(a) The storage of flammable finishing material not in actual use, within finishing rooms, shall be restricted as follows:
(1) Not to exceed twenty (20) gallons, with no container exceeding one (1) gallon capacity, may be stored on a substantial shelf with suitable guard strips to prevent containers from falling at a height not less than four (4) feet above the floor level; provided that in no case shall the quantity so stored exceed that required for one (1) day’s operations.
(2) Not more than fifty (50) gallons, with no container exceeding five (5) gallons capacity, may be stored within a standard storage cabinet as specified in Section 3129.43(d).
(b) Quantities in excess of those permitted in subsections (a)(1) and (2) hereof shall be stored outside the finishing room in separate rooms conforming to the provisions of Section 3129.43(c), or in another approved manner permitted by this Fire Prevention Code.
(c) Containers with a total capacity not exceeding five (5) gallons may be opened and their contents mixed in a finishing room during such times as the ventilating system is in operation; the mixing of flammable finishes from containers exceeding a total capacity of five (5) gallons shall be done only in rooms conforming to the provisions of Section 3129.43(c), or in special mixing rooms of equivalent construction, except that flammable liquid may be added to dip tanks, or to pressure tanks used for spraying, by pumping from approved containers not exceeding sixty (60) gallon capacity.
(d) Receptacles containing flammable finishes shall be kept tightly covered whenever practicable.
(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)