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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