§ 13-350. Containment of hazardous materials.

(a)

No person shall store any regulated hazardous materials until a permit has been issued pursuant to this article no permit shall be granted unless permit applicant demonstrates that the design and construction of the storage facility will result in a safe manner of storage for the hazardous material or materials to be contained therein.

(b)

Installation, construction, repair, modification, closure and removal of containers by the permittee shall be performed to the satisfaction of the Fire Marshal. The Fire Marshal shall have the discretion to exempt a permittee or applicant from any specific requirement of the containment section, except that the Fire Marshal shall be bound by the State Department of Environmental Protection Standards Regulating Stationary Storage Tanks (DER Rules F.A.C. 17).

(c)

Dispensing and mixing of hazardous materials shall not be done in such a manner as to substantially increase the risk of an unauthorized discharge. When hazardous materials are moved into or out of a storage facility, they shall remain in the travel path only for the time reasonably necessary to transport the hazardous material and such movement shall be in a manner which will not result in an unauthorized discharge.

(d)

Access to storage facilities shall be secured by means of fences and/or locks. The storage facilities shall be kept securely locked when unattended. Where practical, key protection points shall be double locked or double valved, with fixed employee responsibility for access.

(Code 1973, § 15-126; Code 1992, § 13-236; Ord. No. 912-G, § 1(13-236), 1-8-2009)