HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1277ORDINANCE NO. 1277
BEING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 853, CITY CODE OF
1977, AND PERTAINING TO LICENSING OF GASOLINE STATIONS.
The City Council of the City of Columbia Heights does ordain:
Section 1:
Section 5.208 (1-6) of Ordinance No. 853, City Code of 1977 which reads as
follows, to wit:
5.208 (1)
No person shall engage in or conduct the business of operating a gasoline
filling station without a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this
Chapter.
5.208 (2)
Applicants for a license under this section shall indicate on the application
the number of gasoline pumps to be installed on the premises.
5.208 (3)
The Clerk shall forward to the application to the Chief of the Fire
Prevention Bureau for a report indicating whether the proposed operation
will be in compliance with all provisions of the Fire Prevention Code.
5.208 (4)
An applicant under this section shall furnish the Clerk with a bond in the
sum of $10,000 to indemnify and save harmless the City from and against
any claims, damage, or expense against the City by reason of the
maintenance and operation of a gasoline filling station on any portion or ta
public street, sidewalk, or public way.
5.208 (5)
No licensee under this section or his agent or employee, shall fill or allow
to be filled, the gasoline tank of any motor vehicle while the engine or
motor of such vehicle is nmning or in motion, or while any person is
smoking in or about the pump area of the gasoline filling station.
5.208 (6)
No licensee under this section, or his agent or employee, shall deceptively
mislead customers by displaying false or incomplete price figures on signs
that are designed to indicate the price of gasoline.
Is herewith amended to read as follows, to wit:
5.208 (1)
No person shall engage in or conduct the business of operating a gasoline filling
station without a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
5.208 (2)
Applicants for a license under this section shall indicate on the application the
number of gasoline pumps to be installed on the premises.
5.208 (3)
5.208 (4)
5.208 (5)
Section 2:
The Clerk shall forward the application to the Chief of the Fire Prevention Bureau
for a report indicating whether the proposed operation will be in compliance with
all provisions of the Fire Prevention Code.
No licensee under this section or his agent or employee, shall fill or allow to be
filled, the gasoline tank of any motor vehicle while the engine or motor of such
vehicle is running or in motion, or while any person is smoking in or about the
pump area of the gasoline filling station.
No licensee under this section, or his agent or employee, shall deceptively mislead
customers by displaying false or incomplete price figures on signs that are
designed to indicate the price of gasoline.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after thirty (30) days after
its passage.
First Reading:
Second Reading:
Date of passage:
October 11, 1993
October 25, 1993
October 25, 1993
Offered by:
Seconded by:
Roll Call:
Peterson
Ruettimann
All ayes
Donalff'J. Iqurzyn~'J~., fla~6r
Anne Studen-t, Sec-t~etary to City Council