Irvington, NJ Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)

Section 650-11(Q) reaches further than backyard propane tanks: it bars the storage or manufacture of liquefied petroleum gases, hydrogen gas, or other material, whether in liquid or gaseous phase, which is flammable or explosive when mixed with air in sufficient proportions or which may be toxic or poisonous if inhaled by any person, and it applies in all zoning districts of the Township, residential and industrial alike. The only exception is for ordinary household fuel use: cylinders built to Interstate Commerce Commission construction standards, listed by Underwriters Laboratories, and located on the exterior of the building they supply, such as a grill tank or a small heating cylinder, are exempt from the ban.

The subsection also grandfathers a specific legacy use: anhydrous ammonia storage and use that already existed as of the chapter's effective date may continue, even though new anhydrous ammonia storage would otherwise fall under the same prohibition. Because the rule sits in Article V, General Provisions, rather than in a use-specific article, it applies on top of whatever a property's underlying zoning district otherwise permits; a lawful gasoline service station or industrial use still can't store bulk LP-gas or hydrogen on site beyond the domestic-cylinder exception.