Item 84-158 Ordinance 84-544Type of Cryogenic
CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO. 84- 544
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A FIRE PREVENTION
PERMIT
WHEREAS, the City of Hopkins has adopted Ordinance # 84 -539
requiring Fire Prevention Permits,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City
of Hopkins as follows:
There shall be established a Fire Prevention Permit annual
cost of $25.00 for one or more of the following activities:
A. Bowling pin or alley refinishing. To conduct a bowling pin
refinishing or bowling alley resurfacing operation involving the
use and application of flammable liquids or materials.
B. Compressed gases. flammable. To store, handle or use at normal
temperature and pressures more than 2000 cubic feet of flammable
compressed gas.
C. Cryogens. Except where federal or state regulations apply and
except for fuel systems of the vehicle, permits are required to
produce, store or handle cryogenic fluids in excess of the
following amounts:
Flammable Over 1 gallon
Oxidizer (includes oxygen) 50 gallons
Corrosive or highly toxic Over 1 gallon
Nonflammable 60 gallons
Inside Building Outside Building
60 gallons
50 gallons
Over 1 gallon
500 gallons
D. Dust - producing Operations. To operate a grain elevator, flour
starch, or feed mill, or plant pulverizing aluminum, coal, coca,
magnesium, spices, sugar or other material producing dusts as
defined in Section 76.101 of the Minnesota Uniform Fire Code.
E. Explosives or blasting agents. For permits for explosives or
blasting agents see Section 77.104 of the Minnesota Uniform Fire
Code.
F. Flammable or Combustible Liquids and tanks. To store, handle or
use Class I liquids in excess of 5 gallons in a building or in
excess of 10 gallons outside of any building, except that a permit
is not required for the following:
1. The storage or use of Class I liquids in the fuel tank of
a motor vehicle, aircraft, motorboat, mobile power plant or ,
mobile heating plant, unless such storage, in the opinion of
the ,Fire Chief would cause an unsafe condition.
2. To store, handle or use Class II or Class III liquids in
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4. To install, alter, or operate equipment in connection
with the storage, handling, use or sale of flammable or
combustible liquids regulated under the Minnesota Uniform
Fire Code.
5. To install, alter, remove, abandon, place temporarily
out of service or otherwise dispose of any flammable or
combustible liquid tank.
Hazardous Materials. To store, transport or handle more than 55
gallons of corrosive liquids or more than 500 pounds of oxidizing
materials or more than 10 pounds of organic peroxides or more than
500 pounds of nitromethane or 1000 pounds or more of ammonia
nitrate, ammonia nitrate fertilizers and fertilizer mixtures
covered by Section 80.106 (d) of the Minnesota Uniform Fire Code:
or any amount of highly toxic materials, pyrophoric materials,
hypergolic materials, cryogenic or poisonous gases.
H. Highly toxic pesticides. To store any amount of highly toxic
pesticides.
I. High -piled combustible stock. To use any building or portion
thereof exceeding 2500 square feet for the storage of high -piled
combustible stock. A floor plan showing the dimensions and
location of the stock piles and aisles shall be submitted with
applications for such permits.
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K. Organic coatings. To manufacture more than one gallon of organic
coatings in a working day.
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Liquified petroleum gases. Except for portable container - of less
than 120 gallons water capacity to install or maintain an LP gas
container or operate any tank vehicle which is used for the
transportation of LP gas. Where a single container or the aggregate
capacity of interconnected containers is over 120 gallons water
capacity, the installer shall submit plans for such permits.
Radio active materials. To store or handle at any installation
more than 1 microurie of radioactive material in a sealed source
or sources, or any amount of radioactive material for which a
specific license fromthe Nuclear Regulatory Commission is required.
Refrigeration equipment. To install or operate a mechanical
refrigeration unit or system.
Exceptions: 1. Air, water or brine system; 2. All units and
systems utilizing Group 1 refrigerants with a refrigerant
compressor or horsepower rating of less than 100.
Spraying or dipping. To operate a spraying or dipping enterprise
utilizing flammable liquids included within the scope of Article 45
of the Minnesota Uniform Fire Code.
First read at a regular meeting of the Council of the City of Hopkins,
Minnesota, held on December 18, 1984, and finally read, approved, adopted
and ordered published at a regular meeting of said Council of said City
on January 2, 1985.
J. SCOTT RENNE ROBERT F. MILLER
J. SCOTT RENNE, ROBERT F. MILLER,
City Clerk Mayor
CITY OF HOPKINS
Hennepin County, Minnesota
RESOLUTION NO. 84 -3174
A RESOLUTION ORDERING PREPARATION OF
ENGINEERS REPORT ON IMPROVEMENTS
WHEREAS it is ordered by the City Council that consideration be
given to Fourth Street North between 19th Avenue North and 21st Avenue
North by water and sewer connection and the installation of curb and
gutter and street surfacing thereon and the assessment of benefitting
property for all or a portion of the cost of the improvement pursuant
to M.S.A., Secs. 429.011 to Secs. 429.111, as amended.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HOPKINS, MINNESOTA, that the proposed improvement be referred to John
Strojan, City Engineer, for study and he is instructed to report with
all convenient speed advising the Council in a preliminary way as to
whether the proposed improvements are feasible and as to whether they
should best be made as proposed or in connection with some other improve-
ment, and the estimated cost of the improvements as recommended.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins, Minnesota, this
18th day of December, 1984.
JERRE A. MILLER,
City Attorney