1955 Code Chapters Not Included~~
' MERIDIAN, IDAHO RECODIFICATION
' 1955 Code Chapter Not Included
The following is a list of the chapters in the 1955 City Code which Sterling did not include
in the 1997 recodification due to age of the legislation. The City officials, especially the City
Attorney, need to determine if, in fact, these chapters should be omitted. If the City decides
that certain chapters should be included, then they will be added to the appropriate title of
the new City Code prior to publication of the new City Codes. The City officials need to
carefully review the text of those chapters to be included, as updating for compliance with
' current statutes and procedures may be necessary. The following chapters are also
mentioned in the new Code Workbook on the title page where such chapters would be
included, if the City feels inclusion is necessary. Please check the appropriate column below:
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1955 Code Chanters Not Included Omit Include
2-5, Radio And Television Interference _
' 2-6, Television And Radio Antennas
2-7, Public Garages _
2-8, Gas Distribution And Transmission Lines _
' 2-9, Gas Installation And Piping
3-3, Punchboards, Chance Spindles And Chance
' Prize Games
3-4, Advertising And Bill Posting
3-6, Motels _
' 3-7, Hotels
3-8, Motion Picture Houses _
3-9, Amusements -
3-11, Pool Halls
3-12, Flammable Liquids _
' 3-14, Itinerant Merchants
3-15, CATV System _
' 3-17, Self-Service Stations -
3-18, Light, Heat And Power System
6-1, Fire District _
' 6-2, Explosives
6-4, Inflammables _
' 7-1, Eating And Drinking Establishments -
7-2, Milk And Milk Products
8-3, Civil Defense
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CHAPTER V
RADIO AND TELEVISION
INTERFERENCE
SECTION:
' 2-501: Radio and Television Interference Prohibited
2-502: Inspection
-- 2-503: Penalty
2-501; RADIO AND TELEVISION INTERFERENCE PROHIBITED: It shall be
unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation knowingly to operate,
cause to be operated, or permit the operation of any wire or wires for carrying
electric energy or any fixtures, machine, device, apparatus, or other instrument
within the corporate limits of the City of Meridian, Idaho, the operation of
which shall cause reasonably preventable electrical interference with radio or
television reception within said city.
2-502: INSPECTION: The building inspector or any police officer of said
city, or any other person designated by the Governing Body of the
city, shall have the right at any reasonable hour to enter upon and into any
premises located within said city for the purpose of inspecting or locating
any wires, fixtures, machines, devices, apparatus or other instruments which
is or may be kept or operated in violation of the provisions of this chapter.
Should any inspection disclose that any equipment described in Section 2-501
of this Chapter is defective, the inspector shall notify in writing the owner or
occupant of said premises, or the operator of said equipment, of the defects,
and then suggest the steps to be taken to remedy such defects. Upon receipt
of such written notice such owner, occupant, or operator shall forthwith take
effective steps to remedy such defects<
2-503: PENALTY: Any person who shall refuse access fo premises owned,
occupied or controlled by him to the inspector as described in
' Section 2-502 of this Chapter, or any person, firm, or corporation violating
any other provision of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceeding $100.00 or
' imprisoned in the city jail for a term not exceeding thirty (30) days, or
both such fine and imprisonment. Each day of violation shall constitute a
separate offense..
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CHAPTER V1
TEIEVI$ION AND RADIO ANTENNAS
SECTION:
2-601: Dgfinitjons
2-602: Permit Required
2-603: Fees
2-604: Application Data
2-605: Electrical lnspectorr-Duties, Rights and Powers
2-606: Unlawfiul to Interfere with Electrical Inspectors
2-607; Notide for Inspection
2-608: Bond Required
2-609: Technical Requirements
2-610: Materials to be Approved Type
2-bl l: Maker's Ngme, etc,; Required on Equipment
2-612; Minor Repairs Without Permit
2-613: Codes Supplemental to this Chapter
2-614: Prohibiting. Certain Installations in Automobiles
2-615: Application to Existing Antennas
2-616: Authorizing Additional Rules
2-617: Penalty
2-601: DEFIr11TION5: The following definitions shall apply in the inter-
pretgtion and enforcement of this.chapter:
(I) ".Electrical Inspector" shall mean fhe Electrical Inspector of the
City of Meridign or any of his authorized assistants.
(2) "Antenna" as used in this chapter shall mean the out-door portion
of the receiving equipment used for receiving television or radio waves from
space.
(3) "Mast" shall mean that portion of the outside antenna system to
which the antenna is attached, and the support or extension required to elevate
the antenna to q height deemed necessary for adequate operation.
(4) "Height" shall mean the over-all vertical length of the antenna
system above the ground, or, if such system be located on a building, then,
above that part of the level of such building upon which the system rests.
(5) !'Person" shall mean and include any person, fine, partnership,
association, corporation, company or organization of any kind.
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2-602: PERMIT REQUIRED: It shall be unlawful for any person to install,
repair or maintain, either as owner or as agent, servant or employee
of the owner or as an independent contractor for the owner, or otherwise, any
outside television or radio receiving antenna, any additions to, or substitutions
for, said antenna unless and until an inspection permit shall have first been
obtained from the Electrical Inspector.
2-603: FEES: An inspection fee of $2.00 shall be paid for each permit
issued under Section 2-602 hereof.
A reinspection fee of one dollar ($I.00) shall be paid for each trip
when extra inspections are necessary due to any one of the following reasons:
(I) wrong address; (2) condemned work resulting from faulty construction; (3)
' repairs or corrections not made when inspection is called; (4) work not ready
for inspection when called.
2-604: APPLICATION DATA: Application for permits shall be made upon
blanks provided by the Electrical Inspector, and shall contain or have
attached thereto the following information:
(1) Name, address and telephone number of the owner for whom to
be made.
(2) The lot, block and subdivision of The premises on which the
installation is to be made.
(3) Whether it is a new installation, repair or maintenance work.
(4) Whether a radio or television receiving antenna.
(5) A blueprint or ink drawing of the plans and specifications and
method of installation and attachment to the building or in thy ground'.'
(6) Name of the person making the installation.
(7) Such other information as the Electrical Inspector shall require
to show full compliance with this and all other laws and ordinances of the City.
2-605: ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR--DUTIES, RIGHTS AND POWERS:
(a) It shall be the duty of the Electrical Inspector and his authorized
assistants to inspect all television and radio receiving antenna to ascertain if
the work has been done in a workmanlike manner and to investigate all complaints
from the general public pertaining to said antenna installations and interference
caused thereby.
(b) The Electrical Inspector and his assistants are hereby empowered to
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inspect or reinspect any wiring, equipment or apparatus conducting or using
electric current for radio and television receiving service in the City, and if
conductors, equipment or apparatus are found to be unsafe to life or property,
or are not in conformity with fhe provisions of this chapter, the Electrical
Inspector shall notify the person owning or operating the hazardous wiring or
equipment to correct the condition within aforty-eight hour period or within
the time the Electrical Inspector specifies. Failure to correct violations within
the specified time shall constitute a violation of this chapter.
2-606: UNLAWFUL TO INTERFERE WITH ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS: It
shall 6e unlawful for any person to hinder or interfere with the
Electrical Inspector or his authorized representatives in the discharge of their
duties under the provisions of this chapter.
2-607: NOTICE FOR INSPECTION: The person to whom a permit has been
granted for the installation of a television or radio receiving antenna
shall immediately notify the Electrical Inspector whenthe work covered by
the permit has been completed and is ready for final inspection. Upon such
notice, the Electrical Inspector or his authorized representatives shall promptly
inspect and approve the installation if the work complies in all respects with
the provisions of this chapter and the permit, and shall disapprove said install-
ation if it fails to comply, stating in writing the reasons for disapproval and
specify a time within which said defects must be corrected.
2-608: BOND REQUIRED: Every person engaged in the business of making
television or radio receiving antenna installations, repairs and doing
maintenance work on same shall annually file with the Electrical Inspector a
good and sufficient bond in the sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars,
executed by a bonding or surety company authorized to do business in the State
of Idaho, and approved by the City Attorney. Said bond shall be conditioned
upon the faithful observance of all laws and ordinances of the City of Meridian,
and shall indemnify, save and keep harmless the City from any and all damages,
judgments, costs or expenses which the said City may incur or suffer by reason
of the granting of a permit to install, repair or maintain said antenna or any
services thereto. Said bond shall run to the City of Meridian for the use and
benefit of any person who may suffer injuries or property damages by reason of the
permit granted hereunder. The maintenance of said bond in full force and effect
shall be a prerequisite to the issuance of any permit required under the provisions
of this chapter. A liability insurance policy issued by an insurance company
authorized to do business in the State of Idaho which conforms to the above re-
quirements may be permitted in lieu of bond.
This provision shall not apply to personal installations, repairs or
maintenance of said antenna by an owner or occupant, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that said owner or occupant gives sufficient proof to the Electrical Inspector
that he is qualified to perform the work in conformity with the provisions of
this chapter, and PROVIDED,. FURTHER, that said owner or occupant files with
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his application for a permit'an affidavit stating that he will make the installation,
repair or maintenance on his own premises only, and that he will do all the
necessary work personally and without the assistance of any other person.
2-609: TECHNICAL REQIJIREMENTSe All television and rad'so receiving
antenna installations from and after the effective date of this chapter
shall be made in accordance with the following rules and regulations;
' (a) Masts and antennas shall be of a noncombustible and corrosive-
resistant material
' (b) Every mast and antenna installed on a roof shall be mounted on
its own platform or plate covering two or more rafters of the roof and shall
be securely anchored with guy wires
(c1 Masts and antennas shall not be fastened directly to the roof or
supported by combustible members or materials.
(d) Out-door antennas shall be of an approved type, and shall
not exceed the maximum height. of thirty feet above a roof support or 70 feet
_ above a ground support. In areas where reception is affected by obstructions,
special permission may be granted by the City Council to exceed the above
specified height limitations.
(e) Every antenna must be adequately grounded for protection
against a direct stroke of lightning, with an adequate ground wire.
(f) In no case shall an antenna be installed nearer to the street or
sidewalk than the height of the antenna plus 10 feet unless approved by the
City Council, and no wires, cables or guy wires shall cross or extend over
any part of any street or sidewalk,.
(g) Whenever it is necessary to install antenna near power lines,
or where damage would be caused by its falling, a separate safety wire must
be attached to the cross-arm of the antenna, and secured in a direction away
from the hazard.
(h) Anchor points for antennas, masts and guy wires must be lead
anchor screws or lead expansion shields drilled into solid block, concrete or
other noncombustible construction.
(i) Transmission lines must be kept at least six (b) inches clear of
telephone or light wires.
(j) Rawl plugs are approved only for supporting transmission lines.
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(k) Stand-off support insulators must be used at least every ten feet
in running the transmission line.
(I) Where radio or television receiving antennas are installed on a
private residence, the antenna may be installed on the roof of a frame structure, '
PROVIDED the support and anchor screws are securely fastened to rafters or beams
or other substantial members, and PROVIDED further that no antenna installed on
a roof of a frame construction or in any way supported by material of combustible '
construction shall exceed a height of thirty (30) feet above the roof of the building.
(m) Lightning. arrestors shall be approved as safe by the Underwriters' '
Laboratories, Inc., and both sides of the line must be adequately protected with
proper arrestors or neon lamps to remove static charges accumulated on the I ine,
except when a folded dipole or other type of antenna is used which is already ,
grounded to the. mast.
(n) When lead-in conductors of polychylene ribbon-type are used, '
lightning orrestors must be installed in each conductor. _
(o) When coaxial cable or shielded twin lead is used for lead-in, '
suitable protection may be provided without lightning arrestors by grounding _
the exterior metal sheath.
(p) Antennas shall be designed and installed to withstand a wind '
pressure of 25 pounds per square foot and in no case shall. guy wires be less
than 3/32 inches, 5-strand cable or equivalent, galvanized. Rawl plugs shall '
not be used for guy wires or for mounting brackets. _
(q) Ground wires shall be of the type approved by the 1947 issue of '
the National Electrical Code for grounding masts and lightning arrestors, and _
shall be installed in a mechanical manner with as few bends as possible, ,
maintaining a clearance of at least two (2) inches from combustible material .
(r) Ground straps for grounding masts and attaching arrestors to water ,
pipe shall be approved ground fitting.
(s) The miscellaneous hardware, such as brackets, turnbuckles, ,
thimbles, clips, and similar type equipment subject to rust or corrosion, shall
be protected with a zinc or cadmium coating by either galvanizing or sherard- _
izing process after forming. These finishes are selected to guard against cor- ,
rosion due to stack gases and other deposits and to protect the elements against
electrolytic action due to the use of adjoining dissimilar metals. -
(t) Turnbuckles shall be protected against turning by threading the '
guy wires through the turnbuckle. -
(u) Band iron may be used to secure masts to chimneys or other '
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structures, PROVIDED brackets are not used. Masts must be parallel to and in
contact with the chimney.
(v) Band iron or straps that ericircle chimneys or other structures shall
not be used to support brackets unless assembled as a-unit and so approved.
2-610: MATERIALS TO BE APPROVED TYPE: No electrical materials, devices
or equipment designed for attachment to or installation on any electrical
circuit or system for television and radio receiving antennas, shall be installed,
used, sold, or offered for sale for use in the City of'Meridian, unless they are
in conformity with the approved methods of construction for safety to life and
property, and unless the electrical materials, devices or equipment conforms
with the standards of the Underwriters' Laboratories, Inc. current as of the time
of installation,
2-611: MAKER'S NAME, ETC., REQUIRED ON EQUIPMENT: The maker's
name, trade-mark, or other identification symbol shall be placed on
all electrical devices or equipment that use 115 volts or more which are sold,
offered for sale or use in the City of Meridian. These markings and others such
as voltage, amperage, wattage, and power-factor or appropriate ratings described
in the 1947 Edition of the National Electrical Code, shall be required, and are
necessary to determine the character of the material, device or equipment and
the use for which it is intended.
' 2-612: MINOR REPAIRS WITHOUT PERMIT: Notwithstanding anything herein
to the contrary, minor repairs To antenna may be made without the
necessity of a permit, PROVIDED, however, that a prompt report thereof is made
' to the Electrical Inspector showing the extent thereof. Should an investigation
of said minor repairs by the Electrical Inspector disclose defects, the same shall
be pointed out and corrected as required by Section 2-605 (b).
2-613: CODES SUPPLEMENTAL TO THIS CHAPTER: The 1953 issue of the
National Electrical Code as the same may be amended, before the
adoption of this chapter, is hereby adopted and approved as a part of this chapter
as a minimum standard. Three (3) copies of said standard as thus adopted are
to be filed in the office of the City Clerk for inspection of any interested person
during business hours of that Office. The provisions of this chapter shall also be
deemed as supplemental to the Electrical and Building Codes of the City of
Meridian and any other pertinent law or ordinances of the City, and all work
shall conform to these requirements.
2-614: PROHIBITING CERTAIN INSTALLATIONS IN AUTOMOBILES: It
shall be unlawful for any person to install a television set forward of
or which is visible from the front seats of any motor operated vehicle, otherwise
the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to automobiles.
