The owner or operator of each self-service filling station shall comply with the following:
(a) Each filling station offering self-service shall be operated in accordance with National Fire Protection Association Standard No. 30 (1974) and the provisions of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (84 Statute 1590; 5 U.S.C.A. 5108) and any amendments thereto and standards adopted thereunder.
(b) The Fire Chief shall fix reasonable standards and shall prescribe, modify and enforce reasonable orders governing the equipment, operation and maintenance of filling stations.
The standards and orders shall be such as are necessary for the protection of the persons and property of the public, but shall require at a minimum that:
(1) Each filling station offering self-service be under the direct control of a supervisor, employee or attendant at all times when gasoline or other flammable liquids are being dispensed or sold.
(2) Gasoline and other flammable liquids be dispensed only by a person who is not smoking and who, in the judgment of such supervisor, employee or attendant, appears to be able and competent.
(3) A sign, in block letters at least four inches in height, be conspicuously displayed on each gasoline pump island where self-service is offered, stating that it is a self-service island.
(4) Signs giving instructions for the operation of gasoline dispensing equipment, in block letters at least one-half inch in height, be conspicuously posted at each self-service filling station offering self-service.
(5) A sign bearing the following words, in block letters at least two inches in height, by conspicuously posted on each gasoline pump island where self-service is offered:
STOP ENGINE
NO SMOKING
WARNING - IT IS UNLAWFUL AND DANGEROUS TO DISPENSE GASOLINE INTO UNAPPROVED CONTAINERS
(6) All signs required by this section shall be constructed of rigid, weather-resistant material.
(7) Gasoline-dispensing nozzles used by any person other than a supervisor, employee or attendant shall be of an approved automatic-closing type without a hold-open latch.
(Ord. 1977-38. Passed 4-4-77.)