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Ord 0307- REGULATING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS• ~ f ORDINANCE ~ IM. AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS. THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: PART A GASOLINE SERVICE STATIONS SECTION 1. Dispensing Devices---Design and. Construction. Class I and Class Il flammable liquids shall be transferred from underground tanks by means of fixed pumps so designed and equipped as to allow= control of the flow and to prevent leakage or accidental discharges. Supplemental means shall be provided outside of the dispensing devices whereby the source of power may be readily dis- connected in the event of fire or other accident. Dispensing devices for Class I or Class II flammable liquids shall be of approved type. Devices meeting the standards of the Underwriter's Laboratories, Inc., shall be deemed to be in compliance with this Section. Dispensing devices using elevated or glass bowl compartments or containers from which liquids are drawn by gravity shal.l be prohibited on and after October 20, 1949 Glass I flammable liGluids are liquids with a flash point below 25degrees Fahrenheit (4 degrees Centigrade) closed cup tester, as for examples ether, gasoline, naphtha, benzol, collodion, acetone. Class II flammable liquids are liquids with flash point above that of Class I and below ?O degrees Fahrenheit (21 degrees Centigrade) ciosedcup tester, as for example: alcohol, amyl acetate, toluol, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate. SECTION 2. Dispensing Devices--Location. Dispensing devices at automobile service stations shall be so located that all parts of the vehicle being served will be on private property. -1-- SECTION 6, Signs. "No Smoking" and "Stop Your Motor" signs of contrasting colors, shall be placed on each pump island and so located as to be visible from either side.of the island. SECTION 4. Attendants. Attendants engaged or employed in the dispensing of gasoline or oil shall be responsible persons over the age of O xteen (16) years., who shall be instructed in first aid fire fighting appliances. SECTION 5. Open. Flame Devices - Refuse - Buildings. or Class II flammable liquids shall not be transferred from one -c~Qntainer to another, or used, or dispensed within a room in which any open flame device is-used, and the premises shall be kept free from all unnecessary combustible material and refuse. No building shall be located within twenty-five (25) feet of any gasoline pump unless such building is constructed of non- combustible material. SECTION 6. Spillage. All spillage of flammable liquids shall be immediately mopped up, or such spillage shall be absorbed by sand or other non-combustible absorbent material which shall be removed and placed in an incombustible container. The mop and incombustible container shall be kept in a ventilated place, free from open flame or other sources of ignition. SECTION 7. Self-service. Unlawful. It shall be unlawful for any person other than the station owner or lessee, his employee or other agent, to dispense flammable liquids into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, except at a self-service gasoline station for which a permit has been issued pursuant to the provisions of Part B of this Ordinance. SELF-SERVICE GASOLINE STATIONS SECTION B.Definition. "Self-service" shall mean the dispensing or obtaining of flammable liquid from a filling or service station by any manner or method other than by the personal service and actual direct dispensing of said liquid solely by the operator of such station, his agents or employees. • 0 SECTION 9. Permit Required. Self-service station owners or operators shall make application to the Fire Chief of the Town of Los Gatos for a permit for the use, handling and sale of flammable liquids. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a self-service gasoline station without first having obtained a permit to do so. SECTION 10. Regulations. In addition to compliance with the provisions of Part .A of this Ordinance, a permit shall be issued only upon the compliance of the following additional conditions and regulations: SECTION 10.(a). The installation of gasoline tanks, pumping equipment, piping and appliances shall be grade in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance. SECTION 10 (b). Nozzles on gas lines shall be equipped with "dSad man3 control valve and with vacuum operated overflow check valve. SECTION 10 (c). Pumps and facilities for delivery of gasoline shall be of a type approved by a recognized laboratory, and shall provide effective means to prevent public access to supplies of gasoline during periods when the station operators, employees or authorized representatives are absent. The use of coin-operated self-service gasoline vending facilities is prohibited. SECTION 10 (d). One 002 extinguisher of at least four (4) pounds size shall be placed at each pump islands in addition to the one 002 extinguisher, of at least fifteen (15) pounds size which shall be maintained on the premises. Dry powder or other approved type of extinguisher may be substituted for 002 extinguishers with the approval of the