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2-615: APPLICATION TO EXISTING ANTENNAS: Every television or radio -
receiving antenna erected prior to the effective date of this chapter '
may be maintained and operated in its present location, unless said antenna is
so constructed and maintained arto be unsafe and dangerous as determined by
the Electrical Inspector as provided in Section 2-602 hereof.
2-616: AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL RULES: In order to take advantage -
of progress and change in the industry, the Electrical Inspector may ,
consult with members of the industry and other qualified persons and may put into
effect any reasonable rules and regulations not in conflict with the provisions of
this chapter.: '
2-617: PENALTY: Any person violating. any of the provisions of this chapter
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. '
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CHAPTER V11
PUBLIC GARAGES
SECTION:
2-701: Definitions
2-702: Location
2-703: Building Used as Public Garage. How Constructed. Precautions
Against Fire
2-704: Public Garage Regulations
2-701: DEFINITIONS: The provisions of this chapter shall be deemed and
held to apply only to public or private garages or structures wherein
are stored, kept, rented or hired, vehicles using gasoline or the products of
petroleum or hydro-carbon liquids for generating motive power.
A. An "Automobile" is any motor vehicle using gasoline for gener-
sting motive power.
B. A "Public Garage" is a building where automobiles are kept and
stored by the public, or where automobiles are rented to and hired by the public,
and where a charge is made for the use or storage or keeping of automobiles,
or where a shop is operated for the repair of automobiles for which such repairs
a charge is made.
C. "Chief of the Fire Department' means Chief of the Fire Depart-
ment of the City of Meridian, Idaho.
D. A "Private Garage" is a building where one or more automobiles
are kept and stored for private use only, and not rented or hired out to the public
or any charge made for storage.
E. "Gasoline" shall mean any product of petroleum or any hydro-
carbon liquid that will flash or emit an inflammable vapor, below the temper-
ature one hundred and ten (110) degrees Fahrenheit. The Chief of the Fire
Department is to decide the flashing point.
F. "Approved" means approved by the Chief of the Fire Department.
2-702: LOCATION: No part of any building hereafter erected or any existing
building not already so used, which is used as a hotel, apartment house,
rooming house or lodging house, shall after the passage of this code be used as a
public garage.
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2-703: BUILDING USED AS PUBLIC GARAGE, HOW CONSTRUCTED.
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST FIRE:
A. All buildings hereafter erected and all buildings hereafter altered
or changed, so as to be occupied as public garages, shall be of brick, stone,
concrete or reinforced concrete construction; the flooring of the first floor of
such building shall be concrete with a system of ventilation with openings to the
outer air at the floor line, not less than six (6) by eight (8) inches for each
ventilator. The ceilings shall be of fireproof materials.
B. There shall be at all times maintained in every such building used
as a public garage two (2) chemical fire extinguishers of not less than three (3)
gallons each where the floor space is less than five hundred (500) square feet,
and one (1) additional chemical fire extinguisher for every additional five
hundred (500) square feet of floor space used for such purpose.
C. Sand shall be kept in iron buckets in all garages. Every public
garage shall have on hand at al I times at least four (4) barrels of clean sand,
placed in different parts of the main floor and repair shop, each barrel to
contain an iron scoop, for use in throwing sand for the purpose of putting out
gasoline or oil fires, and for the purpose of absorbing waste oils that may fall
upon the floor; such sand, when saturated, shall be removed from the building.
The use of sawdust for absorbing oils in any garage is strictly prohibited.
2-704: PUBLIC GARAGE REGULATIONS: Public garages must at all
times conform to the following regulations:
A. No gasoline shall be allowed to remain in an open can or open
receptacle of any kind, in, or about any garage.
B. No gasoline shall be put into or taken out of any automobile
where there is an open light, or the motor running, or oil lamps burning.
C. No internal combustion motor shall be used for machine power
within a public garage.
D. No oils, gasoline or any inflammable material shall be allowed
to be stored or kept in any locker.
E. No stove, forge, torch or other furnace, flame, or fire shall be
permitted, except in the office, retiring room or repair shop.
F. All lighting shall be incandescent electric or fluorescent lights,
with all electric switches and cutoffs permanently located at least four (4)
feAt above the floor.
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G. All electric motors which are not actually a part of an automobile
shall be located at least four (4) feet above the floor.
H. All lockers in autorobile garages shall be constructed as to permit
of ready inspection.
I, No smoking shall be allowed inside of any building used as an
automobile garage, except in the office or retiring room, if separated from the
other parts of the building. A notice in large letters "NO SMOKING" shall be
displayed in a conspicuous place on each floor and at all entrances to the garage.
J. All waste and rubbish of any kind must be kept of all times in metal
receptacles, fitted with a tight cover.
K. Traps required. There shall be no direct connection between any
waste basin or floor drain and any sewer system. All such waste basins or floor
drains to a sewer system shall have intercepting grease, oil and inflammable
liquid traps which will completely separate such substances from water ;and sewage
and allow their removal . Such traps shall be properly ventilated.
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CHAPTER 8
GAS DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION LINES
SECTION:
2-801: Definitions
2-802: Section S,American Standard Code Adopted
2-803: Idaho Public Utilities No. 98
2-804: Gas Production Equipment
2-805: Transmission and Distribution; Exceptions
2-806: Installation on Customers Premises
2-801: DEFINITIONS:
(a) The word "gas" as used in this Chapter shall be construed to mean
natural gas, manufactured gas, hydrocarbon gas or any mixture of gases produced,
transmitted, distributed or furnished by any gas utility or agency, except liquefied
petroleum gas as defined and regulated under (Chapter 39, Idaho Session Laws of 1945,
(b) The word "gas installations" as used in this Chapter, shall be construed
to mean the installation of all facilities for producing, transmitting and distributing gas,
and all accessory equipment, appurtenances and appliances necessary for the control and
utilization of gas,
2-802: SECTION 8,AMERICAN STANDARD CODE ADOPTED: That Section 8 of
the American Standard Code for Pressure Piping, designated as ASA B 31 , 1,8-
1958 (Second Edition), of the American Standards Association for Gas Transmission and
Distribution Piping Systems, which shall hereafter be designated as ASA 831 ,1,8-1955 2,
being a Code or a set of rules and regulations in;0rdinance form, regulating the con-
struction and maintenance of transmission lines for gas to be used in building`'and structures,
and related to the construction of buildings, and the said ASA 831.1,8-1955 2~being of a
general and permanent character printed in book form, as shown by three{.3)copiesthereof
now on file in the office of the City Clerk of Meridian, is hereby ratified and adopted,
except as altered or amended by Rules 3 and 4, Section II, Idaho Utilities Ordinance
regulating such construction and maintenance of such gas lines and system.
2-803: IDAHO PUBLIC UTILITIES NO, 98: That General Order No, 98 of the
Idaho Public Utilities Commission is hereby followed as nearly as practicable
as part of the Ordinances of Meridian relating to the installation and maintenance of gas
transmission pipe lines, and said general order being followed, with alterations pertaining
to Meridian as follows:
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' 2-804: GAS PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT:
Rule 1 . Liquefied Petroleum Installation: Plans for installation of such
facilities as the total or partial supply of a piped utility system, subject to the
jurisdiction of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, must bear the approval of the
Commission .
Rule 2: In the interest of safety, it is required that those employed in
the operation of such plants understood the properties of those gases, and that they
be thoroughly trained in safe practices for handling, distribution and operations.
2-805: TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; EXCEPTIONS:
Rule 3: The application portions of the ASA B31.1.8 - 1955 2, adopted
by this Ordinance, with exceptions and conditions as noted below, shall constitute
_ the minimum standard applying to the construction of gas transmission and distribution
' systems.
_ Exceptions: In place of Item 845.51 the following shall be substituted:
' If the maximum actual operating pressure of the distribution system is
- between 2 psig and 60 psig a service regulator having the characteristics listed below
' shall be used:
_ (a) A pressure regulator capable of reducing distribution line pressure
(pounds per square inch) to pressures recommended for household appliance (inch of
' water column).
' (b) Single port valve with orifice diameter no greater than that recommended
by the manufacturer for the maximum gas pressure at the regular inlet.
' (c) The valve seat shall be made of resilient material designed to withstand
abrasion of the gas, impurities in gas, cutting by the valve, and to resist permanent
- deformation when it is pressed against the valve port.
' (d) Pipe connections to the regulator shall not exceed two inches (2") in
- diameter.
' (e) The regulator must be of a type that is capable under normal operating
- conditions of regulating the downstream pressure within the necessary limits of accuracy
' and of limiting the build-up of pressure under no-flow conditions to fifty per cent (50%)
or less of the discharge pressure maintained under flow conditions.
' (f) Aself-contained service regulator with no external static or control lines.
- (g) Suitable protective devices shall be installed to prevent accidental over-
, pressuring of the customer's appliances should be service regulator fail. Some of the
suitable types of protective devices to prevent overpressuring of customer's appliances
are:
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1 . A monitoring regulator,
2. A relief valve.
3. An automatic shut-off device.
These devices may be installed as an integral part of the service regulator or
as a separate unit, and shall be capable of limiting the pressure on the consumers lines
to such pressures as are allowable for low pressure distribution systems as defined by 945,43.
Item 845.52 not applicable.
Coriditions: Item 861: It shall be interpreted that odorant shall be added where
gas does not naturally possess a distinctive odor to the extent that its presence in the at-
mosphere is readily detectable at gas concentrations over twenty per cent (20%) of the
concentration at the lower limit of combustibility.
Rule 4: In addition to the plans and records as required in compliance with
rule 3 above, the following shall also be included. A suitable map or maps shall be kept
on file in the City Clerk's Office in Meridian, so as to be convenient for inspection by
the public, which shall at all times show the size, choracter location and date of
installation of each street main, district regulation street valve and drip, and when prac-
ticable, each service connection in the corresponding territory served. In lieu of showing
service locations on maps, a card report or other suitable means may be used,
2-806: INSTALLATION ON CUSTOMERS PREMISES:
Rule 5: (Note: Rule 5 is not adopted as part of this Chapter).
Rule 6: The gas company shall inspect the customer's installation prior to the
connection of a meter to ascertain that such installation conforms to the provisions con-
tained 1n Rule 5 of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission and to the regulations of the
City of Meridiar.
If the installation on the customer's premises does not meet the requirements,
the Company shall refuse to connect the meter and shall advise the customer in writing
the reasons for such refusal.
Rules 7 to 19 relate to powers solely. in the Public Utilities Commission and
are not adopted as part of this Chapter.
The installation, construction and maintenance of such gas distribution and
transmission lines being for the purpose of connections to buildings, the enforcement of
all regulations relating thereto is hereby placed within the City Gas Engineer's Office of
the City of Meridian. The excavation for such lines, openings of streets oralleys,
reconstruction of streets and alleys, and matters appurtenant thereto, shall be under the
jurisdiction of the City Gas Engineer of Meridian. (Ord,~No~ 89 7-11-1957)
2-901
CHAPTER 9
GAS INSTALLATION AND PIPING
SECTION:
2-901: Definition
2-902: Minimum Requirements; Service Standards
2-903: Maintenance Facilities for Transmission
2-904; Gas Installation in Buildings
2-905: Permits Required
2-906; Work Not Requiring Permit
2-907: Application For Permit
2-908: Permit Fee
2-909: Inspection
2-910: Certificate of Inspection
2-911:
2-912: Inspection by Gas Supplier
Turning on Gas Prohibited
2-913: Qualified Installing Agency
2-914: Classification of Qualified Agencies
2-915: License Required
2-916: License Fees
2-917: Expiration and Renewal of Licenses
2-918: Revocation of License
2-919: Display of License
2-920: Examining Board
2-921: Qualification of Board Members
2-922: Duties and Power of Board
2-923: Application for Examination
2-924: Examination Fee
2-925: Time of Examination
2-926: Re-Examination
2-927: Certificate of Competency
2-928: Revocation of Certificate
2-929: Compensation of Board Members
2-930: Violation
2-931: Exception
2-932: Meter Height
2-901
and Distribution
2-901: DEFINITION:. The word "gas" as used in this Chapter shall
be construed to mean natural gas, manufactured gas, hydro-
carbon gas, or any mixture of gases produced, transmitted, distributed
or furnished by any gos utility or agency, except liquefied petroleum gas
as defined and regulated-under Chapter 39, Idaho Session Laws 1945.
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Gas Installations: -The term "gas installations" as used in this Chapter
shall be construed to mean the installation of all facilities for producing,
transmitting and distributing gas and all accessory equipment, appurte-
nances and appliances necessary for the control and utilization of gas.
2-902: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS; SERVICE STANDARDS: Section
3 of Chapter VIII of this Title, adopting part of General Order
No. 98 of the State of Idaho Public Utilities Commission, is hereby adopted
and the same is hereby made a part hereof insofar as the provisions of said
Section 3 of Chapter VIII of this Title are applicable to the installation and
maintenance of gas facilities in buildings.
2-903: MAINTENANCE FACILITIES FOR TRANSMISSION AND DIS-
TRIBUTION: Section 2 of Chapter VIII of this Title, adopting
ASA B31.1.8-1955, is hereby adopted and the minimum requirements pro-
vided by said ASA 631.1.8-1955, as so adopted by Section 2 of Chapter
VIII of this Title, are made a parthereof insofar as the same are applicable
to the installation and maintenance of gas facilities in buildings. (Ord. 88;
7-11-57)
2-904: GAS INSTALLATION IN BUILDINGS: The National Fire
Protection Association Pamphlet 54, printed in book form is a
set of rules and regulations and maintenance of gas piping and gas appliances
in buildings, and said National Fire Protection Association Pamphlet 43
entitled Gas Appliances Gas Piping 1969 edition, being of a general and
permanent character, as shown by one copy thereof now on file in the office
of the City Clerk of Meridian, is hereby ratified and adopted as regulations
of Meridian, and part of this Chapter as regulating gas piping and gas appli-
ances in buildings. (Ord. 205; 4-5-71)
2-905: PERMITS REQUIRED: It shall be unlawful for any person,
firm or corporation to do, or cause or permit to be done,
whether acting as rincipal, agent or employee, any gas installation work
of any nature in buildings or service lines thereto in Meridian without
first procuring a permit from the Building Inspector authorizing such work
to be done.
2-906: WORK NOT REQUIRING PERMIT: A permit shall not be
required for the clearning of stoppages or repairing of leaks
in pipes, valves or fixtures when such repairs do not involve or require
the replacement or rearrangement of pipes, valves or fixtures. It shall
be required notwithstanding, that work of this nature be performed by
persons qualified under this Chapter as competent to do such work.
