HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 91-18 ORDINANCE NO.
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10 OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT BY
ESTABLISHING NEW REGULATIONS FOR THE ABOVE-
GROUND STORAGE OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS; PROVIDING
FOR SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR REPEAL; AND
PROVIDING A PENALTY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT:
Section 1.
That Chapter 10, Section 10-21, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont be and the same is hereby repealed and a new Section 10-21 is hereby enacted to
read as follows:
"Section 10-21. Establishment of Regulations for the Storage of
Explosive, Blasting Agents, Flammable Liquids in
Outside Above-Ground Tanks, and Bulk Storage of
Flammable and Combustible Liquids and Liquified
Petroleum Gas.
"(a) Storage of explosives and blasting agents and storage of
flammable liquids in outside above-ground tanks of 10,000 gallons or
less may be established within the zoning districts designated Heavy
Industrial (H-I), Light Industrial (L-I), and Commercial-Manufacturing
(C-M), as the same districts are defined in Chapter 30 of this Code of
Ordinances and as found in the Zoning Map of the City of Beaumont.
All such above-ground tanks and storage of explosives and blasting
agents shall be permitted as required elsewhere in this code and shall
be installed in complete compliance with all the requirements of the
NFPA pamphlets, ANSI and API codes and any other applicable fire
regulations which have been adopted by the City of Beaumont. Prior
to filling such tanks or storing such explosives and blasting agents, the
installation and site shall be approved in writing as complying with the
above-referenced codes and regulations by the Fire Marshal of the City
of Beaumont or his designee.
"(b) The bulk storage of flammable and combustible liquids and
liquified petroleum gas either in tanks larger than 10,000 gallons or as
bulk storage in which the material is distributed either at wholesale or
retail to customers may be established within the zoning districts
designated Heavy Industrial (H-I) and Light Industrial (L-I) only after
the issuance of a specific use permit as provided in the Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Beaumont."
Section 2.
That if any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance, or the
application of same to a particular set of persons or circumstances, should for any reason be
held to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance,
and to such end the various portions and provisions of this ordinance are declared to be
severable.
Section 3.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the
extent of the conflict only.
Section 4.
That any person who violates any provision of this ordinance shall, upon
conviction, be punished as provided in Section 1-8 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont, Texas.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Beaumont this the o?
of 1990.
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