Section 27-438
§ 27-438 Application. This section shall apply to the construction,
alteration, and use of buildings or spaces as automotive service
stations.
Section 27-439
§ 27-439 Classification. Automotive service stations shall be
classified in business occupancy group E.
Section 27-440
§ 27-440 Gasoline and diesel oil motor vehicle fuel storage. All
volatile flammable liquids and diesel oil motor vehicle fuel storage
tanks shall be installed below ground and vented to the open air except
for such aboveground installation as may be authorized by the rules of
the fire commissioner. The installation and venting of storage tanks
shall be in accordance with applications and plans approved by the
commissioner and shall also meet the requirements of chapter four of
this title and the rules of the fire commissioner. Except as otherwise
provided for in chapter four of this title or the rules of the fire
commissioner, underground tank installations shall comply with the
following:
(a) The tops of the tanks shall be at least two feet below finished
grade and at least two feet below the level of any cellar or basement
floor within ten feet of the tanks.
(b) Tanks shall be supported on foundations complying with subchapter
eleven of this chapter.
(c) Tanks shall be located so that the forces from any building
foundation and support loads are not transmitted to the tanks. The
distance from any part of a tank to the nearest wall of any basement,
pit or cellar, or from any property line that may be built upon, shall
not be less than three feet.
(d) Tanks shall be covered with a structurally supported reinforced
concrete slab at least eight inches thick extending at least twelve
inches beyond the horizontal outlines of the tanks and placed over a
coverage of suitable clean backfill material.
(e) All concrete shall have a minimum compressive strength of
twenty-five hundred pounds per square inch at twenty-eight days.
Section 27-441
§ 27-441 Location of pumps. No gasoline pumps or other mechanical
equipment shall be installed so as to permit servicing of motor vehicles
standing on a public street. Canopies and supports over pumps and
service equipment shall be noncombustible, except that they may be of
construction having a one hour fire resistance rating or of heavy timber
construction meeting the requirements of section 27-623 of article seven
of subchapter ten of this chapter when located more than twenty feet
from interior lot lines and from any building or structure.
Section 27-442
§ 27-442 Heating equipment. Heat generating equipment for automotive
service stations shall be enclosed in accordance with the requirements
of section 27-419 of article five of this subchapter.
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