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2-907: APPLICATIAN FOR PERMIT: Any parson, firm or cor-
poration legally entitled to receive a permit shall make
application at the City Clark's Office on the form provided, a description
of the work proposed to be done, location, ownership, occupancy and use
of the premises shall be given. The City Gas Engineer may require
plans and specifications and such other information as may be deemed
necessary and pertinent, for examination before getting the permit. When
it has been determined that the information furnished by the applicant is
in compliance with this Chapter the permit shall be issued upon payment
of the required fees as hereinafter fixed. (Ord. 88; 7-11-57)
2-908: PERMIT FEE: The applicant shall pay to Meridian for each
permit issued, at the time of issuance, a permit fee of one
dollar ($1.00)~plus an inspection fee in accordance with the
following schedule:
For permit issuing and filing -minimum fee $3.00
Additional fee for the following fixtures:
For service line to build and piping system
in building 3.00
For each installed domestic gas range 3.00
For each installed gas fired incinerator 3.00
For each installed gas water heater 3.00
For each installed gas fired room heater 3.00
For each installed central heating gas appliance 3.00
Miscellaneous Counter Appliances, each 3.00
Capped outlets for future connection, each 3.00
For each installed refrigerator using gas fuel 3.00
For each installed gas fired duct furnace 3.00
For each installed gas plate or laundry stove 3.00
For each installed gas fired clothes dryer 3.00
For each installed hotel or restaurant range or
unit broiler 3.00
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For each installed hotel or restaurant deep fat fryer $3.00
For each installed hotel or restaurant gas bake or roast
oven 3,00
For each appliance or piece of equipment regulated by
the Code not listed 3.00
(Ord. 205; 4-5-71)
2-911 '
2-909: INSPECTION: All pipes, fittings, valves, vents, fixtures anc
appliances shall be inspected by the City Engineer, or his
designated and qualified agent, to insure compliance with the provisions
of this Chapter. The following inspections shall be made:
(a) Piping Inspection, to be made after all piping and venting author-
ized by the permit has been installed, and after the permit holder has
assured himself that the system will meet the tests, but before any such
piping has been covered or concealed and before any gas appliance has
been attached thereto, at which time the pressure test prescribed in Sec-
tion 2.10, N,B.F.U. 54 shall be made by the permit holder, in the presence
of the City Gas Inspector, and
(b) Final Inspection, to be made after all piping and venting is com-
pleted and all appliances authorized by the permit have been placed and
connected and before gas is admitted to the system.
2-910: CERTIFICATE OF INSPECTION: The City Gas Engineer
shall either approve that portion of the work completed at
the time of inspection or shall notify the permit holder wherein the same
fails to comply with this Chapter and when final inspection has been made
and the work approved, the City Gas Engineer shall certify to the Gas
Company or Utility supplying gas to the premises by attaching secure)y
an Inspector's tag at the approximate location of the meter, that such
inspection has been made and the system found satisfactory as required
by this Chapter and ready for the setting of a gas meter or meters.
2-91 l: INSPECTION BY GAS SUPPLIER: The right is reserved for
entry to the premises by the Gas Company or Utility and it
shall be required that said supplier make its own inspection of all facilities
before connecting the meter and admitting gas to the system. The Gas
Company or Utility shall make a second inspection of all facilities after
gas is admitted to the system to assure in the presence of the permit
holder the proper functioning of the system and all appliances.
Notification for Inspection: It shall be the duty of the permit holder to
notify the City Building Department at least four (4) days prior to the time
of inspection, exclusive. of Sundays and legal holidays, that he is ready
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for such inspection. When reinspection is required, after the final in-
spection as before described, it shall be madeat o flat charge of two dollars
($2.00) per reinspection.
2-912: TURNING ON GAS PROHIBITED; It shall be unlawful for any
person to turn on gas in any building unless all outlets are
pproperly connected or capped with screwed fittings, and further it shall
be unlawful for any person except a qualified employee or agent of the
company or utility furnishing gas to the premises to turn on or connect
gas service in any building or on any premises where and when gas service
is not at the time being rendered, and further it shall be unlawful for any
Gas Company or Utility furnishing gas to set or cause to be set or con-
nected any gas meter or to turn on gas until the City Gas Engineer's Cer-
tificate of Inspection has been given as before stipulated.
2-913: QUALIFIED INSTALLING AGENCY: It shall be unlawful for
' any person, firm or corporation to engage in the work or
business of making gas installations in Meridian unless such person or
responsible person representing the firm or corporation as hereinafter
' prescribed has successfully passed an examination conducted by the Board
of Examiners and has issued to him a Certificate of Competency by said
Board in accordance with provisions of this Chapter.
' 2-914: CLASSIFICATION OF QUALIFIED AGENCIES: There shall
be three (3) classifications of competency as herein defined.
' Gas Fitting Contractor: Who shall be any person or firm skilled in
- the planning and supervision of the installation of gas piping, venting and
' equipment, and who is familiar with the laws, rules and regulations cover-
ing the same and who is competent to assume work on a contract basis and
to direct the work of qualified employees. A Gas Fitting Contractor who
t in person does gas fitting work shall also be qualified as a journeyman gas
fitter.
Journeyman Gas Fitter: Who sholl be any person, who as part of his
' principle occupation is engaged in the Practical installation of gas piping
and equipment, and who is familiar with the Code requirements governing
the same, and who works under the direction of a Gas Fitting Contractor.
' Apprentice Gas Fitter: Who is any person, other than a Journeyman,
who as apart of his principle occupation is engaged in learning and assist-
' ing in the installation of gas piping and equipment. Apprentices shall not
perform gas installation work except under the supervision of a licensed
journeyman gas fitter.
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2-915: LICENSE REQUIRED: Before any person, firm or corporation shall
carry on or engage in the work or business of making gas installations,
he shall procure a license applicable to the classification in which he proposes to work
and pay the annual license fee imposed on such classification. The licensee shall not be
transferable. Every applicant for license shall present a Certificate of Competency or
other identification as proof that he is entitled to or has been approved by the Board
of Examiners as competent for the classification sought. If the applicant be a partner-
ship, firm or corporation the application shall be made to a bona fide member or agent
thereof, who shall at all times be in actual charge of the applicant's gas installation
business. When any person is designated and authorized to be or act as an agent for the
applicant, such authorization shall be in writing, signed by the applicant and the person
designated, one (11 copy of which shall be filed with the Examining Board and one
11) copy filed in the office of the City Engineer or the City Clerk. IOrd. 88, 7-11-57)
2-916: LICENSE FEES: Before any license is issued the applicant shall pay
to the City Clerk a license fee in accordance with the following
schedule:
Gas Fitting Contractor $40.00
Journeyman Gas Fitter 70.00
Apprentice Gas Fitter None
Upon payment of the above fee and presentation of a valid certificate of competency
or other acceptable identification as shall be required for a Gas Fitting Contractor,
Journeyman Gas Fitter, or Apprentice, the City Clerk shall issue a License Certificate,
indicating clearly thereon the name of the holder, classification and year for which it
is valid.
2-917: EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL OF LICENSES: All licenses shall
expire upon and shall be renewed not later than December 31, of each
year. (Ord. 438, 10-15.84)
2-918: REVOCATION OF LICENSE: Any person or firm holding a
license shall not lend such license to any other person or firm or allow
any other person or firm to do gas installation work under his license except journey-
men in his employ. Violation of this provision shall be cause for revocation of licenses
in addition to other penalties provided hereafter.
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2-919: DISPLAY 'OF LICENSE; All persons, firms or corporations
- holding a valid Gas Fitting Contractor license shall display
for public view. such License Certificates in their place of business. All
Journeyman and Apprentice Gas Fitters holding a valid license shall have
available on his person during working hours his Certificate of Competency
card with his current license number endorsed thereon. It shall be unlaw-
ful for any person, firm or corporation to display evidence of license or
competency unless so qualified under this Chapter.
2-920: EXAMINING BOARD: A Board to be known as the "Gas
_.. Fitters Examining Board" shall be appointed by the Mayor.
It shall consist of three (3) members selected from nominees recom-
mended to the Mayor and shall be responsible individuals with proven
.knowledge of gos fitting or related pipe fitting industry and who shall
- qualify as hereinafter prescribed. The members of the first Board shall
be appointed within sixty (60) days after the adoption of this Chapter and
shall serve for the following terms: One (1) member for one (1) ear, one
- - (1) member for two (2) years and one (1) member for three ~3) years.
Thereafter upon the expiration of each term the Board members shal l be
appointed for a term of three (3) ears. All Board members shall ba sub-
_ ject to removal by the Mayor for malfeasance in office, neglect of duty
or incapacity to serve.
-- 2-921: QUALIFICATION OF BOARD MEMBERS: All members of the
Board shalt be United States citizens, residents of the State
of Idaho for not less than one (1) year, engagedin a responsible capacity
__ in the gas fitting business prior to appointment and during the term of
office and qualified by integrity, knowledge and experience for gas fitters
Certificates. Not less than one (1) member of the Board shall have had
five (5) years or more experience os a gas fitting contractor, or gas fitting
journeyman, or as an Engineer experienced in the design, construction and
operation of gas systems.
2-922: DUTIES AND POWER OF BOARD: The Board shall conduct
examinations for the purpose of determining the competency
of applicants who are required to have a license under this Chapter and to
-- issue Certificates of Competency to such persons as who may be entitled
thereto. The Board shall elect a Chairman from its members who shall
be the executive officer and preside of all meetings and a Secretary who
- shall keep such records as are proper for the efficient discharge of the
Board's duties, which records pertaining to an applicant's qualifications
shall be kept intact and available in the event of dispute for a period of not
less than one (1) yeor following the date of issuance of the Certificate of
Competency. The Board shall determine the character and extent of the
examination based on the requirements of this Code, and shall grade and
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pass or reject the applicant on the: basis of equaling or exceeding, or
failing to equal, a minimum percentage grade pf seventy per cent (70%).
The Board shall issue Certificates of Competency to successful applicants
and shall have the power to revoke such Certificates under conditions
hereinafter prescribed.
2-923: APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION: Any person, firm or
corporation required by this Chapter to be licensed shall
make application on the form provided to the City Clerk, acting for the
Board, for the examination for a Certificate of Competency, and pay the
examination fee.
2-924; EXAMINATION FEE: The applicant shall pay to the City
Clerk at the time of making application an examination fee
in accordance with the following schedule:
Gas Fitting Contractor Certificate No Fee
Examination for Journeyman Gas
Fitter Certificate $15.00
Apprentice gas fitters shall not be required to be examined, but shall
be registered with the Board and shall maintain their Certificate cards
showing classification.
All examination fees paid to the Clerk shall be held as separate money
for examination expenses, and not as City money, and shall be used for the
payment of the compensation of the Examining Board.
2-925: TIME OF EXAMINATION: The Boord shall so schedule its
meetings to examine a single applicant, or as many appli-
cants at one time, as circumstances dictate, but in no case shall an appli-
cant be required to delay his examination more than sixty (60) days from
the date the application is accepted. Each applicant shall be notified by
the Board of the time and place for examination not less than forty-eight
(48) hours prior to examination time. Notification by registered letter
directed to the dddress given on the application, shall be considered noti-
fication. Failure of the applicant to oppear for examination does not entitle
him to a refund of the examination fee.
2-926: RE-EXAMINATION: Any person who for sufficient cause in
the judgment of the Board was unable to appear for examina-
tion at the stated time, may apply and be given an examination after thirty
(30) days for the .original fee payment. Any person who fails to pass the
examination may apply for re-examination after a period of thirty (30)
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days upon payment of'the examination fee. Should any person fail to pass
- the examination the second time the Board may refuse the application until
the expiration of six (6) months.
2-927: CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY: Upon successful com-
pletion of an examination, the Board shall issue to the appli-
cant aCertificate of Competency in the form of a card, providing thereon
the applicant's name, classification, year which current, space for the
applicant s signature and license number, and the signature of the Chairman
of the Board of Examiners.
2-928: REVOCATION OF CERTIFICATE: A Certificate of Compe-
tency may be revoked by the Board if it has good and suf-
ficient evidence that such certificate was obtained by fraud, or if the holder
demonstrates lack of knowledge or incompetency in matters relevant to
such certificate, In such eases the Board may order re-examination, or
may refuse application for re-examination as conditions may require.
_ 2-929: COMPENSATION OF BOARD MEMBERS: The members of
the Examining Board shall each receive from Meridian as the
only compensation for their services the sum of five dollars ($5.00) for
each Journeyman Fitter so licensed.
2-930: VIOLATION: Any person, firm or corporate who violates,
causes or permits any violation of the provisions of this
Chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to punish-
ment prescribed by this Code. Each such person shall be deemed guilty
of a separate offense for every day during which any violation of any
provision of this Chapter is committed, contained or permitted by such
person and shall be punishable therefor as provided.
The issuance or granting of a permit or opPProval of plans and speci-
fications shall not be deemed or construed to be a permit for, or an ap-
proval of, any violation of any provisions of this Chapter. No permit pre-
suming to give authority to violate or cancel the provisions of this Chapter
shall be valid, except insofar as the work or use which it authorizes is
lawful:
The issuance of a permit upon plans and specifications shall not
prevent the City. Gas Engineer from thereafter requiring the correction
of errors in said plans and specifications or from preventing construction
operations being carried on thereunder when in violation of this Chapter or
of any other law of the City.
2-930 2_932
Every permit issued by the Engineer under the provisions of this ,
Chapter shall expire. by limitation and become null and void, if the work -
authorized by such permit is not commenced within sixty (60) days from the ,
date of such permit or is suspended or abandoned at any time after the work
is commenced for a period of sixty (60) days. Before such work can be
recommenced a newpermit shall be first obtained. -
2-931: EXCEPTION: When work has to be suspended on account
of abnormal weather conditions, acute shortage of labor and/or '
materials, strikes or public emergency beyond the control of the permittee
the City Gas Engineer may grant such an extension of time as he deems __
necessary. Any request for an extension of time must be made in writing '
by the permittee and. filed within the office of the City Engineer. (Ord.
No. 88, 7-11-1957)
2-932: METER HEIGHT:. No meter shall be placed at a height ,
greater than reasonable access and in no, case shall said __
meter be more than seven feet (7') above the finished grade of ground to '
top of index of meter. (Ord. 205; 4-5-71)
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CHAPTER 111
PUNCHBOARDS, CHANCE SPINDLES AND CHANCE PRIZE GAMES
SECTION:
3-301: Definitions
3-302: Prohibited
3-301: DEFINITIONS:
(a) The term "person" when used in this Chapter, shall mean and
include any person, firm or partnership, corporation, or other association of
persons .
(b) A "punchboard", within the meaning of this Chapter, shall be
a board containing a number of holes or receptacles of uniform size in which
are placed slips of paper or other substance, in a capsule or otherwise, upon
which is written or printed token numbers, figures, insignia, characters, symbols,
letters or words, or combinations thereof, which may be punched or drawn from
said hole or receptacle by any person upon payment of a consideration, and
who shall obtain an award of merchandise or money only upon the chance of
drawing-the token number, figure, insignia, character, symbol, letter or word,
or combination thereof, which has previously been designated to pay a prize.
(c) The tens "chance spindle", within the meaning of this Chapter,
shall be any spindle, stick, pin, or other device on which may be fastened by
any method, slips of paper, envelopes, cards, or other devices, upon which is
written or printed token numbers, figures, insignia, characters, symbols, letter
or words, or combinations thereof, and which may be drawn by any person from
said spindle, or holder, upon payment of a consideration, who may obtain an
award of merchandise or money, only upon the chance of drawing the token,
number, figure, insignia, character, symbol, letter or word or combination
thereof, which has previously been designated to pay a prize.
(d) A "chance prize game", within the meaning of this Chapter
shall be any game in which the obtaining of a prize is based solely upon the
chance of the player, upon the payment of a consideration, to draw or other-
wise secure a token number, figure insignia, character, symbol, letter or word,
or combination thereof, which is designated to pay a prize, in cash or merch-
andise.
