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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4976ORDINANCE N0. AN ORDINANCE MENDING ORDINANCE N0, 4559 AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Be It Ordained by the City Council of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas: Section 1. That Section 4 of Ordinance No. 4559 be and the same is hereby amended in its entirety to read as follows: "Sec- tion 4: That for making the inspections herein provided for, the City Inspector shall charge and collect an inspection fee in accordance with the following scale of rates: Railroad Track Scales ................. ..........................$7.00 Hopper Scales .................... .........................00..00 5.00 Railroad Depdtit Scales........ .... ............................... 4.C.. Wagon Scales ..................... ............................... 4.0k, Dormant Scales ....................... ...........................2.00 Scales over 2,000 lbs. capacity not enumerated above............ 1* 50 Scales over 600 to 2,000 lbs ..... ...............0............... 1.00 Cotton Scales .................... e.............................. 1000 Scales less than 600 lbs ............... ......................... .50 Person 71eigher Scales............ .e ............................. .50 Any automatic instrument of weight or measuring any substance, article, energy or pressure not specified ....... ................ 1100 Taximeters.. ..................... ............................... 1000 Gasoline Pumps Visible ........... .................0000.......... .50 Gasoline pumps, either electric or hand operated & not visible.. 1.00 Lubricating Oil Pumps............ 0...........0..0............... ,25 Kerosene Oil Pumps ............... ............................... .25 Grease Guns and Grease Measuring devises...0 .................... .50 Vehicle Tank, each gallon ........ ............................... 105 Bushel or one -half bushel dry measure ........................... .15 Any smaller denominations dry measure ... ........................ .10 Liquid measure, one gallon and upward per gallon ................ .110 Yard measures.............. ...... ............................... 110 Automatic machines used for lineal measures, each............... .50 For measuring a quantity of coal or wood and issuing a cer- tificate of approximate measure or weight ........ .............0. 2.00 For testing and sealing any single weight....................... .10 For testing, adjusting and sealing any single weight............ .20 For weighing or measuring any other commodity and issuing a certificate of weight or measure at the rate per hour........... 1.50" Section 2. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances only insofar as they conflict herewith are hereby repealed and this ordi- nance sh 11 take effect d be in force from and after its passage. Passed: Attest: City C rk. Approved: m ayar. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, Date 9�i 3_ ROLL CALL —CITY COUNCIL Official Year 193 -1931. WARDS !INames of Aldermen Long Term Last Votes II Aye I NO FIRS WAR Connor, C. M. 17 - -- 6485 II II PLUMBING INSPECTOR Charles W. Tuel 4 -3000 II II SECOND WARD Tuohey, J. H. CITY ENGINEER E. E. Stansbery 4 -3000 PARKS AND SANITATION Leiser, H. G. THIRD WARD FOURTH WARD Muswick, George Wassell, Sam M. Mrs. Florence G. Ellis, R. N. 7161 II II CITY LIBRARIAN Miss Vera Snook II Adkins, Homer M. :CTOR WEIGHTS & MEASURES FIFT ARD ` '8°° 4k 4 -3508 j SIXTH WARD Shoffner, E. G. Du,ttlinger, C. H. SEVE ARD Adams, George G. EIGHTH WA41D Fisher, Merlin Conner, C. C. NIN . WARD Gladden, J. P_ I I' CITY OFF ERS AND DEPART- MENT HEADS Office �y Phone II REMARKS MAYOR Pat L. Robinson " 4 -8416 � �! _ CITY TREASURER Oscar D. Hadfield II 4 -2020 II MUNICIPAL JUDGE II Harper E. Harb 4 -3886 II CITY ATTORNEY Linwood L. Brickhouse II 4 -1123 II CITY CLERK Horace A. Knowlton II 9613 —_ II CITY COLLECTOR II James Lawson 4 -1466 II MAYOR'S SECRETARY AND PUR- CHASING AGENT Grady H. Forgy 4 -8417 CHIEF OF POLICE V. E. Martineau II ! 