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No person shall openly carry or display a weapon in any public building owned, occupied or operated by the City of Buffalo.

No person who openly carries or displays a weapon in any public building shall refuse to surrender such weapon at the request of any police officer or peace officer. Any weapon so surrendered shall be returned to such person upon his or her departure from the public building, provided that the possession thereof is lawful.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to authorize the possession of any weapon, the possession of which is made unlawful by any other law, statute, ordinance or resolution.

Nothing contained in this chapter shall be deemed to prohibit the possession of any weapon otherwise lawful under the circumstances herein specified.

[HISTORY: Derived from the Charter and Ordinances, 1974, of the City of Buffalo as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.] GENERAL REFERENCES Seal — See Ch. 44. Signs — See Ch. 387.

[Derived from Sec. 342 of Ch. VI of the Charter and Ordinances, 1974]

The following described design is hereby established as the official flag of the City of Buffalo, New York: A. The flag shall be blue and white, composed of the picture of the Seal of the City of Buffalo and enclosed by two (2) concentric circles with thirteen (13) radial electric flashes extending outward from the outer circle and thirteen (13) five-pointed stars, one (1) between each two (2) electric flashes; all of the above objects to be in white upon a dark blue field. B. Said flag in dimensions shall be five (5) feet wide by eight (8) feet long, or a flag of other dimensions may be used if the width and length and the following elements are of similar proportions. The inner and outer circles above indicated on a flag of five by eight (5x8) feet s...

A. Said flag shall be the official flag of each of the several City departments for which major appropriations for operation have been granted by the City. It, or copies of it, may be used at the entrances to City offices or at other suitable places or on the stationery of any City office or of any school department as may be duly authorized by the proper officials. B. Said flag shall be displayed at every session of the Council and on all other occasions and places as may be designated or requested by the Mayor when within his jurisdiction. It also may be displayed at any and all places where the national flag may appropriately be displayed, provided that it is duly subordinated to the same. C. No said flag nor any reproduction of the same shall be u...

For record and reproduction purposes, there shall be on file at all times in the office of the City Clerk a copy in permanent form, duly proportioned, of said flag, the same to be accompanied by the description of the design as above outlined.

[Derived from See. 21 of Ch. IX of the Charter and Ordinances, 1974]

No person shall raise or hoist or permit to be raised or hoisted upon or over any land or building or any part thereof owned or controlled by him the flag or other emblem of any foreign nation or country, unless there is at all times floating immediately above the same the American flag.

[HISTORY: Derived from the Charter and Ordinances, 1974, of the City of Buffalo as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.] GENERAL REFERENCES Boilers and engines; engineers — See Ch. 94. Building construction and demolition; fire prevention — See Ch. 103. Open burning — See Ch. 119. Gasoline — See Ch. 219. Hazardous materials and wastes — See Ch. 235. Heating — See Ch. 238. Licensing of fire hazard uses — See Ch. 263, Art. III. Liquefied petroleum gas — See Ch. 266. Oil and gas wells — See Ch. 302. Zoning — See Ch. 511.

[Derived from Art. VI of Ch. XI of the Charter and Ordinances, 1974]

[Amended 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003] Except as otherwise specified, no person shall store, sell, handle, use or transport any flammable liquid in excess of the quantities set forth in this section without first obtaining a license from the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services. Licenses shall be renewed annually. A license shall be required to store, sell, handle, use or transport flammable liquids in excess of the following amounts, unless otherwise specifically required in this article for lesser amounts: A. Total quantity of Class I liquid in excess of 10 gallons in any building or on any premises. B. Total quantity of Class II liquid in excess of 10 gallons in any building or in excess of 25 gallons outside any building. C. Total qua...

A. When quantities of flammable liquid in excess of those mentioned in § 186-1 are maintained for a period of less than 30 days, a license shall not be required if the materials mentioned are being used or stored for such purposes as decoration of a building, repairs or are in transit at such places as freight sheds. However, in such cases, all other requirements of this article shall apply. B. Except where manufactured, distilled or packaged, a license shall not be required for the storage or handling of beverages and pharmaceuticals defined herein as "flammable liquids." An annual license shall not be required under this article for the storage of fuel oil where the storage and use of such liquid is for the purpose of supplying fuel oil burner equipm...

[Amended 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003] Permits for the installation of aboveground, vaulted or underground tanks for the storage of flammable liquids or for the replacement of such tanks, where necessary, shall be obtained from the Department of Permit and Inspection Services. A. Approval of application by Commissioner of Fire. Before any permit for the construction, alteration or installation of structures or equipment pertaining to the use, sale, storage, handling or transportation of flammable liquids is issued, the plans and specifications therefor shall be referred to the Commissioner of Fire, who shall note his approval or disapproval thereon concerning the compliance of such plans and specifications with this article. B. Inspection of complet...

[Amended 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003] A. Before any person engages in the City of Buffalo in the use, storage, handling, sale or distribution of flammable liquids as defined and not otherwise exempted in this article, he shall make application to the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services for a license for such purpose, stating the location of the place where such business or use is to be carried on and the type of such business or use. The Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services may thereupon issue the proper license for any suitable premises to any suitable person, upon proper showing that the applicant is such suitable person and the premises are proper and conform to the requirements of this article to conduct said business or use...

A. The biennial license shall expire on December 31, unless sooner revoked by the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services for cause after a hearing.[Amended 5-22-1995, effective 6-2-1995; 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003] B. A separate license shall be secured for each place of business or use operated by the licensee, and the fee for such license shall be as provided in Chapter 175, Fees.

Any person licensed under this article may refuse to deliver any gasoline, oil or other flammable liquid into any type of portable container for a person who, in the judgment of said licensee, is not of sufficient age or sufficiently responsible to understand the proper use of the product or when the licensee has determined that the intended use of the product is dangerous to life or property.

A. No wholesale bulk dealer, retail bulk dealer, manufacturer or wholesale package dealer shall knowingly deliver flammable liquids to any retail package dealer, retail bulk dealer, manufacturer, processing plant, service station, garage, dry-cleaner, hat cleaner-spotter or to the storage facilities of fuel oil consumers unless such recipient shall have a permit or license where required in this article. B. For consumer fuel oil installations existing at the effective date of this article, a period of two years shall be given to accomplish the required delivery compliance herewith. A purchaser shall furnish to a seller the purchaser's current license number, authorizing the receipt of such flammable liquids.