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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1109ORDINANCE NO. 1109 BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 853, CITY (/DEE CF 1977, PERTAINING TO LIQUEFIED PETRf)LEUM GAS The City of Columbia Heights does ordain: Section 1: Section No. 5.209 of Ordinance 853, City Code of 1977, passed June 21, 1977, w~ich is currently reserved, shall hereafter read as follows, to-wit: SDCTION 9 LP-GAS Service Station 5.209 (1) An LP-GAS Service Station is a facility oDened to the public which consists of LP-GAS storage containers, piping and pertinent equipment, including puntDs or dispensing devices, or any buildings, ar~ in which LP-GAS is stored ar~ dispensed into engine fuel containers of highway vehicles or into portable or permanently mounted containers used for cooking or heating. No person, firm, or corporation shall sell, dispense, or distribute LP-GAS at an LP-GAS Service Station to the public without a license issued pursuant to the provisions o[ this chapter. 5.209 (2) 5.209 (3) Applicants for a license under this section shall provide such information on the application pertaining to the requirements of this section as is requested by the Administrative Service. The clerk shall forward the application to the Chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau for a report indicating whether or not the proposed operation will be in compliance with all the provisions of the Fire Prevention Code and this section. 5.209 (4) 5.209 (5) 5.209 (6) No license may be issued for any LP-GAS Service Station unless the storage containers, piping and pertinent equipment, including pumps and disDensing devices used in such LP-GAS Service Station are in good working order and of adequate structural integrity. The licensee shall maintain the licensed storage containers, piping, add pertinent equipment, including pumps add dispensing devices in proper worki~ order and shall maintain the same in a condition of adequate structural integrity at all times. No license may be issued for any LP-GAS Service Station in which LP-GAS is stored or dispensed at a point within fifty feet (50') of any dwelling structure, within twenty-five feet (25') of any structure other than an accessory structure, or within t~enty- five feet (25') of the traveled portion of any state highway. No person shall sell, dispense, or distribute LP-GAS within fifty feet (50') of any dwelling structure, within twenty-five feet (25') of any structure other than an accessory structure or within twenty-five feet (25') of the traveled portion of any state highway. No license may be issued for any LP-GAS service station unless the applicant has met all of the following criteria, to-wit: (i) The applicant must have filed with the City Fire Department a plan for training licensee's employees in t~e proper handling and dispensing of LP-GAS and in the use of the LP-GAS equipment and installation, and applicant must have received the approval of the Fire Depart~nent of said plan; (ii) Applicant must have filed evidence with the Fire Department that all ~,~31oyees who will be handling or dispensin9 the LP-GAS or using the LP-GAS equipment and installation have passed the training course described and approved in Section 5.209 (6) (i) along with a certification identify- lng each person w~o has passed the said training course; (iii) Applicant must have filed a list with the Fire Department of all enployees employed at the facility where LP-GAS is sold, distributed, or dispensed along with a plan to assure that non-certified employees will ~ot sell, dispense, distribute or handle LP-GAS or use LP-GAS equipment at such installation; and (iv) Applicant must have received the approval of the City Fire Department of the training plan required by Section 5.209 (6) (i) approval of the City Fire Department of the evidence that employees have been adequately trained pursuant to Section 5.209 (6) (ii), and the approval of the City Fire Department of the sufficiency of the plan filed pursuant to Section 5.209 (6) (iii). 5.209 (7) Within ten days of hiring an employee not listed in Section 5.209 (6), the licensee shall file with the Fire Department a certifi- cate statin~ whether or not such ~ployee has received training in accordance with the criteria established in Section 5.209 (6) (i). No licensee shall allow or permit any employee to handle, dispense, or distribute LP-GAS or use the LP-GAS installation until such time as the Fire Department has approved the certificate required by this section on behalf of such ~nployee. No licensee shall allow or permit any person not trained and approved pursuant to Section 5.209 (8) to handle, distribute, or dispense LP-GAS or use the LP-{iAS installation. No person shall sell, distribute, or dispense LP-GAS or use the LP-GAS installation unless first trained and oertified pursuant to Section 5.209 (8). 5.209 (8) The City Fire Department with the approval of the City ManaGer may prcmulgate rules to determine the adequacy of employee train- lng plans and ~ployee training in the handling, distribution, and dispensing of LP-GAS and the use of LP-GAS installations. 5.209 (9) No person may dispense, distribute, or hal~dle LP-GAS or use an LP-GAS installation without wearing protective handwear of the type approvc~J by the City Fire Department. 5.209 (10) In considering whether or not to grant a license, the Council may also consider the past safety practices of the licensee in regard to all matters of the subject location as well as the safety practices of the licensee with regard to flanvaable and volatile materials. 5.209 (11) The license fee for an LP-GAS Service Station shall be set by resolution of the Council. Section 2: This Ordinance will be in full force and effect from and after thirty (30) days after its passage. First ' read lng: Second reading: Date of passage: December 23, 1985 January 13, 1986 January 13, ]986 rd~ G Nawrocki, Mayor Offered by: Carlson Seconded by: Peterson Roll call: All ayes ~o-Anne StudEnt, S~cr--~tary to the Council