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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAug 8, 1922233 P~ ? 235." Ordi~nce No. 12 ORDI~'~AiTCE RELAT'It~G TO TH~ REGULLT~G AiUD T~LE LICEh~S!~TG OF GASOLIi~ FILLI~G STaTiONS IE THE CITY'OF COLUI~IA HEIGHTS. The C'~ty of Col~nbia Heights does ordain:- .237 Sec. 1 i7o pe~'son, Company or Corporation shall engage in the business of keeping, maintaining, conducting or .~perating any gasoline filling station in the City of ColLur~oia Heights ~-~ithout first obts. ining license therefor from the City Council of the City of Coltuubis~ Heights and paying ~ license fee ~s herein provided. For the put-looses of this ordinance ~ gasoline filling station is hereby defined to be any place, building, puJ.~p o~' device ~'~.int~.ined or used upon any public street, public A~aighwa.y, or any pu~olic plsce in the City of Columbia Heights for the purpo,~e of selling gs~soline for use in motor vehi. cles of s~ny kind. Sec. 2. -~pllication for such license shall be ms, de to the City Council of the City of C~lumbia Heights in writing and When granted by the City Council such licenses shall be issued by the City Clerk to the applic~nt therefor: upon presentation by the applicant of a receipt from the City Treasurer showing.payment of the license fee hereby taxmx~m~ ~equired. All licenses issued under this ordinance shall be for a period terminating on the 1st day of January next following the issuance of the ~ ss. me~ The annual license ~ fee fo~ every such license shall be and is hereby fixed at $10.00 per annum. The fee for any such license issued after the beginning of any license yea~ shall be the proporiona, te araount of such s~nnual fee of $10.00 corresponding to the portion of the license ,w~ year fomwSmmk which such license is issued. Sec. 3. No such license shall be issued to .any person, company or corpors~tion for keeping, conducting, ~r~intainlng or operting any such gasoli'ne filling station on any sidewalk, or on any ~ortion of any public street or highway, or public grounds in the City of Columbia Heights until such person, company or corpor~t ion shall have furnished and delivered ~ bond to the City of Columbia Heights in the sum of $5,000 conditioned to ide~maify and save ha:~ntless the City of Columbia Heights from ~nd against any and all loss, cost dar~age and expense resulting to ~This City by reason of the existance, ms~intairznce or operation of such gasoline ,fil~ing station. Sec. 4. ~ license:sh~ll be transfers~ble only (1) Vd~en the Licensee desires to change his place of business(2) when the Licensee has sold and disposed of hisbusiness. ')7o transfer o~ s. ny such license shall · be made except with the consent of the City~ Conc~l thereto. All applications for consent of the City Council to the transfer of any such license shall be made to the City Council in writing, such application to be signed by the Licensee and the person o~ persons to whom it is desired to transfer the same. Sec. §: Any and all licenses issued under an~pursuant° to the provisions of this o~-dinance r~.de be revoked by the City .Council or by the Dlayor of the City at ar~ tim~. · Sec. 6 Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this ordinanc shall upon coi~viction thereof be punished by a fine, not exceeding $100.00, or by i~prisonment not e.xceeding ninety,90, .Sec. ? 1{o license~, or other person~r persons, in charge of, or opers, ting any such gasoline f~illing station in the City of Columbia Heights, shall fill or allowed, to be filled, with gasoline the tank or tanks of any motor vehicles of any kind whatever while- the engine or motor of sdch ~:~otor vehicle is running or in motion, s.nd no o~er or ~ny other person driving, operating or in charge of ~ny such motor vehicle,, she, ll in the City of C~,lumbia Heights, fill or s, llow, or cause to be Filled, with gasoline the tank or tanks of ~ny such motor vehicle while the engine or mwr~x motc. r thereof is running, s. nd no person shall smoke, or be allowed to smoke, in or ~.bout ~uy g~soline filling stztion in: the City of Columbia Heights. Sec. 8 This ordins~nc~ shall' tzke effect, s~nd be in force from and artier, thirty d~ys, ~0 d~y, after its pass~ge. Passed Aug. 8, 1922., Ist reading July 28th, 1922.. passed on resolution of ~ww~w~ McKenna, sec. by Ledwien. Attest. C. K. Bennett, Clerk, W. C. Gauvette, l~ayor.