Ordinance 593 ORDINANCE NO. 593
AN ORDINANCE QF THE CITY OF MI.i1MI
BEACH, FLORIDA, RELATING TO LIQUE-
FIED GASES; DEFINING THE TERM
'LIQUEFIED GASES" AS USED HEREIN;
AUTHORIZING THE FIRE CHIEF TO PRE-
SCRIBE AND ENFORCE REGULATIONS FOR
THE SAFE STORAGE, HANDLING, TRANS_
PCRTATION AND USE OF SUCH GASES;
PROVIDING FOR OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE
AND t'ERMIT FEES; REQUIRING TESTS
FOP. EXISTING HOUSE PIPING AND AP_
PPC V ED APPLIANCES IN CONNECTION
WITH THE USE OF LIQUEFIED GASES;
AND MAKING A VIOLATION OF ANY OF
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE
OR OF THE REGULATIONS ISSUED HERE_
UNDER A MISDEMEANOR : AND PRESCRIBING
THE PENALTY THEREFOR.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH,
FLORIDA:
Section 1. The term "liquefied gases", as used in this Ordinance
shall mean and include any material which is com-
posed predominately of any of the following hydro-
carbons, or mixtures of the same: propane, butanes (normal butane
and iso-butane), and butylenes.
Section 2. The Fire Chief shall make, promulgate and enforce
regulations for the design and construction of con-
tainers, systems and pertinent equipment for the
storage and handling of liquefied gases and the location, in-
stallation and operation thereof, and for, the design, construc-
tion, and operation of automobile tank trucks and tank trailers
for the transportation of liquefied gases. The regulations so
made shall be substantially in conformity with Pamphlet No. 58
of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, covering the same
subject matter, and dated August 1940. A copy of all such regu-
lations shall be filed with the City Manager and shall be approved
by him.
Section 3. No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the
business of installing, repairing or servicing lique-
fied gas systems, or in transporting liquefied gases
in the City of Miami Beach without first having obtained a license
to do so, and such license shall be issued only after the Fire
Chief shall have approved the design of the systems to be in-
stalled, the liquefied gas to be used and/or the method and
facilities for the transportation and handling of such gases,
and upon the payment of a license fee of Twenty-five ( 25) Dollars.
In addition to the occupational license required above, a permit
shall be obtained from the Fire Chief for the installation, repair,
alteration or addition of any liquefied gas system, and such per-
mit
er-
mit shall be issued only after the location and arrangement of
the system shall have been found to be in conformity with the
Regulations issued by authority of this Ordinance and approved by
the Fire Chief, and upon the payment of a One ( 1) Dollar inspection
fee.
Section 4+. This Ordinance shall not be construed as applying to
piping systems for- the distribution of liquefied
gases within buildings ; except that where such exist-
ing systems have been installed for the use of ordinary city gas,
the Fire Chief may require that all appliances connected thereto
be shut off at the stop-cocks or the appliance connections capped,
and the piping tested to not less than fifteen (l5) pounds per
square inch pressure.
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Section 5. Appliances to be used in connection with lique-
fied petroleum gases shall be listed as approved
by the American Gas Association Laboratories
for the specific e,s to be used, except that the Fire Chief
may waive this requirement in special cases where its appli-
cation would ere: tc undue hardship and public safety may be
protected,by other7 equally satisfactory means.
Section 6. Allordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict
he2o L:i tLa are. hereby repealed; except that this
Cxd�ar.nce shall not be construed as repealing or
invalidating C.aw(tanco No. 524 or any pnrt thereof.
Section 7: Ary person, firm or corporation, violating any
oft.:e provisions of this Ordinance, or any of
th3 Rcgul ations made herotunc er, shall be deemed
guilty of a misd3thcanor and, upon conviction thereof shall
be punished by a fine of not more than Five Hundred ( 500)
Dollars, or by immiigonment in jail for not more than sixty
( 60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the dis-
cretion of the Court.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 5th day of February, A. D. ,
1941.
4110111P' - Mayor
ATTES
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City Clerk
1st Reading, Jan. 22nd, 1941
2nd Reading, Jan. 22nd, 1944
Feb.3rd Reading, Feb5th, 1941
Posted - February 6th, 1941.
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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. 593, entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA,
RELATING TO LIQUEFIED GASES; DEFINING THE TERM "LIQUEFIED GASES"
AS USED HEREIN; AUTHORIZING THE FIRE CHIEF TO PRESCRIBE AND ENFORCE
REGULATIONS FOR THE SAFE STORAGE, HANDLING, 'TRANSPORTATION AND USE
OF SUCH GASES; PROVIDING FOR OCCUPATIONAL LICENSE AND PERMIT FEES;
REQUIRING TESTS FOR EXISTING HOUSE PIPING AND APPROVED APPLIANCES
IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OF LIQUEFIED GASES; AND MAKING A VIOLA-
TION OF ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE OR OF THE REGULATIONS
ISSUED HEREUNDER A MISDEMEANOR, AND PRESCRIBIN'S THE PENALTY THEREFOR" ,
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 6th day of February, A. D. , 1941,
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 6th day of May, A. D. , 1941.
City Clerk
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