HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0668ORDINANCE NO. 668
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1417 OF THE ORDINANCE
CODE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME REGULATING THE
QUANTITIES OF STORED INFLAMMABLE LIQUIDS
The City Council of the City of Burlingame does ordain
as follows:
Section 1. Section 1417 of the Ordinance Code of the
City of Burlingame is hereby amended to read as follows:
"SECTION 1417. General Storage.
All Class 1, 2 and 3 liquids shall be stored at least
two (2) feet from any building.
Tanks shall be constructed in accordance with Sections
1405 to 1412, both inclusive. No one tank shall contain more than
seven thousand five hundred (7,500) gallons except as hereinafter
provided. No more than twenty-two thousand five hundred (22,500)
gallons, in the aggregate, of Class 1, 2, and 3-A liquids shall
be stored, by any person engaged in the business of renting motor
vehicles, whether singly or fleet, or for any one public garage,
service station, dye works or clothes cleaning establishment;
provided„ the City Council may, upon the application for a permit
therefor, and with the recommendation of the Chief of the Fire
Department, grant permission to store and keep Class 1, 2 and
3-A liquids in excess of the limitation hereinbefore specified in
tanks having a capacity not greater than seven thousand five
hundred (7,500) gallons each, if such additional Class 1, 2, and
3-A liquids are deemed necessary by the Chief of the Fire Depart-
ment, and provided, all of the other requirements and regulations
of this Code are fully performed and effectively carried out.
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Not more than one tank of two hundred and eighty (280)
gallons capacity shall be allowed as storage for any private
garage. Said tank shall be installed only with the consent of
the Fire Chief, except that where any private garage is used by
any person, firm or corporation engaged in a commercial enterprise
where the use of gasoline is necessary in such enterprise, storage
tanks of more than two hundred and eighty (280) gallons capacity
shall be allowed but not exceeding five hundred and fifty (550)
gallons capacity.
Where two or more tanks are installed they shall be
separated by three (3) feet of earth or twelve (12) inches of
brick or concrete.
No tank shall be connected to another so that gasoline
can flow from one to the other.
One storage tank only may, with the consent of the
Fire Chief, be installed for a private garage on private property.
Said tank shall be at least two (2) feet from any building or
structure or part thereof and be covered with at least two (2)
feet of earth."
Section 2. All ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
Section 3. This ordinance shall be published as
required by law.
CHARLES W. ROO - Mayor
I, Herbert K. White, City Clerk of the City of
Burlingame, do hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was
introduced at a regular meeting of the City Council held on the
6th' day of January , 1958, and adopted thereafter at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 20th day of
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January , 1958, by the following vote:
Ayes• Councilmen: Byrd-Johnson-Morgan-Rooth-'1'haver
Noes: Councilmen: None
Absent Councilmen: None
Herbert K. Wffite - Cite
Amends Ordinance No. 645