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ORDINANCE NO. 967
AN ORDINANCE OF TI-E CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
AMENDING SECTION 13 OF ORDINANCE NO. 145
ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE OF ThE CITY OF
MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CREATING AND ESTAB-
LISHING A FIRE DEPARTMENT IN AND FOR SAID
CITY, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS THEREFOR,
PRESCRIBING RULES AS TO THE CONDUCT CF
SAID DEPARTMENT AND OTHER PERSONS AT FIRES,
PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS AS TO THE BUILDING
OF HOUSES WITHIN SAID CITY, MAKING IT UN-
LAWFUL FOR PERSONS TO VIOLATE THE REGULATIONS
OF SAID DEPARTMENT AND PRESCRIBING A PENALTY
TO BE IMPOSED UPON PERSONS FOR THE VIOLATION
OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE."
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA:
SECTION 1: That Section 13 of Ordinance No. 145 of the City of
Miami Beach, Florida, reading as follows:
"SECTION 13: PERMIT FOR GASOLINE, ETC. : No person,
firm or corporation, without first ob-
taining a permit from the Chief of the
Fire Department , shall, within the corporate limits of
the City of Miami Beach, have, store, keep, manufac-
ture, use or sell gasoline, benzine or naptha, except
as hereinafter provided, and then only if kept in
self-closing metal cans made for the purpose and free
from leak; provided, however, one gallon or less may
be kept within a building without obtaining a permit
there. r; and provided further, no can shall be filled
insidguilding. "
be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:�
"SECTION 13: PERMIT FOR GASOLINE, ETC. :C.� It shall be
unlawful for any person, firm or cor-
poration, without first obtaining a permit
from the Chief of the Fire Department of the City of
Miami Beach, to have, store, keep, manufacture, sell
or use gasoline, benzine, or naptha, or other similar
inflammable liquid, except as hereinafter provided, and
then only if such liquid is kept or stored in self-
closing metal cans made for the purpose and free from
leak; provided, however, that no permit shall be neces-
sary for the storing or keeping of a total amount of one
gallon or less of said liquid within a building; and
provided further, that no container shall be filled with
said liquid inside a building, except as hereinafter set
forth. u-asoline may be stored or transported in or on
motor vehicles in bulk quantity providing the Chief of
the Fire Department has certified that all safety _regu-
lations in connection with such storage and transpor-
tation have been and are being complied with, and
provided further, that those vehicles approved by the
interstate Commerce Commission or by the State Highway
Department for such purpose need not be so certified.
No vehicles transporting inflammable liquid in bulk
shall be left unattended in any public street , highway,
avenue or alley, except for thhecessary absence of the
person in charge or control of vehicle in connection
with his normal duties of transportation and delivery,
and except during actual discharge of saidliquid where
a responsible person shall be in attendance, and except
for absence necessitated by stops for meals during the
day or night if the street is well lighted at the place
OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
of stopping. Vehicles storing or transporting inflammable
liquid shall not be parkedor garagedin buildings other
than those specifically approved for such purposes by
the Chief of the Fire Department . All vehicles trans-
. porting gasoline on any public street , highway or alley
shall be equipped with pneumatic rubber tires on all
wheels and provided with properly attached rear steel
bumpers. The rear bumpers or chassis extensions shall
be so arranged as tc adequately protect the draw off
valve or faucets in case of collision. All storage or
transportation tanks installed on motor trucks shall be
of the type of construction approved by, the Interstate
Commerce Commission for such purposes, and all tanks,
chassis, axles, and springs shall be metallically con-
nected . Every such tank truck shall be equipped with at
least one hand fire extinguisher of a type approved by
the Chief of the Fire Department. "
SECTION 2: That this ordinance shall go into effect immediately
upon its passage and posting as required by law.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 21st day of February, A. D. 1951.
Mayor
Attest:
City Clerk
1st reading - February 7, 1951
2nd reading - February 7, 1951
3rd reading - February 21, 1951
Posted - February 21, 1951
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OFFICE OF CITY ATTORNEY - CITY HALL - MIAMI BEACH 39, FLORIDA
• 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. 967, entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH
AMENDING SECTION 13 OF ORDINANCE NO. 145 ENTITLED 'AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA, CREATING AND ESTABLISHING
A FIRE DEPARTMENT IN AND FOR SAID CITY, PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS
THEREFOR, PRESCRIBING RULES AS TO THE CONDUCT OF SAID DEPART-
MENT AND OTHER PERSONS AT FIRES,' PRESCRIBING REGULATIONS AS TO
THE BUILDING OF HOUSES WITHIN SAID CITY, MAKING IT UNLAWFUL
FOR PERSONS TO VIOLATE THE REGULATIONS OF SAID DEPARTMENT AND
PRESCRIBING A PENALTY TO BE IMPOSED UPON PERSONS FOR THE
VIOLATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE" , having been
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 21st day of February, A . D. 1951,
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 16th day of April, A. D. 1951.
City Clerk
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