No person shall operate or park any vehicle carrying hazardous materials within the corporate limits of Spring Hill at any time except while traveling on an established route and for the purpose of and while actual engaged in the expeditious delivery of hazardous materials. Vehicles transporting hazardous materials shall be prohibited within the limits of the Fire District, except to make expeditious deliveries within the Fire District. The date, time of day, quantity of materials, and method of delivery shall be subject to regulation and permitted by the Fire Marshal. Businesses located within the city may have vehicle parking sites designated, subject to review and approval by the Fire Marshal. This chapter shall apply to materials not otherwise covered in this code which are highly flammable, or which may react to cause fires or explosives, or by their presence create or augment a fire or explosion hazard, or which because of toxicity, flammability or liability to explosion render fire-fighting abnormally dangerous or difficult; also the flammable or combustible liquids which are chemically unstable and which may spontaneously form explosive compounds or undergo spontaneous reactions of explosive violence or with sufficient evolution of heat to be a fire hazard. Hazardous materials shall include flammable solids, corrosive liquids, poisonous gases or highly toxic, radioactive, oxidizing, unstable or reactive, hyperbolic or pyrophoric materials. Also, any substance or mixture of substance which is an irritant, a strong sensitizer, or which generates pressure through exposure to heat, decomposition or other means.
(Ord. 23-02, passed 3-6-2023; Ord. 23-18, passed 11-20-2023)