1191 ORD REGULATING USE, HANDLING, TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF ANY FORM OF MANUFACTURED OR LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GASES~
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AN ORDINAI+TCE REGUL~iTING T USEO HANDLINGO
TRANSPORTATION AA;;D STORAGE OF ANY FOR.M GF
AtANi7FACTUftED OR, LIQUIFIED F~.TROLEIJY, GASES;
FIX:ING INSPECTIUN F"'ES., PROVIDING A PEIVALTY
FOR VIOLATIONS, aND DECLARING AN EuFRGr;NCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TuXAS:
SECTION l: That all persons,, firn►sp or corporations who ma~p., from and
after the effective date of this orcLinance, install or equip any residence, busi-
ness house., apartment house, or any other building located and sitnated within
the corporate limits of the city of Paris, with any installation or equipment de-
signed to use as a fuel any form of manufactured or liquified patroleum gases,
shall use in any such installation,, whether for domestic or industrial use., only
a standard grade of pipe or piping,and all appliances used in connection with any
such i.nstallation shall be a standsrd grade and type of equipment. Any system
which uses any form of manufactured or liquified petroleum gasses must bear the
label of approval or listing of the Underwriter's Laboratories. The storage of
any liquified petroleum.gases in any individual customer size container) either
above ground or underground, is prohibited inside of or underneath any building
in the corporate li.rnits; and no equipment using liquified petroleum gases shall
be permitted within the fire limits; and no equipment used for the purpose of
storing wholesale quantities of such gases shall be permitted within the corporate
limits of the kity.
SECTION 2: ihe term "Standard Grade" as used herein shall mean that grade
of article which is accepted by dealers in such equipment and recognized as comply-
ing with all fire law regulationso
SECTION 3: Any such equipment as provided for shall be installed, or re-
paired, in a workmanlike manner which shall comply with all laws and the regula-
tions of the City., the regulatYOns of the T3ational Board of Fire Underwriters and
the regulations recommnded by the National Fire Protection association.
SECTICN' 4: 'Nhen any such equipment is installed as herein provided, s ame
shall not be placed in operation or used, unless and until said installation has
been approved, as complying with this ordinance, by the City of Paris.
SECTIGN 5: Any person, firm or corporation installing any such equipment,
as herein provided/ shall secure the approval of same as complying with the re-
quirements of this ordi.nance by theCity dt ZPrt/LtiJ , as herein provided
for, and shall., upon requesting such inspection for approval, pay an inspection
fee of <~;1.00, for each piece of equipment, to cover cost of inspection.
SECTION 6: P-l]. tank trucks and tank trailers used for the transport,ation
of liquified petroleum gas(:s wit'rLin #F1-e City shall be so constructed and operated
as to comply with the regulations for the designp construction and operation of
autompbile tank trucks and tank trailers for the transportation of liquified petro-
leum gases as approved by the National Board of Fire Underwriters and the National
Fire P rotection Associatian. Any person, firm or corporatian who shall operate or
cause to be operated any tank truck or tank trailer used for the purpose of trans-
porting liquified petrolecun gas within the corporate lirai.ts 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 taric truck or tank
trailer shall be re,moved from the streets of the City until such defects have been
repaired or f aulty equipment replaeed; and any such tank trucks and tank trailers
sha11 be subject to inspection by the proper authorities at any time. IuTo such tank
truck or tank, trailer shall be parked, stored or operated upon any street within the
fire linLits; nor sha11 they be stored or repaired inside o2 autside of any buiZding
within the firF: linLits as defined 'oy ordiilance.
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SECTION 7: All liquified petroletiul gas sold vuith.in the City shall be
treated with a rna]_odorant in such quantities as required by State law to create an
oder easil.y detected in case of leaks in piping or equipment.
SECTION 8: No persori.sti41 use liquified petroleum gas ior domestic,
comuttercial or industrial purposes on premises, any part of which is within one
hundred (100) feet of a natural gas distributing Iine.
SECTION 9: Any person or corporation, violating any provisions of t his
ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction for violation
thereof, shall b e fined in any sum not to e3cceed One Hundred Dollars (2t,100.00 and
each day of use or operation of ary such equipment shall constitute a separate
offenseo
b''ECTIUN 10: In event any section or part of section or provision of this
ordinance shall be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the v alid portiome
hereof, which shall be enforceable regardless of such holding.
SECTIUN 11: This ordinance shall become effective on 16th day of April.,
1949, such date being not less than ten days from the date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPWJVED this the 4th day of April, 19490
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