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HAD AND HELD UN NOVE1dBER 21, 1950.
The Council of the City of nest Memphis met in a regular session at the City Hall in
said City at 7:30 P.M. on the 21st day of November, 1950.
The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, and the roll being called there were:
Present: Mayor P. M. Dacus in the chair, and the follrnring named Alder.uen:
A. R. lanchester, James Bledsoe, R. R. Morley, 0. I. Bollinger,
Curtis Foster, ~'. B. Powers, and R. L. Garrison; and City Attorney
J. H. Spears.
Absent= Alderman C. H. Rowton, and City Clerk H. U. Coats.
It being determined a quorum was present, the following proceedings were had to-wit:
Minutes of council Meeting on November 10, 1950, were read and approved.
Mr. Jack Briggs of the Briggs Taxicab Company, Mr. E. Efitchell of the West Memphis
Transportation Company, and yam Crowder and B. T. Mosby operators of the colored taxicabs
appeared before the Council to protest the operation in the City of a nuttber of private]y
owned vehicles carrying passengers for hire that were not licensed, and requested that
action be taken by the City against the operators of the vehicles. The Council advised the
group that they were not aware of the violations, but would co-operate in any manner to
assist the licensed operators, thereupon the Chief of Police was instructed to rigidly
enforce Ordinance No. 112.
Mayor Dacus called to the Councils attention that due to the fllneas of the Chief of
the Fire Department it would be necessary to appoint a temporary Chief. After discussion
of the matter, motion was made, passed, and adopted that Mr. 1~hit Murphy, who is Assistant
Chief, be appointed as Temporary Chief, also that he be employed on a full time basis as
of December 1st to act as Fire Inspector in a campaign to be conducted to eliminate a
number of fire hazards in the City.
An ordinance entitled ~~An Ordinance Providing For Fire Limits, and Regulations
(}overning the Construction, Alteration, Equipment, or Removal of Buildings or Structures~~
that had been read on two previous occasions was given further study as to the ~lrestricted
zone~~ and due to the importance of this matter the final passage of the ordinance was
post-poned until a later date in order that the members of the Council and other interested
persons might give additional consideration to the matter.
An ordinance known as the nGas Ordinance~~ that had been read at two previous Council
Lieetinga, was read in full by Alderman Morley, who moved its adoption, seconded by Alderman
Bledsoe, and after due consideration thereof by said Council, the Mayor put the question
upon the adoption of said motion, and upon passage of said ordinance, and the roll being
called, the following voted:
Ayes Manchester, Bledsoe, Morley, Bollinger, Foster, Powers, and Garrison.
Nay: None.
Whereupon the Mayor decalred said motion duly adopted and said ordinance du],y passed,
and signed his approval to said ordinance and the City Clerk was directed to spread the
same upon the record of Ordinances of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, and to have same
published as required by law, and to number said ordinance No. 189.
Said ordinance to which no amendment was offered read as follows:
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~,DINANCE N0. 189
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE SALE, INSTALLATION, }dAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR UF' APPLIANCES
DESIONED TO EMPLOY NATURAL GAS AS A FUEL; AND REGULATING THE INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, AND
REPAIR OF ALL PIPES E;TENDING FROM THE POINT OF DELIVF~LlC, DESIGNED TO CONVEY OR CARRY GAS
TO SUCH APPLIANCES ~tiITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF TffE CITY OF iYFST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS;
PROVIDING FOR TfiE INSPECTION OF SAID APPLIANCES AND PIPES: PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
PERMITS FOR THE INSTALLATION OR REPAIR OF SAID APPLIANCES GR PIPES AND THE COLLECTION OF
INSPECTION FEES TfiEfiEFOR; PROVIDING FOR TIC LICEI~iSIT1G OF PER50tdS ENGAGED IN THE BUSINESS
OF INSTALLING OR REPAIRING SJ1ID APPLIANCES OR PIPES: PROVIDING PEAIALTIES F'OR THE VIOLATION
OF THIS ORDINANCE, AND REPF~ALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT THEREPfITH.
BE IT ORDAINED by the City Officials of the City of Y~est Memphis, Arkansas as follows
TITLE
SECTION 1.
