Ordinance 446ORDINANCE NO. 446
AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT WITHIN THE CITY
OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, THE KEEPING, PUT-
TING, PLACING OR STORING OF PETROLEUM AND
OTHER INFLA.MMMABLE AND EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES
AT ANY POINT OR POINTS WITHIN 1000 FEET OF
ANY DWELLING HOUSE AND OTHER STRUCTURES
WITHIN THAT PORTION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH LYING NORTH OF THE MAIN GOVERNMENT
CHANNEL, EXCEPTING FROM THE APPLICATION
THEREOF CERTAIN QU'?,NTITIES OF SUCH SUB-
STANCES THEREIN SET OUT WHICH SHALL BE
KEPT, PUT, PLACED OR STORED IN A MANNER
THEREIN DESIGNATED AND EXCEPTING FROM THE
APPLICATION THEREOF THE KEEPING QF SUCH
SUBSTANCES IN DWELLINGS, RESIDENCES OR
BUILDINGS USED AS SUCH FOR DOMESTIC OR
HOUSEHOLD USE AND PRESCRIBING- THE PENALTY
FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF AND PROVIDING
THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to keep, put, place or store any petro-
leum, naptha, benzine, gasoline, coal oil or any
of the inflammable products of petroleum or any inflammable or
explosive oils at any point or points within 1000 feet distant
from any dwelling house, residence or building used as such, or
storeroom, building, shed or other like structure within that
portion of the City of Miami Beach lying North of the main
Government Channel, Provided, however, that this ordinance shall
not apply to the keeping or storing of not more than 6000 gal-
lons of any petroleum products at a retail mercantile establish-
ment in metal tanks or containers buried at least two feet under-
ground, nor shall the same apply to the keeping of not more than
100 gallons of any petroleum products inside of or at a retail
mercantile establishment in metal floor tanks or containers, nor
shall the same apply to the keeping of any petroleum products in
dwelling houses, residences or buildings used as such, for domestic
or household purposes.
Section 2. Any person, firm or corporation violating any
provision of this ordinance shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding Five
Hundred Dollars (500.00), or by imprisonment in the City Jail
for a period not exceeding Thirty (30) days, or by both such fine
and imprisonment, provided, however, that each day that the mater-
ials or substances set forth in Section 1 hereof are kept, put,
placed or stored in any place in violation of the terms of this
ordinance shall constitute a separate offense hereunder.
Section 3. That this ordinance shall be in force anc_ effect
from and after ?ay 1st, 1937.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of September, A. D.,
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resident of C ty Council
APPROVED BY ME this 25th day of September, A. D., 1936.
1st Reading, Sept. 2nd, 1936.
2nd Reading, Sept. 2nd, 1936.
3rd Reading, Sept. 214-th, 1936.
Posted - Sept. 25th, 1936.
STATE OF FLORIDA )
COUNTY OF DADE )
I, C. W. TOMLINSON, City Clerk in and
for the City of Miami Beach, Florida, do hereby certify
that Ordinance No. 4+6 entitled "AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT
WITHIN THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, THE KEEPING,
PUTTING, PLACING OR STORAGE OF PETROLEUM AND OTHER IN-
FLAMMABLE AND EXPLOSIVE SUBSTANCES AT ANY POINT OR POINTS
WITHIN 1000 FEET OF ANY DWELLING HOUSE AND OTHER STRUCTURES
WITHIN THAT PORTION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH LYING NORTH
OF THE MAIN GOVERNMENT CHANNEL, EXCEPTING FROM THE APPLIC-
ATION THEREOF CERTAIN QUANTITIES OF SUCH SUBSTANCES THEREIN
SET OUT WHICH SHALL BE KEPT, PUT, PLACED OR STORED IN A
MANNER THEREIN DESIGNATED AND EXCEPTING FROM THE APPLICATION
THEREOF THE KEEPING OF SUCH SUBSTANCES IN DWELLINGS, RESID-
ENCES OR BUILDINGS USED AS SUCH FOR DOMESTIC OR HOUSEHOLD
USE AND PRESCRIBING THE PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF
AND PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE THEREOFN, having been duly
passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, has been posted by me in three conspicuous
places in the City of Miami Beach, one of which was at the
door of the City Hall in said City on the 25th day of
September, A. D., 1936, and that said Ordinance remained
posted for a period of at least thirty days in accordance
with the requirements of the City Charter of the said City
of Miami Beach.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF I have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of the City of Miami
Beach, Florida, on this the 29th day of October, A. D., 1936.
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