2352 Storing Fuel TanksORDIN.ANUE NO. 2352
( Published . in The Salina -Evening Journal August 21, 1920)
An ordinance regulating the building and maintenance of cer-
tain tanks used for the storage of fuel ' oil, petroleum,
gasoline or other like combustible, inflamable and dan-
gerous products or materials, and providing penalties
for the violation thereof.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Councilmen of the City of Salina:
Section 1. That it shall hereafter be unlawful for any
person, company, co -partnership, corporation or association
to own, keep or maintain, either as principal or agent above
ground and within one hundred (100) feet of any dwelling house
or other building within the City of Salina, any tank of more
than one hundred (100) gallons capacity used for the storage
of fuel oil, crude o 7 x peitroleum,, .,gasoline or any other like
combustible, infa °` r ` �o�r' dangeroi s o - duct or material, un-
less such tanks with their appliances and`-< he premises upon
which the same are situated shall be constructed and main-
tained strictly in accordance with the terms of this ordinance
and with the regulations herein provided for.
Section 2. All such storage tanks shall be of standard
construction throughout and shall be built of steel of suit-
able
uit-able strength and of not less than three -sixteenths (316) of
an inch in thickness.
Section 3. All such storage tanks shall be equipped
with a venting system consisting of a double screen 50 x 50
non-corrosive.wire gauze mesh -installed and connectedin a
safe and workmanlike mangier with all joints in such venting
system constructed so as to be air tight and in such a manner
that the only source of air supply and source for the escape
of gases will be through the wire gauze screens in the vent-
ing
ent-ing connections. The vent pipe of any storage tank {:having a
flat sheeted roof may lead directly through the roof thereof
which pipe shall be equipped with .the double screen wire gauze
mesh hereinbefore mentioned and shall be made air tight at the
point of entrance by the use of litharge or similarly -effect-
ive substance applied after a .driving fit has been made. All
vents shall, after their construction, be painted with a heavy
coat of non -corrosive paint.
Section 4 The roofs of all storage tanks shall be con-
st ruct ed so as to be' air tight and in such a manner that the
only air passages or passage permitting the escape of . gases,
shall be through the venting system. In event any manhole
shall be constructed in the roof of any storage tank such Aman-
hole .shall be constructed so that it may be bolted or screwed
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douin;,arid made equally air- and vapor tight with the remainder
of said roof and tank.
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Section 5. The measuring openings shall be of the plug
and socket type fitted with standard threads and constructed so
thslt all openings are air and gas tight when the plugs are screwed
firmly into the sockets. Each plug. shall be fastened by chain
in close proximity to the socket with which it is used and shall
b.e.kept tightly in place in its respective socket except when
removed for measuring purposes.
Section 6 . All tanks and piping shall be brought into
solid permanent electrical connection with the earth for the
purpose of carrying off static and other electrical discharges
and in accordance with the regulations of the National Electric
Code Standard. All piping used in connection with tanks shall
be inter -connected by means of a number 0 0 :0, 0 f,l•exlible copper
conductor in solid electrical and mechanical,connection wirh
the piping, and in connection with a boiler plate not smaller
than four (4) square feet in surface area by one-fourth -inch
(1/4") in thickness and buried t -o the depth of permanent mois-
ture and in any event not less than four (4) feet below the sur-
face of the ground.
Section 7 There shall be constructed so as to complete-
ly surround the storage tanks upon any particular premises, a
retaining wall of concrete, brick *or.masonry of not less than
eight (8") inches in thickness.. which wall shall be leak proof
and of an interior dimension sufficient to retain one and one-
fourth (hg) of all the contents of the tanks so surrounded when
filled, that is to say that' such wall shall have ah -'interior re:-
toining area of a sufficient number of cubic -feet to reta:in`.'the
entire capacity of all tanks so surrounded phi's an..additional
one -fourth (1/4) thereof.
section -S. The premises upon which any such tanks are
maintanied shall be kept clean and free of any' dangerous or in-
flamable wast or rubbish. r
c ior.�9. Any person, company, co -partnership, corpora-
tion
orpora-tion or association violating any provis ioil'-of this ordinance
or refusing
ll or neglecting to comply with the requirements there-
of shall in such case be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in a sum,not exceeding one
hundered ($100.00) Dollars, and each day's continuance of any
failure or neglect to comply with any provision of this ordinance
shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense and s all
be punished accordingly.
