The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1906-09-20
An Ordinance Relating to the StOr-
age Of Gasoline, Napl,tlla, Benz
zine, Kerosene and Other
TnflA nahl Oils

Infamable Oils.
BE it Ordained by the City Council of
the City of Minot, North Dakota:
Section 1. No person shall store or
keep for sale within the corporate
limits of the City of Minot, any crude
petroleum, gasoline, naphtha, ben
zine, camphor spirit gas, burning
fluid, spirits turpentine or other
| inhamable oils, except kerosene, in
| larger quantities than (52) gall
Ions or kerosene in larger guam
titles than three barrels,
or any Of the same in any other than
metal barrels or vessels, the same to
! be kept or stored in some building
or place used exclusively for such
purposes and by permission Of the
city council.
Section 2. In case the same is to
be kept or stored, if inside of a larger
building, in room, the same shall
be used for no other purpose and
shall be lined with iron or other nom
combustible material, and the door of
said room or place shall also be COW
cred with iron and be equipped with
strong substantial lock and shall be
kept closed and locked. The said
room shall have an air pipe or VEN
! tilator of not less than two inches in
| diameter communicating with the
outside air, for the purpose of car
rying off and removing therefrom any
and all gases which may come from
the said kerosene, gasoline or other
oils.
Section 3. In case the same is to
be kept or stored in a separate
building the same shall be, if within
the fire limits of said city, OF brick
or stone, or if of wooden frame the
same shall be covered both inside
and out with iron or steel, including
doors, roof, and castings. The door
to the said building shall be fur
nished with a safe, strong and suit
able lock and shall be kept securely
locked at all times. If without the
fire limits the said building shall
unless of brick or stone, be covered
on the outside to the ground, includ-
ing the door or doors, roofs and
castings, with steel Or iron. And in
every case the said building shall
have an air pipe or ventilator Of not
j less than two inches in diameter, for
i the purpose of removing and carry
ing therefrom any and all gases
il which may come from the said kerO-
sene, gasoline or other oils. The
said building shall be used for no
other purposes than that specified in
this ordinance, and shall not be at
tached to or Joined to any other
building, but shall be at least four
feet distant from any other building
so that free access may be had on all
sides and around the said building.
Section 4. No candle or open flame
lamp or lantern shall be used or ta'
ken in the room Or building Where
the said oils may be kept or stored
and in no event shall any light of any
sort be left burning in said room OF
place when there is not present a
the time some competent person above
the age of eighteen years. Nor shall
| any of the oils or fluids herein men
i
ken from the said room or building
| between the hours of ten o'clock
night and five o'clock in the morn.
ling.
Section 5. The said building shall
always be accessible for inspection by
the fire chief mayor, councilmen, po'
lice officer or other city official
Of,
fluids herein mentioned shall be
drawn and left exposed in the said
room or building in any open pail
tank or vessel, and all tanks Or YES
sells used for the storage of said oils
! shall be Of iron or steel sufficiently
! sure Of the oil or fluid therein placed
and shall have a vent for the escape
Of gases therefrom. No fire, stove
or heating apparatus other than
! steam or hot water heating radia-
| tors or apparatus shall be placed, al
lowed or kept in said room or build
ing. No accumulation of straw
shaving, chips, leaves, papers, bar
rels or boxes or any other combust-
ible matter Or materials shall be al
lowed to accumulate in or around
the said room or. building, but the
same shall at all times be kept free
from the said combustible matter or
materials, and in clean and good con-
dition.
Section S.-Any buildings or room
hereafter erected or fitted up for the
purposes of such storage of the here
in mentioned oils, and any and all
rooms and buildings now erected or
fitted up contrary to the provisions
of this ordinance are hereby declared
to be a nuisance, and if the owner
or occupant or agent of the lot, build
ing or premiss in or upon which any
such nuisance shall be located, shall
fail to abate Or remove the same af-
ter three days notice so to do, he
| shall l1DOn conviction thereof be SUBJ