(A) Petroleum and petroleum products, bulk storage (wholesale trade of).
(1) The minimum size lot, tract or parcel shall be one acre.
(2) All storage tanks and loading facilities shall be located at least 50 feet from any nonresidential side or rear property line. The minimum building setback line is 50 feet. All storage tanks and loading facilities shall be located a minimum of 200 feet from any exterior property line bordering a residentially-used or zoned property.
(3) Vehicular access to the use shall be provided only by way of a nonresidential collector or higher capacity street or an industrial area access road.
(4) Dikes:
(a) Tanks or groups of tanks shall be diked to prevent the spread of liquid onto other property, waterways or drainageways. The volumetric capacity of the diked area shall not be less than the capacity of the largest tank within the diked area;
(b) Dikes or retaining walls shall be of earth, steel, concrete or solid masonry designed and constructed to be liquid tight and to withstand a full hydraulic head. Earthen dikes three feet or more in height shall have a flat section at the top not less than two feet in width. The slope shall be consistent with the angle of repose of the material of which the dikes are constructed. Dikes shall be restricted to an average height of not more than six feet above the exterior grade unless means are available for extinguishing a fire in any tank. Dikes enclosing the tanks shall be provided at the top with a flareback section designed to turn back a boil-over wave. A flareback section shall not be required for dikes and walls enclosing approved floating roof tanks. No loose combustible material, empty or full drums or barrels, shall be permitted within the diked area; and
(c) Where provision is made for draining rainwater from diked areas, the drains shall normally be kept closed and shall be designed that when in use they will not permit flammable liquids to enter natural watercourses, public sewers or public drains. Where pumps control drainage from the diked area, they shall not be self-starting.
(5) Security fencing, a minimum of six feet in height, shall be provided along the entire boundary of the facilities.
(6) The use must meet the requirements established by the fire prevention code of the National Board of Fire Underwriters and the National Fire Protection Association standards, Flammable and Combustible Liquids Code, NFPA 30 and Standards for the Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases, NFPA 58, as applicable.
(7) Facilities must meet all State Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Agency requirements.
(B) Scrap and waste materials; scrap processing; junk yard. All junkyards in the vicinity of interstate and primary highways or within the vicinity of state routes are subject to the Junkyard Control Act, as enforced by the State Department of Transportation.
(Ord. passed 7-25-2011)