Kerbside and garage pumps

Notwithstanding anything in these Regulations to the contrary, the City Engineer may grant a licence for the storage of dangerous petroleum in underground tanks, for the purpose of retailing to the public, subject to the following conditions156 Belize City Council (1) All applications shall, where the proposed tank is in Belize City, be approved by the Belize City Council. (2) Tanks must be substantially constructed, sealed and not liable to leak. Access to their interior must be attainable only through manholes fitted with screw down metal cover plates. They must be so situated that fuel cannot be drawn from them except by pumping or by water pressure. (3) Tanks must be placed underground and must be covered by earth at least two feet thick, or by earth at least twelve inches thick with reinforced concrete thereon at least six inches thick extending at least twelve inches on all sides beyond the tanks. If inside a building, they must be covered with reinforced concrete not less than six inches thick and be wholly below the level of the lowest floor of such building. (4) A vent pipe not exceeding two inches in diameter, carried to the open air at least ten feet from the ground and either at least ten feet from any door, window, chimney or exhaust pipe or above the roof and suitably protected by two noncorrodible wire gauze diaphragms must be fixed to each tank. (5) All tanks must be electrically earthed or grounded. (6) The capacity of any individual tank must not exceed three thousand gallons. (7) All fixed pipes must be of metal and be in positions where they will not be liable to be damaged. Belize City Council 157 (8) Pipes for filling the tanks must extend inside to within six inches of the bottom of the tank and must be fitted with screwed metal couplings for their connection to the source of supply and must be electrically earthed or grounded. (9) Mobile engines must stand in the open when their tanks are being filled. (10) The pump or pumps shall be placed in the position shown on a plan submitted, the pipe connection between the tank and the pump or pumps shall be place underground, and all joints, valves and cocks of an approved type shall be installed and maintained in a gastight condition. (11) For the purpose of charging the tanks of motor vehicles, the petroleum shall be pumped through approved measuring vessels, fixed in approved positions, through sound metallic hose, electrically earthed or grounded, fitted with an approved quick-acting leak-proof cock, and with an approved nozzle, into the tanks of motor vehicles. (12) If the City Engineer calls upon the holder of a licence by a notice in writing to execute any repairs to the installation which may, in the opinion of such officer, be necessary for safety, the holder of a licence shall execute the repairs within such period as may be fixed by the notice, provided that such period shall be not less than one week from receipt of the notice. 158 Belize City Council (13) All due precautions shall be taken to prevent unauthorised persons having access to any petroleum kept and to the supply tank. (14) No artificial light other than incandescent electric light may be used near tanks or pumps and every person employed on or in connection with such storage and distribution shall, when near storage or distribution apparatus shall, abstain from any act whatsoever which tends to cause fire or explosion and which is not reasonably necessary, and shall prevent any other person, whilst near such apparatus, from doing any such act. (15) Buckets filled with dry earth or sand and at least one extinguisher of the “foam” type must be provided near the pumps. (16) The installation shall be liable to inspection by any officer duly authorised in that behalf by the Chief Engineer.