HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 418 1 ORDINANCE NO. 418
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3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CALIFORNIA,
4 REGULATING THE SALE OR DISPENSING
OF INFLAMABLE LIQUIDS OR SUBSTANCES
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8 The City Council of the City of Azusa, California, does
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10 SECTION 1. No self service of any Class I, Class II,
11 or Class III inflammable liquid or substance, as hereinafter
12 defined shall be allowed or permitted in or at any place of
13 business in the City of Azusa, California, where the sale of such
14 liquids or substances is made to the public.
15 Delivery of such liquids or substances shall be made
16 only by the owners, lessees or regular employees of such places
17 of business.
18 When unattended by an owner, lessee or regular employee
19 of such place of business, all pumps and other facilities of such
20 place of business for the delivery of such liquids or substances,
21 shall be locked, or other effective means provided, to prevent
22 access to such supplies of such inflammable liquids or substances.
23 SECTION 2. Definitions:
24 (a) Inflammable Liquid or Substance: Means any liquid
25 or substance with a flash point below 187 degrees Fahrenheit,
26 closed cup tester.
27 (b) Class I Inflammable Liquid or Substance: Means
28 any liquid or substance with a flash point below 25 degrees Fahren-
29 keit, closed cup tester.
30 (o) Class II Inflammable Liquid or Substance: Means
31 any liquid or substance with a flash point above that for Class I
32 and below 70 degrees Fahrenheit, closed cup tester.
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1 (d) Class III Inflammable Liquid or Substance: Means
2 any liquid or substance with a flash point above that for Class II,
3 and below 178 degrees Fahrenheit, closed cup tester.
4 ( e) Flash Point: Means the lowest temperature to
5 which a liquid or substance must be heated to give off vapors which,
6 when mixed with air will produce an explosive mixture.
7 SECTION 3; That any person, firm or corporation
8 violating any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be deemed
9 guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be
10 punished by a fine not exceeding *300.00, or by imprisonment in the
11 County Jail of Los Angeles County, California, or in the City Jail
12 of said City of Azusa, California, as the committing magistrate
13 may direct, for a period of not to exceed three months or by both
14 such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the Court.
15 SECTION 4. That this ordinance is an emergency
16 ordinance, affecting the public peace, health, safety, comfort,
17 convenience and general welfare of said City, and the same shall
18 therefore take effect and be in full force and virtue immediately
19 upon the final passage and adoption thereof. The facts constit-
20 uting its urgency are:
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The City Council is informed of the proposed establish-
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23 ment and operation within said City of certain self service
24 stations or sales points, at which members of the public will
25 themselves be permitted, as part of the operation, to place
26 inflammable liquids or substances of the classes hereinabove
referred to in receptacles, or in tanks of automobiles or vehicles
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28 owned or operated by such members of the public from containers
29 or devices operated by the stations or businesses offering or per-
mitting such type of service. Said City Council does not deem
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such method of handling such liquids or substances safe, or in the
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public interest, and that this ordinance is, therefore, urgently
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1 needed in order to preserve the public peace, health, safety,
2 comfort, convenience and general welfare of said City of Azusa.
3 SECTION 5. That the City Clerk shall certify to the
4 passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same
5 to be published by one insertion in the Azusa Herald & Pomotropic,
6 a weekly newspaper of general circulation, published and cir-
7 culated in said City and which is hereby designated for such
8 purpose.
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Passed, approved and adopted this 5 day of
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Har i '. . Tniper, Mayor of the
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4 I, M. A. HYNES, Clerk of the City of Azusa, California,;
5 do hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City ,'<
6 Council of the said City is five; that the foregoing ordinance
7 being Ordinance No. 418 was passed and adopted by the said City
8 Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and
' 9 attested by the City Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting
10 of the said Council held on the 6 day of .�+. , 1949,
11 and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following
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AYES: Councilmen: NASSER, ORTUNO, MEMMESHEIMER
14 MALONE, JUMPER.
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NOES: Councilmen: None .
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ABSENT: Councilmen: None.
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