City Council - Ordinance Committee

Ordinance Committee Meeting Tuesday, December 14, 2021 @ 6:30 PM Chambers/Zoom ITEM #1 Benefit Street – Both sides – Resident Parking Only ITEM #2 BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council that the Code of the City of Chicopee for the Year 1991, as amended, be and is hereby further amended as follows: Chapter 188-20 Service and self-service station licenses. Add S Sale of Gasoline for Illegal Purposes (a) No owner of employee of any retail dealer of gasoline shall sell, offer for sale, or attempt to sell any article or product represented as gasoline for use in any motorized recreational vehicle as defined in this ordinance, unless that vehicle is conveyed to and from the retailer’s premises by a registered motor vehicle, as defined under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 90 section 1, as may be amended, and no individual shall purchase or attempt to purchase gasoline for use in any motorized recreational vehicle as defined in this ordinance. (b) Signs with the words “FUELING OF ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES, MINI-CYCLES, DIRT BIKES, OR OTHER UNAUTHORIZED VEHICLES PROHIBITED” in English and “PROHIBIDO DESPACHAR GASOLINA A ALL TERRAIN VEHICLES, MINI-CYCLES O DIRT BIKES 0 A OTROS VEHICULOS NO AUTORIZADOS” in Spanish at least one (1) inch in height with a contrasting margin shall be posted at all dispensing locations. The location of warning signs shall be based on local conditions but shall be visible and legible from all gas pumps. Signage to be provided by the City. (c) Any owner of any retail dealer of gasoline which violates any provision of Subsections (a) or (b) of this section who owns or is employed by a retail dealer that has been previously issued a warning as the result of a previous violation of Subsections (a) or (b) of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars ($100.00) per occurrence. Each motorized recreational vehicle as to which an owner or employee of any retail dealer of gasoline sells, offers for sale, or attempts to sell gasoline shall be considered a separate violation of Section (a) above. T. Offense Fine Enforcing Personnel Sale of Gasoline $100.00 Chicopee Police Department For Illegal Purposes