LYTTELTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

BYE-LAW No. III.

PETROLEUM.

A BYE-LAW of the Council of the BOROUGH OF LYTTELTON made under "The Municipal Corporations Act 1867," and "The Dangerous Goods Act 1869."

In pursuance of the 186th section of "The Municipal Corporations Act 1867" the Council of the Borough of Lyttelton ordain as follows:—

1. For the purposes of this Bye-Law Petroleum shall include all such Rock Oil Rangoon Oil Burmah Oil any product of them and any oil made from Petroleum Coal Schist Shale Peat or other bituminous substance and any such product of them as gives off an inflammable vapour at a temperature of less than one hundred and ten degrees of Fahrenheit’s thermometer but this Bye-Law shall not apply to any quantity of Petroleum consisting of not more than ten gallons in the whole kept for private use and not for sale.

2. From and after the First day of January 1872 Petroleum shall not be kept within 50 yards of any dwelling-house or of any building in which goods are stored except in pursuance of a license granted under this Bye-Law nor shall any greater quantity than 400 gallons be kept on the same premises at one and the same time except in pursuance of a special license to be granted as hereinafter mentioned. The licensee shall not expose for sale or have on tap a quantity greater than eight gallons.

3. Before any license shall be granted an application shall be delivered at the office of the Town Clerk stating the name residence and occupation of the applicant and particularly describing so as to distinguish the same from any other place the premises in or upon which it is intended to keep Petroleum thereunder. And such application shall be signed by the applicant and shall be pursuant to the form contained in Schedule A to this Bye-Law.

4. So soon as conveniently may be there-after the Inspector for the time being appointed by the Council shall examine the premises described in such application and shall report in writing to the Council at their next ordinary meeting his opinion whether the license applied for may or may not safely be granted together with all such particulars as may be necessary to enable the Council to judge of the expediency or otherwise of granting the license applied for.

5. Licenses shall be in the form or to the effect as near as may be contained in Schedule B to this Bye-Law and shall continue in force until the 31st day of December next ensuing. Licenses may be renewed on application at the Town Clerk’s office not later than the 15th day of December previous to their expiry the applicant leaving the same with the Town Clerk who shall give a receipt for the same.

6. Licenses shall be signed by the Town Clerk and numbered in such order as shall be determined by the Council.

7. For the grant or renewal of an ordinary license there shall be paid a fee of one pound and for the grant of or renewal of any special license there shall be paid a fee of two pounds.

8. Subject to any addition modification or repeal thereof from time to time by the Council licenses shall be granted subject to the following conditions:—

9. The nearest distance of such petroleum from any wall of any building or from any other goods which may for the time being be stored or kept on the same or on any other premises shall be not less than two feet and the nearest distance thereof from any heat or flame or from any inflammable combustible or explosive material shall not be less than twelve feet.

10. The licensee shall not sell or expose for sale for use within the Colony of New Zealand any Petroleum as herein defined unless the bottle or vessel containing Petroleum have attached thereto a label in legible characters stating as follows — “Dangerous; no light to be brought near.”

11. The licensee shall cause to be forthwith removed from the premises comprised in his license any vessel containing Petroleum leaking therefrom and shall not allow such vessel to be used for the purpose of containing Petroleum until the same shall have been completely repaired.

12. Special licenses shall be granted on such application after such inspection subject to such conditions for such period with or without power of renewal and liable to such revocation as the Council shall in each case determine.

13. This Bye-Law shall apply to the whole of the Borough of Lyttelton as defined by "The Municipal Corporations Act 1867."

14. Any person committing any breach of this Bye-Law shall be liable for each offence to a penalty not exceeding £5 nor less than ten shillings to be recovered in a summary way before any two Justices of the Peace in the manner provided by "The Municipal Corporations Act 1867."

15. All Bye-Laws or Regulations or parts of Bye-Laws or Regulations heretofore in force for the said Borough and being inconsistent with repugnant to or in any respect dealing or purporting to deal with the subject matter of the provisions of this Bye-Law are hereby repealed.

Passed by the said Council this 28th day of August 1871.

HARRY ALLWRIGHT, Mayor.

H. C. LANCAUX,
Town Clerk.