Fire Chief. Extinguishers shall be conspicuously,.loeated in a readily accessible place and shall be so distributed as to be immediately available in the event of fire. Extinguishers shall be kept full and in operating condition at all ties, and shall be refilled immediately after use although only partly discharged. -3-- MOTION 10 (e). Two water lines of at least one inch in size, properly equipped with hose and nozzle to be provided and so located that complete coverage of the-entire premises can be made. Such hose lines and nozzles to be used for first aid fire equipment only. SECTION 10 (f). Telephone facilities to be provided on premises. SECTION 10 (g). Each pump shall be equipped with manually operated shut-off switch or lever which can be operated both a, the pump or by remote control from the control tower. SECTION 10 (h). All electrical futures within ten (10) feet of any pump or vent pipe to be vapor- or explosion-proof and shall meet the requirements of the National Electrical Code for hazardous installations. SECTION 10 (1). If a control tower is required the door to control room to be over twenty-five (25) feet from nearest pump and to open away from direction of pumps. SECTION 10 (j). All attendants to be thoroughly instructed in the'use of extinguishers and water in case of fire. Also to be instructed in prohibiting and preventing patrons from smoking around the pumps. Service to be refused and pump shut off when persons do not follow instructions. SECTION 10 (k). No open-flame device to be located or permitted within twenty-five (25) feet of any pump. SECTION 10 (1). No combustible material to be stored or on display within twenty-five (25) feet of any pump. SECTION 10 (m). No mops or rags which have been used for cleaning purposes to be permitted in any buildings. SECTION 10 (n). All waste material and rubbish to be placed and kept in an all-metal or metal-lined container, such container -4- a • 0 to be equipped with self-closing top. All such waste material and rubbish to be kept in such container until it is disposed of or removed from the premises. SECTION 10 (o). In the interest of public safety, based upon the number of gasoline islands and their location on the premises, whenever there are more than three islands within a radius of fifty (50) feet, the Fire Chief may require a control- room to be so located on the premises, and so designed and con- structed that an operator within the control-room will have an unobstructed view of all pumps and operations at all times. The control-room shall be equipped with a public address system andloud speakers capable of being heard at all pump islands. SECTION 10 (p).- When a control-room is required upon the premises, there shall be not'less than one male attendant over the age of eighteen (13) years on duty in the control-room during hours of operation, except between the hours of twelve (12) mid- night and six (6) o'clock A. M. SECTION 10 (q). -There shall be not less than one attendant on duty for each three (3) pumps or fraction thereof open to the public. Attendants shall be on duty continuously within a radius of thirty (30) feet of the pump islands while tanks are being filled. It shall be unlawful for an attendant to permit service to persons Vho are smoking, or who are under the influence of liquor. SECTION 10 (r). The use of skates or other artificial or mechanical means of locomotion by operators or attendants upon the premises is prohibited. SECTION 10 (s). When a control-room is required by the Fire Chief, a two-way communication system shall be provided to facilitate direct and individual communication between the control-room and each island. A telephone shall be located in the control-room. There shall be provided in the control-room and on each island, a -5- a switch for the control of the gasoline pumps upon the islands. The switch control and island assembly shall be so arranged that the person in the control room can shut off the motors in the pumps on each island. SECTION 10 W. Motor vehicles shall not be parked upon the premises within a radius of fifty (50) feet of the gasoline pumps except those which are actually receiving or waiting to receive gasoline and oil. SECTION la (u). When portions of the station are closed to the pudic for the receiving of tank delivery of gasoline for the station, that portion shall be so designated at closed with adequate signs and the area so closed shall be barricaded by "Au type barriers. SECTION 11. Revocation of Permit. The Fire Chief shall revoke the permit for the operation of any self-service station which does not comply with the provisions of this Ordinance, and for violation of any of the provisions of this Part. SECTION 12. This Ordinance shall be. printed once in f , a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the Town of Los Gatos. Introduced at a regular meeting of theTown Council of the Town of Los Gatos, held on and passed and adopted at a regular meeting of h Town Council of the he Town of Los Gatos held on the'day of z ,__..19492 by the i following vote: AYES2 COUNCIIZEN (lllY~-e- FOES: COUNOILMM*T ABSENT CCUNCILI EN ATTEST ° TOWN UDERK OF THE TORN OF AYOR OF THE T fff F LOS GATOS f SrAl.