Fire prevention permit procedures.

A. Upon payment of a fee as prescribed in the schedule of fees adopted by the Webster Town Board by resolution, from time to time, permits shall be issued by and bear the name and signature of the Fire Marshal or duly authorized agent of the Town of Webster and shall specify:(1) The activity or operation for which the permit is issued.(2) The address or location where the activity or operation is to be conducted.(3) The name and address of the permittee.(4) The permit number and date of issuance.(5) The period of permit validity.B. Fire prevention permits shall not be transferable, and any change in activity, operation, location, ownership or use shall require a new permit.C.

Fire prevention permits shall continue until revoked or for a period of time designated at the time of issuance. An extension of the permit time period may be granted, provided that a satisfactory reason can be shown for failure to start or complete the work or activity authorized within the required time period.D. Fire prevention permits shall be obtained for the following:(1) Acetylene generators: to operate an acetylene generator, carbide capacity exceeding five pounds.(2) Automobile tire rebuilding plants: to operate an automobile tire rebuilding plant.(3) Automobile wrecking yards: to operate an automobile wrecking yard.(4) Bowling establishments: for bowling pin refurbishing and bowling lane resurfacing operations involving the use and application of flammable or combustible liquids or materials.(5) Cellulose nitrate motion-picture film: to store, keep or have on hand more than 25 pounds of cellulose nitrate motion-picture film.(6) Cellulose nitrate plastics (pyroxylin):(a) To store, keep or have on hand more than 25 pounds of cellulose nitrate motion-picture film.(b) To manufacture articles of cellulose nitrate plastics (pyroxylin), which shall include the use of cellulose nitrate plastics (pyroxylin) in the manufacture or assembling of other articles.(7) Combustible fibers: to store, handle or use combustible fibers in quantities in excess of 100 cubic feet, except agricultural products on a farm.(8) Combustible materials: to store combustible materials, including but not limited to empty combustible packing cases, boxes, barrels or similar containers, rubber tires, baled cotton, rubber, cork or other similar materials in excess of 2,500 cubic feet gross volume on any premises.(9) Compressed gases:(a) To store, handle or use at normal temperatures and pressures more than:[1] Two thousand cubic feet of flammable compressed gas; or[2] Six thousand cubic feet of nonflammable compressed gas.(b) To store, handle or use any quantity of liquefied natural gas or hydrogen gas.(10) Cryogenic fluids: to store, handle or use any cryogenic fluids used as a motor fuel and stored in motor vehicle tanks as follows:(a) Production, sale or storage of cryogenic fluids.(b) Storage or use of flammable cryogenic fluids, cryogenic oxidizers or liquefied oxygen in excess of 10 gallons.(11) Dry cleaning plants: to use in excess of four gallons of solvents or cleaning agents classified as flammable.(12) Dust-producing uses: to operate any grain elevator, flour, starch or feed mill, woodworking plant or plant pulverizing aluminum, coal, cocoa, plastics, magnesium, spices, sugar, sulfur or other materials producing potentially explosive dusts.(13) Explosives, ammunition and blasting agents:(a) To manufacture, possess, store, sell or otherwise dispose of explosives and blasting agents.(b) To use explosives or blasting agents.(c) To operate a terminal for handling explosives or blasting agents.(14) Fireworks: for the public display of fireworks.

See also § 165-12I. (15) Flammable and combustible liquids:(a) To store, handle or use flammable liquids in excess of 6 1/2 gallons inside any building or other occupancy or in excess of 60 gallons outside of any building. This shall not apply to:[1] Liquids in the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, aircraft, portable or stationary engine, boat or portable heating plant.[2] Paints, oils, varnishes or similar flammable mixtures when such liquids are stored for maintenance, painting or similar purposes.(16) Flammable finishing: for spraying, coating or dipping operations utilizing flammable or combustible liquids.(17) Fruit ripening: to conduct a fruit-ripening process using ethylene gas.(18) Fumigation: to conduct outdoor fumigation or thermal insecticidal fogging operations.(19) Hazardous chemicals:(a) To store, handle or use more than 55 gallons of corrosive liquids or more than 50 pounds of oxidizing materials or more than 10 pounds of organic peroxides or more than 50 pounds of nitromethane or more than 1,000 pounds of ammonium nitrate, ammonium nitrate fertilizers and fertilizer mixtures containing 60% or more ammonium or any amount of toxic material or poisonous gas.(b) To store, handle or use any quantity of air-reactive, water-reactive or unstable materials.(20) Junkyards: to operate a junkyard.(21) LP gas: for each installation of liquefied petroleum gas employing a container or an aggregate of interconnected containers of 500 gallons or more water capacity and for each permanent installment, irrespective of size of containers, made at buildings in which 20 or more persons congregate for civic, political, educational, religious, social or recreational purposes.

Installers shall maintain a record of all installations and replacement of portable cylinders and have it available for inspection.(22) Lumberyards: to operate a lumberyard.(23) Magnesium: for melting, casting, heat-treating, machining or grinding of more than 10 pounds of magnesium per working day.(24) Matches:(a) To manufacture matches.(b) To store matches in excess of 25 cases. (NOTE: One case equals one matchman's gross of 14,400 matches.)(25) Organic coatings: to perform organic coating operations utilizing more than one gallon of organic coating on any working day.(26) Ovens and furnaces: to operate ovens and furnaces operating at approximately atmospheric pressures and temperatures not exceeding 1,400° F.(27) Wood-burning appliances: See § 165-12B.E.

Consolidated permits. When more than one permit is required for the same property or premises, a single permit may be issued listing all materials or operations covered. Revocation of a portion or portions of such consolidated permits for specific hazardous materials or operations shall not invalidate the remainder.F. Location of permits. Permits shall be kept on property or premises covered by the permit or carried by the permit holder.G. Revocation of permits. Permits may be suspended or revoked when it is determined that there is a violation of a condition under which the permit was issued or there has been misrepresentation or falsification of material facts in connection with the permit application or a condition of the permit.H.

Fire prevention permit fees. Whenever this Code provides or requires the issuance of a permit, application therefor shall be made to the Fire Marshal of the Town of Webster. Upon the filing for a permit, a fee in the amount per the fee schedule shall be paid to the Town Clerk of the Town of Webster.I. All such permits as herein required shall be valid for a period as specified on the permit.