Michigan · statute · 319 of 1929, Mich. Comp. Laws · 25 active provisions
This act shall be in force and effect in cities and villages that, by a majority vote of the legislative body of the city or village, adopt its provisions. This act as it relates to the storage, handling, and sale of fuel oil applies only to the use of fuel oil for oil burners as specified in this act.
For the purposes of this act: (a) "Fuel oil" means any liquid as specified by the American standard of testing materials D-396-89A (1989) and used as fuel that has a flash point of not less than 100 degrees Fahrenheit. (b) "Fuel oil burners" means any device, including burners, motors, piping, valves, and other equipme…
Before any fuel oil burners, tanks and other equipment pertaining thereto shall be installed within such city, the owner of such premises or his agent, shall obtain from the permit department of the department of buildings and safety engineering, a permit for the installation of such fuel oil burners and equipment and…
No person or persons, firm or corporation, shall supply with fuel oil any tanks or containers for fuel oil burners unless such fuel oil burners and equipment shall have been approved as provided herein and permit tag attached to the filler pipe of such tank or containers in the manner herein specified.
Fuel oil or any other oil or liquid used for equipment installed under this act shall have a flash point of not less than 100 degrees Fahrenheit as determined by an appropriate closed cup tester method specified in the American standards of testing materials standard for fuel oil. In determining the flash point of oil,…
The tests and investigations made by the department of buildings and safety engineering shall cover arrangement of parts, suitability of material, strength of parts, electrical control, thermostatic arrangement, sensitiveness of automatic features, positiveness of ignition, safeguards against flooding, possibilities of…
Oil burners shall be equipped with such approved device, mechanical or electrical, which will automatically prevent the overflowing or flooding of the burner. Burners shall be designed to prevent excessive carbonization and shall be securely attached and supported.
All burners subject to automatic ignition must be provided with permanent automatic device, so designed that oil, upon being turned into the combustion chamber, will become ignited or automatically shut off.
Standard full weight wrought iron, galvanized iron or steel or copper pipe, shall be used throughout. Underground piping shall be galvanized or copper or brass. The supply pipe or pipes shall be not less than 1/4 inch in diameter. Unions shall be ground type with conical seating with faces of metal. Flanged or packed j…
Electrical installations used in connection with oil burning devices shall be installed in accordance with the rules adopted by such city and be inspected and approved by the department of buildings and safety engineering.
No damper shall be permitted in the smoke pipe or chimney from the device heated that may restrict to a dangerous extent the passage of fumes or gases. Ventilation shall be provided to prevent the accumulation of any trapped vapors below the combustion chamber. Complete instructions in regard to care and operation of t…
Oil storage tanks on the inside of any building shall be located in the lowest story, cellar or basement. A total storage of 550 gallons shall be permitted inside of any building but not more than 275 gallons shall be permitted in any 1 storage tank. Where more than 1 storage tank is installed such tanks shall be conne…
The fill pipe for such tank or tanks shall be galvanized iron or steel not less than 1 1/2 inches in diameter, extending to the outside of any building, and shall be properly capped at all times. All storage tanks for fuel oil shall be provided with a vent pipe not less than 3/4 inch in diameter with a return bend on t…
Except as otherwise permitted in this act, the storage of fuel oil in excess of 550 gallons shall be outside of any building in underground tanks. Storage of oil in tanks above ground of more than 550 gallons shall not be permitted without special permit from the board of rules of the department of buildings and safety…
Tanks located underground shall have the top of tank at least 3 feet below the surface of the ground, and below the level of the lowest pipe leading into the building to be supplied. Tanks may be permitted underneath a building if buried at least 3 feet below the lowest floor, or they may be placed 24 inches below the…
Where it is impractical to bury tanks, the chief inspector of the department of buildings and safety engineering may allow them to be installed inside of a building when completely incased in 12 inches of concrete and 6 inches of sand.
Underground tanks located within 10 feet of a basement or pit lower than the top of such tank, shall be completely incased in 6 inches of concrete of a 1, 3 and 5 mixture.
Measuring devices on tanks beneath buildings and previously described encased tanks, shall be of approved wall gauge type.
The metal used in all tanks shall be of a minimum gauge, U.S. standard, depending upon the capacity or size as given in the following table: Capacity Thickness (Gallons) of material 1 to 500 14 gauge 501 to 1100 12 gauge 1101 to 4000 7 gauge 4001 to 10500 1/4 inch 10501 to 20000 5/16 inch 20001 to 30000 3/8 inch
All such tanks shall be welded, brazed or riveted and shall be heavily coated outside with asphaltum or other rust-resisting material. All tanks shall be tested for leakage and shall be tight at 5 pounds air pressure. All tanks having a capacity in excess of 275 gallons shall bear the underwriter's label.
All oil burners operating by gravity or water pressure, shall be equipped with approved automatic device or devices for the control of the flow of oil in case of failure of the oil to properly ignite. All oil burners of the suction or force feed type shall be equipped with approved anti-siphoning device. Where a pump i…
All fuel oil burners used in connection with hot water and steam heating systems shall be equipped with a pressurestat or some approved automatic device to reduce or extinguish the fire in the event of undue pressure within the boiler.
The use of acetylene or any other gas possessing a wider range of explosiveness in admixture with air than coal gas, or water gas, is prohibited for use in the gas pilot of any fuel oil burner.
This act shall not apply in the case of manufacturing plants except for heating buildings or generating steam for power.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not to exceed 100 dollars or by imprisonment for a period of not to exceed 90 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and each day that a violation…