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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:-
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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.