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r PRES I DENT AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND REENACTING SECTION 18 OF CHAPTER 11 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1959, ENTITLED "TANKS, ETC., FOR WHOLESALE STORAGE OUTSIDE FIRE LIMITS". BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT SECTION 18 OF CHAPTER 11 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE, 1959, ENTITLED "TANKS, ETC., FOR WHOLESALE STORAGE OUTSIDE FIRE LIMITS' BE AND THE SAME IS HEREBY AMENDED AND REENACTED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 18. TANKS, ETC., FOR WHOLESALE STORAGE OUTSIDE FIRE LIMITS. OUTSIDE THE FIRE LIMITS, AS NOW EXISTING OR AS HEREAFTER CHANGED OR AMENDED, NO TANKS OF MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND GALLONS CAPACITY FOR THE WHOLESALE STORAGE OF GASOLINE, BENZINE, NAPHTHA OR OTHER FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS SHALL BE ERECTED OR INSTALLED; PROVIDED, THAT NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL PREVENT THE REPAIR OR USE OF ANY SUCH TANK FOR THIS PURPOSE INSTALLED PRIOR TO THE PASSAGE OF THIS ARTICLE. TANKS SHALL BE OF GALVANIZED STEEL, OF BASIS OPEN HEARTH STEEL OR WROUGHT IRON, OF A THICKNESS ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING TABLE: CAPACITY MINIMUM THICKNESS LBS. (GALLONS) GAUGE -U. S. STANDARDS) PER SQ. FOOT 1 To 285 16 2.50 286 To 560 14 3.127 561 TO 1100 12 4.375 1101 To 4000 7 7.50 4001 TO 12000 1/4" 10.00 12001 To 20000 5/16" 12.50 20001 To 30000 3/8t, 15.00 TANKS ABOVE THIRTY THOUSAND GALLONS CAPACITY SHALL CONFORM TO THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS STANDARDS. TANKS SHALL BE RIVETED, WELDED OR BRAZED AND SHALL BE SOLDERED, CAULKED OR OTHERWISE MADE TIGHT IN MECHANICAL AND WORKMANLIKE MANNER, AND IF TO BE USED WITH A PRESSURE DISCHARGE SYSTEM, SHALL SAFELY SUSTAIN A HYDROSTATIC TEST AT LEAST DOUBLE THE PRESSURE TO WHICH THE TANK MAY BE SUBJECTED. THE TOP OF THE TANK SHALL