Section 10. This ordinance shall be in force and of
full effect from and after its publication once in the offi-
cial City paper.
Passed and approved, this 16th day of August, 1920.
Edd Mathews,
(SEAL) Mayor.
Attest:`
Chas. E. Banker,
City Clerk..
STATE OF KANSAS
}SS.
COUNTY OF SALINE )
I, Chas. E. Banker, City Clerk of the city of Salina,
Kansas, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of Ordinance No. 2352 passed by the Council
and approved by the Mayor of the city of Salina, Kansas,
August 16th, 1920; and a record of the vote on its final
adoption is found on Page �3 /_5 of Journal No. 9. Said
ordinance was published in the Salina Evening Journal Aug-
ust, 21st, 1920.
City Clerk.
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roo o-- arly storce t,nk solch -iarihole sh 1' be constri)cte(l at it
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Lq--.y be bolted or screv'ied down aia" i, eo.ual� jv ail: 2:
vjit-'L LJI-Le of Sajiuci roo-L- a1a6_ tank.
ii�- o penl.,-s shall be af '_- e pl� and.
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sochret ty2pe f"itted st-sndar"L t-hreads and aonsiv-racte,&L SO th_��t- all
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the sockets. Each lag shal-i be fast one,' by chain in close prOX-i-mity
to the soc pct with i�vhich it is used and hall be he -pt tig1]1L_'U_lv in Place
in its resoect-ive socket e,_,-ce-ot �;hen reni ved for ieasnrin,-' -_,!)rposes.
Sectik,n 6. All tanks Cand -pi-Din she -11.1 be brought into solid
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nection with the earth -.-L'or the --)urp,ose of carry -
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the regulations 0, the flat -L!
used in col-
Mection 1;jit_'h_ to -_rdis shall be miter-col-Inect-ed by mieans = a
0 0 0 0 Flexible co -?per conduictor lin solid electrical a --i-111 iie-
cha n 1Lc za 1 c on-iaec t Lo, ri wi th -he _)ipirig , and in connection vv ith a, boiler
P L a t e :,--. o t s ai. tu e T tu h a n Jlonr (4) sunialre il: et in surface ax -ea by one-
�,J - -he de-rth of- per_maxient
foutrth. inch in tiiich_ness and barieed�t_D U
moisture _-11d in arM7 event not les S than *Oar ( zl- ) meet belo,.,-, the sur-
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ace of the 3 rou_nd.
6ectilo-L. 7. Thel-e sxlail be consUlructed. so s to completely
sur'-ounul-he stogy tanks uponany pre-iises, a retaining
wall o` concrete, brick or Ir"asonry of not. less than eight (8") inches
li- en -
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ca-pacity 1� tanks so Sa2roul-L-
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a --erous 01'
lu-dined-ned shall
T be ke-pt, clean a -rid ee o 1� y darag-�
waste or I rLfbbish. company, co-partne slip OW:�qorporat ion or associati
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recti )11 Any Person/piolat ani provisi' u- S
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or re, E a S I Or 1 egle3tinp to co -ED7 %,jith the requ-irer.-,ent-s the-Ze-
--isdefs.ieanor and apOn con-
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v is t I- or-, lu- he r e o -f.' s>± -a 11 be f-inek in a s Lmi not exceea -1;:one hu.-,.d:red
ce 0 1. :Lailure or neglect
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dol -I -ars, and each day's, contin�an
to 0 om-ply alDr OV i S L�)n 0-1- tii-- s, o_ in=dnc e shall be deeiijed to 10e
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a septi-zate and distinct oilifense a -'ad shall be-mi-iished accordingly.
Sec./(D This orciin-ance shall be in for,le a -rid of full e-Ii-ect an(i
p e r
a -i.-,)r once in the o-Lfici-�-,l cit,�,7
,,.fter its publicaL, -pa- -
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