4 -1234 II { CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTMENT J Charles S. Hafer II 4 -2851 II CITY HEALTH OFFICER Dr. Chas. R. Moon 1I CITY VETERINARIAN a 5402 ---�— Dr. T. M. Dick 11 5402 \IJ LK AND. DAIRY INSPECTOR II !I Hayes R. Summers 5402 CHIEF FOOD INSPECTOR Wilbur G. Scougale 5402 MEAT INSPECTOR A. F. Coots 6485 II II PLUMBING INSPECTOR Charles W. Tuel 4 -3000 II II CITY ELECTRICIAN Elmer C. Dice I 4 -3508 CITY ENGINEER E. E. Stansbery 4 -3000 PARKS AND SANITATION William G. Sprague II 6813 ,I SUPT. CITY HOSPITAL Mrs. Florence G. Ellis, R. N. 7161 II II CITY LIBRARIAN Miss Vera Snook II 8932 II :CTOR WEIGHTS & MEASURES Julian E. Moore II 4 -3508 j BEGIN AT SECTION 31 OF ORDINANCE NO.4559 Section 3. It shall be the duty of the Inspector of Weights and Measures at least once each Calendar year and as herein provided to examine and test the accuracy of all instruments used, or to be used, within the limits of the City of Little Rock in weighing and measuring any substance, article, energy, or pressure intended to be purchased, or sold, or any article to be shipped from or received into the city of Little Rock, and all instruments used, or to be used, within the city in weighing, or measuring any person, or animal for hire, or reward, or which may be used in such manner that the accuracy of such weight, or measurements, may pecuniarily interest any person other than the owner before such instruments are used, to stamp with a suitable seal each weight, measure, scale or thing so used which he may find to conform, or which shall be made to conform to the standard,prescribed by the laws of the United States, the State of Arkansas and the National Bureau of Standards, VPashington, D. C., which are now and may hereafter be in force and to deliver to the owner thereof a certificate of their accuracy. Section 4, phenever the Inspector shall find as a result of such inspection that any instrument used for weighing or measuring articles or commodities sold in the city of Little Rock is not accurate or does not conform to all laws of *%" city, State, U. ti., and the he National Bureau of Standards Zshall promptly mark such instrument con- demned, whereupon the owner shall have three (3) days within which to correct or adjust said instrument, but no such instrument shall be used for weighing or measuring commodities for sale again until same has been approved. If upon notification the inspector is advised that such instrument has been corrected he shall ir_imediately reinspect such instrument and if found correct, approve and properly seal the same. It shall be unlawful for any person to remove or break any seal placed upon any instrument by the inspector. If at the end of the three (3) days said instrument has not been corrected it shall be the duty of the inspector to seize and destroy, in the name of the city all false weights, measures and scales which he may find, and which the owner shall fail to have immediately made conformable to the said laws. The inspector herein provided for shall have full power and authority to enter upon the premises at any time he desires for the purpose'of No. 2 (Section 4, Cont'd) dF inspecting, seizing or condemning any instrument, and said inspector is hereby authorized and empowered to arrest forthwith any person who shall hinder or interfere with him while making the inspections provided by the ordinance. Section 5. The Inspector of Weights and Measures shall charge and collect for examining, testing, sealing and certifying as herein required as fol?.ows, viz; Railroad Track Scales.... ............ ............................... 7.00 Hopper Scales........................ ..........o.................... 5100 Railroad Depot Scales................ ...00.000.0000...000.000.00000. 4.00 Wagon Scales...................... ... . . . .... . . . .. . . . ... .. . ... . . . . ... 4 .•00 2.00 Dormant Scales....................... .........0....00...00.00000.0.. Scales over 2,000 lbs. capacity not enumerated above ................ 1.50 Scales over 600 to 2,000 lbs. ....... ................ ............... 1000 S-ea1,s_ over 100 to 600 i. `5 Cotton Scales.... ..... ........... .................... .....0090... -0 1000 Scales less tkan lbs.....00. . .. .......................0000.• a .50 Person Teighbr Scales.......090000.0. 00.00.0000.0..00.000.001p...0.0. .50 Any automatic instrument of weight or measuring any substance, article, energy or pressure hot specified ..0.0......00 .... ......0` Taxi 1.00 m e t e r s 0........... 0 0.. 0 0 0 0. 0. . 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0. 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0. 0 0.. 0 0 0. 0 0 0 .f Gasoline Pumps Vis4ble.............0. .......0 ..............00....0.. .50 al Gasoline pumps, either electric or hand operated and not visable.... 1.00 'f Lubricating Oil Pumps................ ..........0....0............0.. .25 Kerosene Oil Pumps. .................. ...0........................... .25/ Greaae Guns and Grease Measuring devzces0 .. ......................... 0 50 Vehicle Tank, each gallon ............ ........0.....0.........0.0.... 005 x Bushel or one -half bushel dry measure ,....................0......09. s15 Any smaller denominations dry measure .00......00001000.0.0000....000 .10 Liquid measure, one gallon and upward per gallon.................... .10 Yard measures....................... 