No person shall store chemicals or chemical compounds which are of a corrosive or poisonous nature, or which materially increase the fire hazard, except as follows.
(A) Where kept in containers or packages usual to the retail trade, no general restriction shall apply other than that shelving shall be substantial and storage shall be neat and orderly, and that chemicals which, when combined, constitute fire, explosion, or health hazards, shall be kept safely separated.
(B) Hazardous chemicals and materials of an oxidizing nature, including but not limited to nitrates and chlorates, when kept in warehouses, factories, or wholesale stores, shall be stored in dry places, and the Chief of the Fire Department may require a separate room or building when the quantity stored constitutes a material hazard.
(C) Bulk storage of two or more carboys of hazardous acid shall be outside in a yard or an enclosure, or properly protected in special rooms provided with suitable containers.
(1990 Code, § 102.001) (Ord. 7c, passed 4-2-1973)