Franklin County, FL Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)

Franklin County Code § 13-3 lists gasoline, kerosene, fuel oil and other petroleum products, including propane gas or liquefied petroleum gas, among the hazardous materials the county otherwise treats as unlawful to transport, store, manufacture or dump in the county. These fuels are excepted from the general hazardous-materials prohibition only when stored or transported according to law, and the exception comes with its own quantity cap: an excepted-substance storage area cannot hold more than 25,000 gallons, and once a storage area exists, no additional propane gas may be stored within five miles of it unless the new quantity stays under 1,000 gallons.

The section defines hazardous material broadly to include explosives, radioactive materials, flammable and combustible liquids and solids, poisons, oxidizing or corrosive materials and compressed gases, and separately defines polluting material to cover substances that render oysters, shellfish, clams, shrimp or fish unfit for human consumption or that damage property or injure livestock, pets or wildlife, including untreated human waste. The ordinance, adopted April 1, 1980 under Ordinance No. 80-1, is framed to protect the health, safety and welfare of county residents, and it is enforced alongside the general Code penalty in § 1-7, since § 13-3 itself sets no separate fine.

The gallon thresholds are aimed at bulk storage sites and depots rather than a single homeowner's backyard LP tank, but any facility storing propane in the county, including a commercial fuel yard, must stay under the cap or space itself five miles from an existing site.