§ 47-18.13. Flammable liquids and fuel storage.

A.

No person shall have, store, keep, manufacture, use, sell or give away gasoline, benzene, naphtha, or other volatile substances, except as provided in this section.

1.

Gasoline or other volatile substances shall be stored in underground tanks in accordance with the Florida Building Code and Florida Fire Prevention Code.

2.

Storage of flammable liquids in closed containers shall be regulated in accordance with the Florida Building Code and Florida Fire Prevention Code.

B.

Flammable liquid storage at Port Everglades (in the City of Fort Lauderdale.)

1.

Aboveground storage of flammable liquids shall only be permitted at Port Everglades in the area zoned PEDD.

2.

All flammable liquid storage tanks must be constructed, installed and maintained in accordance with the Port Everglades Authority, Security Regulations.

3.

Wholesale storage plants existing on September 16, 1940 shall not be affected by the provisions of this section as to the present location of such storage plants. Such existing storage plants shall not be permitted to construct new plants in any part of the city except in the Port Everglades area zoned PEDD.

C.

No person shall have, store, keep, or use, combustible liquids or liquid propane unless the following conditions are met:

1.

Aboveground tanks as an accessory use on residential properties.

a.

Aboveground tanks on residential properties shall comply with capacities as stipulated in the Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code and on single-family, duplex and two-family dwellings, shall only be stored for private use in an approved aboveground tank having a capacity of no more than five hundred fifty (550) gallons.

b.

Aboveground tanks on residential properties shall comply with locational requirements as set forth in Section 47-19.2, Accessory buildings and structures, general.

2.

Aboveground tanks as an accessory use for non-residential properties.

a.

Aboveground tanks shall comply with capacities as stipulated in the Florida Building Code and Florida Fire Prevention Code.

b.

Aboveground tanks on non-residential properties shall comply with the locational requirements as set forth in Section 47-19.2, Accessory buildings and structures, general.

3.

Above-ground storage tanks, as permitted by this section, must be completely enclosed on four (4) sides with a concrete block wall constructed in accordance with Section 47-19.5, or concealed by live hedge or shrubbery.

4.

Where fuel oil as described herein is stored for use by power plants, ice plants or other industrial plants, it may be stored aboveground in accordance with the Florida Building Code and Florida Fire Prevention Code.

(Ord. No. C-97-19, § 1(47-18.12), 6-18-97; Ord. No. C-03-19, § 5, 4-22-03; Ord. No. C-03-23, § 2, 7-1-03 ; Ord. No. C-06-33, § 1, 11-7-06)