Newmarket may regulate home-heating propane tanks

Yorkregion.com
Oct. 30, 2015
By Chris Simon

Newmarket may be ready to plug a leak in the regulations regarding home-heating propane tanks.

Council has asked staff to look into the feasibility of regulating home-heating propane tank installations. The request comes at the request of Ward 5 Councillor Joe Sponga, who heard a Queen Street homeowner recently installed a 1,000-litre tank close to a barbecue sitting on a neighbouring property. The tank was then replaced by four 250-litre models.

"There's no bylaw or building code that regulates where those tanks should be installed," Councillor Joe Sponga said. "I would not want to have a 1,000-litre tank (near) my barbecue."

A report on the matter is expected be presented to council in about three months.