Los Angeles Municipal Code § 57.327 Matches

This section shall regulate the storage, handling, manufacturing, and packaging of matches. Matches shall conform to all other applicable requirements of this article, as well as the following provisions.

Matches shall be labeled and packaged in conformance with the provisions of Department of Transportation Hazardous Materials Regulations.

Matches in excess of 50 pounds including the containers shall not be stored within 10 feet of any open elevator shaft, elevator shaft opening, open stairway, or other vertical opening. Matches in excess of 50 pounds including the containers, shall not be stored within 10 feet of any boiler, furnace, stove, open flame, or similar source of ignition.

At wholesale establishments and other locations where containers of matches are stored in piles exceeding 100 cubic feet, such containers shall be arranged so as not to exceed 10 feet in height nor 1,500 cubic feet in volume with aisles at least 8 feet wide.

When matches are stored in the same room with other materials or commodities, they shall be separated by a clear space of not less than 8 feet.

No person shall manufacture, distribute, sell, offer for sale, or possess any exploding match, “trick” match, blazer or wind type match, or any type of match which will ignite spontaneously when subjected for eight consecutive hours to a temperature of 200°F in a standard laboratory test.

In buildings or portions of buildings where matches are manufactured, packaged, or stored, portable fire extinguishers shall be provided in accordance with Table 57.906.3.