§ 21-2. Fire control.

It shall be unlawful to accumulate, store or cause to be stored more than two hundred fifty (250) used tires, meaning tires not of a new condition, other than at the county landfill or at a landfill approved and licensed by the Department of Environmental Quality of the Commonwealth of Virginia without a fire control plan approved in writing by the local governing body acting through the department of public safety or the local fire official or fire marshal. All fire control plans must adequately address compliance with the following requirements for used tire storage:

(1)

All tires must be stockpiled neatly in cells of not more than two hundred fifty (250) tires per cell and may be no higher than ten (10) feet.

(2)

A passageway which is a minimum of twenty (20) feet in width must be maintained between all cells of tires unless the cells of tires are maintained in parallel rows in which case the rows must be twenty (20) feet apart but the cells in each row may be as close as four (4) feet.

(3)

For each cell of tires there must be maintained within two hundred (200) feet of such cell a minimum stockpile of ten (10) cubic yards of soil and the appropriate and adequate equipment to place the soil over the tires in case of fire must either be on the site or at all times readily available. Readily available shall mean that such equipment shall be on the site within fifteen (15) minutes.

(4)

In lieu of stockpiled soil for the fire suppression as described above, foam with all the necessary equipment for its effective use may be available on the site.

(5)

Tires stored in an enclosed structure which has in place a fire suppression or fire prevention system such as a sprinkler system approved by the county or its agents shall be exempt from the above placement and fire prevention provisions.

(Res. No. 20-07-96, 7-16-96)

(Res. No. 20-07-96, 7-16-96)