SUBCODE "F" (THE PHILADELPHIA FIRE CODE)
CHAPTER 38 LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GASES
F-3801.3 (Delete text of subsection and substitute as
follows)
F-3801.3 Construction documents.
Construction documents shall be submitted for all installations of LP-gas for
which Sections F-105.6 and F-105.7 require a
permit.
F-3801.4 Installations prohibited where
City gas is available. No installation of LP-gas is permitted where
the City gas utility service exists in any right-of way that abuts the property
in question or is available on the
property.
Exceptions:
1. Installations used solely
for the resale of LP-gas.
2. Installations not exceeding 2,000
gallons (7572 L) water capacity and used solely for the refilling of LP-gas
containers where the gas is used to power material handling
vehicles.
3. Installations approved in writing by the
Philadelphia Gas Works for their Interruptible Gas Tariff program.
F-3803.2.1.5 Demonstration and entertainment
uses. Portable LP-gas containers are allowed to be used temporarily for
demonstrations, [and] public exhibitions and
entertainment performances. Such containers shall not exceed a water
capacity of 12 pounds (5 kg) (5 pounds gas capacity). Where more than one
such container is present in the same room, each container shall be separated
from other containers by a distance of not less than 20 feet (6096
mm).
F-3804.2 (Delete title and text of subsection with its
exception and substitute as follows)
F-3804.2 Maximum capacity in congested
areas. The Fire Department shall review all applications for LP-gas
installations. In areas determined by the Fire Department to be heavily
populated or congested, the Fire Department shall determine if an installation
shall be permitted. Where an installation is permitted, the Fire Department
shall determine what restrictions or safeguards if any, shall be imposed upon
the installation based on a fire safety analysis. The analysis shall consider
the exposure to or from surrounding properties, conditions of hazard at the
site, topographical conditions, availability of an adequate water supply for
fire fighting and protection proposed to mitigate the hazards of the
installation. Where installations are permitted in heavily populated or
congested areas, the aggregate capacity of any one installation of LP-gas shall
not exceed a water capacity of 2,000 gallons (7570 L).