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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regulating Gasoline Service Stations and Bulk Fuel Storage Plants ORDINANCE NO.- 2504 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA, BY ADDING TO CHAPTER FIFTEEN, FIRE PROTECTION AND PREVENTION A NEW ARTICLE III, SERVICE STATIONS AND BULK PLANTS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING REGULATIONS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION , OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS AND BULK STORAGE PLANT WHEREIN GASOLINE, MOTOR FUEL OR FUEL OIL ARE STORED AND DISPENSED; AND, ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE . BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council for the City of Ames , Iowa, that: Section 1 . The Municipal Code of the City of Ames be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding to Chapter 15 thereof a new Article to read as follows ; ARTICLE III . SERVICE STATIONS AND BULK PLANTS Division 1. Permits Sec. 15-3001 . Required. No person shall, within the corporate limits of the city, erect, construct, operate or maintain what is commonly known as a gasoline service station or bulk storage plant wherein gasoline, motor fuel or fuel oil are dispensed unless they shall have first obtained a permit therefore approved by the city council. Sec. 15-3002 . Reserved.. Section 15-3003 . Application required; contents . Each application for a gasoline service station or bulk storage plant permit shall be filed with the city manager on forms furnished by the city, and shall contain the following informa- tion- (a) Name and address of applicant. (b) Proposed. location of the service station or bulk storage plant is to be located. (c) Name and address of owner of the pro- perty on which the proposed service station or bulk storage plant is to be located. (d) Name and address of the operator of the service station or bulk storage plant. (e) The maximum amount of each kind of flammable liquid storage to be provided in the proposed location. (f) A detailed plat of the service station or bulk storage plant, properly drawn to scale, which plat shall show the location of all buildings , storage tanks , driveway entrances , fuel pumps and accessories situated or to be situated thereon, all finished surface grades and all proposed electric , water, gas and other utility service con- nections . -2- (g) That an application for a building permit for the proposed construction has been approved by the building official and the number of such building permit. (h) If signs are to be erected which extend bevond the property line, the permit number for such signs. Sec. 15-3004 . Investigation of location. Upon the filing of an application for a permit hereunder, the city manager shall cause an investigation to be made of the proposed location with reference to any hazardous fire or safety conditions , or traffic congestion that might be created by the proposed construc- tion, and report the conclusion of such investigation to the city council. Sec. 15-3005 . Issuance . After receiving the report of the city manager, the city council may instruct the city clerk to issue the permit when advised by the city manager that all conditions as set forth in the application and this division have been complied with. Sec. 15-3006 . Access , safety requirements prerequisite to permit. No permit shall be issued for a gasoline service station or bulk :storage plant here- after erected in the city, until the following conditions and requirements have been complied with: (a) Access to stations or plants fronting on two streets . For service stations or bulk storage plants located on property fronting on two (2) intersecting streets the maximum access driveway width measured at the street curb line shall not be more than thirty- five (35) feet. The curb opening is to be not less than fourteen (14) feet from the property line measured at the property lines of the two (2) intersecting streets. (b) Access to stations or plants fronting on one street. For service stations, or bulk storage plants on property fronting on one street only, the maximum access driveway width measured at the street curb line for each individual driveway shall be thirty-five (35) feet, and the total access driveway width to said station or plant measured at the street curb line shall not exceed seventy (70) feet, except when pump islands are other than parallel to the curb line the maximum total shall be one hundred five (105) feet. The curb opening to be not less than five (5) feet from the property line at the sidewalk line. -3- (c) Stations , plants where service parallel to street line. For service stations or bulk storage plants in which service to motor vehicles is parallel to the street line, the service pump, or pump island shall be located not less than twelve (12) feet from the street line and no part of the vehicle or its load shall extend within the street line. There shall be a concrete curb four (4) inches or more in height at the property line parallelto the pump island and extending the full length of the pump island. (d) Service at other than parallel to street line. For service stations having pumps or pump islands servicing motor vehicles at other than parallel to the street line, the service pumps shall be not less than twenty (20) feet from any street line. (e) Accessory appliances . No accessory appliance servicing motor vehicles shall be nearer than two (2) feet to the property line . Secs . 15-3007--15-3016 . Reserved. Division 2 . Regulations Sec. 15-3017. Applicability to service stations , tank vehicles . This division applies to all service stations and tank vehicles handling flammable liquids as hereinafter defined within the city, except that it does not apply to the trans- portation of flammable liquids within the city when in conformity with U. S. Interstate Commerce Commission regulations or regulations lawfully on file with and approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Sec. 15-3015 . Definitions . For the purpose of this division the following words and terms shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section. (1) Bulk plant means that portion of property when flammable liquids are received by pipelines , tank cars , or tank vehicle and are stored in bulk for the purpose of distributing such liquids by tank vehicle, pipeline , tank car or con- tainer. (2) Cargo tank means any container having a liquid capacity in excess of one thousand (1, 000) gallons, used for carrying flammable liquids , and mounted permanently or otherwise on a tank vehicle. (3) Chief means the chief of the city fire department or any member of such de- partment deputized for the purpose of this division. -4- (4) Closed container means a container so sealed by means of a lid or other device that neither liquid or vapor will escape from it at ordinary tempera- tures . (5) Flammable liquid means any liquid having a flash point at or below twenty-five degrees (25°) Fahrenheit (minus four degrees (-4°) centigrade) as determined by Elliott, Abel or tag closed cup tester. (6) Safety can means an approved closed container of not over five (5) gallons capacity . (7) Service station means that portion of private property where flammable liquids used as motor vehicle fuel are stored and dispensed from fixed equipment into fuel tanks of motor vehicles . ( 8) Tank vehicle means any single, self- propelled motor vehicle equipped with a tank mounted thereon or on a trailer or semi-trailer. Sec . 