(A) In general. No use or structure involving the manufacture, storage, or use of explosive or flammable materials shall be operated or occupied as to constitute a hazardous condition, or as to unreasonably interfere with the use and enjoyment of property by any person of normal sensitivities, or otherwise as to create a public nuisance.
(B) Specific standards. All uses involving the manufacture, storage, or use of explosive or flammable materials shall comply with all pertinent regulations, including but not limited to the Minnesota Building Code and Minnesota Uniform Fire Code, and shall meet the requirements identified as follows:
(1) Safety devices. All uses involving the manufacture, storage, or use of explosive or flammable materials shall employ best management practices and the provision of adequate safety devices to guard against the hazards of fire and explosion and adequate fire-fighting and fire-suppression devices standard in the industry.
(2) Explosive or blasting agents. The manufacture, storage, or use of any explosive or blasting agent, as defined by the Uniform Fire Code, shall be prohibited in any non- industrial zoning district.
(3) Flammable liquids and gases. The storage of any flammable liquid or gas shall be subject to the requirements established under the Uniform Fire Code and review by the State Fire Marshal.
(a) Distance from residential zoning districts. Storage of flammable liquids or gases in excess of 120 gallons but not more than 500 gallons shall be located no closer than 50 feet from the nearest residential zoning district boundary, and if outside and above-ground, shall be located no closer than 100 feet from the nearest residential zoning district boundary. Storage of flammable liquids or gases in excess of five hundred 500 gallons but not more than 2,750 gallons shall be located no closer than 150 feet from the nearest residential zoning district boundary, and if outside and above-ground shall be located no closer than 300 feet from the nearest residential zoning district boundary. Storage of flammable liquids or gases in excess of 2,750 gallons shall be located no closer than 300 feet from the nearest residential zoning district boundary.
(b) Decreasing minimum distance. A decrease in the minimum setback, established above, shall only be allowed through approval of a conditional use permit.
(C) Hazardous materials.
(1) No use or structure involving hazardous materials shall be operated or occupied as to constitute a hazardous condition, or as to unreasonably interfere with the use and enjoyment of property by any person of normal sensitivities, or otherwise as to create a public nuisance.
(2) All uses shall comply with the standards governing hazardous materials as regulated by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
(Ord. 1040, passed 1-5-16)