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BE SECURELY FASTENED TO THE TOP RING WITH JOINTS OF EQUAL TIGHTNESS TO THOSE BETWEEN THE RINGS. TANKS SHALL BE COVERED WITH ASPHALTUM OR OTHER NONRUSTING PAINT OR COATING. ALL PIPE CONNECTIONS SHALL BE MADE THROUGH FLANGES OR REINFORCED METAL SECURELY RIVETED, WELDED OR BOLTED TO THE TANK AND MADE THOROUGH- LY TIGHT. THE USE OF WOODEN -TOP TANKS IS PROHIBITED. TANKS SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED ENTIRELY OF METALI INCLUDING THE TOP., SIDES AND BOTTOM. ALL OPENINGS SHALL BE GASTIGHT EXCEPT BENEATH THE VENT, WHICH SHALL BE SCREENED. ALL TANKS SHALL BE ELECTRICALLY GROUNDED BY RESTING DIRECTLY ON MOIST EARTH OR OTHERWISE ELECTRICALLY GROUNDED TO PERMANENT MOISTURE, PREFERABLY TO WATER PIPING, AND TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CITY ELECTRICIAN AND THE CHIEF OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. IVO INSULATED CONNECTION SHALL BE PERMITTED. TELEPHONE OR SIMILAR POLES OR OTHER PROJECTIONS LIABLE TO ACT AS DISCHARGE POINTS SHALL BE KEPT AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE FROM TANKS. IF BURIED UNDERGROUND, THE TANKS SHALL BE LOWER THAN THE FLOORS, BASEMENTS, CELLARS OR PITS OF ALL BUILDINGS WITHIN A RADIUS OF FIFTY FEET. THE TOP OF THE TANK SHALL ALSO BE AT LEAST THREE FEET UNDER THE GROUND AND BELOW ANY PIPING TO WHICH THE TANK MAY BE CONNECTED. EXCEPT IN LIEU OF THE THREE FEET OF EARTH, TANKS MAY BE BURIED UNDER EIGHTEEN INCHES OF EARTH AND COVERED WITH REINFORCED CONCRETE., AS LEAST SIX INCHES IN THICKNESS; WHICH SHALL EXTEND AT LEAST ONE FOOT BEYOND THE OUTLINE OF THE TANK IN ALL DIRECTIONS, SHALL BE SET ON A FIRM FOUNDATION AND SHALL BE SURROUNDED WITH SOFT EARTH OR SAND, WELL TAMPED INTO PLACE, OR ENCASED IN CONCRETE. THE TANK MAY HAVE A TEST WELL; IF THE TEST WELL EXTENDS NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK AND TWELVE FEET ABOVE THE SOURCE OF SUPPLY., AND THE TOP SHALL BE HERMETICALLY SEALED AND LOCKED EXCEPT WHEN NECESSARILY OPEN. THE TANK SHALL HAVE A VENT PIPE AT LEAST ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WHICH SHALL EXTEND FROM THE TOP OF THE TANK TO AT LEAST TWELVE FEET ABOVEGROUND LEVEL AND SHALL TERMINATE IN A GOOSE NECK PROTECTED IN THE OUTER END BY A 40 X 40 MESH OR EQUIVALENT NONCORRODIBLE WIRE SCREEN. IF ERECTED ABOVEGROUND, THE TANK SHALL CONFORM TO THE SAME SPECIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS AS HERETO- FORE OUTLINED AND, IN ADDITIONY SUCH TANK SHALL BE ERECTED ONLY ON STEEL OR METAL SUPPORTS OF SUFFICIENT SIZE AND THICKNESS FOR CARRYING THE LOAD TO BE IMPOSED THEREON AND ON A CONCRETE FOUNDATION. ALL ABOVEGROUND TANKS SHALL BE INDIVIDUALLY DIKED OR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY, TOGETHER WITH CONTIGUOUS OR ADJOINING PROPERTY USED FOR SUCH STORAGE OR PIPING SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH A DIKE OR RETAINING WALL SUFFICIENT TO PREVENT THE DISCHARGE OF FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS ONTO OTHER PROPERTY IN CASE OF A RUPTURE IN THE TANKS OR PIPING. SUCH DIKES OR WALLS SHALL BE OF EARTH OR MASONRY CONSTRUCTION. THE IMPOUNDING BASIN SHALL HAVE A CAPACITY AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 114.94 OF THE CHARLOTTESVILLE BUILDING CODE. THE HEIGHT AND CAPACITY OF THE DIKES SHALL BE PROPERLY MAINTAINED TO AFFORD THE APPROVED PROTECTION. EARTHEN DIKES SHALL HAVE A FLAT SECTION AT THE TOP AND SHALL HAVE A SLOPE CONSISTENT WITH THE ANGLE OF REPOSE OF THE MATERIALS OF WHICH THEY ARE CONSTRUCTED. ALL INSTALLATIONS UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE UNDER THE DIRECTION AND MEET WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY MANAGER AND ALL SUCH INSTALLATIONS SHALL BE MADE IN WORKMANLIKE MANNER AND •IN ACCORDANCE WITH RECOGNIZED STANDARDS CONSISTENT WITH SAFETY AND GOOD ENGINEERING. EXCEPT WHEN HEREIN OTHERWISE PROVIDED, THE APPLICABLE STANDARDS OF THE NATIONAL BOARD OF FIRE UNDERWRITERS SHALL BE RECOGNIZED. ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL .JUNE 51 1961 AYES: MR. LEEP MR. MICHIE) MR. MOUNT AND MR. SCRIBNER. NOES: NONE. (MR. HAGGERTY ABSENT) CLERK" PRESIDENT