Chapter 15.15
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS STORAGE TANK STANDARDS
Sections:
15.15.010 Maximum storage of gases and liquids.
15.15.020 Capacity of delivery tank trucks.
15.15.030 Semi-trailer tank trucks.
15.15.040 This chapter not retroactive.
15.15.050 Tanks, installations and appliances.
15.15.070 Standards for appliances, storage tanks and installations.
15.15.010 Maximum storage of gases and liquids.
A. Dealers. Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any dealer or retailer in manufactured and/or liquefied petroleum gas to install, above ground, a storage capacity of or to store more than 1,500 gallons of such liquid or gas, and/or to install a storage capacity of or to store, above ground, more than 50 gallons of kerosene or more than 10 gallons of gasoline, naptha, benzine, or other inflammable or explosive gases or liquids within the Village of Cimarron.
B. Consumers. Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any individual or person or family, corporation, association or partnership to install a storage capacity of or to store, above ground, more than 500 gallons of or for manufactured and/or liquefied petroleum gas, or 50 gallons of kerosene, or 10 gallons of gasoline, naptha, benzine, and/or other inflammable or explosive gases or liquids within the Village of Cimarron, for domestic or personal use, but excepting herefrom schools, industrial factories and plants and large buildings requiring and/or equipped with gas heating appliances or gas-fired motors of a standard rated capacity of 200,000 BTU or more, which school, industrial factory or plant or large building may store, above ground, and in an approved tank, up to 1,500 gallons of liquefied petroleum gas on said premises, after consent granted by the village council. [Ord. 79A §§ 1, 2, 1964; Ord. 73 § 1, 1962].
15.15.020 Capacity of delivery tank trucks.
Hereafter it shall be unlawful for any dealer in any of the above-named gases or liquids to keep or use a tank truck for local delivery of any of such above-named gases or liquids within the Village, with a capacity of more than 2,000 gallons. [Ord. 73 § 2, 1962].
15.15.030 Semi-trailer tank trucks.
Hereafter it shall be unlawful to park a semi-trailer tank truck containing any of the above-named gases or liquids within the Village of Cimarron for more than one hour, except while actually unloading said truck, and then only when the driver of such tank truck is personally present with said truck, and then only in a business or industrial zone. [Ord. 73 § 3, 1962].
15.15.040 This chapter not retroactive.
Dealers in and consumers of the above-named gases or liquids who, prior to the enactment of this chapter, had in use storage capacities greater than those permitted herein, may continue to use such storage capacities, but such dealers and consumers are hereby prohibited from increasing their present storage capacities for such above-named liquids and gases. [Ord. 73 § 4, 1962].
15.15.050 Tanks, installations and appliances.
All storage tanks and containers, installed above ground or underground, and placed in use within the incorporated limits of the municipality of Cimarron, New Mexico, for the storage of manufactured and/or liquefied petroleum gas, and all appliances and installations for the use of manufactured and/or liquefied petroleum gas within the municipal limits shall comply with the minimum code standards and rules and regulations of the New Mexico Liquefied Petroleum Bureau as promulgated under the LPG Act NMSA 1978. [Ord. 121 § 1, 1982; Ord. 73 § 5, 1962].
15.15.060 Inspections.
All appliances installed and installations made, hereafter, and designed and intended for the storage or use of manufactured and/or liquefied petroleum gas, within the Village of Cimarron, shall be inspected by the fire chief of the Village or by some other person designated by the mayor and council to inspect, and when any tank, appliance or installation fails to meet standards of safety, the owner shall be notified to immediately bring such appliance or installation up to required standards and such owner may be charged by criminal complaint with a violation of this chapter. [Ord. 73 § 6, 1962].
15.15.070 Standards for appliances, storage tanks and installations.
The standards and specifications referred to and required for all appliances, storage tanks and containers, and installations, hereafter made or placed in use within the Village of Cimarron for the storage and use of manufactured and/or liquefied petroleum gas, and specifically referred to in VCMC 15.15.050 are the standards and specifications and requirements of the Underwriters Laboratories, Incorporated, of the United States, and the National Board of Fire Underwriters of the United States, and the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Commission of the state of New Mexico, and the laws of the state of New Mexico applicable to the storage, installation and use of manufactured and/or liquefied petroleum gas, which requirements, standards and specifications must be complied with in every particular, where applicable, for the storage, installation and appliances hereafter placed in use within the Village of Cimarron. [Ord. 73 § 7, 1962].
15.15.080 Penalties.
Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be subject to punishment by fine not to exceed $300.00 or by imprisonment in jail not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. [Ord. 121 § 2, 1982; Ord. 73 § 10, 1962].