HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 71- 904, Amends 8 13.04.010; adds § 13.04.045, Fire Prevention Code.
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ORDINANCE NO. 904
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1304.0l0 OF THE BOZEMAN MUNICIPAL
CODE AND ADOPTING THE 1970 EDITION OF THE FIRE PREVENTION CODE
RECOMMENDED BY THE AMERICAN INSURANCE ASSOCIATION; AMENDING
SUBSECTION (f) OF SECTION 16.75 OF SAID CODE, MAKING THIS ORD-
INANCE EFFECTIVE WITHIN THREE (3) MILES OF THE CITY LIMITS OF
THE CITY OF BOZEMAN AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH.
BE IT ORDAINED BY TIlE CITY COMMISSION OF TIlE CITY OF BOZEMAN, MONTANA, AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT:
Section 1. That Section l304.010 of the Bozeman Municipal Code, be, and the same is hereby
amended to read as follows:
l304.010 Adoption of fire prevention code. There is hereby adopted by the City
Commission of the City of Bozeman for the purpose of prescribing regulations govern-
ing conditions hazardous to life and property from fire or explosion, that certain
code known as the Fire Prevention Code, recommended by the American Insurance Assoc-
iation, being particularly the 1970 edition thereof and the whole thereof, of which
code not less than three copies have been and now are filed in the office of the
Clerk of the City Commission, and the same are hereby adopted and incorporated as
fully as if set out at length herein, except as herein amended, and from the date
of which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controll-
ing within the limits of the City of Bozeman and within three miles of the City
limits of the City of Bozeman, Montana.
Section 2. That subsection (f) of Section 16.75 of said Fire Prevention Code shall be
amended to read as follows:
f. Special Type Dispensers.
(1) Approved special dispensing deviees such as but not limited to, coin operat-
ed, card operated, remote preset types or self-service pumps are permitted at service
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stations whose only functions is the delivery of automotive products, provided there is
at least one qualified attendant on duty while the station is open to the public. The
attendant's primary function shall be to supervise, observe and control the dispensing
of class I liquids while said liquids are being dispensed or by operating the "Dead Man"
switch provided for in subsection 5, Section 16.75 (f), to prevent the dispensing of
class I liquids into portable containers not in compliance with section 16.73 (e),
control sources of ignition and to immediately handle accidental spills and fire extin-
guishers as needed.
(2) The attendant or supervisor on duty shall be capable of performing the funct-
ions and assuming the responsibilities covered in section l6.75f (1).
(3) Emergency controls shall be installed at a location acceptable to the Chief of
the Bureau of Fire Prevention, but controls shall not be more than 100 feet from dis-
pensers.
(4) Instructions for the operation of dispensers shall be conspicuously posted.
(5) Any approved special dispensing devise outlined in subparagraph (1) above,
shall be equipped with a "Dead Man" type switch. Said switch shall be installed in the
electrical power line between the dispensing unit and the main power source. Switches
shall be of the button type, mounted in a vertical position, in a location as pre-
scribed by the Fire Chief, and so designed that the attendant on duty shall have to
apply constant manual pressure to said button to allow any dispensing unit to operate
or be operated by the customer.
Section 3. This Ordinance shall be effective and in force within the city limits
of the City of Bozeman, Montana, and within three miles of the City limits of the City
of Bozeman, Montana.
Section 4. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are
hereby repealed.
Section 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
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thirty (30) days from its final adoption.
FULLY ADOPTED AND APPROVED AT A regular ses
City of Bozeman held on the 3rd day of March, 19 1.
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ATTEST:
State of Montana
County of Gallatin
City 0 f Bozeman
I, Erna V. Harding, Clerk of the Commission of the City of Bozeman, do
hereby certify, that the foregoing Ordinance No. 904 was published by
tfile and number in the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, a newspaper of general
circulation printed and published in s~id City in the issue of the
tenth day of March, 1971, and due proof of such publication is on file
in my office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the corporate
seal of my office this lIth day of March, 1971.
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ORDINANCE NO. 904