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// CODE SNIPPET

2308.3.1 Location of Operations on Property

2018 Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code > 23 Motor Fuel-Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages > 2308 Compressed Natural Gas Motor Fuel-Dispensing Facilities > 2308.3 Location of Dispensing Operations and Equipment > 2308.3.1 Location of Operations on Property
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Unless otherwise approved in accordance with the applicable building code, compression, storage, and dispensing equipment not located in vaults complying with Chapter 53 shall be maintained and operated in accordance with Section 2303.1 and the following. In no case should any of these provisions require demolition or relocation of existing equipment when approved in accordance with the applicable building code.
  1. Not beneath power lines.
  2. Ten feet (3048 mm) or more from the nearest building or lot line that could be built on, public street, sidewalk, or source of ignition.
    Exception: Dispensing equipment need not be separated from canopies that are constructed in accordance with the applicable building code and that provide weather protection for the dispensing equipment.
  3. Twenty-five feet (7620 mm) or more from the nearest rail of any railroad track and 50 feet (15 240 mm) or more from the nearest rail of any railroad main track or any railroad or transit line where power for train propulsion is provided by an outside electrical source, such as third rail or overhead catenary.
  4. Fifty feet (15 240 mm) or more from the vertical plane below the nearest overhead wire of a trolley bus line.

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2308.3.1 Motor Fuel-Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages, Location of Operations on Property
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2309.3.1.5 Motor Fuel-Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages, Canopy Tops
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2309.3.1.5 Motor Fuel-Dispensing Facilities and Repair Garages, Canopy Tops
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