69 of 1912 - Buildings for clothes cleaning establishments. AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF
BUILDINGS USED FOR CLOTHES CLEANING ESTABLISHMENTS AND
THE USE OF GASOLINE NAPTHA, BENZINE AND OTHER LIGHT PETROLEUM
AND COAL PRODUCTS IN CLOTHES CLEANING ESTABLISHMENTS
IN SALT LADE CITY, UTAH.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of Salt
Lake City, Utah, as follows:
Section 1. "1s INITIONS". (a) The term benzine or gas..
oline wherever used herein shall mean any product of petroleum or
any hydro.-carbon liquid that will flash or emit an inflammable
vapor below the temperature of one hundred and ten (110) degrees
Fahrenheit.
(b) "Chief of Fire
Department" means, Chief of Fire Department of Salt Lake City, Utah
(c) "Approved" shall mean
approved by Chief of Fire Department.
(d) "Clothes Cleaning
Establishment" shall mean any building or premises where more than
one quart of benzine or gasoline is kept or stored to be used for
cleaning or renovating any clothing or attieles of wearing
apparel or fabric of any kind, including dye works and taller shops.
(e) "Tests". The Chief of
Fire Department shall test and decide the flashing point.
Section 2. "THE CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT TO GRANT PERMITS."
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation hereafter
to establish or maintain a clothes cleaning establishment where
more than one (1) quart of benzine or gasoline is kept or stored
without first obtaining a permit therefor from the Chief of Fire
Department, specifying the name of the permitee and the location
of the premises to be used as such clothes cleaning establishment.,
and the amount of benzine or gasoline desired; providing, however,
that the Chief of Fire Department is the granting or refusing of.
such permit shall exercise a reasonable and sound discretion
taking into consideration the character of the applicant and the in-
tended location of such clothes cleaning establishment; and further
provides that all persons, firms or corporations now conducting the
business of clothes cleaning shall after the passage of this ordi-
nance comply with all the requirements hereafter specified in this
ordinance governing the storage and use of gasoline or benzine. No
permit shall be granted by Chief of Fire Department where any por-
tion of building is used or occupied as a hotel, apartment house or
lodging house.
Section 3. "APPLICATION FOR PERMITS." All applications
for permits to store benzine or gasoline to be used in clothes
cleaning establishments shall be made to the Chief of Fire Depart-
ment who shall determine the conditions under which any privilege
granted, shall be exercised and shall furnish each applicant with
a written or printed copy of all requirements imposed by this
ordinance for their information and guidance as to the manner in
which benzine or gasoline shall be stored for the cleaning or
renovating of clothes or any articles of wearing apparel or fabric
of any kind.
When application is made to conduct and maintain a
clothes cleaning establishment, the applicant shall, immediately
after filing the application, cause to be posted conspicuously on
the premises a notice that such application has been made, said.
notice to be kept posted until said application is granted or denied.
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Section 4. "DRY CLEANING ROOM". The dry cleaning room of a
clothes cleaning establishment shall be a fire proof building not
more than one story high, with no basement beneath; building
must be of brick, laid in cement mortar, stone or concrete constric-
tion with cement floor.
(a-) The doors of such room must be of the most improved
pattern of automatic fire doors; the windows shall be of fire
glass with metal frames and sashes.
(b) The walls of said room shall have vent holes at
the floor line not less than 6 x 8" in area, two such openings
in each outside wall of the room, the openings properly protected
by iron bars. The Chief of Fire Department may require, when
deemed advisable for proper ventilation that an exhaust blower
be located in an air conduit whose inlet openings shall be at or
near the floor line and the discharge end of such conduit shall
be carried four feet above the roof of the building. The exhaust
blower and conduit shall be of size sufficient to change the air of
the building every three minutes, and such blower shall be in
operation at all times during working hours.
(e) The dry cleaning room shall be equipped with fire
buckets filled with sand for use in extinguishing fires, the number
of buckets and quantity of sand to be determined by the Chief of
Fire Department.
(d) Where steam is available the dry cleaning room of
a clothes cleaning establishment shall have installed in same an
approved steam fire extinguishing system the supply valve for
which shall be placed on the outside of the room with one valve
so arranged that same can be turned on from the outside of the
building.
(e) There shall be no connection from the said clothes
cleaning establishments to public or private sewers, drain, catch
basin or pit, and all such establishments shall be heated by hot
water or steam heat.
(d) The lighting must be done by electricity in the
most improved manner, the wires to be run in conduits; all lamps
must be approved vapor proof lamps with keyless sockets; and all
switches must be 4 1/2 feet above the floors of such establishments,
located near door so as not to allow opportunity for vapor to col-
lect near them.
(g) It shall be unlawful to locate have, use or maintain
steam generating boilers dynamo or motor within the walls of any
clothes cleaning establishment exoept in a room entirely separated
from the cleaning and dyeing rooms.
