HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 0645ORDINANCE NO. 645
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1417 OF THE ORDINANCE
CODE OF THE CITY OF BURLINGAME BY PERMITTING AN
INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF STORAGE OF 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 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"
meet, and provided, all of the other requirements
and regulations of this Code are fully performed
and effectively carried out.
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 re-
quired by law.
CHARLES W. ayor
I, Herbert K. White, City Clerk, do hereby certify that
the foregoing ordinance was introduced at a regular meeting of
the City Council held on the 4th day of February , 19579
and adopted thereafter at a regular meeting of the City Council
held on the 18th day of February , 1957, by the following
vote:
Ayes: Councilmen: Byrd -Johnson -Morgan -Rooth -Thayer
Noes: Councilmen: None
Absent Councilmen: None
Herbert
White
iii eCity Clerk