Ordinance 145 4
URD IN Alq CE #145
AN OF.DINANCE OF THE CITY OF iIAIdI BEACH, FLORIDA
CREATING AND ESTABLISHING A FIRE DB:ARTK4NT IN AND '
FOR SAID CITY, PRESCRI-IBING R'E'GULATIONS THEREFOR,
PRESCRIBING RDFS AS TO TH7 CONDUCT of SAID DEPART--
IIENT AND OTHER PERSONS AT FIRES, PRESCRIBING REGU»
LATIONS As TO TIS BUILDING OF HOUSES WITHIN SAID
CITY, LUKING IT UNLX,7FUL FOR PERSONS TO VIOLATE THE
REGULATIONS OF SAID DEPARUTIENT AND, FRESCRi-ING A F
PENALTY TO BE I�71POSED UPON P.' SONS FOR THE VIOLATION
OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED By the City Council of the City of Miami Beach,
Florida,
1* That a Fire Department be and the sarrie is hereby created
and established in and for the City of Miami Beach.*
2* MANAGMIENTS OF FIRES: The Fire Department shall have the
management of all fires, and its officers may prevent any inter-.
ferance with the Department or any of its Companies, or any mem-
bers in the performance of their duties.
3. FIRE LINES: At any and all fires, all persons may be re-
quired to stay beyond a certain line to be designated by the Fire
Chief, or a duly authorized member of the Department acting in his
behalf, and any person refusing to do so or who shall violate any
reasonable requirements of any of the officers of any fire company
of the Fire Department , in regard to the management of a fire , or
the protection of property that has been threatened with fire,
shall on conviction be fined in a sum of not exceeding fifty- dol-
lays , or be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding
thirty days or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discret-
ion of the Court.
4o CHIEF, HOW CHOSEN: There shall be elected by the City Coun-
cill a Chief of the Fire Department, whose powers and duties shall
be fixed by ordinance. The Chief shall have the right to nominate
to the City Council the members of the Fire Department , who may be
confirmed or rejected by the City Council, or elected by it as _.
the City Council may Deem best*
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50 YEARLY REPORT OF CHIEF: The Chief of the Fire Department
shall make report to the City Council, the same to be in writing,
on the last regular meeting night of the City Council in each fis--
City
cal year, or when requested by the/Council, showing the property be-
longing to the City in the hands of the Fire Department and the con-
ditions of the same.
60 PROTECTION OF FIFE HOSE: No driver of any street car,
bicycle, motor-cycle, automobile, omnibus, carriage or other ve-
hicls, shall ' drive any such car or vehicle over and across any_ hose
in use or about to be in use or bring in the carriage way after be"
ing used in any street , avenue , alley, or public place in the City
of Mliami Beach by any portion of the Fire Department of the City of
Miami Beach for extinguishing any fire that may occur in the corpor-
ate lig lits of the City of Miami Beach, or during any practice, drill
or parade by the Fire Department of the City of 11'iami Beach, or any
part of the same , provided, however, that in drill, practice or
parade, the street shall not be obstructed for any unreasonable
length of time by said Fire Department or any part thereof,
70 D63TRUCTING FIRE HYDRANTS: No person shall obstruct in
any manner , the use of any fire hydrant in the City of Miami Beach,
nor shall have or place or caused to be pla:eed any material in
front thereof from the curb line to the center of the street to be
within 15 feet from either side thereof, nor shall any persons
open or cause to be opened any fire hydrant within the corporate
limits of the City of j,iiayj.i Beach without the knowledge and consent
of the Chief of the Fire Department. 8:116- the Water Slireri.ntend.ent
80 The City Engineer of said City shall at all times notify
the Chief of the Fire Dei;artment , in writing,, when any street,
avenue , alley or public place is to be closed for the purpose of
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construction or repair, and shall likewise notify said Chief
of the Fire Department, in writing, when such street, avenue,
alley or public place is again opened. And all persons , firms,
or corporations shall, before closing or attempting to close
any street, avenue , alley or public place, obtain a written per-
mit for so doing from the City Engineer of said City,
9. FROTEC TI ON OF FIRE �'dHIS TLE: No person shall use on any
bicycle, motor-cycle, automobile, omnibus, carriage or other
vehicle, a siren whistle or warning device of the sort as used
by the Fire Department within the corporate limits of the City
of Miami Beach.
loo VEHICLES TO STOP ON ^IRE ALARfiI: Any driver of a street car
bicycle, motor-cycle, automobile, omnibus, carriage or other ve-
hicle, shall immediately upon hearing any fire alarm, use all
effort to give the fire department a clear right-of-way, cane to
a full stop and await until positive that there will be no inter-
ference with the fire department.