0 ............................... .14 Automatice machines used for lineal measures, each..... ............. 1-10 For measuring a quantity of coal or wood and issuing a certificate of approximate measure or weight..... 0 ................000.......•... 2.00 For testing an¢'sealing any single weight ..00..0..0.0.....0.0...00.. .10 y For testing, adjusting and sealing any single weight ................ .20' /X For weighing or measuring any other commodity and issuing a certificate of weight or measurethe rate ectoromao..at.the*reouest0of •theoowner�50, -� ,In every case where_._ p y, q or person in possession- or. control of any scale, weight or measure, employ; labor or material in making such scale, weight or measure accurate, he q shall charge and receive from the owner or person, for the use of the city'; a just and reasonable compensation for such labor and material. Section 6. All persons, firms or corporations using instruments for weighing and measuring shall furnish the Inspector any help that is needed to make such inspections at the Inspectors request. Section 7. The Inspector shall examine and test all such instruments used for weighing or measuring at the stores,and used, and to be used, and all persons using or intending to use such instruments for weighing or measuring who have no regularly established place of business within the City of Little Rock, shall take such instrument No. 3 Section 7 Cont'd) to the office of the Inspector of Weights and Measures. Such person taking such instrument to the office of the Inspector of 'Neights and Measures shall so far as possible take the same to his office during t'..e hours of 8 and 9 A. M., any week day of the year. Section 8. It shall be the duty of said Inspector to make an additional examination and test of any instrument used or to be used in weighing and measuring whenever in his opinion such inspection may be necessaryt and it shall also be his duty to perform such service upon request, and at the expense of any parson owning or using any instrument of weight or measure as often as thereto requested, by such owner or user, or by any other person provided such other person shall first pay the fees herein provided for such inspection. Section 9. The Inspector of Weights and Pleasures, for .a second or subsequent inspection and where weights, measures or other i things are found incorrect as are hereinabove described charge and receive the same fees as for the first inspection. Section 10. All persons using weights, measures, scales or other things of the kind hereinabovb mentioned shall cause the same to be examined, tested and sealed as hereinberore required, and no such weights, measures, scales, or other things so., zsed shall,be c emed ins OV spected, tested, or sealed until the owner ✓thereof sha ?�have paid for and obtained a proper certificate or certificates from the Inspector of Weights and Measures. Section 11. Any person who shall fail or refuse to have any instrument of weights and measures in his possession, or use, examined, tested, corrected, or sealed and ciLlled upon for that purpose by the Inspector, or shall willfully remove, destroy or any way or manner erase any stamp or seal of inspection from any scale, weights and measures or shall in any way or manner obstruct, hinder, or molest the Inspector of Weights and Measures in the performance of his duties, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 12. It shall be unlawful for any person to have in their possession any scale or other mechanical devices for the weighing or measuring of commodities to be sold by them which has not been inspected and bears the approval of the Inspector thereon. Section 13. The business of repairing scales or mechanical measuring devices is hereby declared to be a privilege and each person No. 4 (Section 13, Cont'd) engaged therein shall pay the sum of Fifteen ($15.00) Dollars per year to the City Collector. Section 14. Whenever any person, firm or corporation shall sell or deliver any scales or other mechanical measuring device to any person doing business in Little Rock he shall within forty -eight hours report such sale to tae City Inspector. Section 15. No Inspector shall sell, or offer to sell or repair, or be interested directly or indirectly in the sale or repairing within the City of Little Rock of any instrument used for weighing and measuring. Section 16, No Inspector shall use any false instrument or make any false test in making his examination and testing of instruments used or to be used for weighing or measuring. Section 17, The Inspector of Weights and Measures shall make