This ordinance shall be known as the 'Gas Ordinance+' of the City of West Memphis,
Arkansas and may be cited as such.
PURPOSE
SECTION 2.
The purpose of this ordinance is to provide sinimus standards, provisions, and requirements
for safe installation of gas appliances and gas pipes, and to rggulate the sale, maintenance, and
repair of such appliances.
SCOPE
SECTION 3.
All gas appliances or gas pipes hereafter sold, installed, maintained, or repaired within the
corporate limits of the City of Weep Memphis, Arkansas shall conform to the requirements of this
ordinance.
DEFINITION
SECTION 4.
The following definitions are provided for the sole purpose of proper interpretation and
administration of this ++Gas Ordinance."
(1) INSPECTOR shall mean the administrative authority, and is so designated by the
City Officials.
(2) GAS COMPANY shall mean any person, firm, or corporation holding and exercising a franchise
or permit to distribute natural gas within the corporate limits of the City of Nest Memphis, Arkansas.
(3) GAS COMPANY SERVICE LINE shall mean the gas piping leading from the gas main to the property
line, or to the point of delivery.
(4) POINT OF DELIVERY shall mean the junction of the utility+a peter with the consumer's piping
and shall be located at the consumer's meter.
(5) YARD LINE or CONSUMER~3 SERVICE LINE shall mean the gas piping leading from the property line
or point of delivery to the building or premises served.
(6) HOUSE LINE shall mean the gas piping extending fmm the consumer's point of delivery to the
gas appliances.
(7) OUTLET shall mean a threaded connection in a piping system to which as gas burning appliance
is or ma<y be attached.
(8) GAS APPLIANCE shall mean ar~jr appliance or device used for burning natural gas.
(9) PENT shall mean a pipe, flue, or chimney designed and installed to carry the products of
combustion from an appliance to the outside atmosphere.
(10) TYPE "f3" VENT shall mean approved vent piping or non-combustible corrosion resistant material
of adequate strength and heat insulating value, and having bell and spigot or other approved joints.
(11) VENT OPENING shall mean an opening or collar which is provided on a gas appliance for the
purpose of connecting the vent.
(12) VENTED APPLIANCE shall mean a gas appliance designed and installed in such a manner that the
products of combustion are corrveyed directly to the outside atmosphere by a vent.
(13) NEGP GAS APPLIANCE shall mean a gas appliance which has not previously been sold anri installed
or used.
(].!~) USED GAS APPLIANCE shall mean a gas appliance xhich has been previously sold, installed, and
used.
(~5) APPROVED shall mean accepted by reason of the satisfactory results of ~bhorough investigations
and tests conducted by the Inspector, or by reason of accepted principles, or testa by recognized
authorities, technical or scientific organizations.
(16) CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL shall mean a document issued and attached to the material;
piping, or appliance inspected, coxipletely filled out, together with date, address of the
premises or consumer, and signed by the Inspector.
LICENSE REQUIRED
SECTION 5•
No person shall engrge in or work at the installation, extension, alteration, or repair
of ar~}r gas appliance or piping pertaining to or in connection with gas service on consumers
premises within the corporate limits of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas, unless such
person has first procured a license therefor, in accordance with the provisions of this
ordinance.
REVOCATION OF LICEP15F5
SECTION 6.
No person, firm, or corporation shall lend his or their nGas Fitter~s~i or ~~Master
pluraber~s~~ license, as the case may be, to arty other person, nor shall ar{y such licensed
person, .firm, or corporation app]y for a permit in his or their name for use of any other
person, and arty such licensed person, firm, or corporation so doing or refusing to comply
with arty other requirements of this ordinance shall have his or their nGas Fitter~s~~ or
Master Plumber~s~~ license, as the case may be, suspended or revoked by the City Officials
of the City of hest Memphis, Arkansas.
PERMITS
SECTION 7.
No gas fitter or plumber shall install a conversion burner floor furnace, central
heating plant, or gas engine, or make alterations to installed house piping in ar~*
building or structure without first obtaining a permit to do such work frog the City of
West Memphis, ;rkansas. Permits will be required for setting or connecting other gas
appliances where such connections are made to existing outlets previously installed by a
licensed plumber or gas fitter.
