The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-05-26
[BY AUTHORITY
AN ORDINANCE
Relating to Keeping and Storing
Oils and Other InfammabIe
or Explosive Substances.

ChSY COtCEttI Of SGtC Lake ELty: !
That it shall be unlawful, without |
the permission of the City Council.
Tor ally person or persons, firm |
or corpOrdslO0, to STORE, permit |
the storage of, or keep for sale
In any one building within the cor
porate limits of the city, in larger
quantity than twenty gallons, to be |
always kept in metal cans, any crude
Petroleum, Gasoline, o. any product
OF Petroleum, or hydrO-Garbon IL
guilds, which shall flash or emit an
mi 'mmable Vaper at Temperature
below ITO degrees Fahrenheit, I'M
less the same De kept in iron tanks
and stored in q building or ware
house Specially licensed FOR, used
for, and devoted to the s. orage of
crude Petroleum, Gasoline and other
products Of Petroleum or HYDRO
carbon liquids
| SEC 1t shall be unlawful for
any person or persons, firm or cor
poratiOn 10 store, permit the stor-
) age of, or keep for sal e in any one
building within the corporate lin
ltssOf Salt Lake City, any refined
product of Petroleum in larger
quantities than one thousand gal
Ions, to be always kept in m etal
cans, unless the same shall stand
fire test of ITO degrees Fahrenheit
before it shall flash or emit an in
: tiammable vapOr, and unless the
same be stored in a building or ware
house licensed for, used for and de-
voted to the storage Of such sub
stances: PTO0tded, that all buildings
: used for the storage Of any refined
h products of Petroleum, in quantity
d more than one hundred and less than
= one thousand gallons, shall be so
!. constructed as to be deemed fire
d proof, and certificate thereof shall
be obtained from the Inspector of
: Buildings for said city before any
nj permit shall be granted, which GER
tlfcate shall be filed in the office of
the City Recorder. Said permit
shall specify the room in such
building where the same may be
kept or stored, and the name of the
person, firm or corporation to whom
the same shall be granted. All such
permits may be revoked whenever
the Council shall deem such revo-
cation necessary.
Sec. 3.-No building or warehouse
shall be specially licensed for the
storage of unlimited quantities of
oil or other inflammable substances
h Dis contemplated in this Ordinance,
except on the Recommendation Of
t the Inspector of Buildings. the Chief
e Engineer of Fire Department and
the City Marshal, as being suitable
!. therefor; said building or warehouse
t. to be located at such place as may
rs be approved by the City Council
III and not to be within twenty rods OF
al any dwelling house or place of bust
y ness N said city without the per.
\. mission in writing of the owner OF
ID such dwelling house or place Of bust
ness. The person or persons, firm
or corporation, making appli-
cation for such special license
n shall, as soon as the same shall be
P granted by the Council, pay into
:, the City Treasury the sum of
ID twenty-five dollars yearly, in adj
5, vance: PrO0ideG, That no such
% warehouse or building shall be used
i for the storage of crude Petroleum,
"a Gasoline or other products of Pc
r. trOleum which shall flash or emit
I'd an infammable vapOr at tempera-
ture below ITO degrees Fahrenheit
unless such warehouse or building
: shall be specially recommended
and accepted Ly the City
Council for such storage and
have prominently painted ex-
ternally on the front thereof, in
plain Roman letters at least five
inches in length, the words: 'Li
be censed for the Storage Of Gasoline.
SEC. 1T shall be unlawful for
any person, persons, firm or corpora,
ton TO mix, adulterate, or offer fol
ID sale, any oils used for illuminating
y purposes with BenZine, Naptha
O. Gasoline or any other substance
and all oils or fluids manufactured
q from Petroleum, or its produces, to
rs be used for illuminating purposes
T. shall be required to stand q fire test
s. Of 10 degrees Fahrenheit before it
be shall flash or emit an infammable
p vapor.
IS, SEC. 5.-No person, persons, firm
3: or corporation shall manufacture
u. acids or any combustible or explo
d. sive chemicals, or boil or refine oils
u or maintain, erect or cause to bt
erected any works for the manufac
ture of acids or explosive chemicals
10 or for boiling or refining oils, within
~ forty rods Of any dwelling house o.
"a place Of business in said city; ant
u no person shall receive, keep or store
Is or suffer to remain in any plact
within the limits of said city, any
od explosive substance, or any Her
81, cules, Dynamite or Giant Powder
~ having an explosive power create
,s- than that Of any ordinary gunpoW
1ts der.
SEC. 6-The places wherein tb
IN articles mentioned in sections tw,
on and three of this Ordinance are keI
us us or stored, shall not be opened befor
ali sunrise nor after sunset on an
inn day; nor shall fire or light be keI
nse or carried into such places at an
ly, time.
to SEC. Amy person, persons, fri
ion or corporation who have, prior t
as the passage Of this ordinance, +
ceived a grant or permit from IL