HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regulating Filling Stations ORDINANCE NO. 586
AN ORDII4.414CE MAKING IT U11,1LAWFUl M1 ERECT, CONSTRUCT.. OPM-UUTE OR
MAINTAIN 'VITI'iIlf THE CITY OF AJJ'11LS 10"dA A FILLING STATION WITHOUT
HJ_%VIi4TG 1i'IR!.'3'T OBTAII-410 FRU111 THZ CITY CO�TNCIL A PER11,1T To DO SO,
REGULATING TIMIE ZSiZLISii�'ENT OF SU(131 STATION, AND 'IROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS.
Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa:
Section 1. No person, firm or corporation shall, within
the corporate limits of the City on Ames, Iowa, erect, construct,
onerate or maintain what is commonly known as a filling; station
wi-Lerein (,asoline, motor fuel or fuel oil are d1snenmd �?tthe
public unless they shall have first obtained r-om e y ouncil
a permTt therefor.
Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation desirftiag to
erect, construct, operate or maintain a filling station sh,-.-,ll
make written application to the City Council fora -,,-,,ernJ.t to so
do. Such a7lDplication shall contain a detailed description of
the proposed property to be used as a filling station, together
,7ith a plat showinff the locations of all buildiri-s driveway
entrances, pumps and accessories situated or to to situated
the-"eon.
Section 3. Unon the submission of said application,, the
Counci its l may, at its discretion and in I ,dud
rent" grant or refuse
t'i-ie same accordinf-, to the location of the r)lace in reference to
dwellinf;,s, churches, schools, fire stations or cong
3 _,ested traffic
conditions.
Section 4. Any person, firm or corporation erecting,
constructinf", operatin(.,, or maintaininf- a filling station without I
havinf,,- first obtained said permit, or any person aiding or abettinE,,,
therein, shall upon conviction be fined a sum riot exceedii1(,-,* One
Hundred Dollars and costs or shall be committed to tlte city or
co tuity Jail until such fine and costs are -)aid, not exceeding
thirty days.
Section 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in con-
flict herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 6. Tl�e nrovisins of t1his ordinance shall not
effect such fillinf_,;, stat-Lons as are nolni in actunI orieration under
permit from this Council.
Section 7. This ordinance shall be in ful force and
effect upon its nassaf,,,e and ntflDlicatllon as -provided by law.
Passed t1lis 8th day of March, 1943.
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
Published in book of ordinances entitled "The Ordinances
of the City of Ames, Iowa, 1943".
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.�_, J.'vV.prat e r, n City Clerk of the City of Ames , Iowa, do hereby
certify that the above and forecroino, Ordinance No.506 was duly and
properly passed at a meetiner of the (71t7 Council on the Pth day
of March 1943, and rublished in the book entitled "The Ordinances
of the City of Ames,- Iowa, 194311 .
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