Cicero, IL Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)
Key Facts
- General rule
- LP-gas containers must stay outdoors
- Demonstration exception
- Max 12 lb water capacity (~5 lb LP-gas)
- Hand torch exception
- Max 2.7 lb water capacity
- Fine
- $150.00-$500.00 per offense
- Adopted
- Ord. No. 53-04, March 9, 2004
Summary
Cicero bars keeping LP-gas containers and first-stage regulators inside buildings, with narrow exceptions for small demonstration cylinders, hand torches, and uses that comply with NFPA 58 and the adopted fire code. Town Code Sec. 42-33 fines violations $150.00 to $500.00 per offense.
Containers and first-stage regulating equipment shall be located outside of buildings other than buildings designed of this condition, except containers and regulating equipment utilized indoors under any one of the following conditions: (1) Where temporarily utilized for demonstration purposes and the container has a maximum water capacity of 12 pounds (5kg) (nominal 5 pounds LP - gas capacity); (2) Where utilized with a completely self-contained gas hand torch or similar equipment, and the container has a maximum water capacity of 2.7 pounds (1kg) (nominal 16.8 ounces LP-gas capacity); ... Failure to comply with this section shall result in a minimum fine of $150.00 and a maximum fine of $500.00.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 121).
Full Breakdown
Sec. 42-33 requires liquefied petroleum gas containers and first-stage regulating equipment to stay outside buildings, except in buildings specifically designed for indoor LP-gas use. 2 of the 1996 BOCA National Fire Prevention Code and NFPA 58; LP-gas systems in buildings or on exterior balconies under NFPA 58; and storage awaiting use or resale under the applicable NFPA 58 chapter. Outside those five conditions, any indoor container or regulator is a violation. Because the underlying Fire Prevention Codes referenced are the International Fire Code, 2009 Edition and NFPA 101 as adopted in Sec.
42-2, the Fire Marshal's Bureau of Fire Prevention enforces the storage limits alongside the referenced NFPA 58 provisions. 00 used for smoke and carbon monoxide detector violations. The lower cap reflects that Sec. 42-33 was adopted separately, by Ordinance No. 53-04 in March 2004, and it has not since been raised to match the newer fire code fines in the same chapter.
Violations & Fines
Storing an LP-gas container or first-stage regulator indoors outside the five listed exceptions violates Sec. 42-33 and carries a fine of not less than $150.00 nor more than $500.00 per offense, the fire chapter's lowest fixed penalty. The Fire Marshal's Bureau of Fire Prevention enforces the limit alongside the referenced NFPA 58 storage and use provisions.
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