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 Code of Ordinances
 Chapter 6. FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
 Article III. STANDARDS

  § 6-54. Same—Underground tanks, size, depth, location.  

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  • No gasoline, benzene, naphtha or other volatile substance shall be stored or kept in the city except in approved underground tanks not exceeding four-thousand-gallon capacity, except as hereinafter provided. The number of such approved tanks in any one (1) location shall not exceed five (5). Such tanks shall not be banked less than two (2) feet apart. Each tank shall be provided with a separate vent pipe not less than one and one-quarter (1¼) inches in diameter. Such pipe shall extend not less than one (1) foot, six (6) inches above the highest part of the nearest building. Such storage shall be under the following regulations:

    (1)

    All electrical connections around pump and tanks shall be approved by the electrical inspector.

    (2)

    When tanks are to be installed, they must not be less than ten (10) feet from all walls of adjoining buildings that have basements or not less than five (5) feet from a building having no basement. The top of the tank must not be less than two (2) feet, six (6) inches below the grade level and covered with a concrete slab not less than six (6) inches in thickness and extending one (1) foot, six (6) inches over all edges of the tank. All pipe work must not be covered until inspections by the building department.

    (3)

    Gasoline for retail sale or private use must be stored in approved underground tanks. Tank capacities in excess of four thousand (4,000) gallons but not more than twelve thousand (12,000) gallons, and not exceeding five (5) in number at any one (1) location, shall be as recommended by the building inspector and approved by the majority of the city commission.

    (4)

    The maximum storage of gasoline on private property for use by the owner shall not exceed one thousand (1,000) gallons. This tank must be approved and a permit for the installation shall be obtained from the building department. The installation shall be in compliance with other applicable sections of this Code. Fire extinguishing appliances recommended by the fire inspection division shall be installed in places designated by the fire inspection division to protect from hazard in the dispensing of such fuel.

(Code 1972, § 8-4(b)(3); Ord. No. 167-A, § 1, 8-27-91)