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Fuel pump warning labels
ORDINANCE NO. 1418
FINAL PUBLICATION NO. 3530. FIRST PUBLICATION IN THE CHRONICLE ON JANUARY 16, 2020
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
In the Year Two Thousand and Twenty
AN ORDINANCE
In amendment to the Ordinance entitled “Cambridge Municipal Code.”
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Cambridge as follows:
That the Municipal Code of the City of Cambridge be amended in Section 8.12.010 entitled “Self-service
station regulations”, which reads as follows:
8.12.010 - Self-service station regulations
a) The dispensing of motor fuel by means of self-service automated dispensing systems shall be
permitted at any authorized gasoline station. All installations shall comply with the regulations
promulgated by the Board of Fire Prevention Regulations in the Commonwealth.
b) Each self-service automated dispensing system shall display a clear warning label explaining that
burning gasoline, diesel and ethanol has major consequences on human health and on the environment,
including contributing to climate change. The text, image, or graphics of this warning label shall be
approved by the City Manager.
In City Council January 27, 2020.
Passed to be ordained by a yea and nay vote:
Yeas 7; Nays 1; Present 1; Absent 0.
Attest:- Anthony I. Wilson, City Clerk
A true Copy;
ATTEST:-
Anthony I. Wilson
City Clerk