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<br /> STATE OF MINNESOTA
<br /> COU NTY OF RAMSEY
<br /> ~ CITY OF ARDEN HILLS
<br /> ORDINANCE NO.1B4
<br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO.
<br /> 132, RELATING TO THE LICENSING OF
<br /> AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATIONS, BY CHANGING
<br /> THE MANNER IN WHICH UNDERGROUND
<br /> STORAGE TANKS OF VACANT SERVICE STATIONS
<br /> MAY BE ABANDONED IN PLACE OR DISPOSED OF,
<br /> SUBSTITUTING "CITY" FOR "VILLAGE"
<br /> THROUGHOUT, AND CLARIFYING THE PENALTY
<br /> PROVISION CONTAINED THEREIN
<br /> The City Council of Arden Hills ordains:
<br /> Section 1. Amendment of Section 6 of Ord. No. 132 by
<br /> Deleting Subsection (j) Therefrom. SubsecTion (j) of
<br /> Section 6, entitled "OperaTing RegulaTions'°, of Ord. No.
<br /> 132, which Subsection requires the removal of un- ,
<br /> derground storage tanks when a service station has
<br /> been vacant for a period of Twelve (12) months or more,
<br /> is hereby deleted in iTs enTireTy.
<br /> Section 2. Amendment of Sections 7, B, 9 and 10 of Ord.
<br /> No. 112 by Renumbering Them Sections 8, 9, 10 and 11. SecTions 7(entiTled "Revocation of License"), 8(en-
<br /> tiTled "SeverabiliTy"), 9 (entiTled "Penalty"), and 10
<br /> ~(entitled "EffecTive Date") of Ord. No. 132 are hereby
<br /> renumbered SecTions 8, 9, 10, and 11 with the titles
<br /> Thereof To remain the same.
<br /> Section 3. Amentlment of Ord. No. 132 by Adding New
<br /> Section 7 Thereto Relating to Abandonment in Place or
<br /> Disposal of Untlerground Storage Tanks in VacanT
<br /> Service Stations. Ord. No. 132 is hereby amended by
<br /> adding ihereto a new SecTion 7 which is entitled and
<br /> reads as follows:
<br /> Sectian 7. Vacant Service Station; AbandonmenT in
<br /> Place or Disposal of Underground Storage Tanks. When
<br /> any service station in the City of Arden Hills has been
<br /> vacant for a period of at least Twelve (12) monihs, the
<br /> Clerk-Adminisirator shall noTify in writing the owner
<br /> and-or operaTOr ihereof ihaT any underground sTOrage
<br /> Fanks located on the premises of such vacant service
<br /> staTion must be safeguarded or disposed of within thirty .
<br /> (30) days of the date of said written natice by one of the
<br /> 1wo following mettiods, each of which is permissible
<br /> under the State Fire Marshal Flammable Liquid Code
<br /> ('N F PA-30) :
<br /> '(a) Abandoning such underground storage Tanks in
<br /> pl,ace by
<br /> 1. Removing all flammable or combusTible liquids
<br /> frOm the tank and from all connecTing lines,
<br /> ii. Disconnecting the suction,inlet, gauge and venT
<br /> ~ lines,
<br /> iii. Filling the Tank compleTely with an inert sol(d
<br /> maTerial, such as, for example, sand, preterably by
<br /> pumping such maTerial inTO such tanks wiTh water, and
<br /> capping the remaining underground piping; or
<br /> (b) Removal of such underground storage tanks from
<br /> the premises and disposal thereof elsewhere.
<br /> An extension of the time limit for the safeguarding or
<br /> disposal of such underground storage tanks may be
<br /> granted by the Council provided the owner and-or
<br /> operator of the vacant service staTion in which the same
<br /> are located has requested in writing such exTension,
<br /> prior to the expiration of such Time limit, and has shown
<br /> good cause for the granTing of such extension such as,
<br /> for example, an immediate, reasonable prospect ihat
<br /> the service station may be reopened for business.
<br /> With respect to any premises the service sTaTion on
<br /> which has been vacanT for a period of Twelve (12)
<br /> monihs, any prioY approval by the City for service
<br /> station use ihereof shall be auTOmaTically nullified and
<br /> voided as of the expiration of such twelve (12) monihs'
<br /> period of vacancy.
<br /> The term "vacanY", as used in this Section 7, means
<br /> unused for bona fide auTOmobile service station pur-
<br /> poses as the same are defined in Section 2 of this Or-
<br /> dinance.
<br /> Section 4. Amendment of Ord. No. 132 by Substituting
<br /> "City" for "Village" Wherever the Same Appears.
<br /> Wherever the word "Village" appears in Ord. No. 132,
<br /> said word shall be deleted and the word "CiTy" shall be
<br /> substiTuted iherefor.
<br /> Section S. Amendment of Renumbered Section 10 of
<br /> Ord. Na. 132, Formerly Section 9 Thereof, Relating To
<br /> "Penalty". Rerumbered SecTion 10 of Ord. No. 132,
<br /> formerly Section 9 Thereaf, entitled "PenalTy", is .
<br /> hereby amended in its enTireTy to read as follows:
<br /> Section 10. Penalty. Any person or persons guilty of
<br /> violaTing any provision of ihis Ordinance shall be guilTy
<br /> of a misdemeanor and upon convicTion ihereof shall be
<br /> punished by a fine noT To exceed Three Hundred and no-
<br /> 100 Dollars ($300.00) or by imprisonmenT in the counTy
<br /> , lailfor a period noT To exceed nineTy (90) days, or by
<br /> both. Each and every day or portian Thereof during
<br /> which any such violaTion of the provisions of }his Or-
<br /> dinance is committed, continued or permitted shall be
<br /> deemed a separate offense.
<br /> Section 6. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take
<br /> 101 effect and be in force from and after its passage and
<br /> publicaTion.
<br /> Passed by the City Council ihis 13ih day of January,
<br /> 1975.
<br /> Henry J. Crepeau, Jr.
<br /> Mayor
<br /> ATTest: CharlotTe McNiesh
<br /> Clerk.AdminisTrator
<br /> (BUlletin: Jan. 23, 1975)
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