Ord. 0007 1960-02-04JH:eh - 2-60
ORDINANCE NUMBER
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A SUGGESTED LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS ORDINANCE
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USE, HANDLING, TRANSPORTATION, AND
STORAGE OF ANY FORM OF MANUFACTURED OR LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM
GASES; FIXING INSPECTION FEES; AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR
VIOLATIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRABLAN , TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That all persons, firms or corporations
who may, from and after the effective date of this Ordinance,
install or equip any residence, business house or apartment house,
or any other building located and situated within the corporate
limits of the City of Pearland with any installation or equipment
designated to use as a fuel any form of manufactured or liquefied
petroleum gases, shall use in any such installation, whether
for domestic or business or industrial use, only a standard
grade of pipe or piping, and all appliances used in connection
with any such installation shall be a standard grade and type of
equipment. Any system which uses any form of manufactured or
liquefied petroleum gases must bear the label of approval or
listing of the Underwriters` Laboratories. The storage of any
liquefied petroleum gases in any container, either above ground
or underground, is prohibited inside of or underneath any building
in the corporate limits; and no equipment using liquefied petro-
leum gases shall be permitted within the fire limits as defined
by ordinance; and no equipment used for the purpose of storing
wholesale quantities of such gases shall be permitted within the
corporate limits.
SECTION 1-A: Gasoline service station owners or
operators may apply for and be granted a permit by the governing
body of the City to install liquefied petroleum gas containers
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and equipment outside of the Csmre AILimits for the purpose of
servicing motor vehicles which are equipped to use such gas as
a fuel to propel such vehicles under the following conditions:
(a) The storage tank and equipment and the installation
thereof must meet the requirements of the other sections of this
Ordinance, as well as the requirements contained in Division IX
and other applicable provisions of Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Docket No. 1 of the Railroad Commission of Texas, published
under date of June 1, 1954, as may be amended from time to time;
(b) No such installation shall be placed into
operation until it has been inspected and approved by the Liquefied
Petroleum Gas Division of the Railroad Commission of Texas;
(c) Prior to the beginning of installation of such
containers and equipment a permit shall be applied for and
granted by the governing body of this City; and the water capacity
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of such containers shall not exceed aY'mi + (lk ) gallons.
SECTION 2. The term "standard Grade" as used herein
shall mean that grade of article which is accepted by dealers
in such equipment and recognized as complying with all fire law
regulations.
SECTION 3. Any such equipment as provided for shall
be installed, or repaired, in a workmanlike manner which shall
comply with all applicable State Laws and Regulations of the
Railroad Commission of Texas and the regulations of the City,
the regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters and
the regulations recommended by the National Fire Protection
Association.
SECTION 4. When any such equipment is installed as
herein provided, same shall not be placed in operation or used
unless and until said installation has been approved, as complying
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. with this Ordinance, by the City Secretary.
SECTION 5. Any person, firm or corporation install-
ing any such equipment as herein provided shall secure the
approval of same as complying with the requirements of this
Ordinance by the City Secretary, as herein provided for, and
shall, upon requesting such inspection for approval, pay an in-
spection fee of $5.00, for each piece of equipment, to cover
cost of inspection.
SECTION 6. All tank trucks and tank trailers used
for the transportation of liquefied petroleum gases within the
City shall be so constructed and operated as to comply with the
regulations for the design, construction and operation of
automobile tank trucks and tank trailers for the transportation
of liquefied petroleum gases as approved by the National Board of
Fire Underwriters and the National Fire Protection Association.
Any person, firm, or corporation who shall operate or cause to be
operated any tank truck or tank trailer used for the purpose of
transporting liquefied petroleum gas within the corporate limits
of the City shall keep any such equipment in good condition at
all times, and upon the development of any defect that would
create a hazard to persons or property, said tank truck or tank
trailer shall be removed from the streets of the City until such
defects have been repaired, or faulty equipment replaced; and any
such tank trucks and tank trailers shall be subject to inspection
by the proper authorities at any time. No tank truck or tank
trailer shall be parked, stored for operated :upon any street within
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the C.- limits; nor shall they be stored or repaired inside or
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outside of any building within the 10 limits as defined by
ordinance.
SECTION 7. All liquefied petroleum gas sold within
the City shall be treated with a malodorant in such quantities
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as required by State Law to create an odor easily detected in
case of leaks in piping or equipment.
SECTION 8. Any person, firm or corporation violating
any provisions of this Ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and upon conviction for violation thereof, shall be
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fined in any sum not to exceed Gee Hundred (00.00) Dollars;
and each day of use or operation of any such equipment shall con-
stitute a separate offense.
SECTION 9. In the event any section or part of
section or provision of this Ordiance shall be held invalid, such
invalidity shall not affect the valid portions hereof, which
shall be enforceable regardless of such holding.
SECTION 10. The fact that there does not now exist
any rule or ordinance regulating and controlling the installation
or use of manufactured or liquefied petroleum gases within the
corporate limits of the City of Pearland, which said gases are
highly volatile and inflammable and if not properly controlled
and regulated constitute a dangerous and hazardous condition
affecting life and property, creates an emergency and imperative
necessity for the immediate preservation of the public welfare and
safety, which necessitates the suspension of the rule requiring
ordinances to be read on three separate days before the final
passage thereof, and that no ordinance shall become effective
before the expiration of ten days from the time of its final
passage; WHEREFORE such rules are hereby suspended and this
Ordinance shall be effective from and after its final passage, and
it is so ORDAINED.
PASSED and APPROVED this day of I , A. D. 1960.
APPROVED:
ROVED: //( 2 L•
Mayor
C.ty Attorney._
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