a monthly and yearly report to the;:ayor and City Council of all instruments inspected and fees collected.'" t Section 18. Any instrument fog, weighing or measuring said not�be in use xi Wmower and v,,hi c'r: sic ob z eci,s r having inspected must be condemned by Inspector and sealed and *a.;6,-4AW4 be used until same has been inspected. Section 19. Itinerant dairymen, peddlers, junk or rag dealers, hawkers, and ice dealers using scales, weight, measures, or other things to weigh or measure by shall take the same to the office of the Ins r of weights and measures and have the same inspected and tested by the :kXzXgat1 Ins a ctor - m4 of weights and measures as provided in this ordinance. Any itinerant dairyman, peddler, hawker or ice dealer who shall fail to comply with this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Section 20. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell,0tg ka or expose offer for sale in the City of Little Rock any article of food or merchandise, which is usually sold by weight or measure, in baskets, crates, bags, boxes, packages, mould, print, or containers, unless there be stamped, labeled or printed upon said basset, crate, bag, box, package, mould, -rint or contai er the correct measure or weight of the quantity contained therein, and if such commodity is of a kind that is usually sold by weight, the weights shown shall be exclusive of the weight of the container. Such articles of food or merchandise found. incorrect b.! the Inspector of s;reights and Ivieasures shall be seam y- said Inspector, acrd- °g'tVV `°t°!* e Charitable I-fte-t ut -ons of Little Rock. VII No. 5 (Section 20, Cont'd) This section shall not apply, however, if the vender shall mark in plain type or letters or tag on such baskets, crate, bag, box, package, mould, print or container, the words, "This package is not sold by weight or measure, but in bulk." Section 21. "Scales" There shall be only one reading line on any 2kzrK computing scale. All reading lines must be placed so as to set at zero when scale is balanced. All scales must be at the zero point before and after weighing and shall conform to the Tolerances adopted by the National Bureau of Standards. :ill counter scales and hanging scales must at all times be so installed that the reading line is horigogtal wit � the eyes, of the average person, 5u 7 in. in height. All counter and computing scales shall be set upon a solid foundation. Suspension scales shall be hung from a strong permanent sunnort. The reading of all scales shall be within three feet from the natural position of the customer. Suspension or counter scales with dials, shall not have two dials and be glass covered. Scales mus.1/be located where the air from a ceiling,or bracket,electric fan or any other thing shall interfere with its veighingt and shall be condemned until such fan or thing has been removed. There shall be t all es selling 1armdfood or merchandise by weight a scale so arrangedthat customers making purchases pan at their will weigh such food or merchandise purchase by service stores scales 4w*&Akv­b-e e :; sib1e at all time t, Section 22. "Milk Bottles$ Bottles used for the sale of milk or cream shall be made only in sizes heretofore specified under the heading clearly "Liquid capacity measures FI Each bottle shall have its capacity,/blown or otherwise clearly and permanently marked in or on the sidex of the bottle and in or on the side or bottom the name, initials, or trade -mark of the manufacturerg thereof. Glass bottles with an inside diameter of not over 2 inches immediately below the cap seat or stopple shall hold the correct capacity when filled to within one - fourth irch of this cap seat or stopple; bottles with an inside diameter of over this amount immediately below the cap seat or stopple shall hold the correct capacity when filled to within one - eighth inch of this cap seat or stopple: Provided, however that a larger distance shall be allowed below the cap seat or stopple when the bottles are provided with a clearly defined line blown or otherwise clearly and permanently marked in or on the bottle, and extending at least halfway around it, which indicates the correct capacity, and directly over, IM (Section 22, Cont'd§ below, or beside this line, with the words "Fill to line" or a similar and suitable inscription clearly and permanently marked in or on the bottle. Any person, firm or corporation selling or offering for sale milk or cream in any such bottle or jar, or having in his or its possession any such bottle or jar, to be used for the purpose of containing milk or cream to be sold or offered for sale in the city,- of Little Rock,or which shall be found to be of