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ORDINANCE NO.
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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE USAGE OF GASOLINE SERVICE
STATIONS AND/OR FILING STATIONS; PROVIDING A SAVINGS
CLAUSE; SETTING UP A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED
DOLLARS; DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
WHE REAS. the City Council of the City of North Richland Hills finds that
self-service gasoline service stations v.xrherein the public is actually or
impliedly invited to inject or dispense gasoline into the customer's own auto-
mobile or automobile operated by the customer is dangerous to the city, its
inhabitants and the general public; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the dispensing of inflammable
liquids into glass containers is dangerous to the city. its inhabitants and the
general public; and
WHEREAS. the City Council finds that service stations with gasoline
storage tanks located and situated above the ground are inherently dangerous
to the city", its inhabitants and the general public; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that the operation of gasoline service
stations where no paving exists for a distance within twelve (12) feet of the
gasoline pumps is dangerous and there is a possibility of an explosion.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, THAT:
I
Hereinafter it shall be unlawful and illegal to own, operate, maintain.
manage or permit the usage of a self-service gasoline station merèín any
member of the general public is actually or impliedly invited to inject or dispense
gasoline into his own automobile or into an automobile operated by the said
member of the general public.
II
Henceforth.. it shall be unlawful and illegal to dispense or permit an
employee to dispense or to permit a customer or member of the general public
to dispense gasoline or any other type of flammable liquid into glass containers.
III
Hereafter, it shall be unlawful and illegal to own. operate, maintain.
manage or permit the usage of a gasoline service station wherein the gasoline
storage tank is located on top of the ground surface.
IV
Hereinafter, it shall be unlawful and illegal to operate a gasoline service
station wherein there is not located a surface of at least the quality of hot-top
within a twelve (12) foot radius of any and all pumps and/().]f to 1ho.. devices which
dispense gasoline or flammable liquids.
V
Should any section, clause or provision of this ordinance be declared
invalid or held unconstitutional or be ineffective for any reason, the same shall
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not affect the validity or effectiveness of this ordinance as a whole, or any
part or provision hereof other than the part so decided to be invalid.. ineffective
or unconstitutional.
VI
Section 1. It shall be the duty of the Fire Marshal and/or the Chief of
Police to enforce and administer this ordinance.
Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation who violates. disobeys,
omits, neglects or refuses to comply with or who resists the enforcement of
any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00)
for each offense.
Section 3. Each day shall conslitute a separate offense in regard to the
violation of this ordinance.
VII
The fact that there does not now exist within the City or North Richland
Hills an ordinance regulating the usage of gasoline service stations and the
fact that gasoline service stations are an inherently dangerous operation
creates an emergency and this ordinance shall be effective immediately from
and after its passage.
APPROVED AND PASSED this d day of H . 1961.
APPROVED:
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