Potentially explosive chemicals buildings or outside storage areas shall have a safety clearance to any building, combustible storage in the open, flammable liquid storage, lot line or public way. Such safety clearances shall be as follows:
Organic peroxides:
Weight (Pounds) | Distance (Feet) |
50 – 100 | 35 |
101 – 500 | 50 |
501 – 1,000 | 65 |
1,001 – 3,000 | 100 |
3,001 – 5,000 | 150 |
In no case shall a safety clearance of less than 500 feet be provided to any lot line of any plot of ground on which is situated a school, hospital or other institutional building, assembly or open air assembly building.
(Prior code § 92-31)