less capacity than that blown on bottle shall be guilty of s misdemeanor, and all bottles of milk which do not come up to the requirements of this section shall be seized by the inspector of weights and measures and given to the Charitable Institutions of the city of Little Rock. Section 23. "Lubricating Oil Bottles." Bottles used for the sale of lubricating oil shall be made of clear, uncolored glass and only in sizes heretofore specified under the heading "Liquid capacity measures." They shall be made to contain their indicated capacities of a temperature of 200 C. (680 F.), and they shall not be subdivided, Each bottle shall have its capacity clearly blown or otherwise clearly and permanently marked in or on the side of the bottle, and in or on the side or bottom the name, initials, or trade -mark of the manufacturer thereof. Bottles shall be provided with a clearly defined graduation line blown or otherwise clearly and permanently marked in or on the bottle, and extending at least halfway around it, which indicates the correct capacity, and with the words, "Fill to line" or a similar and suitable inscription clearly and permanently marked in or on the bottle and clearly referable to this graduation line. This line shall. in no case be more t an 0.10 inches in width and the bottom edge of the line shall define the top of the meniscus of the water which is used in the test of the bottle. This graduatJon line shall be placed so that it is at least one- fourth inch belov, t'^e bottom of any metal top when this is scre;.ed firmly into place. The capacity of that portion of the bottle above the bottom of the graduation line shall be at least 3 cubic inches. '. &hen a bottle is equipped with aSpout, this shall be so constructed that free and unobstructed drainage is provided. This specification shall be construed to require that there be an effective air vent in the spout and no shoulder or other obstruction tending to result in a trapping of the liquid being delivered. The spout shall not be over 6 inches in length measured from the point of contact with the top of the bottle to the tip of the spout. #7 Section 24. "Liquid Measuring Devices for dispengsing Gasoline." All liquid- measuring devices shall be so designed and constructed that they can readily be operated to deliver each quantity for which a graduation, stop, overflow pipe, or other indicating means is provided, within the tolerance on such amount hereinafter provided. All liquid measuring devices shall not be in a normal operating position until they are level. All visable liquid measuring devices Of the vis;ble type shall be equipped with permanent markets indicating each gallon etched on X gl: ss bowl. Etching shall be at least 2 inches long on each side of amount indicates. There shall be not less than two set of markers on each bowl. All visable pump bowls must be at all times kept clean so that all pamkers can be seen plainly by the purchaser. All vis&*U,e gasoline pumps shall have a cut -off nozzle at the end of hose, and hose shall be full of gasoline at all times. It will be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to make any new instalktions or exchanges of gasoline pumps without notifying the Inspector of '«eights and Measures. And shall also notify said inspector when replacing any broken bowl. Any person, firm or corporation owning, operating or using any automatic or mechanical pump or liquid- measuring device for the purpose of measuring any liquid commodity to be sodl or offered for sale within the city of Little Rock, shall provide proper tested standard measures, and shall each day before making the first sale in the morning, and always before commencing to sell a new supply of liquid, test the accuracy of the device so in use. Section 25. "Ice." Every person, firm or corporation selling ice of` offering ice for sale shall, at the time of delivery of any ice sold, weigh the quantity of ice delivered, and for that purpose shall be provided with a steel -yeard balance or other apparatus for weighing such ice, which shall have been duly adjusted and sealed by the inspector of weights and measures in accordance with the provisions of this ordinance; and all ice sold within the city shall be sold by avoirdupois weight unless it is otherwise specifically agreed upon between the buyer and seller. BiEt;�ifiiZ�Eg#Xgf 'when ice is scored it shall xx:txk only be weighbd on requests) very privilege _, tax granted der the, rovi signs of this article shall be revocable by the a�any time up n proof of violation of any of the provisions of this article or any ordinance which may hereafter be passed relating to the ice business in the city of Little Rock. AK 4.40