Lacey, WA Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)

Lacey Municipal Code § 14.07.015 clarifies Section 6104.2, Maximum capacity within established limits, of the International Fire Code, 2021 Edition, as adopted in the City of Lacey by § 14.07.010 and amended by Chapter 51-54 WAC. The International Fire Code leaves it to each jurisdiction to establish the limits in which liquefied petroleum gas is restricted, and Lacey fixes them in one sentence: all areas of the city with the zoning designation other than that of light industrial, when referring to above-ground containers.

The practical shape of the rule is a zoning map test. The restriction reaches above-ground containers in every part of the City of Lacey except land zoned light industrial. Title 16 of the Lacey code has a Chapter 16.40 titled Light Industrial District, separate from Chapter 16.39, Light Industrial/Commercial District, and the clarification names only the light industrial designation. The capacity quantities that apply inside the restricted area are part of the International Fire Code adopted by reference, not printed in the Lacey code.

Lacey uses the same technique for flammable liquids. Section 5704.2.9.6.1 as clarified sets the limits in which storage of Class I and Class II liquids outside in above-ground storage tanks is prohibited as all areas of the city, except for tanks that comply with Section 5704.2.8 Vaults.

The fire code official in the Fire Marshal Office administers and enforces the code in the City of Lacey, and Lacey Fire District No. 3 is the Fire Department under contract. Section 105.4.1 requires construction documents in the form and detail the fire code official requires.