HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 96-17 ORDINANCE NO. /Z
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 10,
SECTION 10-21(a) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF BEAUMONT TO INCLUDE LIQUID
PETROLEUM GAS WITHIN THE REGULATION FOR THE
STORAGE IN ABOVEGROUND TANKS OF TEN THOUSAND
(10,000) GALLONS OR LESS; 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(a) the Code of Ordinances of the City of
Beaumont be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:
10-21(a) Storage of explosives and blasting agents, Storage of
flammable liquids, and storage of liquefied petroleum gas in outside
aboveground tanks of ten thousand (10,000) gallons or*less may be
established within the zoning districts designated Heavy Industrial (H-1),
Light Industrial (L-1), 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 aboveground 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.
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.
That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are repealed to the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 on this the
day of 1996.
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