(a) Permits. A permit shall be obtained from the Director by the owner or operator of every bulk storage plant used for storage and dispensing liquefied petroleum gases.
(b) Standards. All liquefied petroleum gas equipment including such equipment installed at utility gas plants shall be installed in accordance with the provisions of the Standard for the Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases, NFPA #58 and the Standard for the Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases at Utility Gas Plants, NFPA #59, except as otherwise provided in this chapter or in other laws or regulations legally in effect.
(c) Safeguarding of premises. All spaces at bulk storage plants within which liquefied petroleum gases are transferred or stored, including all connections to storage tanks, shall be segregated with fences approved by the Director. The gates in such fences shall be kept locked at all times when no employee of the gas company is present.
(d) Safeguarding of customer’s supply tanks. Tanks supplying customers’ installations shall be located outside of buildings. All valves and connections thereon shall be safeguarded by an enclosure, approved by the Director. Installations with an aggregate water capacity of greater than two thousand (2,000) gallons shall have the area, which includes the tank and container appurtenances, enclosed with at least a six-foot-high industrial type fence unless otherwise adequately protected. Gates shall be locked at all times when no employee is present.
(e) Special requirements in the case of bulk storage (2,000 gallons aggregate water capacity or more) in heavily populated or congested areas. Determination as to individual tank capacity, total storage, distance to property lines, underground storage, fixed fire suppression systems, or other reasonable protective measures shall be made by the Director.
(f) Containers in residential buildings. LP gas containers stored in a building housing residential occupancies shall be limited to two (2) ICC-DOT cylinders with a water capacity not exceeding two and one-half (2 ½) pounds which shall be part of approved self-contained hand torch assembly or similar appliance. (1975 L.M.C., ch. 23, § 1.)