Section 5. "STORAGE OF GASOLINE LND BENZINE." Not more than
one gallon of gasoline or benzine shall be kept or stored for use
above ground and in any clothes cleaning establishment except in
closed machines. All quantities of benzine or gasoline in excess
of one gallon shall be stored in underground tanks of the following
specifications:
(a) All storage tanks shall be constructed of not less
than 12 gauge galvanized steel carefully riveted and soldered and
coated on the outside with asphaltum or other rust proof material.
There shall be no openings or pipe connections except on top
thereof, and no tank shall be connected either directly or indirectly
with any drain, catch basin or sewer.
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(b) Tanks must not exceed 300 gallons capacity each, and
not more than 6 tanks for benzine or gasoline of 300 gallons
capacity each shall be allowed in connection with any one clothes
cleaning establishment.
Section 6. "INSTALLATION OF STORAGE TANKS."
(a) All tanks are to be installed underground outside
of building, in yard, under sidewalk as near the curb line as
possible, or under a public alley the top of tanks to be four (4)
feet below the surface and entirely surrounded by earth.
(b) Where more than one tank is installed they shall be
separated by at least twelve (12) inches of earth, all well tamped
in place. The tops of tanks must be below the level of the lowest
pipe line in the building used in connection with the equipment.
(e) No storage tanks shall be covered with earth until
an inspection has been made by the Chief of Fire Department.
(4) All storage tanks shall be provided with one (1) inch
diameter galvanized iron vent pipe, same to be connected to top of
tanks.
(e) This vent pipe must be carried up at least twelve (12)
feet above the ground level and terminate in a double goose neck
spark protector, the openings of which must be covered by a brass
'or copper wire screen of at least 30 mesh. This vent pipe must be
placed on a dead wall as remote from windows and doors as possible
and must be attached to wall with pipe hooks, and kept firmly in
place.
(f) Filler pipes must be made of galvanized iron piping,
two (2) inches or more in diameter, entering in at the top of tank,
and extending to the bottom of the tank. Upper end of such filler
pipe must terminate in screw cap securely locked.
(g) When filler pipe runs to sidewalk or to alley or to
other public highways, it must terminate in screw cap securely
locked and be protected by cast iron filler box, same to be flush
with the sidewalk or alley; cover of said filler box to be securely
locked.
(h) All storage tanks shall be gilled from a tank wagon
in the day time. In no case shall any tanks or drums of gasoline,
empty or otherwise be allowed in, upon or about any clothes cleaning
establishment or dye works.
(i) Where the space under the sidewalk is excavated for
use as part of the basement, tanks shall rest on or beneath the
basement floor shall be surrounded by a brick or concrete wall
not less than twelve (12) inches thick, extending from the
bottom of the tank to four (4) feet above the top thereof; the
space between the top of the tank and the top of the wall shall be
Willed with earth, and the earth covered with at least three (3)
inches of concrete.
Section 7. "PUMPS." All gasoline or benzine must be drawn from
storage tanks by automatic closing valve pumps, and no gravity
siphon, air or water system shall be permitted; such pumps to be
located aboe the top of the tanks and may be placed inside the
building. Pumps must be of an approved design having valves to
close all suction pipe lines.
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Section.8. "PIPES". All pipes must lead out of the top of all
tanks.
(a) All piping shall be galvanized and be put together
with litbarge and;glycerine.
Section 9.' !HOMING OF GASOLINE AND BENZINE." The piping shall
be so arranged that all gasoline shall be pumped from tanks to
washers and return without being exposed to the air.
Section 10. !REGULATIONS."
(a) No open lights of any kind shall be allowed
in any room where benzine or gasoline is used.
(b) No stove, forge, torch, boiler or other
furnace flame or fire shall be allowed in any room where benzine
or gasoline is used.
(c) All electric motors shallbe placed at
least four and one half (4 1/2) feet above the floor.
Section 11. "DUTY OF CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTLIENT." 'It shall be the
duty of Chief of Fire Department to see that the provi,sio .s-of this
ordinance are complied with and for that purpose he shall 'have
access to any and all buildings or premises used as clothes o. .eaning
establishments.
(a) If any proprietor or manager of anyelOthe$ cleaning
establishment shall: fail or refuse to comply with anyiof the
provisions of this Ordinance (which are for the public safety) said
Chief of Fire Department shall notifysuch proprietor or manager to
appear before him and show cause wh the permit which may have been
granted to store benzine or gasoline shall not be revoked.
Section 12. "PENALTY". Any person, or persons, firm or
company or corporation that violates, disobeys, or refuses to comply
with any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor and upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine
not exceeding $ a!d-el o or by imprisonment
in the City Jail or not more than 6��___ 7 '° b-,
or by both such fine and imprisonment; and such person or persons.
firm, company or corporation shall be deemed guilty of separate
offence for every day such violation, disobedience or refusal shall
continue, and shall be subject to the penalty imposed by this
ordinance for each and every separate offence.
Section 13. All ordinances and resolutions, or parts of ordinances
and resolutions in conflict herewith, are hereby repealed, to the
extent of such confliction.
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