HomeMy WebLinkAboutNS-325ORDINANCE NO. NS-325 AMENDING THE SANTA ANA FIRE
CODE ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE NO. 864
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA DOES 0~DAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. That the Fire Code of the City of Santa Ana adopted
by Ordinance No. 864 is hereby amended by repealing and deleting
Paragraphs 14 and 15 of Section 6 of Article VI of said Fire Code.
SECTION 2. That the Santa Ana Municipal Code is hereby amended
by repealing Section 3121.4 and Section 3121.5 of Part 2, Chapter 1
of Article III, and by re-enacting said two sections in words and
figures as follows:
"SECTION 3121.4. Same. Automatic Dispensing Devices.
The installation and use of coin operated dispensing devices
for flammable liquids is prohibited.
The dispensing of Class I fl-mmable liquids into the fuel
tank of a vehicle or into a container shall at all times be
under the control of a competent person. The use of any de-
vice which permits the dispensing of Class I flammable liquids
when the hand of the operator of the discharging nozzle is re-
moved from the nozzle control lever is hereby forbidden except
when using an automatic nozzle as provided in Section 3121.5.~
"SECTION 3121.5. Same. Automatic Hose Nozzle Valves With
Latch-Open Devices.
In lieu of being held open by ~and, a nozzle that is approv-
ed by ~Ge Chief of the Fire Department, for dispensing Class I
flammable liquid into the fuel tank of a vehicle may be used.
Such nozzle shall have the latch-open device as an integral
part of t he assembly and shall shut off the liquid reliably
and positively when the gasoline tank is filled, when it falls
from the filling neck of an automobile tank, when it is subject
to rough usage such as dropping or lack of proper lubrication,
or when an automobile is driven away while ~he nozzle is still
in the tank. A competent attendant shall be not more than l0
feet from the vehicle being filled by such an approved nozzle."
SECTION 3. This Ordinance sh~l take effect 30 days from the
date of its adoption.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the
at its regular meeting held on the 2nd
ATTEST:
CLEE~ OF THE~COUNCIL
City of Santa Ana
__ day~?f Jun_~e .t 19158'~
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF SANTA ANA )
I, ERMA HUNTER, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the
Council of the City of S~ta Ana, California; that the foregoing
0~dinance was regularly intzeduced at the regUlar meeting of said
Council held on the 19th day of Nay , 1958, and was again
considered by said Council at its regular meeting held on the
da~ of ~une , 1958, and was at said meeting regularly passed
~d adopted by said Council by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEn: Royal E. Hubbard~ Stanley C. Gould, Jr.,
A. A. Hall, J. O~de~ Markel, Dale H. Heinly
NOES, COUNCIL~EN: None
ABSFaWT, COUNCILMEN: None
CLERK OF ~HE C'0UNCIL
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