FEE5
SECTION 8.
(1) The fees for inspection of consumers piping shall be ;$1.00 for one outlet; X1.50
for two to five outlets inclusive, and 25¢ for each outlet thereafter, or each re-inspection or
partial inspection, X1.00.
(2) The Fees for inspecting conversion burners, floor furnaces or central heating plants
shall be X1.00 for each unit; for each reinspection or partial inspection, :1.00.
(3) The fees for inspecting used appliances that are to be offered for sale shall be
50¢, and 25¢ for each additional appliance.
(lt) Arty and all fees shall be paid by the person to whom the permit is issued.
INSPECTION
SECTION 9.
A. Rough Piping Inspecting:
(1) Shall be made after all piping authorized by the permit has been installed, arxi
before any such piping has been covered or concealed or any fixtures or gas appliances have
been attached thereto.
B. Test or Final Piping Inspection:
(1) Shall be made after all piping authorized by the permit has been installed and
after all portions thereof which are to be concealed by plastering or otherwise have been so
concealed, and before arty fixtures or gas appliances have been attached thereto. This
inspection shall include a pressure test, at which time the piping shall stand an air
pressure equal to not less than the pressure of a column of mercury twenty (20) inches in
height, anti the piping small hold this air pressure for a period of at least fifteen (15)
minutes without arty perceptible drop. A U-Gauge type mercury column shall be used for the
test.
(2) All tools, apparatus, labor, and assistance necessary for the tests shall be
furnished by the installer.
(3) Used gas appliances shall be connected to gas outlets at the time inspection
for resale is made (See Section 16. - Sale of Appliances).
C. Ins ection of Piping Re uired If Structure Fias Not Used Gas For A Period of Twelve
on s.
(1) Anew Inspection Certificate shall be required for a structure in which no gas
has been used for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months or more.
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CERTIFICATES
SECTION 10.
The inspector shall issue a Certificate of Approval at the completion of the work for
which a specific permit has been issued, if after inspection it is found that such work complies
with the provisions of this ordinance and all other requirements of law or ordinance applicable
thereto. A duplicate of each piping certificate shall be delivered to the gas company and used
as its authority to grant gas service.
SECTION 11.
(1) The inspector is hereby authorized and directed to enforce all of the provisions
of this ordinance, and the Inspector or his authorized representative, upon presentation of
proper credentials, may enter any building or premises for the purpose of making inspection or
preventing violations of this ordinance.
(2) The inspector or his authorized representative is hereby authorized to disconnect
any gas piping or fixture or appliance which has been connected before a Certificate of Approval
has been issued, or which, upon inspection, shall be found defective or in such condition as to
endanger life or property. In all cases where such a disconnection is made, a notice shall be
attached to the piping system, which notice shall state that the same has been disconnected by
the Inspector or his representative together with the reason or reasons therefor, and it shall
be unlawful for any person to remove sa:i.d notice or reconnect said gas piping or ~%pliance until
authorized by the Inspector to do so.
(3) It shall be the duly of the Inspector to confer with representatives of local gas
companies,.of local plumbers or gas fitters associations, of the Local Health Department, and
the local Fire Department, and otherwise obtain from proper sources_all helpful information and
advise, presenting same to the City Officials from time to time for their consideration.
FUNCTIOt1S OF TF~ GAS COI~6PANY
SECTION 12.
(1) Gas companies are hereby authorized to discontinue or refuse to supply gas for
any gas piping or gas appliance which may appear to be defective or leaking, or otherwise
considered to endanger life or property; provided, however, that the gas company shall immediately
give notice of discontinuance to the Inspector and the occupant of the building or premises where
such gas supply is discontinued or refused.
(2) In all cases where the supplying o~ gas has been discontinued for safety reasons,
the supplying of gas shall not be resumed until authorized by the Inspector.
(3) Gas companies shall not be required to secure permits to extend gas service pipes
or set meters or for any other utilization functions.
MATF,RTATS
SECTION 13.
(1) All pipe used for the installation, extension, alteration or repair of any house
gas piping .shall be of standard weight and standard dimension black wrought iron or black steel
pipe, and such pipe shall either be new or shall have pre¢ously been used for no purpose other
than the conveying of gas. All such pipe shall be free fraMt internal obstructions, splits, or
other imperfections which would render it unfit for the purpose intended and the ends thereof
shall be properly reamed.
