Class A MA Propane Storage in Garage
just looking for some info. I live in MA I have a class A motor home with what I believe to be a 40 pound propane tank, I am building a garage attached to my house to store my RV in when I am not u...
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69gp,
As a fellow Taxachusetts resident, we do have lots of regulations on the books.
You state in your original post that "I am building a garage attached to my house to store my RV in when I am not using it". I would NOT tell anyone this. You are building a GARAGE!!! Don't mention "store while not using it". I believe "store" might be the word causing problems here.
I don't know the specifics of the laws, but, for instance, I believe that if you "store" fuel you are supposed to get a fire permit from the local fire department every year. Yet, how many of us keep several 5 gallon gas cans in our garage? Speaking of which, again, I forgot the specifics, but there is a limit to how much gas you can "store" in your garage in those cans (maybe 7 gallons?). Yet, we park two cars and a tractor in the garage with a total of up to 40 gallons of gasoline and 6 gallons of diesel fuel. No violations there.
As for the propane, according to the regulations, no propane powered vehicles would be able to be stored in a garage? Does THAT make sense?
This is a pretty litigious state, but if people actually lived by all of the laws and regulations in Massachusetts, no one would be able to leave the house! LOL
So, therefore, I believe you'll be OK, but refer to it as a garage. You use your motorhome regularly, you are NOT "storing" it.
You are building a garage. Vehicles loaded with fuel(s) are parked in garages. It's the expected utilization of said structure.
My $0.02.
~Rick
As a fellow Taxachusetts resident, we do have lots of regulations on the books.
You state in your original post that "I am building a garage attached to my house to store my RV in when I am not using it". I would NOT tell anyone this. You are building a GARAGE!!! Don't mention "store while not using it". I believe "store" might be the word causing problems here.
I don't know the specifics of the laws, but, for instance, I believe that if you "store" fuel you are supposed to get a fire permit from the local fire department every year. Yet, how many of us keep several 5 gallon gas cans in our garage? Speaking of which, again, I forgot the specifics, but there is a limit to how much gas you can "store" in your garage in those cans (maybe 7 gallons?). Yet, we park two cars and a tractor in the garage with a total of up to 40 gallons of gasoline and 6 gallons of diesel fuel. No violations there.
As for the propane, according to the regulations, no propane powered vehicles would be able to be stored in a garage? Does THAT make sense?
This is a pretty litigious state, but if people actually lived by all of the laws and regulations in Massachusetts, no one would be able to leave the house! LOL
So, therefore, I believe you'll be OK, but refer to it as a garage. You use your motorhome regularly, you are NOT "storing" it.
You are building a garage. Vehicles loaded with fuel(s) are parked in garages. It's the expected utilization of said structure.
My $0.02.
~Rick
