HomeMy WebLinkAbout1947-0103 - Ordinance - 06/12/1947ORDINANCE NO. 103
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE STORING hND HANDLING OF GASOLINE, BUTANE AND
OTHER VOLATILE INFLAMMABLE OILS OR MATERIALS .AT RETAIL ESTABLISHMENTS
WITHIN THE CITY OF COLLEGE STATION, BRAZOS COUNTY, TEXAS, PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of College Station:
SECTION I.
That no person, firm, association or corporation shall keep or store within
the corporate limits of the City of College Station, Texas, gasoline, butane
or other volatile inflammable oils or materials in, on, or and 1 premises
used as retail establishments, in a total amount greater than under premises
gallons,
or in storage tanks having a capacity of more than 1,100 gallons each.
SECTION II.
That no person, firm, association or corporation shall unload gasoline,
butane or other volatile inflammable oils or materials at any retail
establishment within the corporate limits of the City of College Station,
Texas, from a tank truck or other containers having a capacity of more
than 1,100 gallons of such gasoline, butane or other volatile inflammable
oils or materials.
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SECTION III.
That the provisions of the foregoing section shall not apply to any person,
firm, association or corporation transporting gasoline, butane or other
volatile inflammable oils or materials within or through the corporate
limits of the City of College Station, Texas, in the normal course of
business, and not for the purpose of unloading the same at a retail
establishment within the corporate limits.
SECTION IV.
That any person, firm, association or corporation who shall violate any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than $100.00.
SECTION V.
The fact that owners of retail places patronized and frequented by the
general public are preparing to unload and store gasoline in large quantities
at -such retail places, causes a fire hazard dangerous to the public., creates
en emergency, and this ordinance will take effect immediately upon its
passage, approval and publication as required by law.
Passed and approved this the 12th day of Junk, 1947.
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Mayor