3-302; PROHIBITED: That portion of Section 18-3801, Idaho Code, per-
taining to the operation of punchboards, chance prize spindles
and chance prize games having been ruled unconstitutional, it is hereby
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declared unlawful to operate or play, allow to be operated or played
possess or display such punchboards, chance spindles or chance prize
as herein defined, within the corporate limits of the City of Meridian
or to
games,
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CHAPTER 1V
ADVERTISING AND BILL POSTING
SECTION:
3-401: No Bill Posting Without License
3-402: License, Terms
3-403: Littering Streets and Alleys With Posters
3-404: Exceptions
3-405: No Posting on Fences, Telegraph Poles; Consent for
3-406: Requirements for Bill Boards
3-407: Penalty
3-401: NO BILL POSTING WITHOUT LICENSE: No person, persons or
corporation shall engage in the distribution, posting, painting,
posting or tacking of signs, bills, pictures or advertising matter announcing
the business or place of meeting of any entertainment, opera, theatre, menagerie
or other exhibition of whatsoever nature or kind, or any other advertising matter
in any manner in the City of Meridian, except as hereinafter specified, unless
the said person, persons or corporation shall first have been licensed as here-
inafter provided.
3-402: LICENSE, TERMS: Any person, persons or corporation of good moral
character desiring a license shall be licensed by the City Clerk to
engage in the business of bill posting, hand bill and sign advertising for the
term of one (1) year from the date of said license upon the payment of the sum
of Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) to the City Treasurer. Conditioned that the
said person, persons or corporation shall perform such duties in a good, lawful
and proper manner in compliance with the provisions of the city governing
the character of the mutter posted, painted or distributed and the manner of
posting, painting and distributing the same.
3-403: LITTERING STREETS AND ALLEYS WITH POSTERS: No person shall
throw upon the streets, sidewalks or alleys of the City of Meridian
hand-bills, posters, advertisements or paper. Nothing herein shall be construed
to authorize any person or persons to obstruct the streets, sidewalks and alleys
of the City or create any nuisance therein. The provisions of this Chapter do
not interfere or prevent the posting of notices required by law to be posted.
3-404: EXCEPTIONS: Nothing herein contained shall be so construed as
to prevent any person, firm, association or corporation residing and
doing business in the City of Meridian, either personally or through their agents
' or employees from distributing or posting circulars or hand-bills advertising the
business in which said person, firm, association or corporation is directly engaged.
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~ 3-405: NO POSTING ON FENCESo TELEGRAPH POLES; CONSENT FOR:
No person, persons or corporation shall post, paint, tack or otherwise
attach any notice or other advertising matter to any of the fences, walls or
buildings or other property in the City of Meridian. The person, persons or
corporation shall first obtain the consent of the owner of such property or his,
authorized agent or tenant. No person, persons or corporation shall post,
paint, tack or otherwise attach any notices or advertising matter to any of the
telegraph, telephone, electric or other poles in the streets or alleys in the City
of Meridian.
3-406: REQUIREMENTS OF BILL BOARDS: All bill boards or sign boards in
the City of Meridian shall conform to the following requirements, to-wit:
1 . The clear posting or painting space on any bill or sign board
erected upon uprights or other supports extending into the ground,
shall not be of inflammable material, such as wood or cloth. All
posts used shall not be less than four by six inches (4x6") and not be
placed more than eight (8') feet apart and extend to the top of the
bill or sign board. There shall not be less than one (1) brace and
one (1) anchor to each post. All anchors shall not be less than six
by six inches (6x6") in size. Each brace shall extend from each post
to its corresponding anchor post and be not less than two by slx inches
(2x6") in size.
2. There shall be maintained at the top of every bill or sign board
in printed letter the name of the person or corporation owning or
in charge thereof.
3. Every bill or sign board, whether now or hereafter erected, shall
be securely built, firmly anchored and maintained in a safe condition.
All bill and sign boards must be kept in a sanitary condition.
3-407: PENALTY: Any person, firm or corporation who shall violgte any of
the provisions of this chapter or fail to obtain a license and pay the
license fee before any act is done for which a license is required in this chapter,
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
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CHAPTER V1
MOTELS
SECTION:
3-601:
3-602:
3-603:
3-604:
3-605:
3-606:
3-607:
3-608:
Building Permit Required
Service Station Restrictions
Parking Space on Premises
Minimum Size. Equipment
To Conform With Fire and Building Code
Application to Include Plan
Guests Required to Register
Penalty
3-601: BUILDING PERMIT REQUIRED: Before construction of a Motor
Court is started, an application for a permit for such construction
shall be submitted to the City Clerk of the City of Meridian. Said City Clerk
shall present such application to the City Council for its approval. Only after
the approval of the City Council shall a permit for the construction of a Motor
Court be issued.
' 3-602: SERVICE STATION RESTRICTIONS: Automobile service stations
incidental to the facility shall be located no closer than one hundred
_ (100') feet to any unit.
3-603: PARKING SPACE ON PREMISES: Each unit of a motel or tourist
court shall be provided with an assigned parking space entirely on
the premisese
3-604: MINIMUM SIZE, EQUIPMENT: The minimum space for each unit
shall be 12'-0" x 20'-0" and shall contain one full bath, toilet
facilities, dressing compartment and sleeping room.
3-605: TO CONFORM WITH FIRE AND BUILDING CODE: The plumbing,
heating, fenestration and ventilating components shall meet all
local fire and building code requirements.
3-606: APPLICATION TO INCLUDE PLAN: Each application for a motel
or tourist court shal I be submitted with a complete plan, including
the plot plan and adjacent buildings, parking arrangement and driveways, unit
sizes, plumbing and heating layout, accessory uses, materials to be used, front
and rear elevations and architectural design. Permits shall be issued by the
Inspector of Buildings after opproval by the Planning Commission.
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3-607: GUESTS REQUIRED TO REGISTER: Every operator of a Motor Court '
shall maintain a register in which each guest of such Motor Court shall ,
register his name, home address and license number of the motor car in which
he is travelinge The date of his arrival and departure shall also be recorded. _
Such register shall be available to any authorized person inspecting the motor '
court, and shall be preserved for a period of not less than one (1) year.
3-608: PENALTYe Any person violating the provisions of this chapter shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
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CHAPTER V11
HOTELS
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SECTION:
3-701:
3-702:
3-703:
3-704:
3-705:
3-706:
3-707:
3-708:
3-709:
3-710:
3-711:
3-712:
3-713:
3-714:
3-715:
3-716:
3-717:
Hotel Defined
Hotel Day
Rates to be Posted
Fire Escapes in Hotels More Than Two Stories High
Fire Escapes in Hotels Two Stories High
Fire Extinguishers and Hose
Gongs
Ashes
Individual Towels
Sanitary Regulations
Plumbing
Elevators
Drinking Water
Inspection
Guests Required to Register
Penalty for Interference with Inspection
Penalty for Noncompliance
3-701: HOTEL DEFINED: Every building or structure kept, used or main-
tained as, or advertised as, or held out to the public to be an inn,
hotel or public lodging house or place where sleeping accommodations are
furnished for hire to transient guests, whether with or without meals, in which
eight or more rooms are used for the accommodation of such guests shall, for
the purpose of this chapter, be defined to be a hotel, and whenever the word
hotel shall occur in this chapter, it shall be construed to mean every such
structure as is described in this section.
3-702: HOTEL DAY: It is hereby held and construed that rates per day for
furnished rooms shall mean for twenty-four hours, or any part thereof,
following the time of acceptance of a room by the guest.
_ 3-703: RATES TO BE POSTED: All rates shall be made by the management
of hotels and posted in a conspicuous place in said hotels and rates
shall be based on a twenty-four hour day.
' 3-704: FIRE ESCAPES IN HOTELS MORE THAN TWO STORIES HIGH: Every
hotel that is more than two stories high shall be provided with a hall
- on each floor extending from one outside wall to the other in such a manner that
every room upon such floor shall open upon such hall, or a cross hall connected
therewith. There shall be equipped at the end of such hall an iron fire escape
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on the outside of the building, connected on each floor above the first, with
at least two openings, which shall be well fastened and secured with landings
not less than six feet in length and three feet in width, guarded by an iron
railing..not less than three feet in height. Such landings shall be connected
by iron stairs not less than two feet wide and with steps of not less than six
inches tread, placed at an angle of not more than forty-five degrees and
protected by a well secured hand rail on both sides and reaching to within
eight (8) feet of the ground, with a drop ladder twelve (12) inches wide,
reaching from the lower platform to the ground, and such stairs shall have
attoched on the outside thereof an iron ladder for the use of firemen. Such
fire escapes shall be sufficient, if a perpendicular iron ladder shall be used
instead of the stairs; provided, such iron ladder is placed at the extreme outside
of the platform and at least three (3) feet away from. the wall of the building; and
provided, said iron ladder is equipped with round iron rounds not more than
fifteen (15) inches apart. The way of egress to such fire escapes shall, at all
times be kept free and clear of all obstructions of any and every nature. There
shall be posted and maintained in a conspicuous place in each hall and each
guest's room, except the halls and rooms on the ground floor of such hotel, a
printed notice in characters not less than two inches high, and printed in red
ink, calling attention to and directing the way to such fire escapes. A red
light shall be maintained in buildings over two stories high, on each floor, at
the end of the hall, directly in front of the fire escape.
3-705: FIRE ESCAPES IN HOTELS TWO STORIES HIGH: Every hotel which
is two stories in height, or which is not provided with such fire escapes
as are described in Section 39-1804, Idaho State Code, shall provide in every
outside bedroom or sleeping apartment on any floor where the windows of such
room are more than twelve (12) feet above the ground, a manila rope at least
five-eighths of an inch in diameter and of sufficient length to reach the ground,
with knots or loops not more than fifteen inches apart and of such strength to
sustain the weight and strain of at least 500 pounds. Such rope shall be securely
fastened to the joist or studding of the building as near the window as practicable
and shall be kept coiled in plain sight at all times, nor shall such rope be covered
by curtains or other obstructions. Every such hotel shall provide and maintain,
irn a conspicuous place in every bedroom or sleeping apartment above the ground
floor, a printed notice in red ink, calling attention to such rope and giving
directions for its use.
3-706: FIRE EXTINGUISHERS AND HOSE: Each and every hotel shall be
provided with at least one efficient chemical fire extinguisher, app-
roved by the National Board of Underwriters, for each 2500 square feet or less
of floor area, which extinguisher or extinguishers shall be pldced in a convenient
location in o public Hallway outside of the sleeping rooms, and in all public
rooms, and shall always be in a condition for use; or, in lieu thereof, such
hotel shall be equipped with a standpipe at least one and one-quarter inches in
diameter, with hose connection and hose of sufficient length, always attached
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in the hallway on each floor, which standpipe shall be equipped with a sufficient
pressure of water at all times.
3-707: GONGS: Each and every hotel shall be provided with a gong at least
nine inches in diameter on each floor, which shall be placed in the
hallway in such a position that it will be easy of access and so that its ringing
can be heard in every room, and means for ringing such gong shall be provided,
which may be operated from the office or from the location of any such gongs and
shall be sufficient to keep all of said gongs ringing continuously for at least
three minutes after being started.
3-708: ASHES: No ashes from any hotel shall be dumped or kept in, or
adjacent thereto, or in any outhouse connected with any hotel unless
the same be placed in a tight, metal container with a tight, metal lid thereon.
3-709: INDIVIDUAL TOWELS: It shall be unlawful, for each and every
hotel having a publ is wash room to have what is known as a common
towel, but shall keep at all times a sufficient supply of individual clean towels
in sight and easy of access to guests,
3-710: SANITARY REGULATBONS: Whenever any room in any hotel shall
have been occupied by any person having a contagious or infectious
disease, the said room shall be thoroughly fumigated under the direction of the
health officer, and all bedding therein thoroughly disinfected, before said room
shall be occupied by any other person; but, in any event, such room shall not
be let to any person for at least forty-eight hours after such fumigation or
disinfection.
All bedrooms shall be kept free from vermin and the bedding in use
shall be clean and sufficient in quantity and quality; all sheets shall be at least
eight feet in length, each quest shall be furnished with at least two clean
towels; in case bedrooms are carpeted, the carpet or carpets thereon shall be
taken up and thoroughly cleaned at least once every six months, or in lieu
thereof, thoroughly cleaned in place by the use of an efficient vacuum cleaner.
No hotel keeper shall rent any room to any guest which does not contain an
outside window, or some other proper means of ventilation; and in case of hotels
hereafter constructed, no room shall be rented which has no outside window. In
all hotels where fifty cents or more per day is charged for lodging, the sheets
and pillow cases shall be changed after the departure of each guest, and shall
be thoroughly washed and sterilized in scalding water or steam before being
used for another guest. All windows and doors shall be properly screened and
every possible effort shall be used to keep flies from bedrooms, kitchens and
dining. rooms. The walls and ceilings of all bedrooms, halls, stairways,
corridors, lobbies, toilet roomand shalltbe kalsom nedbpa nPedlorapaperedeas
from dust, dirt, stains, etc „
often as may be deemed necessary by the inspector to place them in a sanitary
condition. All toi-let rooms shall have outside ventilation.
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3-711: PLUMBING:. Every hotel shall be well drained, constructed, and
plumbed according to the sanitary rules of the department of public
health and laws of the state, and shall be kept clean and in a sanitary condition
and free from effluvia arising from any sewer, drain, privy or other source within
the control of the owner, manager, agent or other person in charge, and shall
be provided with water closets or privies properly screened for separate use of
moles and females, which water closets or privies shall be disinfected as often
as may be necessary to keep them of all times in a sanitary condition
3-712: ELEVATORS: Every hotel owner, manager, agent or person in charge
of every hotel which is equipped with a passenger or freight elevator
shall cause the shaftway of such elevator or elevators to be enclosed with an
iron sheeting, or other fire-proof materiol os nearly air-tight as is practicable,
and shall provide automatic floor traps of each floor in such shaft, all of such
appliances to be built in the most approved monner for the prevention of the
spread of fire by means of such shaft
3-713: DRINICWG WATER: It shall be the duty of every person conducting
or operating a hotel, public inn, or lodging house to see that the
drinking water supplied by said hotel, public inn, or lodging house is pure and
free from disease germs. The source of supply must be far enough removed from
privy voults or other means of contamination to prevent drainage from said
vaults to the wells or other source or supply, and the water supply shall be
;object to examination by the department of public health, and, when found
unfit for drinking purposes, its use must be discontinued forthwith,
3-714• INSPECTION: It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police of the
City of Meridian to inspect such hotels of the City of Meridian at
leas+ once each thirty days. Upon ascertaining by inspection or otherwise,
that any hotel is being carried on contrary to the provisions of this chapter,
said Chief of Police shall arrest the person so violating the same and said
person shall be charged with a misdemeanor.
