4-276-160 New equipment.

   Where any new or additional equipment or appurtenance, except a meter-recording element or register, is required by the provisions of Sections 4-276-090 to 4-276-120 inclusive, a period of six months from and after the effective date of said sections shall be allowed for the procurement and installation of the same, provided that the commissioner shall allow additional grace periods of not to exceed six months each for such procurement and installation if it appears that such additional time is necessary because the equipment or appurtenance cannot be obtained and installed during the time theretofore allowed.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 3-9-11, p. 113698, § 1)

4-276-170 Reserved.

Editor's note – Coun. J. 3-9-11, p. 113698, § 2, repealed § 4-276-170, which pertained to the definition of standard avoirdupois weight.

4-276-180 Gasoline and petroleum products.

   It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale at retail, gasoline or petroleum products for motor vehicle use, in any manner which deceives or tends to deceive a purchaser or prospective purchaser as to price, quality or identity of the product. The commissioner is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations for pumps, dispensing devices, or containers pursuant to the American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Standard Specifications for Gasoline (D-439-73) and subsequent revisions thereof, and American Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Test Methods, including but not limited to (D-2699), (D-2700), (D-613), (D-439-73), (D-3237), (D-3116) and (D-526) and subsequent revisions thereof.

   Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $50.00, nor more than $500.00, for each offense. Each violation of this section shall be considered a separate and distinct offense and shall be regarded as being committed on each day on which such person shall continue or permit any such violation. In addition to any fine provided for herein, violation of this section may be grounds for revocation of any license issued by the City of Chicago to any such violator.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 3-9-11, p. 113698, § 1)

4-276-190 Self-service motor fuel dispensing.

   It shall be unlawful for any person owning or operating a filling station to permit any person other than himself or an employee to dispense flammable and combustible liquids used as motor fuels in a filling station except pursuant to regulations issued by the commissioner. Such regulations shall provide for safety in the dispensing of such motor fuels and for fairness in price, in the disclosure of price and service; provided, however, that such regulations will not require that full- service dispensing equipment also be maintained on the station premises.

   Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $100.00 nor more than $300.00 for the first offense and not less than $300.00 nor more than $500.00 for the second and each subsequent offense in any 180-day period. Each violation of this section shall be considered a separate and distinct offense and shall be regarded as being committed on each day on which such person shall continue or permit any such violation. In addition to any fine provided herein, violation of this section may be grounds for revocation of any license or permit issued by the City of Chicago to any such violator.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 3-9-11, p. 113698, § 1)

4-276-200 Solid fuel sale.

   Every person selling or offering for sale solid fuel in the city shall sell the same by avoirdupois net weight.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)

4-276-210 Weighing of feed.

   For the purpose of computing the weight of any hay, straw, grain or millfeed sold and delivered in the city, or sold elsewhere to be delivered within the city, avoirdupois weight shall be used, and 100 pounds shall be and constitute an hundredweight, and 20 such hundredweight or 2,000 pounds avoirdupois shall constitute a ton.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465)

4-276-220 Stone, sand and gravel.

   Any person engaged in the business of selling crushed stone, bank sand, torpedo sand, or gravel within the city for delivery in the said city shall, in the absence of a contract or agreement in writing to the contrary, sell the same by standard avoirdupois net weight and in no other way.

   Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $25.00 nor more than $100.00 for each offense. Each violation of this section shall be considered a separate and distinct offense and shall be regarded as being committed on each day on which such person shall continue or permit any such violation.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 3-9-11, p. 113698, § 1)

4-276-230 Ice.

   Every person selling ice or offering ice for sale shall, at time of delivery of any ice sold, weigh the quantity of ice delivered, and for that purpose will be provided with a steelyard balance or other apparatus for weighing such ice which shall have been duly adjusted and sealed by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. All ice sold within the city shall be sold by avoirdupois weight unless it is otherwise specifically agreed upon between the buyer and seller.

(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 3-9-11, p. 113698, § 1)