Medina, OH Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)

5 pounds on a combustible balcony or in the interior area of any unit in that structure. 5-pound water capacity tank corresponds to the small cylinders sold for camp stoves and portable heaters, not the standard 20-pound cylinders used on backyard grills, so the larger tank sizes typically bought for grilling cannot be kept on a balcony or stored indoors in these buildings at all. The storage limit sits alongside subsection (a)'s ban on using open-flame grills, hibachis and chimeneas on the same balconies, porches, rooftops and common walkways, and the two rules work together to keep both the fuel and the ignition source off combustible, stacked-unit construction.

The Fire Department and Fire Code Official enforce the chapter, adopted by Ordinance 92-03, passed July 14, 2003. Subsection (c) still allows grade-level open-flame cooking with a 10-foot vertical and 15-foot horizontal clearance from combustible construction, but that grade-level allowance covers appliance use, not indoor or balcony tank storage, which subsection (b) prohibits outright regardless of where the tank is used. 06, including the storage limit, is charged under the penalty section of the same chapter.