3-715: GUESTS REQUIRED TO REGISTER: Every operator of a Hotel shall
maintain a register in which each guest of such hotel shall register
his name, home address and dote of registering Such register shall be available
to any authorized person and shall be preserved for one (1) yeor.,
3-716: PENALTY FOR INTERFERENCE WITH INSPECTION: Any owner,
manager, agent or person in charge of a hotel who shall obstruct
or hinder the Chief of Police in the proper discharge of his duties under this
chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
3-717: PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE: Each owner, manager, agent
or person In charge of a hotel who shall fail to comply with any
provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor„
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CHAPTER V111
MOTION PICTURE HOUSES
SECTION:
3-801: Picture Machine; Definition
3-802: Picture Machine: Installation
3-803: Incombustible Magazine Required
3-804: Electric Wiring
3-805: Buildings Where Picture Machines May Be Installed
3-806: Electric Lights
3-807: Certificate Required
3-808; Exceptions to Requirements
3-809: Smoking Prohibited
3-810: Ventilation Required
3-811: Penalty
3-801: PICTURE MACHINE: DEFINITION: By the term "Picture Machine",
as used in the following sections, is meant any machine or device
in which inflammable films are used, operated by or with the aid of electricity,
calcium light or other illuminant, and adapted or used to project upon o scraen
or other surface pictorial representations.
3-802: PICTURE MACHINE: INSTALLATION: Every picture machine installed
or operated shall be enclosed within a booth, to be not less than 6x8
feet in size and 6 1/2 feet high, the frame of which shall be composed of an
angle iron not less than 1 1/2 inch by 1 1/2 inch by 1/4 inch properly braced
to sacure rigidity, and securely riveted or bolted at the joints< Every such
booth shall be sheathed and roofed with sheet iron of not less than No. 20
U. S, metal gauge, or 2 inches of hard asbestos board securely riveted or bolted
to tha angle iron frame; or 2 inches of solid metal lath and Portland cement
plaster may be used.
(a) The booth shal I be floored with the same material as the sides
and roof, riveted to the iron frame and covered with some non-
conducting material.
(b) The entrance door into the booth shall be no larger than 3 1/2
feet by 6 feet of the some construction as the booth and so arranged
as to close automatically by metal rope and weight attachment, or
by a spring of sufficient strength and tension to keep the door
securely closed.
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' (c) The orifice or opening for the operator's view, or through which
the picture is thrown, shall be not larger than six inches by twelve
inches, and shall be provided with an automatic shutter which shall
' be constructed of non-combustible material, a gravity door of the
same construction as the booth, which door shall be held open by
fusible links placed in series with fine cords, so arranged that one
I' of the links is suspended directly over the film when in the slide of
the apparatus, or the door shall be so arranged as to be normally
closed and held open by pressure of the operator's foot.
' (d) All shelves, furniture and fixtures within the booth shall be
constructed of incombustible material, and no combustible material
', of any sort whatever shall be permitted or allowed to be within such
booth, except the film used in the operation of the machine,
' (e) Each booth must have an opening not less than twelve inches in
diameter, for ventilation, which must be flanged to carry standard
conductor pipe for exhausting the hot air generated in operating
' the machine. Connection for ventilation should vent to chimney
or outside of building, in order to carry off hot air or explosive gases.
' 3-803: INCOMBUSTIBLE MAGAZINES REQUIREDo All picture machines
shall be equipped with incombustible magazines for receiving and
A shutter must be
' delivering the film during the operation of the machine.
provided and placed in front of the condenser of the machine, so arranged that
same can be instantly closed by the operator. Films not in the machine shall
' be kept within the booth enclosing the machina in metal boxes, with tight-
fitting covers. Hot carbons taken from lamps shall be deposited in a metal
receptacle .
3-804: ELECTRIC WIRINGa No portable cord shall be allowed within the
booth unless same is pertinent to a proper connection to the lantern
' itself, and in all other respects the electrical wiring must be in accordance
with the rules and requirements for electric wiring embodied in the National
Electric Code. Each lamp connected with a picture machine must be provided
' with a separate switch located within the booth, There shall be also two
switches controlling lights in the exhibition room, one of which shall be
operated from the booth and the other so placed that it is within the ranch of
' the ticket taker or other person stationed at the entrance door. There shall be
provided a separate system of lighting, controlled by switches located within
the reach of the ticket taker by operating red signal lamps and there shall be
t one such lamp placed at each exit, with a sign marked "EXIT" in letters not
less than five inches high. The location of these signs and lights shall be
determined by the Chief of the Fire Departments
' 3-805a BUILDINGS WHERE PICTURE MACHINE MAY BE INSTALLED: No
picture machine shall be installed, maintained or operated in any
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building that does not abut directly upon a street, and in no case shall the main
floor of such exhibition room be more than five feet above or below the adjoining
street level . To overcome any difference of level on the ground floor, gradients
shall be employed of not over one foot in seven feet, PROVIDED,. THAT WHEN
THE SEATING CAPACITY OF ANY SUCH BUILDING DOES NOT EXCEED 500
CAPACITY GRADIENTS LEADING TO THE EXITS MAY BE EMPLOYED OF NOT
OVER ONE FOOT IN THREE FEETo no steps shall be permitted, Exit doors must
be at the level of the sidewalk. In exhibition rooms directly abutting upon
one street, the booth enclosing the picture machine shall be placed at the end
of the room which is opposite and farthest from the street, or on a balcony.
No room to be used as an exhibition room unless it has at least one separate
and distinct exit in addition to the front exit. In exhibition rooms located at
the corner and directly abutting, upon two streets, or on a street and an alley,
the booth enclosing the machine may be located at the end of the room opposite
to the farthest from either street or alleye Each such room shall be provided
with two exits, one upon each street or alley. All exits and entrance shall
open directly from the exhibition room upon the street or alley; or into a
vestibule or lobby opening immediately into the street or alley, No exit in
exhibition rooms for picture machines shall be less than five feet wide and
seven feet high and all exit doors shall be arranged to swing outward. All aisles
shall lead directly to the exits and all exits shall be directly accessible to aisle.
No aisle shall be less than three feet wide.
All seats in any exhibition hall for picture machines shall be securely fastened
to the floor and shall be so arranged that there will not be more than six seats
between an aisle and a wall and not more than twelve seats between two ais{es.
' No stage, platform or scenery shall be placed, maintained or allowed to remain
in any exhibition room for picture machines unless of fireproofed material.
3-806: ELECTRIC LIGHTS: Incandescent electric lamps shall be used for
border lights, foot lights, and stage purposes.
3-807; CERTIFICATE REQUIRED: No person shall be permitted to conduct
the business of moving picture exhibitions, as herein described,
until the applicant therefore has procured from the Chief of the Fire Department
' his certificate that the premises where the exhibitions are to be given and the
apparatus used in connection with said exhibitions are in compliance with this
- chapter.
' 3-808: EXCEPTIONS TO REQUIREMENTS: The requirements herein named
- so far as installation of moving picture devices and the construction
and location of booth are concerned shall not apply to churches, schools and
public halls where a moving picture device is installed for temporary use only
- and when: no charge is made for the entertainment at which the exhibition is
given, but as to such places, such machine shall be installed, maintained and
operated in such manner only as may be prescribed by the Chief of the Fire
Department and shall at all reasonable times be subject to his inspection.
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3-809: SMOKING PROHIBITED: That smoking in motion picture houses
including projection, rooms, in the City of Meridian be, and the same '
is hereby prohibited
3-810: VENTILATION REQUIRED: Every motion picture house shall have a '
system of ventilation, such as to change the air in the auditorium at
least three (3) times per hour.
3-81 l: PENALTY: Each owner, manager, agent or person in charge of a t
motion picture house in the City of Meridian who shall fail to comply
with any provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. '
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3- 3 I
CHAPTER 1X
AMUSEMENTS
SECTION:
3-901: License to be Obtained Before Operation
3-902: Circuses and Sideshows License Fees
3-903: Booths, Stands or Games
3-904: Tent Shows
3-905: Fortune Tellers, Palm Readers, Mind Readers, Phrenologists,
Astrologers, Clairvoyants
3-906: Merry-Go-Rounds and Rides
3-907: Carnivals
3-908: Consent of Property Owners Near Mechanical Rides
3-909: Bond
3-910: Penalty
~ 3-901: LICENSE TO BE OBTAINED BEFORE OPERATION: It shall be
_ unlawful for any person, persons, company or corporation to operate,
' engage in or carry on any business, amusement or device as referred to in this
chapter without first obtaining a license therefor.
' 3-902: CIRCUSES AND SIDESHOWS LICENSE FEES: The keeper or prop-
rietor of a circus or menagerie shall pay a license fee of seventy-
five dollars per day and for each and every side show fifteen dollars per day.
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3-903: BOOTHS, STANDS OR GAMES: The proprietor or con
any booth, stand or game operated in connection with or in proximity
to a circus shall pay a license fee of five dollars per day.
3-904: TENT SHOWS: The keeper or proprietor of every tent show, other
than a circus, for which o charge is made shall pay a license fee
_ of twenty-five dollars per day.
' 3-905: FORTUNE TELLERS, PALM READERS, MIND READERS, PHRENOLOGISTS,
ASTROLOGERS, CLAIRVOYANTS: It shall be unlawful for any person,
' persons, firm or corporation to carry on the occupation of fortune telling, palm
mind reading, phrenology, astrology, clairvoyance, or any other means
reading
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or device whereby the past or future of any person is intended to be told, without
_ first having procured a license from the City Clerk so to do. The applicant for
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such a license must make out an application form, furnished by the C
_ giving his or her name, age, place or location where business is to be carried
on and furnish a true likeness photograph of said applicant, such photograph to
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be attached to said application forma The city clerk, before issuing suc
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shall obtain the approval of the City Council to do so. The license fee for the
herein mentioned occupations shall be thirty ($30.00) dollars per day. No
weekly or monthly license rate reductions are provided for. Licenses are non-
transferable.
3-906: MERRY -GO-ROUNDS AND RIDES: Merry-go-rounds and equipment
of all kinds giving rides to people, to which an admission is charged
are declared places of public entertainment and shall pay a license fee of ten
dollars per day if granted for less than a week, and if granted for one week or
more, then forty dollars per week and sixty dollars per month.
3-907: CARNIVALS: A carnival, operated on the streets or in a vacant lot
or place other than in a building, shall be required to take out a
license for each merry-go-round and other apparatus giving rides, at the rates
hereinbefore provided for the same, and in addition shall pay a license of the
rate of five dollars per day for every booth, stand or game.
3-908: CONSENT OF PROPERTY OWNERS NEAR MECHANICAL RIDES:
Any person who shall make application to the City Clerk for a
license to conduct or operate any merry-go-round or mechanical device giving
rides to people shall at the same time of making. such application file with The
City Clerk a written statement, particularly describing the location of the
place where he desires to conduct or operate such mechanical rides which
statement shall have attached to it the written consent of four-fifths of the
occupants of residence and business property within a radius of four hundred
feet and no license shall be issued without such written consent being filed.
3-909: BOND: Before a I icense be issued to a manpger, owner or operator
of a circus, menagerie or carnival, such person shall be required to
deposit with the City Clerk a cash bond of fifty dollars, such bond to be a
guarantee that after the period during which the circus, menagerie or carnival
is operated the grounds or street or streets used for such operation be cleaned
of all trash, paper and other debris caused to be deposited thereon by said
circus, menagerie or carnival. Before returning said bond to the depositor,
the City Clerk shall have such grounds, street or streets inspected for the
purpose of ascertaining that such cleaning has been done.
3-910: PENALTY: Any person, persons, firm or corporation violating any
of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor.
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3-1101
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SECTION:
CHAPTER 11
POOL HALLS
3-1103
3-1101: Operation of Pool Halls on Sunday or After Midnight Prohibited
3-1102: Use of Screens On Pool Halls
3-1103: Penalty
3-1101: OPERATION OF POOL HALLS ON SUNDAY OR AFTER
MIDNIGHT PROHIBITED: It shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to operate a ool or billiard hall on Sunday or between the hours
of twelve o'clock midnight and seven o'clock A. M, on any week day,
3-1102: USE OF SCREENS ON POOL HALLS: All owners of property
used as pool or billiard halls, must remove all blinds or screens
or other obstructions which would interfere with free inspection of such
establishment by the passers-by.
3-1103: PENALTY: Any owner, manager, agent or person in charge of
a pool or billiard hall in the City of Meridian who shall violate
any of the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty of
a misdemeanor. (1955 Code amd, Ord. 155; 8-1-bb)
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CHAPTER X11
FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS
SECTION:
3-1201: Application
' 3-1202: Classification
3-1203: Permits
3-1204: Approvals
3-1205: Class 1 and 11 Liquids
' 3-1206: Storage and Handling of Class 1 Liquids in Buildings
3-1207: Storage and Handling of Class 11 Liquids in Buildings
3-1208: Storage Rooms
3-1209: Storage of Fuel Oil in Buildings
3-1210: Drawing Liquids From Containers
' 3-1211: Smoking Prohibited
3-1212: Above Ground Storage Limited
3-1213: Underground Storage Limited
' 3-1214: Construction of Tanks
3-1215: Setting of Tanks
3-1216: Venting of Tanks
' 3-1217: Emergency Pressure Reliefs
3-1218: Distinctive Markings
3-1219: Piping
' 3-1220: Valves at Tanks and Pumps
3-1221: Tank Filling and Filling Connections
3-1222: Fire Extinguishers
' 3-1223: Liquified Petroleum Gas Containers
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3-1201: APPLICATION: This chapter applies to all liquids having a flash
_ point below 187 degrees F. closed-cup tester. The flash point shall
' be as determined by the Tagliabue closed-cup tester.
3-1202: CLASSIFICATION: For the purpose of this chapter, flammable
' liquids are classified as follows:
CLASS 1 . Liquids having a flash point below 25 degrees Fahrenheit
' closed-cup tester. Examples: ether, gasoline, naphtha and benzol.
CLASS 11. Liquids having a flash point above that for Class 1 and
' below 70 degrees Fahrenheit closed-cup tester. Examples: alcohol
_ and amyl acetate,
' CLASS 111. Liquids having a flash point above that for Class 11 and
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below 187 degrees Fahrenheit closed-cup tester, Examples: kerosene
and fuel oil.
3-1203: PERMITS: A permit shall be obtained from the Chief of the Fire De-
partment for the storage or handling of flammable liquids in excess
of one (1) gallon or for use in some business or industry; or for the storage of
flammable liquids in excess of 55 gallons in connection with oil burning equipment.
3-1204; APPROVALS: Before any flammable liquid tank or piping is covered
from sight, the installation shall be inspected and approved by the
Chief of the Fire Department. The Chief of the Fire Department may prohibit
the sale or use of any heating or lighting appliance using flammable liquids
which has not been tested by the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc, or some other
competent authority, and found to be properly safeguarded against fire hazard.
3-1205: CLASS 1 AND 11 LIQUIDS: Class 1 and 11 liquids shall not be
kept or stored in any building used as a place of public assembly
except in laboratories for experimental purposes.
in establishments where Class 1 or 11 liquids are used in manufact-
uring, cleaning or other process, the Chief of the Fire Department shall require
such preventive and protective measures as will reasonably safeguard life and
property against fired
3-1206: STORAGE AND HANDLING OF CLASS 1 LIQUIDS IN BUILDINGS:
Class 1 liquids shall not be kept inside of buildings except in sealed
containers or approved safety cans of not more than one (1) gallon capacity each;
provided that, in rooms conforming to Section 3-1208, safety cans up to ten (10)
gallons in size may be used, and in garages and manufacturing plants, the Chief
of the Fire Department may permit the use of approved portable whdeled tanks
where the nature of the business requires such storage. Storage systems with
arrangements for discharging Class 1 liquids inside of buildings shall have
discharge outlets located only in rooms conforming to Section 3-1208.
