383.01 Scope and Application
383.02 Classification
383.03 Definitions
383.04 Conditions Requiring Permits
383.05 Storage Limitations when Not in Fire- Resistive Rooms
383.06 Storage in Dwellings and Row Houses
383.07 Storage in Garages
383.08 Storage in Multiple Dwellings
383.09 Storage in Business Occupancy
383.10 Storage in Mercantile Occupancy
383.11 Storage in Storage Occupancy
383.12 Storage in Industrial Occupancy
383.13 Storage in Institutional Occupancy
383.14 Storage in Assembly Occupancy
383.15 Storage in Educational Occupancy
383.16 Storage During Demolition or Building Moving
383.17 Storage in Stores and Mercantile Establishments
383.18 Storage in Fire-Resistive Storage Rooms
383.19 Storage and Handling of Class I and Class II Liquids
383.20 Tanks for Class I or Class II Liquid Buried Within Buildings
383.21 Storage Tanks for Class III Liquids Within Buildings
383.22 Underground Tanks Outside Buildings
383.23 Installation of Underground Tanks
383.24 Above-Ground Storage in Tanks of Class I, II or III Liquid
383.25 Fire Extinguishing Equipment for Above- Ground Storage Tanks
383.26 Dikes
383.27 Above-Ground Outdoor Storage of Flammable Liquids in Barrels, Drums or Other Containers
383.28 Materials, Construction and Equipment of Storage Tanks and Containers
383.29 Tank Car and Tank Truck Loading Docks
383.30 Processing Equipment
383.31 Processing Room Ventilation
383.32 Piping, Valves and Pumps
383.33 Marking and Labeling Storage Areas
383.34 Yard Hydrant Systems
383.35 Storage of Flammable Liquids Subject to Drug Abuse
383.36 Appeal
Statutory reference:
Gasoline, oils and paints, RC Ch. 3741
Underground storage tanks, RC 3737.87 et seq.
Gasoline, oils and paints, RC Ch. 3741
Underground storage tanks, RC 3737.87 et seq.
(a) The provisions of this chapter shall govern the use, handling, storage and sale of flammable liquids, and the products thereof, having a flash point of two hundred degrees Fahrenheit (200°F) or less; except that this chapter applies to fuel oil installations and fuel oil storage in connection with oil-burning equipment used for the heating of buildings and for similar purposes only as specified in Chapter 3155.
(b) After June 27, 1949, all new installations and new storage of flammable liquid and all use and handling thereof shall be in conformity with this chapter.
(c) When existing installations or methods of storage do not conform to the provisions of this chapter and are deemed unusually hazardous to life or to adjacent property by the Fire Chief, such installations and methods of storage shall be altered or changed to substantially conform with the provisions of this chapter.
(d) The use, handling and storage of flammable liquid having a vapor pressure above fifteen (15) psi absolute pressure, at one hundred degrees Fahrenheit (100°F), shall be under special permit only, and in conformity with the conditions of the permit prescribed by the Fire Chief.
(e) The use, handling and storage of combustible liquid with a flash point over two hundred degrees Fahrenheit (200°F) shall be in conformity with accepted safe practice as approved by the Fire Chief. When deemed necessary, the Board of Building Standards and Building Appeals may promulgate rules or regulations to define accepted safe practice in the use, handling and storage of such combustible liquid.
(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)
(a) For the purposes of this chapter, “flammable liquid” means liquid having a flash point of two hundred degrees Fahrenheit (200°F) or less and having a vapor pressure less than forty (40) psi absolute pressure at one hundred degrees Fahrenheit (100°F). Flammable liquids shall be divided into three (3) classes, according to the flash point, as follows:
(1) Class I Liquids with flash point at or below twenty degrees Fahrenheit (20°F), Tag. closed cup tester.
(2) Class II Liquids with flash point above twenty degrees Fahrenheit (20°F) to seventy degrees Fahrenheit (70°F) Tag. closed cup tester.
(3) Class III Liquids with flash point from seventy degrees Fahrenheit (70°F) to two hundred degrees Fahrenheit (200°F), Tag. closed cup tester or, for thick paints or paint vehicles, or other liquids having a flash point above one hundred seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit (175°F), Pensky-Martens closed tester.
(b) “Flash point” means the minimum temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, at which a flammable liquid will give off vapor sufficient to form an ignitable mixture in the air immediately above the liquid or in the vessel in which the liquid is stored. All tests for flash point shall be made in accordance with ASTM D 56, except that pigmented and thick paints or paint vehicles, and liquids having a flash point above one hundred seventy-five degrees Fahrenheit (175°F), may be tested and classified in accordance with ASTM D 93.
