Porterville, CA Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)

Chapter 12 of the Porterville Municipal Code adopts the 2025 California Fire Code, published by the International Code Council, as the city's fire prevention code, enforced by the Porterville Fire Department Fire Prevention Division under the Fire Marshal (Sections 12-1.1 through 12-1.4). Section 12-1.6 folds LP-gas into that framework: rather than printing its own storage-quantity limits, it confirms that nothing in the adopted Fire Code excuses a property owner from also complying with the zoning ordinance's restrictions on where and how LPG can be stored, operated, and used.

The section carves out two specific local permissions: LPG may be used as a second, or backup, fuel source for emergency generators to the extent the Fire Code allows it, and LPG is separately permitted for fueling mobile equipment on a property. Anyone installing an LPG storage tank or system must therefore look to both the zoning ordinance for siting and the California Fire Code's technical storage, separation, and container standards, since the city amendments do not restate those figures. An applicant refused an installation permit, or who disputes how the Fire Marshal applied the Fire Code to an LPG system, can appeal under Section 12-1.7 to a five-member regional fire board drawn from Tulare County Fire, Kings County Fire, Visalia, Tulare, Dinuba, and Fresno City fire officials, or take the appeal directly to the California Office of the State Fire Marshal within 30 days.