3-1207: STORAGE AND HANDLING OF CLASS 11 LIQUIDS IN BUILDINGS:
Class 11 liquids shall not be kept inside of buildings except in sealed
containers or approved safety cans of not over five (5) gallons capacity each or
in closed drums, barrels or tanks Containers of Class 11 liquids of over five
(5) gallons capacity shall not be used to fill other containers inside of buildings
unless in a room conforming to Section 3-1208,
3-1208: STORAGE ROOMS: Rooms for the storage and handling of flammable
liquids shall be constructed with walls, floors and ceilings having a
fire resistance rating, of not less than one (1) hour, provided that where, in the
opinion of the Chief of the Fire Department, the hazard is more than moderate,
based upon a consideration of the quanity and nature of the liquids involved and
the extent of mixing. operations together with the construction, a fire resistance
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rating of not less than two (2) hours shall be required,
Door openings to the room shall be equipped with approved automatic
or self-closing fire doors and shall have sills raised at least six (b) inches above
the room floor.
3-1209: STORAGE OF FUEL OIL IN BUILDINGS: The storage of Class 111
liquids in buildings in connection with oil burning equipment shall
be in accordance with the following: Tanks of not over 275 gallons capacity
each and having an aggregate capacity not in excess fo 550 gallons may be
installed without enclosures. Other tanks shall be completely enclosed with
a heat insulation equivalent to reinforced concrete not less than eight (8) inches
in thickness with at least a six (b) inch space on sides between tank and concrete
insulation filled with sand or well-tamped earth, and with twelve (12) inches of
sand on top of tank, either between tank and wncrete slab or above concrete slab.
' 3-1210: DRAWING LIQUIDS FROM CONTAINERS: Flammable liquids shall
not be drawn or handled in the presence of any open flame or fire.
Except as permitted below, flammable liquids shall be drawn from tanks at
' points inside buildings only by pumps or other method approved by the Chief of
the Fire Department. Draw-off pipes terminating inside buildings shall have a
valve at the discharge end when delivery is by gravity; the shut-off valve
' should preferably be of the automatically closing type and, in addition, an
emergency valve shall be provided. Draw-off devices for Class 1 and 11 liquids
shall not be located on floors below grade.
An approved domestic type oil burner may be supplied by gravity
from a tank of 275 gallons maximum capacity. A second tank may be provided
if connected by an approved 3-way valve so that not more than 275 gallons
can be discharged at any one time.
The Chief of the Fire Department may permit gravity flow of flammable
liquids in manufacturing and jobbing plants where the nature of business requires it.
3-1211: SMOKING PROHIBITED: Smoking or the carrying of matches or
other smoking material in rooms where flammable liquids are handled
is prohibited. Suitable "NO SMOKING" signs shall be displayed.
3-1212: ABOVE GROUND STORAGE LIMITED: The storage of flammable
liquids in outside above-ground tanks shall be controlled as to
capacity and location by rules established by the Zoning Commission.
3-1213: UNDERGROUND STORAGE LIMITED: Underground tanks shall have
the top of the tank not less than two (2) feet below the surface of the
ground, except that, in lieu of the two (2) foot cover, tanks may be buried under
twelve (12) inches of earth and a cover of reinforced concrete at least five (5)
inches in thickness; provided, which shall extend at least one (1) foot beyond
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the outline of the tank in all directions, concrete cover to be placed on a firm,
well-tamped earth foundation. Where necessary to prevent floating, tanks shall
be securely anchored or weighted.
Where a tank cannot be entirely buried, it shall be covered over
with earth to a depth of at least two (2) feet with a slope on all sides not steeper
than one and one-half (1 1~2) feet horizontal to one (1) foot vertical.
For Liquids with a flash point below 100 degrees Fahrenheit, under-
ground tanks having a capacity in excess of 550 gallons shall be at least ten (10)
feet, and tanks having a capacity in excess of two thousand (2,000) gallons
shall be at least twenty (20) feet .from every building, the lowest floor, basement,
cellar or pit of which is below the top of the tank.
3-1214: CONSTRUCTION OF TANKS: The design and construction of tanks
shall conform to generally accepted good practice and shall be app-
roved by the Chief of the Fire Department. Tanks labeled by Underwriters'
Laboratories and tonks conforming to the standards of the American Petroleum
Institute shall be deemed to conform to generally accepted good practice.
3-1215: SETTING OF TANKS: (a) Tanks shall be set on firm foundations.
Tanks located inside buildings and exceeding two thousand five
hundred (2,500) gallons capacity shall be supported independently of the floor
construction. Outside aboveground tanks more than one foot above the ground
shall have foundations and supports of masonry or protected steel, excep~ that
wooden cushions may be used.
(b) No combustible materials shall be permitted under or within
ten (10),feet of any outside aboveground storage tank. Electric motors, unless
of approved explosion-proof type, and internal combustion engines shall not
be placed beneath tanks or elsewhere within the line of vapor travel.
3-1216: VENTING OF TANKS; (a) An open galvanized iron vent pipe
arranged for proper draining, or an automatically operated vent
shall be provided for every tank which may contain flammable vapor. The
lower end of the vent pipe shall not extend through the top into the tank for
a distance of more than one (1) inch.
(b) Vent openings for Class 1 and 11 liquids, and vent openings
or vent pipes exceeding two (2) inches for Class 111 liquids, shall be provided
with approved flame arresters and shall be of sufficient area to permit escape of
air or vapor during the filling operation. Vent openings, except those automat-
ically operated shall not be less than one (1) inch in diameter. Arresters shall
be accessible for examination and repair. Vent pipes shall be provided with
weather-proof hoods and terminate outside of building twelve (12) feet above
top of pipefill; or, if tight connection is made in filling line, to a point one
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(1) foot above the level of the top of the highest reservoir from which the tanks
may be filled, and if possible, not less than three (3) feet, measured horizontally
and vertically, from any window or other building openings. Where a power
pump is used in filling storage tanks and a tight connection is made to the fill
pipe, the vent pipe shall be not smaller than the fill pipe.
3-1217: EMERGENCY PRESSURE RELIEFS: With the exception of vertical,
cone roof tanks having a roof slope less than two and one-half (2 1/2)
inches in twelve (12) inches and in which the strength of the joint between
roof and shell is no greater than that of the weakest vertical joint in the shell,
all aboveground tanks shall have some form of relief for preventing the devel-
opment of excessive internal pressure in case of explosure fire surrounding the
tank. The method of relief shall be acceptable to the Chief of the Fire De-
partment .
3-1218: DISTINCTIVE MARKINGS: (a) Portable containers for Class 1 and
' 11 liquids shall be painted red (entire container or conspicuous band
or stripe) and be conspicuously lettered in black, ,"DANGEROUS--KEEP LIGHTS
AND FIRE AWAY".
3-1219: PIPING: (a) Piping used for flammable liquids shall be standard
- full-weight, wrought iron, steel or brass pipe or approved copper
' tubing, for working pressures in excess of one hundred (100) pounds per square
inch extra heavy fittings shall be used. No pipe or tubing less than one-half
(1~2) inch internal diameter shall be used. Outside piping shall be protected
' against mechanical injury.
- (b) Piping carrying Class 1 and 11 liquids, unless without joint or
, connections, shall not extend through any room which contains any open light
or firs.
' 3-1220: VALVES AT TANKS AND PUMPS: (a) Where tanks are above ground,
there shall be a valve located near the tank in each pipe. In case two
' or more tanks are cross-connected, there shall be a valve near each tank in
nection
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' (c) In systems using pumps to supply auxiliary tanks or header systems
- which feed internal combustion engines or fuel oil burners, a pressure relief
~ valve shall be installed to return surplus oil to The supply tank.
3-1221: TANK FILLING, AND FILLING CONNECTIONS: (a) Deliveries
of flammable liquids of Class 1 and 11, shall be made directly to the
storage tank through the filling pipe by means of a hose or pipe between the
filling pipe and the barrel, tank wagon or tank car from which such liquid is
being drawn.
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(b) The end of the filling pipe for underground storage tanks for
Class 1 and 11 liquids shall be carried to a location outside of any building, '
but not within five (5) feet of any entrance door, or cellar opening; this filling
pipe shall be closed by a screw cap. _
3-1222, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS: Where flammable liquids are kept, used or '
handled, a quantity of loose noncombustible absorbents, such as -
dry sand or ashes, together with pails or scoops, and chemical extinguishers or '
other extinguishing devices of material shall be provided in such quantities as
may ba directad by the Chief of the Fire Department. ,
3-1223: LIQUIFIED PETROLEUM GAS CONTAINERS; Nonportable con-
tainers for the storage of liquified petroleum gases (propane and
butane are the principal constituents shall be constructed in accordance with
Section 8 of the Boiler Code of the American Society of MechanicaN Engineers.
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SECTION:
CHAPTER X1V
ITINERANT MERCHANTS
3-1401: License Required
3-1402: Definitions
3-1403: Application
3-1404: Investigation and Issuance
3-1405: Bond
3-1406: Service of Process
3-1407: Exhibition of License
3-1408: Fees
3-1409: Transfer
3-1410: Loud Noises and Speaking Devices
3-1411: Duty of Police to Enforce
3-1412: Records
3-1413: Revocation of License
3-1414: Appeal
3-1415: Expiration of License
3-1416: Penalty
3-1417: Severance Clause
3-1401: LICENSE REQUIRED; It shall be unlawful for a transient merchant,
itinerant merchant or itinerant vendor as defined in Section 3-1402
of this chapter to engage in such business within the City of Meridian without
first obtaining a license t9ierefor in compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
3-1402: DEFINITIONSe For the purpose of this chapter a transient merchant,
itinerant merchant or itinerant vendor is defined as any person,
firm or corporation, whether as owner, agent, consignee or employee, whether
a resident of the city or not, who engages in a temporary business of selling
and delivering. goods, wares and merchandise within said city, and who, in
furtherance of such purpose, hires, leases, uses or occupies any building,
structure, motor vehicle, tent, railroad box car, or boat, public room in hotels,
lodging houses, apartments; shops, or any place within the city, for the exhi-
bition and sale of such goods, wares and merchandise, either privately or at
public auction provided that such definition shall not be construed to include
any person, firm, or corporation who, while occupying such temporary location,
does not sell from stock, but exhibits samples only for the purpose of securing
orders for future delivery only. The person, firm, or corporation so engaged
shall not be relieved from complying. with the provisions of this chapter merely
by reason of associating temporarily with any local dealer, trader, merchant
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or auctioneer, or be conducting. such transient business in connection with, as
apart of, or in the name of any local dealer, trader, merchant or auctioneer.
3-1403: APPLICATION: Applicants for license under this chapter, whether
a person, firm or corporation, shall file a written sworn application
signed by the applicant, if an individual, by all partners if a partnership, and
by the president if a corporation, with the City Clerk, showing:
(a) The name or names of the person or persons having the manage-
ment or supervision of applicant's business during The time that it is proposed
#ke! it will be carried on in the City of Meridian; the local address or addresses
of such person or persons while engaged in such business; the permanent address
qr addresses of such person or persons; the capacity in which such person or
persons will act (that is, whether as proprietor, agent or otherwise); the name
and address of the person, firm or corporation for whose account the business
will be carried on, if any; and if a corporation, under the laws of what state
the same is incorporated;
(b) The fingerprints of the person or persons having the management
or supervision of applicant's business or in lieu thereof, at least three letters
of recommendation from reliable property owners in the County of Ada, Idaho,
certifying as to the applicant's good character and business responsibility, or
other evidence which establishes to the satisfaction of the Mayor the good
character and business responsibility of such person or persons;
(c) The place or places in the City of Meridian where it is proposed
to carry on applicant's business, and the length of time during which it is
proposed that said business shall be conducted;
(d) The place or places, other than the permanent place of business
of the applicant where applicant within the six months next preceding the date
of said application conducted a transient business, stating the nature thereof
and giving the post office and street address of any building or office in which
such business was conducted;
(e) A statement of the nature, character and quality of the goods,
wares or merchandise to be sold or offered for sale by applicant in the City
of Meridian, the invoice value and quality of such goods, wares and merchan-
dise, whether the same are proposed to be sold from stock in possession or from
stock in possession and by sample; at auction, by direct sale or by direct sale
and by taking orders for future delivery; where the goods or property proposed
to be sold are manufactured or produced and where such goods or products
are located at the time said application is fileda
(f) A brief statement of the nature and character of the advertising
done or proposed to be done in order to attract customers, and, if required by
th:: City Clerk, copies of all said advertising.whether by handbills, circular,
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newspaper advertising, or otherwise, shall be attached to said application as
exhibits thereto;
(g) Whether or not the person or persons having the management
or supervision of the applicant's business have been convicted of a crime, mis-
demeanor or the violation of any municipal ord'enance, the nature of such offense
and the punishment assessed therefor;
(h) Credentials from the person, firm or corporation for which the
applicant proposes to do business, authorizing the applicant to act as such
representative; and
(i) Such other reasonable information as to the identity or character
of the person or persons having the management or supervision of applicant's
business or the method or plan of doing such business as the City Clerk may
deem proper to fulfill the purpose of this chapter in the protection of the public
good,
3-1404: INVESTIGATION AND ISSUANCE: Upon receipt of such appli-
cation, the City Clerk shall cause such investigation of such person's
or persons' business responsibility or moral character to be made as he deems
necessary to the protection of the public good. If, as a result of such invest-
igation, the applicant's character and business responsibility are found to be
unsatisfactory, the application shall be denied. If, as a result of the invest-
igation, the character and business reputation appear to be satisfactory, the
City Clerk shall so certify in writing, and a license shall be issued by the
City Clark The City Clerk shall keep o full record in his office of all licenses
issued Such license shall contain the nu tuber of the license, the date the
same is issued, the nature of the business authorized to be carried on, the
amount of the license fee paid, the expiration date of said license, the place
where said business may be carried on under said license, and the name or
names of the person or persons authorized to carry on the same.
3-1405: BOND: Before any license, as provided by this chapter, shall be
issued for engaging in a transient or itinerant business as defined
in Section 3-1402 of this chapter in the City of Meridian, such applicant
shall file with the City Clerk a bond running to the City of Meridian in the su m
of $1,000.00 executed by the applicant, as principal, and two sureties upon
which service of process may be made in the State of Idaho; said bond to be
approved by the City Attorney, conditioned that the said applicant shall
comply fully with all the provisions of the ordinances of the City of Meridian
and the statutes of the State of Idaho, regulating and concerning the sale of
goods, wares and merchandise, and will pay all judgments rendered against
said applicant for any violation of said ordinances or statutes, or any of them,
together with all judgments and costs that may be recovered against him by
any person or parsons for damage growing out of any misrepresentation or
deception practiced on any person transacting such business with such applicant,
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whether said misrepresentations or deceptions were mode or practiced by the
owners or by their servants, agents, or employees, either at the time of making
the sale or through any advertisement of any character whatsoever, printed,
or circulated with reference to the goods, wares and merchandise sold or any
part thereof. Action on the bond may be brought in the name of the city to
the use of the aggrieved person. Such bond must be approved by the City
Attorney, both as to form, and as to the responsibility of the sureties thereon.
