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).