(2) All fittings used in connection with the house gas piping shall be of black
malleable iron. The use of cast iron fittings is prohibited.
(3) All joints between pipe and fittings, unless welded, shall be screwed joints
(American Standard pipe thread). Suah joints shall be made up with white lead or other suitable
thread compound.
(4) All unions used in house piping shall be ground joint types. flight and left
nipples and couplings are permissible.
CONSU~ER~S PIPING
SECTION ]1~.
(1) All gas service piping from the point of delivery to the first .outlet shall not be
less than one (1) inch in diameter in houses or apartments of our (1~) rooms or leas; 14~ in houses
of five (5) rooms or more.
(2) All gas piping inside buildings must be securely strapped to joists or ceiling
with iron straps or approved wire hangers. No hangers made of nails or wood will be permitted.
(3) The use of bushings in any house or yard line is prohibited.
(4) The use of unions in concealed locations is prohibited.
(5) Gas outlets for instantaneous crater heaters and gas ranges shall not be less than
three fourths (3/4) inch pipe, and all outlets for central heating plants not leas than one (1)
inch pipe.
(COPYING OF ORDINANCE N0. 189 Ot.II+ffTTED IN EaROR ON THIS PAGE)
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(6) All other outlets shall not be less than one half (1/2) inch pipe.
(7) All gas outlets shall extend through the floor or base board not less than two
and one half (2-~) inches.
(8) Table or minimut sizes for house piping shall be as follower
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(9) Nhere gas meters are installed above ground at the douse, each consumer+s
service line shall be provided by the gas company with a suitable stop clock located in as
accessible place and at the inlet of the meter.
(10) Where an usxierground meter is used, each consumer+s house line shall be
provided with a suitable stop cock (sill cock) at a point above ground where the gas line
enters the building.
(11) where more than one meter is supplied through one service line, a stop
cock shall be installed at each meter inlet in addition to the service line atop.
(12) The size of house piping not other+rise provided for in this section shall
be approved by the Inspector and satisfactory to the gas company.
METER LOCATIONS
SECTION 15.
A meter location shall be provided for the building or premises to be served,
and the location shall be such that the meter connections are easily accessible in order that
the meter may be read or changed. No gas meter shall be hereafter installed under a stoop,
stairway, show window, or porch, or near a furnace, boiler, or other heating appliance. No
meter shall be placed in any other location where it will be inaccessible or liable to injury.
Location, dimensions, and type of installation shall be designated by the gas compa~.
SALE OF APPLIANCES
SECTION 16.
(1) All new gas appliances hereafter sold, offered for sale, or installed within
the corporate limits of the City of West Memphis, Arkansas shall be of a design and construction
approved as to safety, efficiency, and durability and shall bear information showing the rated
heat inpu in B.T.U. per hour and equipped by the manufacturer for use with natural gas.
(2) All used gas appliances hereafter sold or offered for sale or installed shall
be approved by the Inspector for safety and efficiency, and shall be identified accordingly. In
the event the appliance has been used with Butane or other liquid petroleua gases it shall be
approved by Inspector as having been properly converted for use with natural gas.
CONVERSIONS FROM BUTANE OR OTHER L. P. GASES TO NATURAL OAS
SECTION 17.
Comrersion of Customers+ yard Line, House piping and Appliances from Butane or Other Liquified
YeT,roleuat (}saes to Natural Gas.
Before a natural gas supply is furnished by the gas compa~r to a customer who has
been previously using Butane, propane or other liquified petroleum gases, customer shall secure
a permit from the City and an inspection shall be made of the yard line, house piping and appli-
ances by the Inspector, and the following specifications shall be met before a Certificate is
issued by the.Inspector to connect natural gas to the premises:
(1) A yard service line of not less than l~+ in size shall be installed in accordance
with this ordinance and the gas company+a construction standards.
(2) Sizes of house piping shall be altered if need be, so that 1~++ or larger size
pipe shall extend direct from outlet connection of gas company+s meter to the first active gas
opening. All house piping tl additio;ial openings shall be as set out in Section lJa hereof.
