(a) Bulk storage of Class I liquid shall be in underground storage tanks or in outdoor aboveground storage tanks, except that outdoor aboveground storage tanks shall not be installed at gasoline service stations or garages. Storage in containers shall conform to the limitations specified in Sections 383.05, 383.17, 383.18 and 383.27.
(b) No outlet from a discharge system from a stationary or fixed tank for storing or handling Class I or Class II liquid shall be within a building unless such discharge outlet is within a room which conforms to the provisions of Section 3129.43(c), or is connected to an approved system of piping equipped with approved manual and automatic safety devices which will prevent the continued flow of liquid in case of fire or breakage of piping.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) hereof, no containers exceeding five (5) gallon capacity shall be opened or used in buildings not devoted primarily to the manufacturing or processing of flammable liquid, except within a room conforming to the provisions of Section 3129.43(c).
(d) In manufacturing plants, where necessary for the processes involved, and in garages, the Fire Chief may authorize the storing and handling of Class I and Class II liquids in portable wheeled tanks conforming to Class C of NFPA Standard No. 30 entitled “Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code” or in closed containers not exceeding sixty (60) gallon capacity. In plants devoted primarily to the manufacture or processing of flammable liquid the Chief may authorize the handling of Class I or Class II flammable liquid in approved covered portable or wheeled containers not exceeding one hundred fifty (150) gallon capacity.
(e) So far as practicable, the use of flammable liquids shall be from approved safety cans or by pumping from sealed containers.
(f) Flammable liquid in kettles, vats or tanks and being processed in a plant which processes or manufactures flammable liquid shall not be deemed to be in storage.
(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)