Pasco, WA Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)
Key Facts
- LP-gas code adopted
- NFPA 58, via PMC 16.55.010
- Fee authority
- PMC 16.05.080 fee schedule
- Late-permit penalty
- double fee under PMC 16.25.080
- Appeals body
- Mid-Columbia Building Appeals Commission (16.55.020)
Summary
Pasco regulates propane and other liquefied-petroleum gas installations by adopting NFPA 58, the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code, alongside the state mechanical and fuel-gas codes under PMC 16.55.010. Anyone needing a permit under that code must pay the fee set in PMC 16.05.080.
The most current state-adopted International Mechanical Code, International Fuel Gas Code, NFPA 58 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code, and NFPA 54 National Fuel Gas Code, as published by the International Code Council and the National Fire Protection Association, as hereafter amended or revised by the Washington State Building Code Council and published as Chapter 51-52 WAC, is adopted as the mechanical code of the City, except as hereinafter amended.
Official source re-checked September 8, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: current through Ordinance 4837, passed May 4, 2026).
Full Breakdown
010 adopts "the most current state-adopted International Mechanical Code, International Fuel Gas Code, NFPA 58 Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code, and NFPA 54 National Fuel Gas Code, as published by the International Code Council and the National Fire Protection Association, as hereafter amended or revised by the Washington State Building Code Council and published as Chapter 51-52 WAC," as the City's mechanical code. That adoption folds NFPA 58, the model code governing propane container siting, spacing from buildings and property lines, venting, and installation, directly into Pasco's enforceable regulations without the City repeating NFPA 58's tables in the PMC itself.
080 at the time of application. 270 cross-adopts NFPA 58 again specifically for LP-gas appliances, alongside Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission and Labor and Industries safety rules for gas transmission and distribution systems.
Violations & Fines
Installing or altering an LP-gas appliance without a City permit is a violation of PMC 16.25.080, which doubles the appliance's permit and inspection fee once work has already started, without excusing other penalties under the chapter. Because NFPA 58 is adopted as the operative mechanical code, violations of the code's container-siting, venting, or installation requirements are enforced by the Building Official the same way as any other mechanical code violation under PMC 16.55.010.
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