3-1406: SERVICE OF PROCESS: Before any license as herein provided shall
be issued for engaging in business as an itinerant merchant, as herein
defined, in the City of Meridian, such applicant shall file with the City Clerk
an instrument nominating and appointing the City Clerk, or the person performing
the duties of such position, his true and lawful agent with full power and
authority to acknowledge service of notice of process for and on behalf of said
applicant in respect to any matters connected with or arising out of the business
transacted under said license and the bond given as required by Section 3-1405
of this chapter, or for the performance of the conditions of said bond or for
any breach thereof, which said instrument shall also contain recitals to the
effect that said applicant for said license consents and agrees that service of
any notice or process may be made upon said agent, and when so made shall be
taken and held to be as valid as if personally served upon the person or persons
applying for the said license under this chapter, according to the law of this
or any other state, and waiving all claim or right of error by reasons of such
acknowledgment of service or manner of service. Immediately upon service
or process upon the City Clerk, as herein provided, the City Clerk shall send
to the licensee at his last known address, by registered mail, a copy of said
process
3-1407: EXHIBITION OF LICENSE: The license issued under this chapter
shall be posted conspicuously in the place of business named
therein. In the event that such person or persons applying for said license
shall desire to do business in more than one place within the City, separate
licenses may be issued for each place of business, and shall be posted con-
spicuously in each place of business.
3-1408: FEES: (a) Licensees under this chapter shall pay a fee based upon
the gross amount of sales by such persons and shall be at the rate
of four (4) percent.
(b) Every person conducting a business licensed under this chapter
shall, on the first business day of each week, and upon discontinuance of
business in the City of Meridian, present to the City Clerk of said City, at his
office, a verified statement showing the total sales made during the preceding
weeks and shall pay to the City Clerk the amount of license fee hereinbefore
provided, for sales made during the previous week. The City Clerk and any
other officer designated by him shall have power and authority to enter any
store, building, or any other place in which such temporary business may be
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conducted at any time during. business hours for ascertaining the amount of
sales made and shall at all times have access to the books of such business.
3-1409: TRANSFER: No license shall be transferred without written consent
from the Mayor as evidenced by an endorsement on the face of the
license by the City Clerk showing to whom the license is transferred and the
date of the transfer.
3-1410: LOUD NOISES AND SPEAKING DEVICES: No licensee under
this chapter, nor anyone in his behalf shall shout, make any outcry,
blow a horn, ring a bell or use any other sound device including any loud
speaking radio or amplifying system upon any of the streets, olleys, parks or
other public places in the said city or upon any private premises in the said
city where sound of sufficient volume is emitted or produced therefrom capable
of being plainly heard upon the streets, avenues, alleys or parks or other
public places, for the purpose of attracting attention to any goods, wares or
merchandise which such licensee proposes to sell.
3»1411: DUTY OF POLICE TO ENFORCE: It shall be the duty of the
police officers of the City of Meridian to examine all places of
business and persons in their respective territories subject to the provisions of
this chapter, to determine if this chapter has been complied with and to enforce
the provisions of this chapter against any person found to be violating the same.
3-1412: RECORDS: The City Clerk shall deposit the record of fingerprints
' of licensee, together with a license number, with the Chief of
Police. The Chief of Police shall report to the City Clerk any complaints
against any person licensed under the provisions of this chapter and any
conviction for violation of this chapter; the City Clerk shall keep a record
of all such licenses and of such complaints and violations.
' 3-1413: REVOCATION OF LICENSE: (a) The permits and licenses issued
_ pursuant to this chapter may be revoked by the Mayor of the City
of Meridian, after notice and hearing, for any of the following causes:
1. Any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement contained in
the application for license;
2. Any fraud, misrepresentation or false statement made in con-
nection with the selling of goods, wares or merchandise;
3. Any violation of this chapter;
4. Conviction of the licensee of any felony or of a misdemeanor
involving moral turpitude; or
5. Conducting the business licensed under this chapter in an
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unlawful manner or in such a manner as to constitute a breach of the peace
or to constitute a menace to the health, safety or general welfare of the public.
(b) Notice of hearing for revocation of a license shall be given in
writing., setting forth specifically the grounds of the complaint and the time and
place of the hearing. Such notice shall be mailed, postage prepaid, to the
licensee, at his last known address, at least five (5) days prior to the date set
for the hearing.
3-1414: APPEAL: Any person aggrieved by the decision of the City Clerk
in regard to the denial of application for license as provided for
in Section 3-1404 of this chapter or in connection with the revocation of a
license as provided for in Section 3-1413 of this. chapter, shall have the right
to appeal to the Council of the City of Meridian. Such appeal shall be taken
by filing with the Council within fourteen (14) days after notice of the decision
by the City Clerk has been mailed to such person's last known address, a
written statement setting forth the grounds for the appeal. The Council shall
set the time and place for a hearing on such appeal and notice of such hearing
shall be given to such person in the same manner as provided in Section 3-1413
of this chapter for notice of hearing on revocation. The order of this Council
on such appeal shall be final .
3-1415: EXPIRATION OF LICENSE: All licenses issued under the provisions
of this chapter shall expire ninety (90) days after the date of issuance
thereof unless a prior date is fixed therein.
3-1416: PENALTY: Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
3-1417: SEVERANCE CLAUSE: If any section, sentence, clause or phrase
of this chapter is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such
decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining sections, sentences,
clauses or phrases of this chapter, or the chapter as an entirety, it being the
legislative intent that this chapter shall stand notwithstanding the invalidity
of such section, sentence, clause or phrase.
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3-1501
CHAPTER 15
CAN SYSTEM
SECTION:
3-1501:
3--1502:
3--1503:
3-1504:
3-1505:
3-1506:
3--1507:
3-1508:
3-1509:
3- 1510:
3--1511.
3--1~i?
3-151:5.
3--1514:
3--1515:
3-1516.
3-1517:
3--1518:
3-1519:
3--1520:
3-1521
3-1522:
3--1523:
Grant f Authority
Nonexc sive Grant
Grantee ules
Service St ndards
City Right in Franchise
Conditions n Street Occupancy; Use
Erection, Re oval and Common User of Poles
Payments tot City
Rates and Fees f Subscribers
Annual Financia Report and Rate Review
Preferential or Discriminatory Practices Prohibited
Company Liability; indemnification
Faithful Performanc~Bond
Operation Standards '~
Time of Construction
Extension Policy
Service to Schools
Duration and Conditions
Limitations of Franchise
Separability
Miscellaneous Provisions
Publication Costs
Acceptance of Franchise
3-1501
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3-1501: DEFINITIONS: For the purposes of this apter, the following terms,
phrases, words and their derivations shall hav the meaning given herein.
Vvner not inconsistent with the context, words used in the p sent tense include the
future tense, words in the plural include the singular and words in,the singular include
thr. plural -Tire word "shall" is always mandatory and not directory``,,
This Chaprer i,rov~ously supplemented 469;1273.
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3-1701
CHAPTER 17
SELF-SERVICE STATIONS
SECTION:
3-1701: Remote Control Room
3-1702: Unattended Defined
3-1703: Communication System
3-1704: Attendants
3-1705: Instruction of Attendants
3-1706: Automatic Shut-Off Nozzle
3-1707: Automatic Locking Device
3-1708: Locking Dispensing Units
3-1709: Special Safety Precautions
3-1710: Pump Islands
3-1711: Driveways
3-1712: Station Surface
3-1713: Automatic Nozzles With Latch-Open Devices
3-1714: Penalties
3-1703
3-1701: REMOTE CONTROL ROOM: Where dispensing units arecon-
trolled from a remote station, a control room, so located
that the operator will normally have a clear and unobstructed view of all
pump islands, and of any pump nozzle while in operation by aself-service
patron, shall be provided.
3-1702: UNATTENDED DEFINED: For the purposes of this Chapter,
- the word "unattended" is hereby defined to mean the failure
of the vendor of Class I Liquid, or his authorized agent or employee, to
be present at the actual physical site or location of the dispensing device
of such liquid at all times while such device is in operation.
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3-1703: COMMUNICATION SYSTEM: Where dispensing unitsarecon-
trolled from a remote station, a two (2) way communication
system of public address type shall be provided to facilitate direct and
individual communication between the control room and each pump island.
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3-1704 3-1710
3-1704: ATTENDANTS: There shall be not less than one attendant
of aT least sixteen (16) years of age, mentally and physically
qualified, on duty at all times while the station is open To the public, whose
principal function, while the self-service gasoline dispensing equipmentis
in use, is to supervise the dispensing of gasoline by the self-service
customer.
3-1705: INSTRUCTION OF ATTENDANTS: All attendants shall be
thoroughly instructed in the operation of the public address
system, where required, the fire extinguishing apparatus, the operation
of the dispensing units and safety regulations for the dispensing of Class
I liquids. The dispensing units shall be shut-off when patrons do not fol-
low instructions.
3-1706: AUTOMATIC SHUT-OFF NOZZLE: Every self-service gaso-
line pump shall be provided with an automatic shut-off noz-
zle, with alatch-open device, and with a vacuum operated valve so designed
and constructed as to automatically shut off before gasoline overflows.
Such nozzle shall be maintained in proper and effective operating conditions
at all times.
3-1707: AUTOMATIC LOCKING DEVICE: Each dispensing unit for
Class I liquids shall be provided with an automatic locking
device that prevents the re-use of the unit after the hose has been re-
placed until the unit has been manually unlocked. A computing pump that
automatically prevents re-use until a reset device is operated may be
approved as complying with the provision of this Section.
3-1708: LOCKING DISPENSING UNITS: Each dispensing device for
Class I liquids at aself-service station shall be kept locked
or otherwise maintained inoperable at all times that the station is un-
attended.
3-1709: SPECIAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS: Each self-service station
shall be equipped with sufficient "No Smoking" signs as to be
readily observed by patrons from any point within the dispensing area.
The operator must refuse service to any customer who is smoking, or
who appears for any reason to be unable or incompetent to operate the
self-service equipment.
3-1710: PUMP ISLANDS: A driveway o
(16') shall be provided between
any pump island and building. Not more
placed on one island,
f not less than sixteen feet
pump islands and between
than four (4) pumps shall be
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3-1714
3-1711: DRIVEWAYS: Sufficient clearance shall be allowed as an
exit driveway that will permit cars to leave the premises
without interfering with service or incoming cars. Where oil, windshield
and air services are available, separate areas shall be provided and lo-
cated so not to interfere with entry or exit of cars.
3-1712: STATION SURFACE: The entire area of any station near
the pump island and buildings on where it is likely that a
Class I liquid might be spilled shall be surfaced with cement, blacktop
or some other surface sufficiently hard that it can be washed with water
under pressure in the event that a Class I liquid is spilled.
3-1713: AUTOMATIC NOZZLES WITH LATCH-OPEN DEVICES: In
lieu of being held open by hand, an approved automatic nozzle
may be used for dispensing Class I liquid into the fuel tank of a vehicle.
Such a nozzle shall have the latch-open device as an integral part of the
assembly and shall shut off the liquid reliably and positively when the
gasoline tank is filled, when it falls from the filling neck of an automobile
tank, when it is subject to rough usage such as dropping or lack of proper
lubrications, or when an automobile is driven away while the nozzle is
still in the tank. A competent attendant shall be in the immediate vicinity
of the vehicle being filled by such an approved nozzle; provided that self-
service stations shall be governed by the provisions of this Chapter.
3-1714: PENALTIES:
(A) Any person who will violate any of the provisions of this Code hereby
adopted or fail to comply therewith, or who shall fail to comply with
an order of the Fire Chief or Fire Inspector within a reasonable time
or who shall violate or fail to comply with an order made thereunder,
or who shall build in violation of any detailed statement of specifica-
tions or plans submitted and approved thereunder, or any certificate
or permit issued thereunder, and from which no appeal has been taken
or which shall fail to comply with such order as affirmed or modified
by the City or by a Court of competent jurisdiction, within the time
fixed herein, shall severally for each and every such violation and non-
compliance respectively, be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a
fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) or by imprison-
ment for not more than thirty (30) days or by both such fine and im-
prisonment. The imposition of one penalty for any violation shall not
excuse the violation or permit to continue; and all such persons shall
be required to correct or remedy such violation or defect within a
reasonable time, and when not otherwise specified, each ten (10)
days that prohibited conditions are maintained shall constitute a
separate offense.
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3-1714 -'
(B) The application of the above penalty shall not be held to prevent the
enforced removal or prohibited conditions.
(C) Unless otherwise shown the reasonable time for compliance with any ,
order of the Fire Chief or Fire Inspector shall be presumed to be --
ten (10) days. (Ord. 213; 11-1-71) '
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' 3-1801
CHAPTER 18
LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER SYSTEM
SECTION:
3-1801: Grant of Authority
3-1802: Erection of Poles
3-1803: City Not Liable
3-1804: Acceptance to Be Filed
3-1804
' 3-1801: GRANT OF AUTHORITY: There is hereby granted to Idaho
Power Company, its successors and assigns (herein called
the Grantee) the right, privilege or franchise until December 31, 2021,
' to construct, maintain and operate in the present and future streets, alleys
and public places in the City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, and its suc-
cessors, electric light and power lines, together with all the necessary or
' desirable appurtenances (including underground conduits, poles, towers,
wires, transmission lines and telegraph and telephone lines for its own u'se),
for the purpose of supplying electricity to said City, the inhabitants thereof
and persons and corporations beyond the limits thereof, for light, heat,
power and other purposes.
' 3-1802: ERECTION OF POLES: Poles and towers shall be constructed
in a good and substantial manner, and will be so erected as
-- not to interfere with travel or ordinary use of streets and alleys. The lo-
' cation of poles, towers and conduits shall be fixed under the supervision
of the City Council of the City, but not so as to interfere unreasonably with
_ the proper operation of the Grantee's lines.
3-1803: CITY NOT LIABLE: The Grantee shall indemnify and save
the City harmless from any and all expense or liability which
' may accrue to it by reason of the negligence or misconduct of the Grantee
in the construction, operation or maintenance of its system hereunder.
' 3-1804: ACCEPTANCE TO BE FILED: The Grantee shall file with
the City Clerk an acceptance in writing of this franchise on or
before thirty (30) days after the final passage hereof. (Ord.
214; I1-4-71)
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CHAPTER 1
FIRE DISTRICT
SECTION:
b-101: Permits and Inspections
6-102: Fire Limits
6-103: Limitations Within Fire District
6-104: Alterations and Additions
6-105: Removal of, or Repair of Unsafe Buildings
6-106: Duties of Enforcing Officer
6-107: Penalty For Violation
b-101: PERMITS AND INSPECTION: No wall, structure, building
or part thereof, shall hereafter be built, enlarged or altered
until a plan of the proposed work, together with a statement of the materials to be
used, shall have been submitted in duplicate to the City Clerk, who shall, if in
accordance with the provisions herein contained, issue a permit for the proposed
construction,
Structures hereafter erected without permit, or not in conformity with this Chapter,
shall be removed,
A person, designated by the Moyor and Council to act as Building Inspector, shall as
often as practical, inspect all buildings, Whenever, in his opinion, any structure
or building operation is contrary to public welfare, he may order removal or repair and
may require suspension of the use thereof until the condition in violation hos been
remedied,
The provisions of this Section shall apply to ail buildings or structures of any kind or
nature within the entire limits of the City of Meridian,
b-102: FIRE LIMITS: The following shall be and are hereby declared
fire limits: All that part of the City of Meridian bounded by
Pine Avenue on the north, East Third Street on the east, Meridian Street on the west
and Bower Street on the south,
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6-103: LIMITATIONS WITHIN FIRE DISTRICT: Limitations are as outlined in
the adopted portion of Section 10 of the National Building Code.