Construction standards shall be those set out in Section 13 hereof.
(3) Before a gas supply is furnished by the supplier, the orifices and/or burners
of all liquified petroleum gas appliances shall be changed or altered to the sizes and methods
of use recommended by the manufacturer of the appliance. Vent pipes, heatbr connections or any
other appurtenances to gas appliances in use prior to conversion from liquid gas to natural gas
shall be altered or replaced in a manner that will conform to the specifications and construction
standards of this ordinances.
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APPLIANCE INSTALLATIONS
SECTION 18.
(1) Appliances shall be adequately supported, and so corulected to the piping as
not to exert undue strain on the connection.
(2) Appliances shall be installed so that their continued operation will not create
a fire hazard to persons or property.
(3) No appliance shall be installed where facilities for ventilation do not permit
the proper combusion of the gas (See Section 20 - Ventilations).
(ly) Seni-rigid gas tubind may be used to connect appliances, provided it is of adequate
capacity and.. approved.
(5) The use of rubber hose is prohibited except when used with laboratory or shop
equipment of a portable nature. Such connections shall have the cut-off valve installed at the
pipe outlet.
(6) No device or attachment shall be installed on any appliance which in anyway may
impair the combustion of gas (bee Section 22 - Unauthorized Devices).
(7) Every appliance shall be properly adjusted after being installed and the consumer
shall be instructed as to its safe operation by the Installer (See Section 21 - tid~ustments).
(8) All vent connected appliances, except incinerators, shall be equipped with draft
diverters, approved as to design and capacityy.
(9) No gas appliance shall be so located that it cannot be readily adjusted.
(10) All water heaters, all types of central heating equipment, all enclosed fire zone
circulating heaters, unit heaters, and floor furnaces hereafter installed shall be connected to
adequate vents, conforming to provisions of Section 20 of this ordinance.
(11) Furnaces, boilers, or other types of heating equipment designed to burn a fuel
other than.gas shall be converted to burn gas until such equipment has been approved for conversion
by the Inspector.
(12) Where the approval requirements of an appliance are such that a gas appliance
pressure regulator is required, an approved regulator shall be used. In arty case where a safety
type regulator is not used, a breather pipe of not less than one-eight (1/8) inch in size shall
be installed from the diaphragm case of the regulator to the outside of the building, or into the
combustion chamber of the appliance and adjacent to a constantly burning pilot, or into the
appliance vent beyond the draft diverter. The breather pipe shall be securely supported and
provided with a means of preventing water, dirt or insects from entering the pipe.
A. Floor Furnace Installation
(1) The installation of floor furnaces shall be made in accordance with the provisions
of this ordinance.
(2) No furnace shall be installed in the floor of any aisle or passageway of ar;y
auditorium, public hall, or public asse~ably room.
(3) The floor around the furnace shall be braces and headed with a framework of
material not lighter than the foists. The inside dimensions of the framework shall be
approximately one-half (1/2) inch longer and wider than the furnace to be installed.
(4) All floor Furnaces, including those having single or dual wall register outlets,
shall be installed as approved without alterations, extensions, or changes of arty kind in the
furnace.
(5) No automatic pilot shut-off shall be installed on a floor furnace that has not
been approved for such equipment.
(6) x+11 floor furnaces shall be equipped with an approved pressure regulator.
(7) The bottom of the floor furnace shall have at least an eighth (8) inch clearance
from the grouted. iYhen that clearance is not present, the grouxui below and to the sides shall be
excavated to form a ~basinlike~~ pit under the furnace so that tY:ere is an eight (8) inch clearance
beneath the furnace,. and an eight (8) inch clearance on all sides except the control side which
shall have an eighteen (18) inch clearance. This facilitates any servicing that may be required,
and allows ample air for proper combustion.
(8) tiyhenver the excavation exceeds twelve (12j inches, or water seepage is apparent
under the house, a watertight pan or concrete pit shall be used. The pan shall be made of not
less than twenty-four (21~) gauge galvanized iron or sixteen (16) ounce copper. The pan shall be
suitably anchored in place, and the walls shall extend at least four (!t) inches above the ground
level, with eight (8) inch clearance on all aides except the control side which shall have
eighteen (18) inch clearance.
