(A) Definitions:
BULK STORAGE: The method of containing, holding or storing liquids received by tank vessel, pipeline, tank car or tank vehicle, and stored or blended in bulk for the purpose of distributing such liquids by tank vessel, pipeline, tank car, tank vehicle or container.
FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS: Common usage considers "flammable liquids" as those below one hundred degrees Fahrenheit (100°F) (37.8°C) and having a vapor pressure not exceeding forty (40) pounds per square inch. "Combustible liquids" include those both below and above two hundred degrees Fahrenheit (200°F) (93.4°C).
FLASH POINT: The minimum temperature in degrees Fahrenheit at which a flammable liquid will give off a flammable vapor.
PACKAGING: To make into a pack, bundle or container for delivery and distribution to other points and places.
WAREHOUSING: The storing and housing of all products, merchandise and materials used in connection with bulk storage activities, as well as such products, merchandise and materials which may be shipped to those engaged in such activities in the district for distribution to other points and places. (Ord. 37, 9-11-1941; amd. Ord. 517, 12-16-1965; Ord. 667, 7-7-1978)
(B) Permitted Uses, Regulations, Restrictions And Exceptions: Activities involving the handling of bulk storage of flammables and nonflammables shall be permitted only in the T or bulk storage of flammables district, as herein legally described. That in addition thereto, all activities permitted in the L-1 light manufacturing district, including warehousing and packaging activities and office structures shall be permitted in said district, provided, however, that activities involving storage of nonflammable liquids, warehousing and packaging, as well as office structures shall be permitted only when the same have been recommended to the village board by the village fire chief and have been approved by the village board; and provided, further, that the same meet all other zoning, building and safety requirements promulgated by the village board. (Ord. 517, 12-16-1965)
(C) Regulations And Restrictions:
1. (Rep. by Ord. 667, 7-7-1978)
2. (Rep. by Ord. 667, 7-7-1978)
3. (Rep. by Ord. 667, 7-7-1978)
4. Each diked area, whether containing a single tank or a group of tanks shall be adjacent on one side to an all weather road at least thirty feet (30') wide. The exterior shell of a tank shall not be more than one hundred feet (100') from a roadway and all such roads shall be open for entrance and egress at each end.
5. No tank shall be erected within two hundred feet (200') of the north or south boundary of said district.
6. Owners of adjacent property within the district shall not erect a tank closer than one hundred feet (100') to the common property line, except that tanks of more than two hundred feet (200') in diameter shall not be erected closer than one times the diameter of such tank less than one hundred feet (100') to the common property line.
7. No tank shall be erected in said district within four hundred feet (400') of Archer Road.
8. All tanks erected along the line nearest to and paralleling any dedicated street shall contain only fuel oil.
9. All buildings erected in said district shall be so spaced and located as to be at least thirty feet (30') apart, but no such building shall be spaced or located less than one hundred feet (100') or one times the diameter of any tank measured from the peripheral surface of such tank.
10. With regard to the metropolitan sanitary district property, no tank shall be erected thereon within one hundred feet (100') of the sanitary and ship canal on the west side, and the spacing and location of tanks and buildings on the east side of said property shall be subject to the approval of the village board. (Ord. 517, 12-16-1965)
11. The storage of nonflammable liquids may be permitted as a conditional and/or incidental use in H-1 heavy manufacturing districts, L-1 light manufacturing districts, and F motor freight terminal districts, subject to the requirement that all tanks exceeding six feet (6') in height or two feet (2') in diameter be placed under ground or housed in a suitable building. (Ord. 634, 5-15-1975)