All oil well storage tanks or groups of tanks situated within the corporate limits of the Village shall be diked or other suitable means taken to prevent discharge of liquid fromendangering adjoining property or reaching waterways. Each dike shall have a capacity of not less than that of the tank or tanks served by the enclosure.
All dikes shall be continuous with no openings for roadways and no residual openingshall remain as a result of piping passing through.
All dikes shall be constructed of earth, clay, steel, masonry or reinforced concrete so constructed as to be watertight and afford adequate protection and, if of concrete or masonry, shall be properly reinforced and shall have footings below the frost line.
Dike areas shall not be used for the storage of materials. Equipment for operation of the tanks may be installed within the dike.
(Ord. 647. Passed 8-3-64.)