HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0678ORDINANCE NO. 678
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 as amended by Ordinance No. 668 is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Section 1417 General Storage
a. In Retail Commercial Districts (C-1), Service Business
DisTYicts (C72), Professional Business Districts (C-3), Light
Industrial Districts (M-1) and Heavy Industrial Districts (M-2),
as such districts are defined in Division 6, Part Y, Article 50
of this Ordinance Code or in any other district, other than a
residential district, which may be established hereafter, 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 with an aggregate
of twenty-two thousand five hundred (22,500) gallons.
The City Council may, upon application for a permit there-
for, and with the recommendation of the Chief of the Fire De-
partment, grant permission to store and keep Class 1, 2 and 3
liquids in excess of the aggregate amount of twenty-two thousand
five hundred (22,500) gallons.
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."
b. In First Residential Districts (R-1), Second Residential
Districts (R-2), Third Residential Districts (Multi -family (R-3)
and Fourth Residential Districts (Multi -family (R-4) 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.
In any such residential district, a single storage tank
of a capacity not to exceed five hundred and fifty (550) gallons
may be installed; provided, that, where any person is lawfully
engaged in a commercial enterprise, a single tank having a
capacity of not to exceed one thousand (1,000) gallons may be
installed. Any such 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hereby repealed.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 re-
quired by law. f)
ANDREW C. BYRD - May
1, Herbert K. White, City Clei% do hereby certify that
the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council held on the 21st day of Ju.iy ,
1958, and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City
Council held on the 4th day of August , 19589
by the following vote:
.lyes: Councilmen: Byrd - Johnson - Morgan - Rooth -
Moes: Councilmen:
Absent Councilmen:
,unite - mazy