N.Y. General Business Law § 303: Standard test and storage of refined petroleum and kerosene oil

§ 303. Standard test and storage of refined petroleum and kerosene

oil. Refined petroleum or kerosene oil shall not be kept on sale or

stored in any such city, the fire test of which shall be less than one

hundred and ten degrees Fahrenheit, determined by authorized inspectors

using G. Tagliabue's or other improved instruments; and the barrels or

packages containing the same shall be legibly stamped or marked with the

inspector's official stamp or mark. If stored above the cellar or

basement of any building and in barrels of not over forty-five gallons

each, or in metallic vessels or tanks for the convenience of retailing,

the quantity so stored shall not exceed the contents of ten barrels,

unless packed in hermetically sealed metallic packages, when such

quantity shall not exceed one hundred barrels. If stored in cellars or

basements surrounded by walls of brick or stone, and at least two feet

below the level of the sidewalk, street or adjacent land, such quantity

shall not exceed the contents of one hundred and fifty barrels, unless

stored in warehouses specially adapted for the purpose pursuant to this

article. No more than five barrels thereof shall be kept or stored in

any building occupied wholly or in part as a dwelling.

Not more than ten barrels of benzine or naphtha shall be kept or

stored in any building, and not more than three barrels thereof in any

building any part of which is occupied as a dwelling.

This and the preceding section shall not prevent the storage of crude

or refined petroleum in wrought-iron tanks detached from any building

and especially adapted for that purpose, or in other tanks so

constructed that the top is at least two feet below the street or the

adjoining land and covered with at least one foot of earth, and

appurtenant to or connected with a refinery, with the approval of the

inspectors of buildings, fire marshal or other proper authorities.