Storage sheds

The following conditions shall apply to the construction, maintenance, and operation of storage sheds and shall be specified in all licences for the storage of petroleum– (1) Licences may be granted for any quantity of petroleum to be stored in any one building, provided that the doorways and other openings of the storage shed shall be built up to a height of two feet above the level of the road or street, or the floor sunk to a depth of two feet below the level of the road or street so that the petroleum 154 Belize City Council cannot flow out from the building in the case of its escape from the receptacle or receptacles in which it is contained; or the building itself shall be surrounded with a masonry wall or embankment, or both, not less than two feet high. When the quantity of petroleum stored exceeds sixteen thousand Imperial gallons, that is two thousand cases, the height or depth shall be three feet. A combination of both these methods is permissible. A clear space of at least three feet in width must be left between the various storage sheds and a clear space of at least twenty feet between such sheds and protected works and the boundaries separating adjoining plots. (2) The storage shed shall be constructed entirely of non-inflammable material and may have a rammed earth floor. (3) Adequate ventilation shall be provided. (4) Every person managing or employed on or in connection with a storage shed shall abstain from any act whatever which tends to cause fire and which is not reasonably necessary, and shall prevent any other person from doing such act. (5) No smoking shall be permitted in a storage shed or adjacent thereto and suitable notices to this effect shall be conspicuously posted on the (6) No fire or naked lights shall be permitted in or adjacent to a storage shed. (7) Electric lights, where used in or adjacent to a storage shed, shall be enclosed in a double glass Belize City Council 155 within a wire cage. The outer glass shall be gastight. All switches and fuses shall be outside the storage shed and shall be enclosed in gastight boxes. (8) Supplies of sand or dry earth (not less than 15 cwt.) shall be kept available for use in case of fire, also at least one extinguisher of the “foam” type shall be kept on the premises. (9) The capacity in gallons shall be conspicuously marked on the storage shed. (10) No vessel containing petroleum shall be opened and no petroleum shall be drawn from any vessel within the building in which the petroleum is stored. (11) If the City Engineer requires the holder of the licence, by notice in writing, to execute any repairs to any part of the installation which may, in the opinion of such officer, be necessary for the safety of the premises in respect of which the licence is granted and of adjacent premises, the holder of the licence shall execute the same within such period, not being less than one week from the date of the receipt of the notice, as may be fixed by the notice. (12) Such conditions as may be required in any particular case, with the approval of the Minister.