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