Reno, NV Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing code
- 2024 International Fire Code, adopted
- Effective date
- January 1, 2026
- Enforcement
- Reno Fire Department
- Prior local chapters
- Repealed 2005 (Ord. No. 5683)
Summary
Reno has no standalone propane ordinance. Instead it enforces LP-gas and propane storage limits through the 2024 International Fire Code, which it adopted by reference citywide effective January 1, 2026.
The 2024 edition of the International Fire Code and appendices B, C, D, E, H, L and N, as amended, together with the corrections made thereto, a copy of which is appended to the ordinance codified herein and marked "Exhibit A;" and the 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code and appendices A, B and C, as amended, attached hereto as "Exhibit B," making the same applicable to the City, all of which are adopted by reference and incorporated herein and made a part hereof as if set forth in full, effective January 1, 2026.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: Administrative Code: Supplement 64 | Land Development Code: Supplement 5 Update 1).
Full Breakdown
The City of Reno does not write its own propane storage limits. Reno Municipal Code § 16.01.012 adopts the 2024 International Fire Code, along with appendices B, C, D, E, H, L and N, and the 2024 International Wildland-Urban Interface Code, making both applicable citywide effective January 1, 2026. The IFC's LP-gas provisions set container size, spacing and permit thresholds for residential propane tanks, and the Reno Fire Department enforces those adopted limits. Reno's earlier, locally drafted flammable-liquids and compressed-gas chapters (former Chs. 16.04-16.40) were repealed outright by Ord. No. 5683 in 2005, leaving code adoption as the operative mechanism.
Violations & Fines
Installing or storing an LP-gas container that exceeds International Fire Code size, spacing, or permit thresholds is a code violation the Reno Fire Department can cite, order corrected, or require removed.
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