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Village of Westfield, WI
Marquette County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of Westfield as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 525.
[Adopted 11-23-1990]
A. 
Residential, B2, B-3, Conservancy and Floodplain (R-1, R-2, R-3, R-4, RD, B-2, B-3, C and FP). No aboveground storage tanks will be permitted larger than 660 gallons combined. The only materials allowed in said aboveground storage tanks will be heating oil and LP gas. No storage of any motor vehicle fuel in excess of containers exceeding 15 gallons shall be permitted. Fuel in motor vehicle fuel tanks is not included in this subsection.
[Amended 11-30-1992]
B. 
School district property. No aboveground storage tanks will be permitted on school district property larger than 1,000 gallons combined for each type of fuel. The school district shall be permitted to have motor vehicle tanks up to 1,000 gallons provided that they conform to regulations of this article.
C. 
Commercial (B-1). There shall be no aboveground heating fuel tanks, LP tanks or any other tanks of any size allowed.[1]
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Editor's Note: Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II).
D. 
Industrial. All aboveground storage tanks, no larger than 1,000 gallons combined, for heating oil, LP gas, motor vehicle fuels and any other hazardous materials will be permitted by permit only.
A. 
A permit fee as set by the Village Board will accompany each application, and applications will be available at the Village Clerk-Treasurer's office and will be decided upon by the Fiscal Committee.
B. 
Anyone objecting to the denial of any aboveground tank permit will have the right to appeal said decision to the Village Board, Village of Westfield, by contacting the Village Clerk-Treasurer and completing any forms applicable to said appeal and appearing at a regularly scheduled Village Board meeting after being placed on the agenda. The Village Board will either affirm the Fiscal Committee's decision or reject said decision and approve the permit by a majority vote.
A. 
The Village Board further adopts any and all rules promulgated by the State of Wisconsin Department of Commerce as amended regarding aboveground tank regulations and any federal regulations that are referred to in the Department of Commerce rules.
B. 
All aboveground storage tanks will comply with Department of Commerce rules and shall be housed by side walls extending six inches above the height of said tanks, and said side walls shall be constructed in such a manner as to be substantially conforming to the neighborhood in which said aboveground storage tanks are situated.
this article will not control any aboveground storage tanks in existence as of the passage of this article; however said aboveground tanks may be subject to the Department of Commerce rules that said Board has adopted by reference and may have to be brought in conformity therewith within a certain period of time.
Forfeiture for violation of this article shall be in accordance with the general penalty in Chapter 1, § 1-3 of this Code, and each day of the offense shall be considered a separate violation.