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Home My WebLink Aboutordinance.council.002-63ORDINANCE NO. ~2. (Series of 1963-~-- AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE TRANSPORTATION, DELIVERY AND STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, L. P. OAS, EXPLOSIVES, COMPRESSED GAS AND OTHER DANGEROUS ARTICLES WITHIN THE CITY OF ASPEN BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ASPEN, COLORADO: 6-8-1 DEFINITIONS: a. FLAMMABLE LIQUID shall mean any liquid having a flash point below 100 degrees F. and havin~ a vapor pressure not exceeding 40 pounds per square inch (absolute) at 100 degrees F. b. L. P. GAS shall mean "liquified petroleum gas (gases~" of LPG (LP-Gas) and include any material composed predominantly of any of the following hydrocarbons or mixtures of them: propane, prophlene, butanes, and butylenes. When reference is made to L. P. Gas, it shall refer to liquified petroleum gases in either the liquid or gaseous state. c. EXPLOSIVES shall mean any chemi- cal compound, mixture or device the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion with instantaneous release of heat and energy. d. DANGEROUS ARTICLES shall mean any chemical compound, mixture, device, gas or element, not previously defined, which when released from its container could cause fire or explosion, damage to property, damage to living tissue, toxication or radiation poisoning. e. MOTOR VEHICLE OR VEHICLE shall mean any vehicle, machine, truck, tank-~ru~, t~?~ t~~a~ ~rawn by mechinical power and used upon the highways, streets anu =~=~ ~, the transportation of persons or property. f. DELIVERY VEHICLE shall mean a single self-propelled motor vehicle equipped with a cargo tank mounted thereon used for the transportation of L. P. Gas, Fla_mi~m~ ble Liquids or other Dangerous Articles. The term "Tank Delivery Vehicle" shall not be construed to mean or include such vehicles as semi-trugk trailer, tank trailers, towed tank vehicles or any other combination thereof. 6-8-2 STANDARD FOR MOTOR VEHICLES AND PLACES OF STORAGE: No motor vehicle tank, structure, or place of storage used for the transportation, delivery or storage of flammable liquids, L. P. gas, explosives or other dangerous articles shall be used, operated or maintained within the corporate limits of Cxt of As en unless said motor vehicle, tank, s~ructure or place t~e ' Y P ...... ~ maintained and operated xn a safe and non- o~ storage are cons~ru~u~u, hazardous manner. The regulations laid down in the Standards for Flammable Liquids NFPA #30 of the National Fire Protection Association, The Standard for Liquified Petroleum Gases NBFU #58 of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, The Standards for the Storage and Use of Explosives NFPA #495 of the National Fire Protection Association, The Standard for Tank Vehicles for Flammable Liquids NBFU #385 of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, and the Fire Prevention Code of the National Board of Fire Underwriters shall be prima facie evi- dence of construction, maintenance and operation in a safe and non- hazardous manner, 6-8-3 LIMITATIONS UPON CAPACITIES OF MOTOR VEHICLES USED IN TRANSPORT: a. Tank Delivery Vehicles used for the delivery of Fla~able Liquids as defined herein, having an ag- gregate capacity in excess of one thousand five hundred (1,500) gallons shall be equipped with a single cargo tank mounted thereon, self-propelled, and of the diesel powered type. b. It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle having a tank capacity in excess of 2500 gallons liquid capacity to deliver L. P. Gas to any place of storage within the corporate limits of the City of Aspen. c. It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle having a tank capacity in excess of five thousand (5,000) gallons aggregate, or with any one compartment thereof in excess of two thousand five hundred (2,500) gallons individual capacity to deliver flammable liquids to any place of storage within the corporate limits of the City of Aspen. d. It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle transporting flammable liquids in excess of five thousand (5,000) gallons, or any motor vehicle transporting L. P. Gas in excess of two thousand five hundred (2,500) gallons liquid, or any vehicle transporting explosives and other dangerous articles to remain within the City of Aspen for a period exceeding one (1) hour, unless as provided herein. e. It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle other than a "tank delivery vehicle" as defined herein to deliver flammable liquids, L. P. Gas, or other dangerous articles to any place of storage within the corporate limits of the City of Aspen. 6-8-~ DISABLED VEHICLES: Whenever any motor vehicle transporting flammable liquids, L. P. Gas, explosives or other dangerous articles, is disabled upon any highway, street or alley within the City of Aspen, the following requirements shall be complied with during the period of such stop or disability: (a) Ail such motor vehicles whether loaded or empty, shall be equipped with three red electric lanterns and two red flags, or three red reflectors and two red flags for use in case of emergency stops. In the event of an emergency stop, a red electric lantern and a flag or a red reflector and a red flag shall be placed in front of and at the rear of the stopped vehicle. During periods~f darkness or poor visibility, a red reflector, or a red - 2 - electric lantern, shall be placed on the traffic side of the disabled vehicle. The distance this equipment shall be placed on the traffic side of the disabled vehicle shall be such as to insure complete safety of all users of the street under the circumstances and condi- tions then existing. 