Ordinance 565
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ORD1.NANCE
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AN ORDINANCE AMENPING ORDINANCE NO. 420 of THE CITY OF GILROY
BY ADDING A NEW SUBDIVISION TO SECTION 12 OF SAID ORDINANCE TO
BE KNOWN AS 12 (d) PERMITTING THE STORAGE OF NOT IN EXCESS OF
ONE THOUSAND (1000) GALLONS OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS OR HYDROCARBON
LIQUID DURING AN EMERGENCY.
THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GILROY
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1: Section 12 of Ordinance No. 420 providing
for fire control, regulating fire hazards and conditions, and the
storage and use of gasoline petroleum products, and 1iquified
petroleum gases is hereby amended by the additon of a new sub-
division thereto to be known as subdivision (d) to read as follows:
(d) The foregoing provisions of this Ordinance
shall not apply to the storage outside the walls of any building
of quantities not in excess of One Thousand (1000) Gallons of
petroleum products or hydrocarbon liquid of the kind and descrip-
tion mentioned in subdivision (a) of Section 12 of this Ordinance,
which will flash or emit an inf1amab1e vapor at a temperature below
1100 F. by any person, firm, or corporation regularly furnished
such prOducts or hydrocarbon liquid for the usual operation of
its business by any public utility, at anyone time, during an
emergency which shuts off its regular supply furnished by such
public utility, provided such storage is in a tank constructed
and located in accordance with the requirements of the Public
Health and Safety Committee of the Common Council of the City of
Gilroy, with the minimum requirements being those set forth in
the standards of the National Board of Fire Underwriters for the
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installation of containers for storing and containing inf1amab1e
liquids dated October 1941 as revised September 1948.
No such petroleum products or hydrocarbon liquids
shall be so stored except during the emergency, but after the
emergency has ceased, use of the quantity then in storage s~
be continued until it is exhausted.
SECTION 2: All Ordinances and parts of Ordinances
in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3: This Ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after its adoption and approval.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 3 day of February, 1958,
by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen - Pate, Rush, Petersen, Wentworth, Gallo, and
Sanchez.
NOES: Counci 1men - None
ABSENT:
Counci 1men - None
APPROVED:
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ATTEST:
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G. B. CARR, City Clerk