§ 10-121. Vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas for fuel.

It is specifically provided that vehicles using liquefied petroleum gas for fuel for motive power and self-propulsion, which has a vapor pressure less than two hundred (200) pounds per square inch at one hundred (100) degrees Fahrenheit temperature are exempt from all other requirements of this article provided they comply with the following requirements:

(1)

Tanks or containers for liquefied petroleum gas shall not exceed thirty (30) water gallons capacity for passenger vehicles and shall not exceed one hundred fifty (150) water gallons capacity for all commercial vehicles including trucks and buses and such tanks shall be provided with complete free-air ventilation downward to avoid accumulation of gas.

(2)

Tanks or containers for liquefied petroleum gas shall be designed and equipped for two hundred (200) pounds per square inch minimum working pressure, and shall comply fully with the regulations of the railroad commission including the regulations relative to excess flow valves.

(3)

Tanks, containers, regulators, carburetors and all other equipment to make a complete system for using liquefied petroleum gas as a fuel shall be subject to such further regulations as the city manager or fire marshal may find necessary in the interest of public safety.

(Code 1966, § 12-22)