

Remove Propane Tanks from 1st Avenue Edwardsville, Illinois
The Issue
How this got on 1st Ave and corner of Longfellow, you must go back to the start . It started at the Edwardsville City Plan Commission which heard the request of Skelly Oil Company (Skelgas). for a variation to store a total of 60,000gallons of flammable material on 1 lot on 1st avenue and corner of Longfellow.. On August 24,1967 The city council , Alderman Abert made a motion seconded by Alderman Kreiuter to approve 60,000 gallons of flammable material placed on 1st Avenue and Longfellow. they would have someone in the office6days a week when Skelgas owned it. after that it went to Ferrellgas and noone worked in the office. as in the 1960's. Now noone works there office is closed so is the garage but has empty tanks along with the big baby blue tank. Skelgas changed hands to Ferrellgas. There are still tanks close to to the fence which need to be removed as with the big tank ..After Praxair explosion in St. Louis. I took out petitions to get these tanks removed . I also came before the city council and Mayor Patton and gave them he petition and addressed them asking that these tanks need to be remove no action was taken. I checked with the Madison County Recorders Office, and they said. That rated as Industrial vacant land. The tax bill goes to new skelgas@ferrellgas 1 Liberty Missouri. Here is the Codified ordinance that the City of Edwardsville has on the books..210 1st Avenue in Edwardsville ,IL has 672 square feet. They pay in taxes $471.64 in 2020; That came from the Madison County Treasurers Office. In 1960 the population in herein Edwardsville was 9,996. Also the city granted them a variance in 1967 at 210 1 st Avenue. After all these years that should be reviewed since 1967 The Zoning Ordinance Section 9.1-2.1 states "Fuel sales with storage of fuel ,oil, gasoline and oher fammable material limited to 120,000 gallons per tank with total storage on a zoning lot not to exceed 50,000 gallons"
Sec. 74-89. - Storage of gasoline, etc., above ground prohibited.
No person shall construct general storage tanks above ground for the storage of gasoline, kerosene and other inflammable and explosive substances within the city.
(b)
No person shall store gasoline, kerosene or other inflammable and explosive substances in any general storage tank constructed above ground within the city.
(Code 1978, § 660.10; Ord. No. 668, 8-15-1939)
Residents of western side of LeClaire and Mahler Heights. Since the 1960's on the corner of 1st Avenue and Longfellow has had a propane implement place. In the 1967it was busy the office open and working out of there. Now the office is closed the garage no one works out of and the big baby blue tank has over 60,000 gallons of propane. Also there are empty tanks which are worse that full tank There is a ordinance which was passed in 1939 ordinance 668 . All above ground tanks in the city are prohibited . Gasoline or kerosene or any flammable are prohibited.. !I am asking all residents to sign this petition to put pressure on the City and the council to remove it. Let me explain if this goes then there will be no south end of the city of Edwardsville and the current administration needs to be held accountable . To all the residents in LeClaire and all the way to 5th avenue it is something you ask to get rid of so . Residents of this area and Edwardsville please sign this petition to make the City remove the tanks for good.and resind the variance they gave them in 1967.
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The Issue
How this got on 1st Ave and corner of Longfellow, you must go back to the start . It started at the Edwardsville City Plan Commission which heard the request of Skelly Oil Company (Skelgas). for a variation to store a total of 60,000gallons of flammable material on 1 lot on 1st avenue and corner of Longfellow.. On August 24,1967 The city council , Alderman Abert made a motion seconded by Alderman Kreiuter to approve 60,000 gallons of flammable material placed on 1st Avenue and Longfellow. they would have someone in the office6days a week when Skelgas owned it. after that it went to Ferrellgas and noone worked in the office. as in the 1960's. Now noone works there office is closed so is the garage but has empty tanks along with the big baby blue tank. Skelgas changed hands to Ferrellgas. There are still tanks close to to the fence which need to be removed as with the big tank ..After Praxair explosion in St. Louis. I took out petitions to get these tanks removed . I also came before the city council and Mayor Patton and gave them he petition and addressed them asking that these tanks need to be remove no action was taken. I checked with the Madison County Recorders Office, and they said. That rated as Industrial vacant land. The tax bill goes to new skelgas@ferrellgas 1 Liberty Missouri. Here is the Codified ordinance that the City of Edwardsville has on the books..210 1st Avenue in Edwardsville ,IL has 672 square feet. They pay in taxes $471.64 in 2020; That came from the Madison County Treasurers Office. In 1960 the population in herein Edwardsville was 9,996. Also the city granted them a variance in 1967 at 210 1 st Avenue. After all these years that should be reviewed since 1967 The Zoning Ordinance Section 9.1-2.1 states "Fuel sales with storage of fuel ,oil, gasoline and oher fammable material limited to 120,000 gallons per tank with total storage on a zoning lot not to exceed 50,000 gallons"
Sec. 74-89. - Storage of gasoline, etc., above ground prohibited.
No person shall construct general storage tanks above ground for the storage of gasoline, kerosene and other inflammable and explosive substances within the city.
(b)
No person shall store gasoline, kerosene or other inflammable and explosive substances in any general storage tank constructed above ground within the city.
(Code 1978, § 660.10; Ord. No. 668, 8-15-1939)
Residents of western side of LeClaire and Mahler Heights. Since the 1960's on the corner of 1st Avenue and Longfellow has had a propane implement place. In the 1967it was busy the office open and working out of there. Now the office is closed the garage no one works out of and the big baby blue tank has over 60,000 gallons of propane. Also there are empty tanks which are worse that full tank There is a ordinance which was passed in 1939 ordinance 668 . All above ground tanks in the city are prohibited . Gasoline or kerosene or any flammable are prohibited.. !I am asking all residents to sign this petition to put pressure on the City and the council to remove it. Let me explain if this goes then there will be no south end of the city of Edwardsville and the current administration needs to be held accountable . To all the residents in LeClaire and all the way to 5th avenue it is something you ask to get rid of so . Residents of this area and Edwardsville please sign this petition to make the City remove the tanks for good.and resind the variance they gave them in 1967.
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Petition created on January 14, 2022