Fort Lauderdale, FL Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit authority
- Fire inspection division
- Aboveground cylinder fee
- $5.00
- Belowground cylinder fee
- $10.00
- State law reference
- F.S. ch. 527 (LP gas)
- Governing law
- Code Sec. 13-57
Summary
Installing an L.P. gas cylinder anywhere in Fort Lauderdale requires a fire inspection division permit and inspection, with a $5 fee for an aboveground cylinder and $10 for a belowground one, under Code Sec. 13-57.
The fire inspection division will issue permits for L.P. gas cylinder installation and will make inspection of the cylinder. Permit inspection fees are established as follows: Aboveground, $5.00; belowground, $10.00.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Code of Ordinances: Supplement 67 Update 1 | Unified Land Development Code: Supplement 58 Update 2).
Full Breakdown
00 for a belowground cylinder. ch. 527, Florida's liquefied petroleum gas law, which governs LP gas equipment, dealer licensing and safety standards statewide and which the fire inspection division applies alongside the local permit and inspection step. Because the section sits in Chapter 13's fire prevention article next to Sec. 13-58's fire detecting and extinguishing appliance requirements, an inspector reviewing an LP gas cylinder installation, whether for a residential tank feeding a stove or water heater or a larger cylinder serving a commercial kitchen, treats the permit and the physical inspection as the trigger for verifying the installation meets the applicable fire code standard before the tank is placed into service.
There is no separate numeric residential storage-volume cap written into this section; the control point is the permit-and-inspection requirement itself, which the fire inspection division enforces before or at the time of installation rather than through an after-the-fact storage limit.
Violations & Fines
Installing or maintaining an L.P. gas cylinder without the required fire inspection division permit is a Code violation, enforceable as a general Code violation under Sec. 1-6: a fine up to $500, up to 60 days imprisonment, or both, with each day of an ongoing unpermitted installation counted as a separate offense. The fire inspection division can also require correction or removal of a noncompliant installation before the tank is placed in service.
Frequently Asked Questions
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