High Point, NC Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)

" That restriction sits inside Article B, Fire Prevention Code, which is built on the city's formal adoption of the North Carolina State Building Code: Fire Code, 2018 Edition, including Appendices B, C, D, F, H, J and L (§ 5-2-21). The fire prevention code, and the LP-gas limit it authorizes, is enforced by the Bureau of Fire Prevention, a division of the fire department operated under the fire marshal appointed by the fire chief (§ 5-2-22). Local definitions carry through the code: "municipality" means the City of High Point and "chief of the bureau of fire prevention" means the fire marshal (§ 5-2-23).

Permit and license fees tied to fire prevention are collected by the fire chief or a person he authorizes, and the license or permit is issued by that same office (§ 5-2-25). If strict compliance creates practical difficulties, the chief of the bureau of fire prevention may modify the code's requirements on a written application from the owner, lessee, or authorized agent, provided public safety stays secured and substantial justice is done; the modification decision is entered in department records and a signed copy goes to the applicant (§ 5-2-26).

A property owner or applicant who is denied a permit, or who believes a provision was misapplied, has 10 days from the fire chief's decision to appeal to city council (§ 5-2-27). Because § 5-2-31 does not itself designate a criminal penalty, a violation defaults to the Code's general civil enforcement track under § 1-1-4 rather than a misdemeanor charge.