This article shall apply to the storage, handling
and use of flammable liquids as hereinafter defined; except that it
shall not apply to the transportation of flammable liquids when in
conformity with Interstate Commerce Commission regulations, or regulations
lawfully on file with and approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
A permit shall be obtained for any of the following:
A. Storage, handling or use of Class I or Class II flammable
liquids in excess of one gallon in a dwelling or other place of human
habitation, or in excess of six gallons in any other building or other
occupancy, or in excess of 10 gallons outside of any building; except
that no permit shall be required for the following:
(1) For the storage or use of flammable liquids in the
fuel tank of a motor vehicle, aircraft, motorboat, mobile power plant
or mobile heating plant.
(2) For the storage or use of paints, oils, varnishes
or similar flammable mixtures when such liquids are stored for maintenance,
painting or similar purposes for a period of not more than 30 days.
B. Storage, handling or use of Class III flammable liquids
in excess of 25 gallons in a building, or in excess of 60 gallons
outside of a building.
C. For the manufacture, processing, blending or refining
of flammable liquids.
D. For the storage of flammable liquids in stationary
tanks.
Tanks for storage of Class I and II flammable liquids shall not be installed inside buildings except under special conditions as covered by nationally recognized standard practice as specified in §
95-12.
Tanks shall be designed and constructed to withstand
safely the service to which subjected. Material other than steel,
if used, shall be of suitable durability and of thicknesses providing
equivalent strength to that provided by steel. Steel commonly known
as "mill seconds" shall not be used.
Rooms or enclosures in which Class I or Class
II flammable liquids are so pumped or dispensed, used in open vats
or dip tanks, or mixed or blended shall be provided with natural or
mechanical ventilation that will prevent the accumulation of flammable
vapors in hazardous concentrations.
Open flames, heating devices and processes employing
temperatures capable of igniting the vapors of the flammable liquids
used shall be prohibited in buildings, rooms and other confined spaces
in which Class I or Class II flammable liquids are used in the open,
or in which Class III flammable liquids are used for the purpose of
saturating, coating or otherwise treating goods or materials. Artificial
lighting shall be by electricity only. Electric devices located within
the possible path of vapor travel shall be of a type approved for
such locations. Compliance with applicable provisions of the standards
of the National Board of Fire Underwriters known as the "National
Electrical Code" shall be deemed prima facie evidence of compliance
with this section. Smoking shall be prohibited and suitable signs
to that effect shall be displayed.
Where flammable liquids are used or dispensed,
first-aid fire appliances shall be provided in such quantities as
public safety shall require. The number and type of appliances meeting
the standards of the National Board of Fire Underwriters for First-Aid
Fire Appliances (Pamphlet No. 10) shall be deemed prima facie evidence
of compliance with this section.
Heating and other devices using oil burners shall be installed, maintained and operated in accordance with nationally recognized standard practice as specified in §
95-12.