(9) Adequate provisions shall be made for easy access to the furnace under the house
by means of an opening in the foundation wall.
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VENTS
SECTION 19.
(1) All vent pipes for floor furnaces and central heating furnaces must be of
standard galvanized iron of not less than twenty-8ix (26) gauge or approved Type "B" vents.
(2) The points of the galvanized vent pipe shall be secured together with metal
screws, rivets,. or approved clamps.
(3) Every vent pipe or connection between the appliance and the chimney or flue
shall not be.smaller than the size indicated by the vent collar of the appliance, and in
no case shall the internal area be less than seven (7) square inches (three inch pipe).
Vent pipes leading from heating appliances for fuel other than gas, when converted to gas
fuel, may be reduced from original size on the basis of one (1) square inch of area for
every 7,500 B.T.U. delivered to the appliance bums r.
(4) Where the appliance has more than one vent connection, or where more than
one appliance is connected to the same vent, the vent pipe shall equal the combined area
of the vents for which it acts as a common carrier to the flue. All connect3ona to the
lateral run shall be made with "y~' connections.
(5) All yenta shall extend through roof as near ridge as practicable with laterals
in the attic not less than thirty degrees from the horizontal.
(6) Heights must be two (2) feet above the highest portion of arty structure within
ten (10) feet of where the vent extends above the ridge.
(7) The installation of a cap or other. devices on the outlet of an appliance vent,
which in any_v~ay obstructs the free passage of the products of combustion to the outside
atmosphere, is prohibited.
(8) Vent pipes passing ~hz•ough ar{y closet or other enclosed space used for the
storage of clothing, household goods, or other combustible materials shall be Type "B"
vents or virtreous lined masonry chimney. _
(9) P.~iaximum length of lateral vents shall not be more than seventy-five percent
(75~) or vertical height of vent or chimney.
(10) All lateral vent pipes shall be supported at every 3oint by perforated strap
iron not less than one sixteenth (1/16) inch in thickness securely fastened to the floor
foists.
(11) Vent pipes shall not be closer than two (2) inches to ar{y combustible material,
and in all cases where vent pipes are less than four (11) inches from an,}r combustible material,
the same shall be protected with asbestos mill board of not less than one quarter (1/!~) inch
thickness.
(12) Where Type "B" vents are used, it shall not be necessary to usathe mill board
as hereinbefore provided. ., _
(13) In underfloor areas, the aini.aum pitch upward of lateral runs of vents frog
the appliance must be at least one half (1/2) inch per foot.
(11t) Floor furnaces shall be installed so that the connection from the draft
diverter to the flue can be made without the use of more than two forttiy-five degree elbows.
The installation of ninety degree elbows in lateral vent piping is prohibited.
(15) Connections of lateral vent pipes to transits or other Type "B" vents must
be made with fittings dealgned by the vent manufacturers for this purpose.
(16) The installation of dampers or stops in the vent pipe attached to ar~r
appliance equipped with a draft diverter is prohibited.
VENTILATION
SECTION 20.
(1) Space heaters in public sleeping quarters for the use of transients, tourist
camps, rooming houses, etc., must be of the fury vented type, i.e., having an enclosed
combustion chamber and equipped with draft diverte}t and vented according to standards set
out under the rules provided in Section 19 of this ordinance.
(2) No installer or individual shall install or cause to be installed a ventilating
fan in a residence, apartment, hotel, or commercial cooking establishment until the following
provisions are complied with= There shall be a permanently opened ventilator or opening or
series of openings at least equal in area to the total square inches in the exhaust openir~ of
the fan or fans.
(3) No gas fired equipment shall be installed in a basement, bathroom, or urrler
buildings, or within arty other enclosed space unless adequate provision has been Wade to
admit to the space sufficient fresh air to apport combustion. The mi*+~~+» cross sectional
area of ventilation required shall be equal to one (1) square inch for every thousand B.T.U.
of the toal inptu rating of all appliances installed or operating within the room or enclosure.
ADJUSTLiENTS
SECTION 21.
