Rock Island County, IL Fire Regulations: Propane Storage (2026)

17(N) of the county's Mobile Home and Mobile Home Park Code sets the fuel-storage standard for every licensed mobile home park in unincorporated Rock Island County. All handling and storage of natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, fuel oil, or other flammable liquids or gases must meet applicable state and local codes, and the ordinance names the State Fire Marshal as the regulatory agency, pointing park operators to NFPA 31 (oil-burning equipment), NFPA 54 (the National Fuel Gas Code), and NFPA 58 (liquefied petroleum gas storage and handling).

Containers of LPG or fuel oil must sit at least five feet from any mobile home door or exit and be placed on stands built of noncombustible material, such as concrete or metal, rather than resting directly on soil or wood. Placing a tank inside or beneath a mobile home, storage cabinet, carport, or other structure is not left to the park operator's discretion: the code says that placement 'shall be governed by local or municipal ordinance,' meaning a separate permit or approval from the applicable local building authority is required before an indoor or under-home tank can be installed.

Because this section sits inside Chapter 151's mobile home park design and construction requirements, it applies to spaces and common areas within a licensed park, not to LP-gas tanks at conventional single-family homes elsewhere in the unincorporated county.