6-8-5 ACCIDENT TO V~HICLE, NOTIFICATION, WARNINGS, NO SMOKING OR FLAME: Whenever any motor vehicle transporting flanm~ble liquids, L. P. Gas, explosives, or other dangerous articles is involved in an accident by collision or other means with another vehicle or property, the driver shall immediately take the necessary action to notify the City Police and Fire Departments of the accident and probable hazards thereof. Means shallalso be employed to prevent smoking, to keep fires or flames away, to safeguard against any hazard present and to warn other users of the highway, street or alley. In L.P. the event that any motor vehicle laden with flammable liquids, Gas, explosives or other dangerous articles is entangled with another or with any other object or structure, no attempt shall be made to disentangle either vehicle, or the laden vehicle from the object or structure without the permission of the officer in charge of the Fire Department at the scene. 6-8-6 VACATION OF HAZARDOUS AREA: Should the officer in charge of the Fire Department at the scene deem it necessary, he shall order all persons not engaged in the protection of persons or property to remove themselves from the area. It shall be unlawful for any per- son to disobey or interfere with an order to vacate the area given by any officer of the Police or Fire Department. 6-8-7 HAZARDOUS REPAIRS ON MOTOR VEHICLES: a. No repairs shall be performed on any motor vehicle containing any flammable liquid, L. P. Gas, explosives, or dangerous articles except in such cases that such repair can be made without hazard. b. No motor vehicle used for the transporting of flammable liquids, L. P. Gas or laden vehicles of which the contents of the cargo include explosives, or dangers articles shall be repaired, services or stored within the confines of a closed garage, service station or any structure located within fifty (50) feet of adjacent buildings. c. Nothing in this section shall prohi- bit the storage and repair of motor vehicles used for transporting fla~mable liquids and L. P. Gas at bulk storage plants provided such bulk storage plants are constructed, operated and maintained in ac- cordance with the Standards for Fla~aable Liquids and L. P. Gas. 6-8-8 MOTOR VF~ICLES NOT TO BE LEFT UNATTENDED: It shall be unlawful for any driver or operator of a motor vehicle transporting flammable liquids, L. P. Gas, explosives, or other dangerous articles to leave such vehicle unattended upon any highway, street, alley, or during the discharge and loading of the contents of the vehicle. - 3 6-8-9 STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, L. P. GAS IN FIRE ZONES I AND II: a. Flammable liquids shall not be stored in above ground container exceeding 55 gallons individual capacity and 220 gallons aggregate capacity located in Fire Zone I. b. Flammable liquids shall not be stored in above ground container exceeding 500 gallons liquid individual capacity and 500 gallons aggregate capacity located in Fire Zone II. c. L. P. Gas shall not be stored in above ground containers exceeding 500 gallons (liquid) capacity and 500 gallons (liquid) aggregate capacity located in Fire Zone I. d. L. P. Gas shall not be stored in above ground containers, exceeding, l,000 gallons (liquid) individual capacity and 1,000 gallons (liquid) aggregate capacity located in Fire Zone II except as allowed at Bulk Storage Sites. 6-8-10 STORAGE OF EXPLOSIVES, FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS AND COMPRESSED GAS: It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store or harbor: a. Any flammable liquid in containers exceeding five (5) gallons ceeding 300 pounds weight, within capacity, b. Compressed gas and containers ex- c. Explosives exceeding 50 pounds, the confines of any structure located within the corporate limits of the City of Aspen. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to store or harbor any of the items enumerated in subparagraphs a, b and c, except small arms a.~unition, without the written permission of the Chief of the Fire Department first obtained. of this Ordinance is necessary zor =ne puoimc of the inhabitants of the City of Aspen. Colorado, and this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five (5) days after its final publication. INTRODUCED, READ AND ORDERED published as provided by law Colorado, at its regularize, ting held by the City Council of Aspen, ~.~ at the City of Aspen, on this ~c- day of .z~'/--- 1963. -4.- of FINALLY Passed, adopted and approved on th£s ~/ day CITY CLERK / MAYO~ ORDINANCE NO. SERIES OF I,~~ , City Clerk of the City of Aspen, Colorado, do hereby certify that the aforegoing Ordinance was introduced and read at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City of Aspen on the ~"~ day of ~J , 196~., and by order of said City Council was published as a proposed ordinance as the law directs and for mote than ten days prior to its passage in the Aspen Times, legal newspaper; and that on of ~~ , 196 ~ , the said the day proposed Ordinance was read and passed by the City Council aforesaid, the said meeting of said City Council being a regula~ meeting, and ordered published in the aforesaid newspaper as the law directs. WITNESS my hand and City of Aspen, Colorado, this 196 the official seal of the ~/ day of