6-104: ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS:
(a) Within the fire limits no building or structure of wood frame
construction or, of unprotected metal construction shall ba hereafter increased in
height.
(b) Within the fire limits no building or structure of wood frame con-
struction or of unprotected metal construction shall be hereafter extended on any
side; unless the construction of such extension conforms to the requirements of
this code for new construction; and provided that the total area of the building
including extension shall not exceed the allowable areo for wood frame construction.
(c) Within the fire limits no other building or structure shall be hereafter
extended on any side by wood frame construction or unprotected metal construction.
(d) Nothing in this section shall prohibit other alterations within the
fire limits; provided there is no change of occupancy to o class of occupancy
otherwise prohibited.
6-105: REMOVAL OF, OR REPAIR OF UNSAFE BUILDINGS: A building or
structure or part thereof that may or shall at any time become danger-
ous or unsafe, shall, unless made safe and secure, be taken and removed.
6-106: DUTIES OF ENFORCING OFFICER: The Building Inspector is hereby
authorized and empowered:
First: To enforce all ordinances relating to the construction, equipment, manage-
ment and condition of all property within the City of Meridian.
Second: To supervise the construction or reconstruction of all buildings and
structures.
Third: To report quarterly to the Mayor and City Council regarding the condition
of all buildings and structures within the City.
6-107: PENALTY FOR VIOLATION: Any person who shall violate a provision
of this chapter shalt be guilty of a misdemeanor. The imposition of a
fine for any violation of this chapter shall not preclude the City Attorney from
instituting an appropriate action to prevent an unlawful construction, or to restrain
correct or abate a violation or to prevent the occupancy of a building or use of any
structure not in accordance with this chapter.
CHAPTER 11
EXPLOSIVES
SECTION:
6-201: Application
' b-202: Permits
6-203: Transportation
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6-201: APPLICATION; This chapter applies to all explosives except small
' arms ammunition and pyrotechnic devices.
b-202: PERMITS: The manufacture or storage of explosives within the city
' limits is prohibited. A permit shall be obtained from the Chief of the
Fire Department to transport any explosive in or through the City.
' 6-203: TRANSPORTATION:
(a) Explosives shall not be transported or carried on or in any convey-
' ance carrying passengers for hire.
(b) Every vehicle while carrying explosives, shall display upon an
' erect pole at the front end of such vehicle and at such height that it shall be
visible from all directions, a red flag with the word "DANGER" printed,
_ stamped or sewed thereon in white letters at least six (b) inches in height, or
in lieu of such flag, the word "EXPLOSIVES" must be painted on, or attached
to the rear end and each side of such vehicle in letters at least four (4) inches
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' in height.
_ (c) It shall be unlawful for any person in charge of a vehicle con-
taining explosives to smoke in, upon or near such vehicle, to drive, load or
, unload the vehicle while intoxicated, to drive the vehicle in a careless or
_ reckless manner, or to load or unload such vehicle in a careless or reckless
' manner.
(dl It shall be unlawful for any person to place or carry, or cause to
be placed or carried, any metal tool or other similar piece of metal, in the bed
or body of a vehicle containing explosives,
' (e) It shall be unlawful for any person to place or carry or cause to
be placed or carried, in the bed or body of a vehicle containing explosives, any
exploders, detonators, blasting caps, or other similar explosive material, or to
carry in or upon any such vehicle any matches.
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CHAPTER 1V
INFLAMMABLES
SECTION:
6-401: Bonfires
6-402: Hot Ashes and Other Dangerous Materials
6-403: Accumulation of Combustible Materials
b-404: Flammable Decorations
6-405: Penalties for Violation
6-401: BONFIRES: No person shall burn or cause to be burned any trash,
lumber, leaves, straw or any other combustible material in any street,
alley or vacant lot, without a permit from the Chief of the Fire Department,
when such burning shall be done in screened metallic receptacles approved by
him and under such proper safeguard as he may direct.
6-402: HOT ASHES AND OTHER DANGEROUS MATERIALS: Ashes,
smouldering coals or embers, greasy or oily substances and other
matter I fable to spontaneous ignition shall not be deposited or allowed to remain
within ten feet of any combustible materials or construction made up of combustible
receptacles. Such receptacles shall be placed on noncombustible stands, unless
resting on a noncombustible floor or on the ground outside the building, and shall
be kept at least two feet away from any combustible wall or partition.
' 6-403: ACCUMULATION OF COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS:
(a) No person shall permit to remain upon any roof or in any court,
' yard, vacant lot or open space, any accumulation of waste paper, hay, grass,
straw, weeds, litter of combustible or flammable waste or rubbish of any kind.
(b) Every person making, using, storing or having charge or control
of any shavings, excelsior, rubbish, sacks, bags, litter, hay, straw, or com-
bustible trash, waste or fragments shall at the close of each day cause all such
' material which is not compactly baled and stacked in an orderly manner to be
removed from the premises or stored in suitable vaults or in metal or metal lined
and covered receptacles or bins. Suitable presses shall be installed in stores,
' apartment buildings, factories and similar places where accumulations of paper
and waste materials are not removed at least every second day.
' 6-404: FLAMMABLE DECORATIONS:
- (a) Cotton batting, straw, dry vines, leaves, trees, celluloid or
' other highly flammable materials shall not be used for decorative purposes in
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show windows or in stores without a permit from the Chief of the Fire Departmento
(b) Paper and other readily flammable materials shall not be used for
decorative purposes in any puce of public assembly, unless such materials have
first been treated to render them flame-proof to the satisfaction of the Chief of
the Fire Department,
6-4050 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION: A person who shall violate a provision
of this Chapter or fail to comply therewith, or who shall violate or
fail to comply with any order or regulation made thereunder, or who shall build
in violation of a detailed statement or plan submitted and approved thereunder,
or of a permit issued thereunder, shall severally for each and every such violation
and noncompliance, forfeit and pay a penalty not less than one ($1.00) dollar.
That any person violating the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed guilty
of a misdemeanor.
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7-101
CHAPTERI
EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS
SECTION:
7-101: Adoption by Reference of U. S. Public Health Ordinance
7-102: Effective Date
7-103: Penalty
7-103
7-101: ADOPTION BY REFERENCE OF U.S. HEALTH ORDINANCE:
The inspection, grading, regrading, and placerding of eating and
drinking establishments within the corporate limits, or its police jurisdiction, the
iswing, suspension, and revocation of permits for the operation of such establishments,
the sale of adulterated, misbranded or unwholesome food and drink, the enforcement
of this Chapter and the fixing of penalties shall be regulated in accordance with the
terms of the unabridged form of the 1943 Edition of the U.S. Public Health Service
Ordinance Regulating Eating and Drinking Establishments, the same being hereby
adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, three 13) certified
copies of which shall be on file in the office of the clerk; provided, that the words
"City of in said adopted ordinance shall be understood to refer to this
City; provided, further, that Section 7,12 and 13 of said ordinance shall be deleted;
provided further, that in Section 2 of said ordinance, itinerant restaurants shall also
be required to secure a permit.
7-102: EFFECTIVE DATE: From and after twelve (12) months from the
date on which this Code takes effect no restaurants shall be operated
within the City or its police jurisdiction, except Grade A,B and approved itinerant
restaurants; provided, that when any restaurant fails to qualify the Health Officer
is authorized to suspend the permit or in lieu thereof to degrade such and permit
its operation during a temporary period not exceeding thirty (30) days.
7-103: PENALTY: Any person violating the provisions of this Chapter shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.(~1955 Code)
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7-201
CHAPTER2
MILK AND MILK PRODUCTS
SECTION:
7-201: Adoption of State Law
7-201
7-201: ADOPTION OF STATE LAW: In the regulation of the production,
quality, handling, sale and distribution of milk and milk products
in the City of Meridian, Sections 37-301 to 37-1202 of the Idaho Code as amended
and as may be in the future amended are, insofar as said sections and amendments
apply, hereby adopted and incorporated in this Chapter as full as if set forth at length
herein.
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' CIVIL DEFENSE
SECTION:
' 8-301: Emergency Declared
8-302: Definitions
8-303: Blackout Regulations Blackout
' 8-304: Regulating Motor Traffic During
8-305: Regulating Pedestrian Traffic During Blackout
8-306: Motor 7rafficfExceptions 1F
' 8-307: P rd oseanHoldfHarmlestProvision
8-308: P
8-309: Behavior During Blackout
8-310: False Alarm
8_311; • Authorizing Establishment of Rules
' 8-312: Penalty - - - -
8-301: EMERGENCY DECLARED: A state of public emergency is hereby
declared to exist, by reason of the fact that the United States of
America is at war, and the Mayor and Council of the City of Meridian do
' torn of the publi hhea9th epe aeta$O etYo°nd welfa el'of the City andetprotec-
' inhabitants.
8-302: DEFINITIONS: The following words and phrases are defined as
hereinafter provided:
' (a) Air Raid Alarm and Emergency Alarm: A warning signal given
in such manner and places as to be heard throughout the City by means of
' whistles, sirens or other means; and such signal shall be accompanied during
the night time by the extinguishing of all stregt lights in the City. The exact
form of the signal shall be as proclaimed by the Mayor. The terms "Air Raid
' Alarm" and/or "Emergency Alarm" shall also include the entire period of time
between the Alarm Signal and the All Clear Signal,
(b) Alert Signal: A signal similar to that provided in paragraph (o)
above given, if possible, prior to a blackout, air raid alarm, or emergency
' alarm, and as a preliminary warning that such alarm may follow. The exact
form of Signal shall be as proclaimed by the Mayor,
' (c) Daytime: That period beginning at the time of sunrise and ending
at the time of sunset.
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(d) Nighttime: That period beginning at the time of sunset and ending ,
at the time of sunrise.
(e) Blackout: That period beginning immediately upon the sounding '
of any air-raid alarm or emergency alarm during the nighttime, and continuing
until the all-clear signal is given, or if none is given, then continuing until
daytime as hereinabove defined. ~
(f) All-Clear Signal: A signal similar to that provided in paragraph
(a) above, but of shorter duration, accompanied during the nighttime by the
lighting of street lights in Meridian or any part thereof. The form of signal
shall be as proclaimed by the Mayor.
(g) Vehicle: Every device in, upon, or by which any person or
property is or may be transported, propelled or drawn upon or over any street,
alley, highway or ground.
8-303: BLACKOUT REGULATIONS: During the period of any blackout, as
hereinabove defined, it shall be unlawful to make or show any visible
fire or light, and the same is hereby prohibited, including but limited to the
following:
a. It shall be unlawful to make or show, or permit to be seen, any
I fight from any window, door, opening or other place, or from any ground,
room, residence, building, sign, structure, vehicle, or other property, public
or private.
b. It shall be unlawful to light or strike any match or other fire,
or to smoke any pipe, cigar or cigarette, in any outdoor place or in any
vehicle in the City.
c. It shall be unlawful to burn or to have lighted any lamp,
flashlight, candle, electric bulb, tube sign device or other light in any
residence, store, hotel, theater, barn, shed, garage, or other building or
any structure whatsoever, unless within an inner room or place, and/or in
I such manner as completely to shield and prevent such I fight from being
i visible in any manner outdoors.
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d. It shall be unlawful to light or use any flashlight, torch or
1 other lights in any outdoor place or in any vehicle in the city. The inter-
mittent use of flashlights, vehicle lights, or any other lights is specifically
I prohibited.
J 8-304: REGULATING MOTOR TRAFFIC DURING BLACKOUT: During the
1 period of any blackout, and during the period of any air-raid alarm
or emergency alarm, whether in the daytime or the nighttime, and until the
all-clear signal is given, it shall be unlawful for any person to drive or move
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any vehicle upon or along any street, alley or public highway in the City,
and all drivers of automobiles or vehicles shall immediately stop and park the
same at the nearest available place outside the lanes of traffic, and remain
there with all lights on said vehicle extinguished; and it shall be unlawful to
double park, or to stop or park any vfirelexit hos btalgentranceaoPrat the
thereto, or in front of any fire plug, ~ P
entrance to any street or alley, or in any street intersection, or in any street
except at the curb or extreme side thereof, or in any manner so os to obstruct,
impede or hinder any fire engine, police car, ambulance or other dually ntcoml~ed
emergency vehicle. During the period of any blackout in the City, 9
vehicular traffic shall stop at the city limits, extinguish all vehicle lights, and
remain stationary until the blackout is ended, and no vehicle shall enter the
City during the period of any blackout.
8-305: REGULATING PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC DURING BLACKOUT: During
the period of any blackout all pedestrian traffic within the City is
h^reby prohibited and declared unlawful; provided, that immediately upon
the sounding. of an air raid alarm or emergency alarm, pedestrians shall take
shelter.
8-306: MOTOR TRAFFIC EXCEPTIONS: The provisions of Section 8-304
of this Chapter shall not apply to any fire engine, or fire truck,
police car, ambulance, vehicles of the Armed Forces of the United States of
America, vehicles used in line of duty and duly licensed physician, surgeon or
nurse, or to any duly authorized emergency vehicle operating in the necessary
line of duty, but all such vehicles shall proceed with due caution under the
circumstances, and in all cases shall be equipped with dim headlights and rear
light coverings approved by the Chief of Police of the City, and no other lights
shall be used on any such vehicle.
8-307: hDChapteNshalAlFnotC PpIyEPoTIaONfiremanPrpol cenoff cer30members
of the armed forces of the United States of America, duly licensed physicians,
surgeons, and nurses, and other officially authorized persons, if and when
acting in the line of their respective duties.
8-308: PURPOSE. HOLD HARMLESS PROVISION: This Chapter is enacted
for the protection, health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of
the City, and neither of the City nor any lawfully authorized or deputized
individual enforcing., or aiding and assisting in the enforcement of the provisions
of this Chapter shall be liable in a suit for damages in connection therewith.
8-309: BEHAVIOR DURING BLACKOUT: Any person who, during a black-
out, or any air raid or emergency alarm, whether in the daytime or
nighttime, shall wilfully cause, create or participate in any panic, riot or
unnecessary disturbance, or who shall wilfully and wantonly break or destroy
^ny property, shall, upon the conviction of any such offense, be punished by
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fine not exceeding Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) and by imprisonment in
the City jail for not less Than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days.
8-310: FALSE ALARM: Any person who shall operate a whistle, siren or
other audible device in such manner as To similate an alert signal,
air raid alarm or eme~ency alarm, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
8-311: AUTHORIZING ESTABLISHMENT OF RULES: The Mayor of the City
of Meridian, is hereby authorized and directed to make, promulgate
and publish such rules and regulations as he deems necessary for the enforcement
of the provisions of this Chapter and protection of the inhabitants of the City,
which said rules and regulations, upon publication in the official newspaper
of said City, shall have the full force and effect of law.
8-312: PENALTY: Any person violating the provisions of this Chapter
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
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