15-3019 . Service stations to be separated from bulk plants . Service stations dispensing flammable liquids to the public shall not be located at a bulk plant unless separated by a fence or similar barrier from the area in which the bulk plant operations are conducted. Sec. 15-3020 . Facilities in streets prohibited. It is unlawful for any person to erect, operate or maintain any curb pump or other facility or device used either in dispensing flammable liquids or in the servicing of motor vehicles , within the limits of any street, avenue, or alley within the city. Sec. 15-3021. Vehicles not to extend into streets . No part of any motor vehicle, or its load shall project within the limits of any street, avenue , highway or alley while such vehicle is being serviced or remains standing upon the property occupied by such service station or bulk plant. The provisicns of this section do not apply to service stations or bulk plants existing on the effective date of this chapter. In the event such service stations or bulk plants are remodeled, they shall comply with the requirements specified herein. Sec. 15-3022 . Types of pumps , hoses , lighting apparatus. All pumps , filling hose and lighting apparatus of any service station shall be of a type approved by the American Insurance Association or other nationally recognized fire prevention agency for such installation. Sec. 15-3023 . Fire extinguishers at service stations. All service stations .shall be equipped with not less than one ten (10) pound dry power or carbon dioxide (CO2) fire extinguisher, kept in operating condition at all times , and in a location readily accessible in case of fire. Sec. 15-3024 , Smoking prohibited; signs required. There shall be no smoking on the driveway of service stations in areas used for fueling motor vehicles , dispensing flammable anti- freeze or the receipts of: products by tank truck, or in those portions of buildings used in servicing internal combustion engines . Conspicuous signs prohibiting smoking shall be posted within sight of customers being served. Sec. 15-3025 . Running motor while fueling prohibited. The motors of all vehicles being fueled shall be shut off during fueling operations. Sec. 15-3026 . Condition of tank vehicles . Tank vehicles shall not be operated unless they are in proper repair. , devoid of accumu- lations of grease, oil or other flammables and free of leaks . Sec. 15-3027 . Fill, discharge of tank vehicles. (a) The driver, operator or attendant of any tank vehicle shall not leave the vehicle while it is being filled or discharged. Delivery hose when attached to a tank vehicle, shall be considered to be a part of such vehicle. Motors of tank vehicles shall be shut down while unloading flammable liquid and all unloading into service station under- ground tanks from tank vehicles shall be by gravity flow and not by pumping. (b) An operator while unloading who permits the discharge of flammable liquids to flow on the surface of station grounds , sidewalk, or public street or alley is guilty of a mis- demeanor. Sec. 15-3028. Sealed filler connections required. Any tank vehicle discharging flammable liquids into storage tanks shall employ a sealer filler connection which provides constant electric conducting contact between the filler pipe and the tank vehicle . Sec. 15-3029 . Provisions for expansion of contents of tank vehicle . In every cargo tank or compartment of any tank vehicle sufficient space shall be left vacant to prevent leakage or distortion by expansion of the contents due to a rise in temperature in transit. No cargo tank or compartment shall be loaded to a volume in excess of ninety-nine and one-half percent (99 1/2%) of its capacity. -6- Sec . 15-3030 . Parking of tank vehicles. No cargo tank vehicle which has , or within twenty-four (24) hours immediately preceding has had, a cargo of flammable liquid, shall be left standing unattended on any street, alley, highway, or other public property , nor any parking lot open to the public as a place for parking vehicles; provided that such vehicles , when properly parked, may be left standing for periods not exceeding one hour in specific locations on streets within the city, designated by the chief of police. Sec. 15-3031 . Reserved. Sec. 15-3032 . Emergency unloading of vehicles . In the event an emergency requires the unloading or discharge of a flammable liquid from any tank or tank vehicle on a public street or highway the fire chief shall be notified and such operation shall not be commenced until such necessary safeguard; as he shall require have been established. Sec. 15-3033 . Unloading vehicle during service station operation. No service station shall conduct its regular business operations while a tank vehicle is discharging flammable liquid on the premises if such tank vehicle is located in a position that will interfere with the unrestricted flow of the normal business traffic of the service station. Section 2. All other ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict. Section 3 . This ordinance is in full force and effect from and after its adoption and publication as provided by law. Passed this 15th day of April 1975 i Mary E . aul , City Clerk William F. T3e_1z,&Vayor lst reading - 3/25/75 Koerber - Pounds Voting aye : Calhoun, Huston, Koerber, Maxwell, Pounds . 'Toting nay: None. Absent : Nelson. 2nd reading - 4/l/75 Koerber-Huston Voting aye : Calhoun, Huston, Koerber, Maxwell, Nelson, Pounds . Voting nay: None. 3rd reading - April 15, 1975 Koerber - Nelson Voting aye : Calhoun, Koerber, Maxwell, Nelson, Pounds. Voting nay: None. Absent : Huston.