The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1913-06-06

BE Il ordained by the City Council
of the city OF Snyder:
See lit shall not be lawful for
any person, drm or corporation to
keep, store or handle gasOlene or 9th
err yolatiles. except under compliance
by the said person, firm or corpora
ton, with the following provisions Of
this ordinance.
Sec. 2 ta) All tanks shall be in
stalled outside OF the building under
ground and not less than two (2)
feet below the surface. entirely sur
rounded by earth. well tamped in
place and tho top OF the tank must
be below the level OF the lowest pipe
line IN the building used in connec-
ton with he equipment (b) II i'm
practicable TO locate storage tanks
outside OF the building. they may be
buried two 90 feet below the level
OF the basement floor embedded In
the earth, and covered by az least 2
foet Of earth and codcretc. (c) An
tanks OF $50 gallons or under shall
be made OF at least twelve (12)
gauGe ga4vanizod steel or &C least IA
inch black open hearth tank steel.
All tanks exceeding SEQ gallons ca
prcity shall be made OF S-16 inch gal
yGnized steel or Ia inch black open
hearth tanl, steel All tanks made OF
steel must be carefully riveted and
so.dered and coated on the outside
with tar or other rust resisting mate.
rial An tanks made of black steel
must be riycted carefully and caulk-
od and coated on the outside with
tar or other rust resisting material.
No tanks shall have openings or pipe
connections except on the top there
OF and shall be properly vented and
shgl, not bee connected either direct
ly or Indirectly with any public or
private sewer, drain catch basin, or
pit ca Filler pipes must be made
of galvanized iron pipe inches or
more in diameter. entering M the
top &C the tank and extending TO the
bottom of the same The upper end
nc said filler pipe must terminate Ia
q screw cap securely locked WheLg
tanks are located under the building
The filler pipes must run TO the out
side of the building and terminate I'm
or of said filler box 20 be- securely
locked. Whore filler pipe runs 10 the
sidewalk or 20 an alley or public way
90 must terminate in screw cap Sc
Curely locked and protected by
cast iron nllor box. the same TO flush
with the sidewalk or alley The COW
or OF 3 aid n Her box TO be securely
locked. Ce) Tanks located IN or with
iu ten feet of any building shall be
provided with inch diameter. or
larger galvanized iron vent pipe.
same to be connected 20 the top Of
such tank. Connection % the tank 20
be provided with a brass wire screen
OF at least thirty mesh. tfJ Pipe CON
Meeting the tank with the pump
must De OF galvanized iron and must
culor top OF tank. Said pipe must
DO buried nt least IS inches below
the surface and any exposed por-
lions thereof must be thoroughly and
properly protected This connection
pipe must no hc lower at any point
than where same leaves tank
Section 3-All gasolenc must De
drawn from tank boy means OF an
improved suction pump or pumps
which shall havo a shut on valve be-
tween the pump and the nozzle. In
ro case shall there be a return 81
waste pipe to the t~pk.
Section 4 Whore rasolene Is
pumped inside the building. lighting
shall boz done by incandoscent cleo
trio lights. with an electric switches
and cut offs permanently located at
least four n.hcs above the floor
Section g. ta) No gcsolcne or
other volaHilCs shall be kept IN any
building except when stored or han
died 'n self closing safety containers
or On portable filling tanks. CD when
self-closing safety containers are us
cd for the storing or handling OF
raeoienc. or other volatiies. not
more than five go gallons % gaso-
lonc or other volatiles shall be kept
in any building. and the self-closing
must be made OF metal
and must be OF approved construc-
ton. and must be OF a capacity not
90 exceed five t5l gallons. tcl when
ruling tanks are used for the storing