11. BURNING REFUSE: No person shall kindle, maintain or assist
in maintaining any bonfire or other exposed fire within the City
excepting under written permit from the Chief of the Fire Depart-
ment approved by hire and under such proper safe-guards as he may
direct as to time and weather conditions, and on condition that
said permit carries an obligation on the part of the gran*aa to
keep a sufficient safe control of said fire, and to be responsi•-
bla for all damages therefrom and that all resultant embers shall
be extinguished and the hot ashes removed or wet clown at close of
said fire, provided, however, no perm►it shall be necessary when
such fire is within ten feet of the high water mark, but bon-fires
shall be subject to all other provisions of this section.
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12. PENALTY; Any person or persons, firm or corporation
violating any of the provisions of any of the aforesaid sections
or the provisions of any permit issued in conformity therewith,
shall, upon conviction, forfeit and pay a fine of not more than
Twenty-five Dollars (x25.00) for each offene.e, and not more than
Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) for every clay thereafter so long as
the said violation exists, and a fine of not more than One Hund-
red Dollars (100000) for subsequent violations, or be imprisoned
not exceeding 90 days or both such fine and inprisonment.
13. P-EF111IT FOR GASOLINE,. ETC. : No Person, firm or corporation,
without first obtaining a permit from the Chief of the Fire Depart
went , shall, within the corporate limits of the City of Miami -each,
have, store, keep, manufacture, use or sell gasoline , benzine or
naptha, except as hereinafter provided, and then only if kept in
sal-�-closing metal cans made for the purpose and free from leak;
provided , however, one gallon or less may be kept within a build-
ing without obtaining a permit therefor; and provided further, no
can shall be filled inside the building.
140 APPLICATIO1.d TO FIRE CHIEF: Application for a permit shall
be made to the Chief of the Fi3re De j artment in writing, and shall
state vocation of the building and the quantity of benzine, gaso-
line or naptha it is desired to keep on storage or sale ; provided
however, ho provision in this ordinance is intended to prohibit
the carrying of gasoline in 'the storage tanks of automobiles or
other gasoline driven vehicles.
150 UNDERGROUND L TAL TANKS t No parson shall be issued a permit
for the storage or keeping for sale or use of gasoline, benzine or
naptha, exceeding ten gallons in quantity, save in underground
buried in the ground ) metal tanks, with no opening for drawing off
contents below the level of the ground, but to be drawn from by
pump s o
16. CONSTRUCTION: Such tanks shall be constructed of steel,
or iron galvanized or painted, and of suitable thickness and weight,
and shall be provided with a fill and vent pipe, so arranged so that
the fill pipe cannot be opened without opening the vent ; and also
these pipes shall be provided with a screen near the top and term.
inat ing in an iron cover, which shall be kept locked, Said tanks
shall be buried at least two feet underground, and l$o tank capable
of holding more than two hundred eighty ( 280) gallons shall be per-
mitted within ten feet of building; but any such tank containing
less than two hundred and eighty gallons, if properly buried, may
. be located within less than ten feet of building; but no dealer shall
sell or deliver any quantity of gasoline, benzine or naptha to any
, customer except in metallic cans, with proper appliances for auto-
matically filling or emptying, or through hose connection; and pro-
vided further, that no dealer shall draw any quantity of gasoline,
benzine or naptha, for sale ox otherwise , after dark, or in the
daytime when artificial light, other than incandescent electric
light is being used. Tso tanks of motor vehicles shall be filled
while the motor of said vehicle is running*
PROVISO: Nod exceeding ten gallons may be kept outside of
a building, and less than thirty feet therefrom, provided same
is kept in closed metal cans or other vessels free from leako
PROVISO; Not exceeding one gallon may be kept in the build-
ing without a permit therefor, provided that same is contained in
approved self-closing cans made for the purpose and labelled
" gasoline ", or not exceeding five gallons may be kept in the
building i:fi contained in approved self-closing cans made for the
purpose, provided that no such can have a capacity in excess of
one quart, and all cans used for this purpose shall be free from
leak and be filled outside of the building, except that in case
of drug, hardware or paint and oil stores, not exceeding ten gallons
may be kept in approved self-closing metal cans or other vessels
made for the purpose and free of leak.
