanied by a fee of $15, to be paid to the
Clerk. Such permits shall be issued by the Clerk only upon a resolution
of the Board of Trustees approving same.
Flammable liquids shall be drawn from tanks
by pumps so constructed as to prevent leaking or splashing, with control
apparatus and piping so arranged as to allow control of the amount
of discharge and to prevent leakage or discharge inside a building
by any failure of the system.
A.
Type, foundation. All gasoline gauging or vending
devices shall be of approved type and substantially secured to a concrete
or masonry foundation suitably located and of proper design and dimensions
to normally prevent any portion of a motor vehicle colliding with
the device.
B.
Maintaining continuous pressure. Systems wherein continuous
pressure is maintained on a gasoline storage tank, in connection with
gasoline gauging or vending device, shall be prohibited.
C.
Coin or automatic operation. No gasoline gauging or
vending device shall be allowed under this article that by any mechanical
or other method allows gasoline to be dispensed from the gauging or
vending device, as the result of the operator inserting a coin or
coins, token, slug or any other method to cause such gauging or vending
device to operate mechanically or otherwise and to dispense gasoline
from such gauging or vending device.
[Amended 10-5-1982 by L.L. No. 5-1982]
A.
Gasoline self-service dispensing units shall only
be permitted at outdoor, above-grade locations.
B.
A trained attendant shall be on duty at the control
panel whenever the station is open for business and shall observe,
supervise and control dispensing operations.
C.
Smoking shall be prohibited in the dispensing area.
Signs reading "No Smoking -- Stop Your Motor" shall be conspicuously
posted at the dispensing island, in clear view of the motorist.
D.
Dispensing operations shall not be permitted until
the engine of the vehicle being serviced is shut off.
E.
Only portable containers listed by a nationally recognized
testing laboratory shall be filled by gasoline dispensing units.
F.
Emergency power control switches shall be clearly
identified and shall be capable of disconnecting power to all dispensing
units. They shall be located at least 20 feet from the nearest dispenser,
but not more than 50 feet from the most remote dispenser. The attendant
shall be in a location whereby all dispensing units are clearly visible.
G.
Only dispensing nozzles of the self-closing type shall
be permitted for self-service dispensing devices. There shall be no
latch-open device on any self-service dispensing nozzle.
H.
Plans for the installation of self-service gasoline
dispensing installations shall be submitted to the Building Department
for approval prior to commencement of installation.
I.
Dispensing devices that are in compliance with standards
set by the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc., or Factory Mutual Engineering
Division, shall be deemed acceptable.
J.
The number and type of fire extinguishers shall be provided as indicated on plans submitted to the Building Department as required by Subsection H above and located in the vicinity of the emergency controls.
K.
An approved audible intercommunication system shall
be required between the attendant and the dispensing area and shall
be maintained in proper operating condition.
L.
A self-service gasoline dispensing station shall not
be used to repair, service, lubricate, oil, maintain or perform any
other service necessary for the operation of motor vehicles.
The provisions of this article shall not apply
to oil burner installations.
