(A) No person, firm or corporation shall engage in or conduct the business of operating a motor vehicle fuel dispensing station without a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. A motor vehicle fuel dispensing station is a facility open to the public which consists of gasoline, compressed natural gas (CNG) or LP gas storage containers, piping and pertinent equipment, including pumps or dispensing devices, or any buildings in which LP gas is stored and dispensed into engine fuel containers of highway vehicles or into portable or permanently mounted containers used for cooking or heating. No person, firm or corporation shall sell, dispense, or distribute motor vehicle fuel, compressed natural gas or LP fuel at a motor vehicle fuel dispensing service station to the public without a license issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(B) Applicants for a license under this section shall provide such information on the application pertaining to the requirements of this section as is requested by the License Clerk including, but not limited, to the number, type and location of dispensers to be installed and/or operated on the premises.
(C) The Clerk shall forward the application to the Fire Chief for a report indicating whether or not the proposed operation will be in compliance with all the provisions of the current Fire Code and this section.
(D) No person may dispense, distribute, or handle LP gas or use an LP gas installation without wearing protective handwear of the type approved by the City Fire Department.
(E) In considering whether or not to grant a license, the City Council may also consider the past safety practices of the licensee in regard to all matters of the subject location as well as the safety practices of the licensee with regard to flammable and volatile materials.
(F) No licensee under this section, or his agent or employee, shall fill or allow to be filled, the gasoline tank of any motor vehicle while the engine or motor of such vehicle is running or in motion, or while any person is smoking in or about the pump area of the motor vehicle fuel dispensing station.
(G) No licensee under this section, or his agent or employee shall deceptively mislead customers by displaying false or incomplete price figures on signs that are designed to indicate the price of gasoline.
(`77 Code, § 5.209) (Am. Ord. 1109, passed 1-13-86; Am. Ord. 1377, passed 10-12-98) Penalty, see § 5.701