(a) The licensed manufactured home park area will be subject to the fire protection rules of the agency.
(b) All LP tanks will be secured against overturning with a minimum safety factor of four based on a loading in any direction equal to four times the filled weight of the container. LP tanks over 100-gallon capacity will be installed on a concrete base.
(c) Safety relief valves of LP containers will have direct ventilation with the atmosphere. The delivery side of the gas pressure regulator will be equipped with a safety relief device set to discharge at a pressure not less than two times and not more than three times the delivery pressure of the regulator.
(d) Oil storage tanks will be supported by either noncombustible framing or if of wood, not less than two-by-four-dimension stock. Oil tanks up to 500 gallons will be vented to the atmosphere by one and one-fourth inch diameter vents. Oil tanks installed for gravity flow of oil to heating equipment will be installed so that the top of the tank is no higher than eight feet above the appliance oil control and the bottom of the tank is not less than 18 inches above the appliance oil control. Listed automatic pumps (oil filter) will be mounted no higher than eight feet above the appliance oil control and not less than 18 inches above the appliance oil control. A readily accessible, approved manual shutoff valve will be installed at the outlet of an oil supply tank. The valve will be installed to close against the supply.
(e) Manufactured homes will have fuel piping materials and systems compatible with type of fuel supply based on accepted national standards or when applicable, city and state codes.
(f) LP or natural gas services will not be installed under manufactured homes. Services installed under manufactured homes will be properly vented to the atmosphere. Connections from natural gas supply to manufactured homes will be by approved flexible connectors.
(g) Skirting installed around a manufactured home will be either fire retardant or approved by the agency.
(h) Combustible storage may not be permitted under manufactured homes.
(1992 Code, § 24-19) (Ord. 76-85, passed 9-23-1985; Ord. 93-95, passed 7-3-1995)
Cross-reference:
Fire protection and prevention, see ch. 91