Blue Springs, MO Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)

The rule sits inside the Unified Development Code's special use standards for Mobile Homes, Manufactured Housing Units And Mobile Home Parks (Section 405.050(A)(13)), which also sets a five-acre minimum park area, a seven-unit-per-acre density cap, and 20-to-30-foot perimeter setbacks for any park approved in Blue Springs. Within that framework, subsection (k), Flammable Liquid Storage, targets how fuel gets to each unit: it flatly prohibits using an individual fuel oil or propane gas storage tank to supply a single mobile home, and instead requires the park operator to keep all fuel oil or gas storage in one centrally located underground tank sited a safe distance from any mobile home site.

Every fuel line running from that central tank to the park and to individual mobile home sites must also be buried underground, and its design must conform to both the City Building Code and any applicable State of Missouri codes. Where a park installs separate meters for individual units, the code adds a uniformity requirement: each meter must be located the same way across the park rather than placed ad hoc. Community Development reviews these standards when a mobile home park site plan or conditional use permit is submitted, and code enforcement can require a park to correct a noncompliant individual-tank installation before occupancy is allowed to continue.