Sections:
7.24.01 Restriction on keeping
7.24.02 Volatiles never to be allowed to pass into drainage system
7.24.03 Penalty
7.24.01 Restriction on keeping. Gasoline, naphtha, benzine, and other like volatile combustibles or their compounds in excess of a total of five (5) gallons, exclusive of that in tanks of automobiles, in combustion engines, or in approved portable wheeled tanks in public garages each not exceeding sixty (60) gallons capacity, shall not be kept within any building. Such total of five (5) gallons or less shall be kept only in cans approved by the Chief of the Fire Department. Any quantity in excess of five (5) gallons shall be kept only in a tank or tanks placed not less than two (2) feet beneath the surface of the ground or in an outside tank or tanks above ground and approved by the Chief of the Fire Department located not less than fifty (50) feet from the line of any adjoining property which may be built upon. The tank or tanks shall be adequately and properly diked with a dike having capacity not less than equal in volume to that of the tank or tanks surrounded. No underground tanks shall be placed, constructed or maintained under a street, public sidewalk or in a sidewalk area.
7.24.02 Volatiles never to be allowed to pass into drainage system. In no instance shall gasoline, naphtha, benzine and other like volatile combustibles or their compounds be allowed to run upon the floor or fall or pass into the drainage system of the premises. Self-closing metal cans shall be used for all oily waste or waste oils.
7.24.03 Penalty. Any person who shall violate or fail to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, or who shall violate or fail to comply with any order or regulation, shall upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding One Hundred Dollars ($100.00). The imposition of one (1) penalty for violation of this chapter shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue; and all such persons shall be required to correct or remedy such violations or defects within a reasonable time; and each day that any prohibited condition is maintained shall constitute a separate offense. The application of said penalty shall not be held to prevent the enforced removal of any prohibited condition as provided by this chapter.