174 GASOLINE VAPOR SYST S: �`Ihere the system known as gasoline
vapor gas light is used in any building, the tank and reservoirs
used in connection therewith shell be located outside of and three
fee}from any opening into such building, and shall be boxed or en-.
closed, and kept locked and below the level of the lowest pipe of
the building used in connection with such lighting apparatus. And
it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to sell
or install any system or device for li gh ting by gasoline which
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has not been tested ani listed as permitted by the Nation/Board
of Fire Underwriters, and such installation shall conform in every
respect to the rules of said National Board , which rules are here-
by adopted, and shall have full force as if set forth by this ordi.
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nance. The use of gasoline torctes is prohibited. The use of oil
stoves in all public eating houses, lunch stands, etc. , is pro .
hibited unless same shall be used in an enclosure, the sides and
bottom of which shall be covered :lith non-combustible material.
18. INSPECTION BY FIRE CHIEF: All installations and stoves
mentioned in the preceding section shall be subject to the in-
spection of the Chief of the Fire Department, and it shall be un-
lawful to install any such system or stove without first obtaining
a permit therefor from hire.
19. 21"MALTY: All persons, firms or corporations failing to com-
ply with or who shall violate any of the terms of Sections 13 to
18 inclusive, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction shall be fined Twenty Dollars ($20.00) , for each and
every day said person, firm or corporation shall so fail or offend
or be imprisoned not more than thirty days for each offence.
20. DRY CLEANING ESTABLIS_�'1B TS: For the purpose of this or-
dinance, a dry-cleaning or dry dyeing business is defined to be
the business of cleaning or dyeing cloth, clothing, feathers or
any sort of fabrics by the use of carbon bisulphide, gasoline,
naptha, benzine, or other light petroleum, or coal tar products,
or cleaning or dry dyeing by proc-ess known as dry cleaning or
dry dyeing, where inflamable volatile substances are used,
BUILDING PLANS TO BE FILED WITH FIFE CHIEF: No building to
be used for the business of dry cleaning or dry dyeing as above
defined, or for the storage of volatile substances for use in such
business shall be located, constructed or maintained until an
application for permission to do so, accompanied by full plans
and specifications of the structure and its location, shall have
been filed with and approved by the Chief of the Fire Department ,
All buildings used for the purpose of the business of dry cleaning
or dry dyeing as above defined must be of fire resisting design and
construction, not in excess of two thousand five hundred square
feet ground area and without basement , cellar or open space below
the grade floor,
CONSTIRUCTION: All walls of such structure shall be of brick,
laid in cement mortar , or of reinforced concrete not less than
twelve inches in thickness , or of skeleton steel frame and terra
cotta construction, or of stone laid in cement mortar9 The roof
or ceiling o of such structure or room shall also be of fire resist-
ing construction. There shall be no sevier connection from such
structuve, and the floor of same shall be of concrete construction
laid on a level with the surface of the earth surrouna'ing the wallso
VENTILATION: Ventilating apertures of a size of not less than
ten by six inches shall be placed in'the walls of such structure at
or near the level of its floor, and be properly screened by wire
mesh. Additional means of ventilating shall be provided by the to
cation of an exhaust fan, operated by other means than motor with
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commutator, at a' point in one of the walls, close to the floor
of the structure, of such capacity as to insure a complete change
of the air within the building enclosure each five minutes ; the
said fan to discharge into a metal pipe of sufficient area to carry
off the vapors delivered by said fan, the said metal discharge pipe
to be erected against the outside wall of the cleaning or dyeing
structure and to be carried two feet above its roof, the tol) of
said discharge pipe to be a covered "U" cap or goose-neck; such
exhaust fan shall be in containuous service and operated during
the handling or use of volatile substance within such structure.
DRY SAND PROVIDED- For the purpose of extinquishing fires,
there shall be located at convenient points in the room, where they
will be readily accessible, metal pails filled with dry sand; five
pails for each one thousand square feet of floor area or faction
thereof;but no such building to have less than five: of said pails
of sand. A fire extinquisher of 3 gallon capacity must be provided
for each 1000 square feet of floor area or 4action thereof. No
heat generating device, nor any electric dynamo or generator , shall
be located, maintained or used inside of or within a distance of
ten (10) feet of any opening of such structure used for the busi-
ness of dry cleaning or dry dyeing as above defined.
