Hollywood, FL Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing section
- Hollywood Code § 94.076, Bottled Gas
- Incorporated standard
- NBFU Pamphlet No. 58
- Also incorporated
- National Fire Prevention Code LP-gas rules
- State overlay
- Florida Fire Prevention Code (§ 94.001)
- Conflict rule
- Most stringent standard applies
- Max penalty
- $500 fine or 60 days jail (§ 94.999)
Summary
Hollywood allows bottled LP-gas use citywide under City Code § 94.076, but only if it is installed, maintained, and used to the American Insurance Association's NBFU No. 58 standard and state fire-marshal and gas-law regulations, all of which the section folds directly into city law.
The use of liquefied petroleum products under pressure (bottled gas) in the city is hereby permitted; provided such products are installed, maintained and used in accord with the standards of the American Insurance Association for the storage and handling of liquefied petroleum gases, as set forth in the pamphlet referred to as NBFU No. 58, which are incorporated in and made a part of this section and that such petroleum products are installed, maintained and used in accord with the liquefied petroleum regulations of the National Fire Prevention Code, the gas laws of the state and the regulations of the Insurance Commissioner and Fire Marshal of the state, which are also incorporated in and made a part of this section.
Full Breakdown
076 does not ban propane or set its own tank-size numbers; instead it permits bottled gas use in the city on the condition that every installation follows NBFU Pamphlet No. 58, the historic national standard for LP-gas storage and handling, plus the liquefied petroleum regulations in the National Fire Prevention Code and the gas laws and Insurance Commissioner/Fire Marshal rules of the state of Florida. 076 itself, not merely a state-law issue. 001 separately adopts the Florida Fire Prevention Code and the Florida Building Code as enforceable city law, and directs that wherever those codes conflict with the city's own ordinances, the more stringent standard controls.
076 mean any propane tank, exchange cage, or bottled-gas appliance installed in Hollywood, residential or commercial, has to satisfy both the referenced national LP-gas safety standard and whatever more specific quantity or clearance rule the currently adopted Florida Fire Prevention Code imposes, since the code does not restate those figures itself.
Violations & Fines
Because § 94.076 has no dedicated penalty clause, violations fall under the general Chapter 94 penalty at § 94.999: a fine of up to $500, up to 60 days in jail, or both, for anyone using or installing bottled gas outside the incorporated NBFU 58 and state fire-marshal standards. The Fire Department and Bureau of Fire Prevention enforce the section, and because the Florida Fire Prevention Code is separately adopted as city law under § 94.001, an inspector can cite either ordinance for the same defective LP-gas installation.
Frequently Asked Questions
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