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Chapter 6 — FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS

Section 606 — LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS INSTALLATIONS

2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5) · 2025 edition · updated 2026-07-27 · California

606.1 General.

The storage of liquefied petroleum gas (LP-gas) and the installation and maintenance of pertinent equipment shall be in accordance with the California Fire Code .

606.2 Location of containers or tanks.

LP-gas containers or tanks shall be located within the defensible space in accordance with the California Fire Code .

606.3 Clear area.

LP-gas storage tanks shall have a minimum clearance of 10 feet (3048 mm) down to bare mineral soil in all directions. Vegetation more than 10 feet (3048 mm) but less than 20 feet (6096 mm) from an LP-gas storage tank shall be fire-smart vegetation.

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▸ Contents — 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5)
2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code (Title 24, Part 7.5)
  1. Chapter 1 — ADMINISTRATION
  2. Chapter 2 — DEFINITIONS
  3. Chapter 3 — WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE AREAS
  4. Chapter 4 — WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE AREA REQUIREMENTS
  5. Chapter 5 — SPECIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION REGULATIONS
  6. ▸ Chapter 6 — FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS
    Overview
    1. Section 601 — GENERAL
    2. Section 602 — FIRE PROTECTION PLANS
    3. Section 603 — VEGETATION PLAN
    4. Section 604 — MAINTENANCE OF DEFENSIBLE SPACE
    5. Section 605 — SPARK ARRESTORS
    6. Section 606 — LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS INSTALLATIONS
    7. Section 607 — STORAGE OF FIREWOOD AND COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALS
    8. Section 608 — BUILDING SITING AND SETBACKS
    9. Section 609 — RIDGELINES, FUEL BREAKS AND GREENBELTS
    10. Section 610 — FIRE SAFE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS
    11. Section 611 — SUBDIVISION REVIEW SURVEY
    12. Section 612 — GENERAL PLAN SAFETY ELEMENT
  7. Chapter 7 — REFERENCED STANDARDS
  8. Appendix A — GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
  9. Appendix B — VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PLAN
  10. Appendix C — COMMUNITY WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE (WUI) FIRE HAZ…
  11. Appendix D — MODEL ORDINANCE FOR FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE ADO…
  12. Appendix E — RESERVED
  13. Appendix F — CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRE-SMART VEGETATION
  14. Appendix G — VOLUNTARY HOME-HARDENING RECOMMENDATIONS
  15. Appendix H — REFERENCED CALIFORNIA DOCUMENTS
  16. Appendix I — BOARD OF APPEALS

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