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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Regulating Gasoline Service Stations, Repealing Ordinance 586 1 l ORDINANCE NO. 789 jAN ORDINANCE MAKING IT UNLAWFUL TO ERECT, OPERATE OR MAINTAIN . WITHIN THE CITY OFAMES, IOWA A GASOLINE SERVICE STATION, a O , OR BULK STORAGE PLANT WITHOUT FIRST HAVING OBTAINED A PERMIT TO DO SO, REGULATING THE ACCESS AND FACILITIES OF SUCH SERVICE STATIONS AND BULK STORAGE PLANTS, PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR A VIOLATION OF ITS PROVISIONS, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 586 AND ALL OTHER ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AMES, IOWA: Suction 1. Permit Required. No person, firm or corporation shall, within the corporate limits of the City of Ames, Iowa, 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 therefor approved by the city council. Section 2. Application for Permit. 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 information: a. Name and address of applicant. I b. Proposed location of the service station or bulk storage plant. c. Name and address of owner of the property 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 i 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 connections. 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 beyond the property line, the permit number for such signs. E Section 3. Investigation by City Officials. Upon the filing of such applica- tion 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 construction, and report the conclusion of such investigation to the city council. Section 4. Action on Application. After receiving the report of the city manager the city council may instruct the city clerJ� to issue the permit when advised by the city manager that all conditions as set forth in the application ZD and this ordinance have been complied with. Section 5. Access and Safety Requirements. No permit shall be issued for a gasoline service station, or bulk storage plant hereinafter erected in the City of Ames, until the following conditions and requirements have been complied with. Section 5. 1. Service Stations or Bulk Plants Fronting on Two Streets. For service stations or bulk storage plants located on property fronting on two I i 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 intersecting streets. Section 5. 2. Access to Service Stations or Bulk 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 Section 5. 3. 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 islands 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 propertyline parallel to the pump island and extending the full length of the pump island, ! Section 5. 4. 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. Section 5. 5. No accessory appliances servicing motor vehicles shall be nearer than two (2) feet to the property line. Section 6, Exceptions to Ordinance Provisions. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to service stations and bulk storage plants in operation within the city on the effective date of this ordinance provided, however, that any major changes or additions to the buildings or driveways shall be in accordance with the requirements specified herein. iSection 7. Penalty. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any Ij provisions of this ordinance shall upon conviction be fined a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100. 00) and in default of payment thereof shall be committed �I to jail for a term not exceeding thirty (30) days. Section 8. Repeal. Ordinance No. 586 and all other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Section 9. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and publication as provided by law. i Passed this 21st day of March, 1955. W. Prather, CityClerk 7�J. P. Lawlor, Mayor Moved by Griffith and seconcLd by Smith that Ordinance No. 789 be passed on its first reading. Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None Absent: De Hart Moved by Smith and seconded by Bolton that the rules governing the passage of ordinances be suspended, the second and third readings omitted and Ordinance No. 789 be placed on its final passage. Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, Bolton and Bliss r Voting Nay; None bsent: De Hart Moved by Bliss and seconded by Judge that Ordinance No. 789 do now pass. Voting Aye: Griffith, Judge, Smith, Bolton and Bliss Voting Nay: None Absent: De Hart (Mayor Lawlor declared Ordinance No. 789 duly adopted. 1, J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby certify tha Ordinance No. 789 was duly and properly adopted by the CityCouncil at a meeting of the CityCouncil on t 21st day of March, 1955 and published by codifying on the 3C day of C.tQe , 19 2' J. W. rather, CityClerk I I 1 II