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(1) Every gas appliance hereafter installed shall be properly adjusted by the
person making the installation, and no such appliance, following the installation, shall be
left connected to the gas piping unless every reasonable precaution has been employed to
insure safe operation of the burners and proper combustion of the gas, due attention being
given to draft conditions and ventilations.
(2) In no case shall an appliance be fired or adjusted to pass a greater amount
of gas than the. rated capacity.
UNAUTHORIZED DEVICES
SECTION 22.
No person, fire, or corporation shall, without the approval of the Inspector,
display, sell barter, replace, offer for sale, lease deal in, suyply, rent, d9nate,
connect, or install within the corporate limits of the City of West tiemphis, ~irkansas
any device purporting to reduce gas consumption when such device is tended as an adjunct
or addition to a gas appliance, or to be suspended above, or to wholly or partially
enclose any burner of a gas appliance in such manner as to reduce the effectiveness of
ignition of the gas issuing from the burner or impair combustion of said burner.
:.AIid7ltuA2ICE
SECTION 23.
All gas piping, vents, vent connections, and ~:pliances shall be maintained in
good conditions; provided, however, that no gas piping, vent, vent connection, fixture, or
appliance not conforming to the requirements of this ordinance shall be used or maintained
if the use of maintenance thereof would endanger life or property, and no gas appliance shall
be operated, which, in the opinion of the Inspector, is not provided with ample ventilation.
VIOLATIONS AND Pr;NALTIES
SECTION 24.
It shall be unlawful to turn on valves, break seals on meter cocks, or do any
other act the purpose of which is to cause or attempt to cause a resumption of the flow of
gas through or in pipes which has been stopped or shut off by the utility supplying the same,
and the existence of any by-pass pipe or arty other device on or about the pipes or equipment
installed or legally used by the utility in furnishing gas to consumer or evidence of dareage
to meters, valves, seals, or other appurtenances preventing or interfering with proper use of
such equipment for registering or measuring gas consumed, shall constitute prima facie
evidence of knowledge on the part of the person or persons having custody or control of the
premises where such devices are located of the existence thereof' and the effect of such
devices or persons to unlawfully take or steal gas from the equipment installed by or used
by the utility furnishing or making gas available to consumers and shall bring such person
or persons prima facie within the scrope, meaning and penalties of this Ordinance.
(L) Any person, firm, or coxp oration that shall fail to comply with n violate
at~}r of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not less than X5.00 nor more than x;100.00 or
30 days imprisonment or both, fine and imprisonment, or the license of such person, firm,
or corporation may be revoked, or both fine and revocation of license m~}* be imposed.
NON-LIABILITY 0'r' CITY
SECTIUN 25.
This ordinance shall not be construed as imposing upon the City of West ldemphis,
Arkansas ally liability or responsibility for damages to at~y person injured by a defect in
any gas piping or appliance mentioned herein, or by installation thereof, nor shall the
City of nest Memphis, Arkansas or arty-official or employee thereof be held as assuming any
such liability or responsibility by reason of the inspection authorized hereunder or
certificate of inspection issued by the Inspector.
VALIDITY
SECTION 26.
If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause, or phrase of this ordinance is,
for arp. reason, held to be unconstitutional, such decisions shall not affect the validity
of the remaining portion of this ordinance. The City Officials of the City of west Memphis,
nrkansas hereby declare that they would have passed this ordinance and each section, sub-
section, sentence, clause, or phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more
sections, sub-sections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared unconstitutional.
U1tDINANCES REPr.AI.ED
SECTIOtJ 27.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
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The Building Inspector presented the following building permits he had authorized
to be issued, motion was made, passed and adopted to confirm the actions of the Building
Inspector in the issuance of the following permits:
Willie Boykins
Chickasaw Lumber Co. - 8
Bennie Washington
H. B. Stafford
Charley M. Ross
Louis Gatewood
Elton Phillips
Robert Griffin
Eligah Rucker
Henry Ridgley
Albert Harris
Tyra Holmes
Annie Jordan
Jack Allen
T~elroae Boatman
Idattie Wilt
Wilson Sawyer
Lucinda Jackson
Hannah McCoy Berry
Ruthie Coleman
No further business appearing before the Council, the meeting was adjourned.
YOR
ATTEST:
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5, 1950