ELECTRIC E(4UIIYIENT: The lighting of such structures shall
be secured only by keyless socket incandescent electric lights,
with globes or bulbs enclosed in vapor proof receptacles, and all
switches, cut-outs or fuses used- in the installation or operation
of such lights shall be located and operated from the outside of
such structure. The entire electric equipment must conform to the
most advanced stage of the art at the time of installation.
MATING.: The heating of such structure shall be secured only r
by the use of steam or hot water circulating systems,
STEEL STORAGE TABMS: All volatile substances received for use
in the business of dry cleaning or dry dyeing, as above defined, shall
be stored in steel tanks the shell of which shall not be less than
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12 ga 6he interior of slid tanks to be coated With al ed
rust-1,_ vent ive and all J o int j in' same shall be caulked L. n
approved mariner.
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No such tanks shall exceed a capacity of two hundred
eighty gallons, and each shall be buried under ground to such .
depth as to secure a covering of at least two feet of earth
above the top of the tank at the surface level of the ground;
or such tank may be enclosed in a cement lined underground
pit, having an arched cement roof at the level of the surround-
ing ground surface .
VE11 T PI'L'E.
All tanks shall be provided with a vent pipe, not less
than one inch in diameter, extending from the tol; of the tank
to the outer air, and dischargin at a point not less than two
feet above the roof of the highest building within a radius of
thirty (30) feet of such pipe; sE,.id vent pipe must be provided
with brass wire screen of thirty mesh at a, point near the junc-
tion of the pipe with the shell of the tank, and also be pro-
vided at its discharge end with an inverted "U" cap or goose
neck.
FEED PIPES .
All such tanks shall be provided with a filling pipe of
not less than two (2) inches in diameter, extending from the top
of the tank shell to within one (1) inch of the bottom of the
tank; each such feed pipe shall be provided with two brass sc-
reens of not larger than thirty mesh, one of such screens to
be placed in the pipe at or near its junction with said tank
and the other immediately above the controlling cock or valve
at its intake end; said filling pipe must be laid with inclina-
tion towards the tank to secure proper drainage; the intake
end of said feed pipe shall be fitted with a controlling feed-
cock or valve which shall be kept closed except while in use ,
and the intake end of the pipe above such cock or valve shall
be provided with a screw cap secured in place by an _iron or
other metal chain; such scree cap to be securely scrvaed on the
feed pipe inlet when sable is not in use . Both the controlling
cock or valve and feed pipe inlet must be inclosed in an iron
box or hood, set level with the surface of the ground, and be
kept securely locked when not in use; such feed pipe inlet and
controlling cock or valve shall in no case be located inside
of any building.
SERVICE PIPES
All pipes connected with such storage tanks must enter
or be attached to same at the top; service pipes carrying the
volatile substance from storage tank to the cleanin` or dyeing
process shall extend from the top of the tank shell to within
two (2) inches of its bottom and be provided with brass wire
screen of; not larger than thirty mesh at or near its 4unction
with the shell of the tank and also below the controlling cock
or valve at its delivery end inside of the cleaning or dyeing
structure; such controlling cock or valve shall be kept closed
when not in use .
SERVICE PUL .
No volatile substance shall be carried or conveyed into
the cleaning or dyeing structure or any of its apparatus or
machines or be returned to the storage tank from such devices,
except through service pipe as above described; the movement
or transmission of such volatiles through said service pipe
shall be secured by pump or syphon only, such devices to be
so located as to insure the return of all volatile substances
remaining in the service pipe, when delivery is shut off from
the storage tank, by gravity.
All volatile substances to be used for cleaning or dye-
ing purl.oses shall be kept in tightly closed machines or appa-
ratus dtaring the process incident to said operations of cleaning
or dyeing.
The use , storage or handling of any such volatile substance
as in vessels , vats, pans or devices of any kind which are open
to the air is absolutely prohibited.
PENALTY: Any person, firm or corporation that now has,
or shall establish, carry on or operate a dry cleaning or dry
dyeing business in violation of any of the terms of this Section
of this Ordinance, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall
upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than twenty
and not more than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment not less than
s ixty dP-ys
twenty or more than or by both .such fine and im-
prisonmerit.
21. All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith
except Ordinances giving a franchise, are hereby repealed.
PASSED AND .ADOPTED this 26th day of January, A- D. 1921
CITY COUNC IL Or MIMI BEACH, FLORIDA.
President.
Attest: City Clerk
Approved this 26th da,y of Ja2juary.,, .A':` 'D-;, 1921
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