§ 13-132. Embankments or dikes surrounding storage tanks.

(a)

All wholesale storage tanks shall be surrounded with an embankment of earth, steel, concrete or solid masonry, designed to be liquid tight and to withstand a full hydrostatic head.

(b)

These dikes or embankments shall be not less than four (4) feet high and capable of holding not less than one and one-half (1½) times the capacity of the tank surrounded. Embankments or dikes shall be a continuous wall with no opening for piping or roadways.

(Code 1953, § 17-3.12(f); Ord. No. C-67-41, § 2, 4-18-67)