Re: winter restoration work-heating a garage
You're right about that code, but this code states otherwise (not necessarily black and white as an attachable garage):
15-26-140 Fume hazard gases ? Storage and handling.
The storage or handling of fume hazard gases shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) Containers having a pressure of 15 psi or less or a quantity less than 2,500 feet may be stored in suitably ventilated cabinets located outside of the main building, adequately protected from extreme heat and accumulations of snow and ice; if within a building they shall be in rooms complying with the preceding sections. No combustible material shall be allowed in such rooms or within ten feet of an outside cabinet. Quantities in excess of the above limits shall not be allowed in any building other than a fume hazard building complying with the requirements of this chapter.
I know, it's a little gray, but a building is a building. And by chicago codes, a garage is not a "structure", but a building.
I got curious and decided to look it up. First of all, the Chicago Municipal code are available online at the following link.
http://www.amlegal.com/library/il/chicago.shtml
Section 15-25-540 lists the areas where LPG is prohibited. Here is what it says:
15-26-540 Where prohibited.
Except as otherwise provided, the storage, handling, keeping or using of any liquefied petroleum gas for any purpose is not permitted in any building or structure containing in whole or in part the following occupancies, except as provided in Sections 15-26-545, 15-26-550 and 15-26-570 of this Code.
1. Institutional units as defined in Section 13-56-050;
2. Assembly units as defined in Section 13-56-070;
3. Open air assembly units as defined in Section 13-56-110 of this Code;
4. Multiple dwellings, except those designed or intended for an occupancy of less than 20 persons;
5. Business units as defined in Section 13-56-120;
6. Mercantile units as defined in Section 13-56-130, except 50 one-pound cylinders may be stocked for resale to the general public.
Nowhere in there does it say anything about detached garages. Not telling you what to do, but if someone from the city told you that you can't store propane in a detached garage, they need to tell you where to find the law that prohibits it. I couldn't find it.
You're right about that code, but this code states otherwise (not necessarily black and white as an attachable garage):
15-26-140 Fume hazard gases ? Storage and handling.
The storage or handling of fume hazard gases shall comply with the following requirements:
(1) Containers having a pressure of 15 psi or less or a quantity less than 2,500 feet may be stored in suitably ventilated cabinets located outside of the main building, adequately protected from extreme heat and accumulations of snow and ice; if within a building they shall be in rooms complying with the preceding sections. No combustible material shall be allowed in such rooms or within ten feet of an outside cabinet. Quantities in excess of the above limits shall not be allowed in any building other than a fume hazard building complying with the requirements of this chapter.
I know, it's a little gray, but a building is a building. And by chicago codes, a garage is not a "structure", but a building.