(c) Representative examples of classes of flammable liquids are:
Class I | Flash Point F. (approx.) |
Class I | Flash Point F. (approx.) |
Ether | -49 |
Carbon Bisulfide | -22 |
Gasoline | -45 |
Benzol | 12 |
Collodion | 0 |
Acetone | 0 |
Class II
|
Flash Point F. (approx.) |
Alcohol (Ethyl) | 55 |
Amyl Acetate | 70 |
Toluene | 40 |
Ethyl Acetate | 25 |
Naphtha V.M. & P. | 25 - 45 |
Class III
|
Flash Point F. (approx.) |
Kerosene | 100 - 165 |
Amyl Alcohol | 100 |
Turpentine | 95 |
Fuel Oil No. 1 | 100 - 165 |
Fuel Oil No. 2 | 110 - 190 |
Fuel Oil No. 3 | 110 - 230 |
Fuel Oil No. 4 | 150 and more |
(d) Any manufactured liquid or fluid which is flammable, such as paint, varnish, dryer, cleaning solution or polishing liquid, shall be classified according to the flash point of the mixture.
(f) The Police Chief and such members of the Police Division as may be designated by him or her shall designate flammable liquids in addition to the designation in subsection (g) hereof which are subject to drug abuse. The Police Chief shall make his or her determination in consultation with the Fire Chief as to what flammable liquids are subject to drug abuse on the basis of information provided to the Police Chief by such members of the Police Division as may be designated by him or her. The following information, including but not limited to the following, is relevant in determining that a flammable liquid is subject to drug abuse:
(1) Possession of the liquid is a crime as provided in Chapter 607;
(2) Arrests have been made for possession, use, and abuse of the liquid as provided in Chapter 607;
(3) Theft and burglary offenses have been committed to obtain the liquid for drug abuse purposes;
(g) Toluene, also known as tuleol, is hereby designated as a flammable liquid which is subject to drug abuse.
(h) The Police Chief or his or her designated representative may, from time to time, add to or delete flammable liquids from the list of drug abuse substances promulgated in subsection (g) hereof and pursuant to this section. Notice of additions or deletions to the list of flammable liquids subject to drug abuse shall be published in the City Record for two (2) consecutive weeks.
(Ord. No. 2864-78. Passed 1-29-79, eff. 1-30-79)
As used in this chapter:
(a) “Container” means any can, bucket, barrel, drum, tank or other vessel in which flammable liquid or mixtures are stored or kept, except stationary or fixed tanks, tank vehicles and tank cars. “Closed container” means a container sealed by a lid, attached pump or other device.
(b) “Retail store” means a store or mercantile establishment in which flammable liquids are sold direct to consumers in containers usually portable, and usually in small quantities.
(c) “Jobber” means a person, firm or corporation which sells flammable liquids at wholesale and usually in large quantities.
(d) “Paint and oil store” means a store or mercantile establishment in which paints, varnishes, oils or other flammable liquids used in painting and finishing are stored, handled and sold at retail.
(e) “Painter” means a person, firm or corporation handling and mixing paints, varnishes, oils or other flammable liquids to be used in painting and finishing by himself or herself or his or her employees on premises other than those occupied by him or her.
(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)
(a) No permit shall be required for the temporary storage of paints, oils, varnishes or similar mixtures while being used in painting or refinishing a building or other structure and stored therein for a period not exceeding thirty (30) days, in quantities not exceeding that required for one (1) week’s operations. However, this shall not apply, and permits shall be obtained, for the storing of paints, oils and varnishes kept for maintenance operations.
(b) No permit shall be required by an owner, occupant or agent of an owner or occupant, for the use of paints, oils, varnishes and similar mixtures in painting or finishing premises owned or occupied by such owner or occupant, except that a permit shall be required for refinishing bowling alley floors and similar surfaces in places of assembly when highly flammable liquids are used.
(c) Except as provided in subsections (d) and (e) hereof, no permit shall be required by a painter for the storage, use and handling of flammable liquids required for his or her trade or business, provided that no such liquids in excess of those required for the conduct of his or her trade or business are stored, and none are sold at wholesale or retail or regularly stored by him or her in buildings of residential occupancy classification or in other locations where prohibited by this chapter or deemed hazardous to the occupancy by the Division of Fire. It is provided further that the location of each such place of storage shall be registered with the Division and the location, quantity and manner of storing and handling of such flammable liquids, the precautions against fire and the provisions for fire fighting, shall be subject to the inspection, order and approval of the Division.
(d) A permit shall be required for the regular storage of flammable liquids in excess of an aggregate of five (5) gallons within any building or on the premises of any building of residential occupancy, business occupancy, institutional occupancy, assembly occupancy or educational occupancy classification.
(e) A permit shall be required for the regular storing or handling of flammable liquids in excess of the following quantities within or outside or on the premises of any building of industrial occupancy, storage occupancy or high hazard occupancy classification:
Gallons
|
Class Liquid
|
10 | I |
25 | II |
25 | III inside building |
55 | III outside building |
(f) No retail store, jobber, paint and oil store, hardware store, drug store or other mercantile establishment shall store, handle or sell flammable liquid unless a permit to do so has been obtained from the Fire Chief, except that no permit shall be required by a mercantile establishment to store, handle or sell perfumes, hair tonics, medicinal or toilet preparations or shoe polish, or similar mixtures intended for domestic or household use.
(g) Every certificate of occupancy issued after June 27, 1949, shall state the quantity, character, location and method of storage of flammable liquid permitted on the premises as approved by the Chief. A new certificate of occupancy shall be obtained whenever there is any increase in the quantity, or substantial change in the character, location or method of storage of flammable liquid on such premises.
(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)
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