(a) Section 3155.29 shall govern approved standards for oil burning equipment.
(b) Except as provided in subsections (c) and (d) hereof, and in Section 3155.29(b), the installation of oil burning equipment shall conform to NFPA Standard No. 31 entitled “Installation of Oil Burning Equipment.” This standard shall be deemed to define accepted safe practice, as provided in Section 3155.29.
(c) The storage and handling of fuel oil for oil- fired small cooking and heating appliances installed in buildings of residential occupancy shall conform to the provisions of subsections (h) to (m) hereof.
(d) Outside above-ground fuel oil storage tanks shall be installed in conformity with the provisions governing outside above-ground storage of Class III liquids included in Section 385.24. When exceeding two thousand (2,000) gallons individual or aggregate capacity, outside above-ground tanks for the storage of fuel oil shall be enclosed within dikes as prescribed in Section 383.26.
(e) Tanks for fuel oil, and all fill lines, supply lines, vent piping and the piping from such tanks to oil burners, and the installation of the same, shall be subject to the permits, inspections and approval of the Division of Fire.
(f) Oil burning equipment and the installation of the same, except oil burning equipment installed in dwelling houses or in appliances serving only one (1) dwelling unit, shall be subject to the permits, inspections and approval of the Commissioner of Air Pollution Control.
(g) Oil burning equipment and the installation of the same in dwelling houses or where installed in appliances serving only one (1) dwelling unit shall be subject to the permits, inspections, and approval of the Division of Building.
(h) The provisions of subsections (h) to (m) hereof shall govern the storage and handling of fuel oil for oil-fire space heaters or other oil-fired small heating or cooking appliances installed in buildings or parts of buildings of residential occupancy classification, where a supply of fuel oil is maintained on the premises in barrels, drums or other containers separate from the tanks integral with the heating or cooking appliances and not connected to the heating or cooking appliances by an approved system of piping or tubing. They shall also apply to all such storage or handling regardless of the date of installation of the space heater or other oil- fired small heating or cooking appliance.
(i) The provisions of this section shall supersede any conflicting provisions included in approved standards specified in this Fire Prevention Code.
(j) The quantity of fuel oil stored within any building or part of a building or on premises of residential occupancy classification shall not exceed five (5) gallons unless a permit for storage in excess of that quantity has been secured from the Fire Chief. Fuel oil contained within tanks integral with the heating or cooking appliances or directly connected thereto, and not exceeding ten (10) gallons capacity, shall not be deemed to be in storage.
(k) When not stored or kept in rooms conforming to the provisions of Section 3129.43(c), in the manner prescribed for storage in such fire-resistive rooms in Chapter 383, or stored in fixed tanks installed and connected to the heating or cooking appliance as prescribed in NFPA Standard No. 31, the quantity stored within any building or part of a building of residential occupancy classification shall not exceed five (5) gallons per dwelling unit, and shall be kept in sealed containers or safety cans of not more than five (5) gallons capacity each. Such sealed containers or safety cans shall be kept in a safe, cool place where they will not constitute a fire-hazard, and shall not be kept within or adjacent to any required means of egress.
(l) Containers, barrels or drums of capacity in excess of five (5) gallons shall be stored outside of such buildings and, when not buried underground, shall be on racks not less than ten (10) feet from any building or part of a building of human occupancy and not less than five (5) feet from any common lot line, and not within any front yard or side street yard space. The quantity stored outside above-ground on premises occupied by buildings of residential occupancy classification shall not exceed three (3) fifty-five (55) gallon drums for each dwelling unit on the premises, or the approved equivalent thereof. The aggregate stored on any such premises shall not exceed ten (10) fifty- five (55) gallon drums or the approved equivalent thereof. Such containers shall be of incombustible material, and each such container shall be equipped with an approved lock-type fill cap which shall also serve as a vent and, when the draw-off from such containers is by gravity flow into portable containers, with an approved self-closing, non-drip, lock-type faucet.
(m) The filling of fuel reservoirs on oil-fired small heating cooking appliances shall be done from safety cans of approved type. Fuel oil shall not be transported from any barrel, drum or container in portable containers other than approved safety cans not exceeding five (5) gallons capacity.
(Ord. No. 991-49. Passed 6-27-49, eff. 6-27-49)