Linden City Zoning Code
§ 31-19.7
Industrial Storage Tanks or Tank Farm.
[1979 Code § 22-4.3f; Ord. No. 20-163; Ord. No. 25-7; Ord. No. 25-24; Ord. No. 25-35; Ord. No. 29-47]
a.
Required distance between storage tanks except water tanks, and a residential property line. An above- ground storage tank having a capacity of one thousand (1,000) or more gallons or height of ten (10) or more feet shall not be located nearer than two hundred seventy-five (275) feet from a residential property line and further, no refined Class 1 petroleum products as defined in the Fire Prevention Code of the City with a flashpoint under one hundred (100°) degrees Fahrenheit shall be stored in above-ground storage tanks having a capacity of one thousand (1,000) or more gallons and/or a height of ten (10) or more feet closer than five hundred (500) feet from a residential property line.
b.
A belt of landscaping of fifteen (15) feet in depth shall be established along and contiguous to the boundary of any storage tank yard and the residential zone line. The belt of landscaping shall consist of one (1) tree of a minimum of one and one-half (1 1/2) inch calibre at planting for each five (5) foot length of buffer strip required. Further, a continuous privet hedge or equivalent of two (2) feet high at the time of planting shall be installed along the entire length of the buffer strip. The Planning Board may waive a portion of all required plantings if by reason of topography, man-made features or existing tree growth, the Planning Board determines that adequate screening exists.
c.
A plan for the development of new tank storage facilities shall be submitted to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the United States Environmental Protection Agency where applicable prior to site plan submission. No site plan application shall be submitted until both State and Federal agency approvals are received.
d.
Wherein new storage tanks are proposed either as the use of a new parcel or as a use expansion of an existing tank farm site an earth berm or fire resistant wall shall be erected along the entire length of the site abutting a residential zone boundary line.
e.
Where any new storage tanks are proposed, diked areas shall be required in accordance with the following:
1.
Except as provided in paragraph 2 below, the volumetric capacity of the diked area shall not be less than the greatest amount of liquid that can be released from the largest tank within the diked area, assuming a full tank. The capacity of the diked areas enclosing more than one (1) tank shall be calculated by deducting the volume of the tanks other than the largest tank below the height of the dike.
2.
For a tank or group of tanks with fixed roofs containing crude petroleum with boil-over characteristics, the volumetric capacity of the diked area shall not be less than the tank or tanks served by the enclosure, assuming full tanks. The capacity of the diked area enclosing more than one (1) tank shall be calculated by deducting the volume of tank below the height of the dike.
3.
Each individual above ground storage tank having a capacity of one thousand (1,000) or more gallons or a height of ten (10) or more feet located within a common diked area shall be separated one from the other with the common diked area by intermediate dikes of a height as recommended by the Bureau of Fire Prevention.