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BOOK 7 PACE 528 Chairman gave a report on the progress being made about a Countywide Recreation System but no formal action was taken at this meeting. Commissioner Perry White moved that the following ordinance be introduced and be given its first reading before the Board and that the legal procedures be instituted in order to have the same adopted as the ordinance regulating the method of dispensing motor fuel to the public in Lee County. The ordinance is as follows: WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners for Lee County recognize that motor fuels such as gasoline and diesel fuel are highly combustible liquids; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners for Lee County has determined that the dispensing of motor fuels to the public without attendants or human supervision constitutes a haiard to the health and safety of the public; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners for Lee County as follows: 1. All motor fuel dispensing devices in Lee County shall have at least 6ne attendant on duty within 100 feet of the device dispensing said fuel at all times when such devices are open to the public. Said attendant shall be avail- able to observe and control the dispensing of such fuels while such fuels are available to the public and to supervise pump- ing, if necessary, to the end that such fuels be dispensed to eliminate the risk ob bodily injury and property damage. Said attendant shall have available on the premises and within 100 feet of the dispensing device at least one fire extinguisher suitable for and effective against fires in flammable liquids, gases, and greases and against fires which involve energized electrical equipment, where the electrical non-conductivity of the extinguishing media is of importance and which extinguisher shall be capable of extinguishing a 6. square foot area of flam- mable liquid fire in liquid of a depth greater than one-eighth (1/8th) inch. 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption and publication as required by law. 3. Any person, firm or corporation violating this Ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor' and shall be fined not more than Fifty Dollars ($50. 00), or imprisoned for not more than thirty (30) days. Each operation of the dispensing device in violation of this Ordinance shall be a separate offense. Commissioner Rogers seconded the motion and the Ordinance was read and passed.its first.reading by unanimous vote. The Clerk was instructed to cause due notice to be given of a public hearing to be held within fifteen days and for clarification the Board directed that the entire Ordinance be published in the notice. Upon motion of Commissioner Gordon A. Wicker, duly seconded by Commissioner White, it was unanimously RESOLVED to establish the fees for electrical inspection in accordance with the following schedule from and after April 1, 1971: