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A. All Fuel stored on the Airport must be in permanent Fuel storage tanks. The installation of storage tanks shall conform to the current Uniform Fire Code and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards and, in addition:
- The determination of whether the tanks shall be installed aboveground or underground is reserved to the County in keeping with then-current regulations and practices.
- The applicant for a Fueling Operations Permit shall be responsible for all applicable land-use and Building permit approvals including, without limitation, those required under the Airport FAA Master Plan and the Pitkin County land use code, as amended.
- A Permittee shall require any contractor it hires for construction of permanent Improvement to provide performance and payment bonds acceptable to the Director of Aviation in the full amount of the construction contract naming the Permittee and Pitkin County as joint obligees.
B. Mobile dispensing equipment shall be a minimum capacity of four hundred (400) gallons for each type of Fuel dispensed and, in addition:
- Jet Fuel and aviation gasolines are prohibited on the same chassis.
- Approved aviation gasolines of different octanes may be dispensed from separate tanks on one chassis if the Fuel systems are complete and independent of each other. The systems shall include separate loading, plumbing, sumps, pumps, filters, meters, hoses and dispensing nozzles.
- Mobile refuelers shall have Facilities for bottom loading.
- Airport Fueling Vehicles shall be maintained and operated to conform to the NFPA Standard Part 407 and shall comply, at all times and in all respects, with the County’s published checklist for such equipment.
C. Fuel transport containers shall have a capacity of not less than fifty (50) gallons each, and shall be clearly marked with the type of Fuel to FAA standards.
- Fuel transport and dispensing tanks/containers must comply with all applicable federal, state and County regulations regarding the transportation and storage of flammable or combustible liquids.
- Fuel transport and dispensing container(s) shall be mechanically secured in or on the transport Vehicle and shall at all times be clean, leak-free and otherwise well-maintained.
- Fuel dispensing container(s) shall have a valve mechanism such that water or other contaminants can be drained from the lowest point on the tank, unless equipped with a glass bowl type filter of adequate size approved by the Director of Aviation. A Fuel uplift standpipe shall be constructed such that approximately five (5) to ten (10) percent of the total capacity of the dispensing tank cannot be delivered through the dispensing system (five (5) to ten (10) percent unusable sump).
- Portable gas cans are prohibited.
D. All Fuel dispensing equipment shall be subject to the following requirements:
- Pumps, either hand or power operated, shall be used when Aircraft are fueled. Pouring or gravity flow shall not be permitted. Meters for monitoring and reporting flowage shall be used.
- All Fuel dispensing equipment must be of a kind that requires manual operation to dispense fuel. Neither the dispensing equipment itself nor the operation of the dispensing equipment shall permit unattended Fueling Operations.
E. All fueling Facilities and equipment shall be maintained in a safe and clean condition equal in appearance and character to other similar airport equipment, Facilities and Improvements.
Upon written notice, a Permittee shall perform any reasonable fueling facility maintenance the Director of Aviation determines is necessary. If a Permittee fails to undertake such maintenance within ten (10) working days of receipt of written notice, the Director may perform the maintenance and/or suspend the permit. If maintenance is performed by the County, the Permittee shall reimburse the County, via the Director of Aviation, for the cost of the maintenance performed.
F. Adequate fire extinguishers of an approved type shall be within ready, easy and accessible reach of Persons engaged in the Fueling Operation. There shall be maintained at all times at least one fully charged, approved portable fire extinguisher of not less than “20:B, C” rating.
G. At all times while conducting Fueling Operations, Permittee shall have available for immediate use adequate equipment and materials to clean up small spills including, without limitation, absorbent materials, brooms, shovels and a container for cleaned-up Fuel. (§ 10.20.070 repealed reenacted Ord. 028-05)
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