Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Several zoning districts in the Columbus Zoning Code included, at the time of their adoption, minor standards related to the size of any single, underground bulk storage tanks for various types of fuels and petroleum products. These standards did not place any restrictions on the overall storage capacity at a site, and only placed restrictions on the size of any single, underground tank, capping them at 20,000 gallons.
Since the inception of these regulations, the Columbus Fire Code, the Ohio Fire Code, the Ohio Building Code, and the Ohio Bureau of Underground Storage Tank Regulation have all adopted and/or updated codes and regulations related to this type of bulk storage, thus rendering the single, underground bulk storage tank standards contained in the Columbus Zoning Code obsolete. This code change would repeal the antiquated, single-tank size regulations contained in various sections of the Columbus Zoning Code so that these other, more prescriptive, code standards can be applied without the potential for conflict of codes.
The Columbus Development Commission voted to recommend approval of this Columbus Zoning Code revision at its monthly public meeting on April 11, 2013
FISCAL IMPACT: No funding is required for this legislation.
Title
To amend various sections of Title 33, the Columbus Zoning Code, in order to repeal minor regulations regarding the size of any single, underground bulk storage tanks contained therein, in order to allow other statewide systems of regulation for the bulk storage of fuels and petroleum products to be applied without creating a conflict of codes.
Body
WHEREAS, several zoning districts in the Columbus Zoning Code include minor standards related to the size of any single, underground bulk storage tank used for various types of fuels and petroleum products; and
WHEREAS, these standards do not place any restrictions on the overall storage capacity at a site, but rather only place restrictions on...
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