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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