# Ohio Admin. Code 3745-580-07: Rule 3745-580-07. Fire break widths for outside scrap tire storage piles > Ohio · Regulations · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OH_ADC_3745_580_07 ## Section - **Citation:** Ohio Admin. Code 3745-580-07 - **Heading:** Rule 3745-580-07. Fire break widths for outside scrap tire storage piles - **Jurisdiction:** Ohio - **Kind:** Regulations - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** Ohio Administrative Code / Agency 3745 / Chapter 3745-580 / Rule 3745-580-07 ## Text 119.03 (A) Unless excluded by paragraph (B) of this rule or otherwise authorized by the director, a person storing scrap tires is subject to the specifications contained in paragraph (C) of this rule if the person is either of the following: (1) An owner or operator of a licensed, permitted, or registered scrap tire facility. (2) A person who is preauthorized to beneficially use scrap tires in accordance with rule 3745-580-801 of the Administrative Code or authorized to beneficially use scrap tires pursuant to rule 3745-580-802 of the Administrative Code, unless alternate storage was approved by the director. (B) This rule is not applicable to scrap tire storage piles that meet both of the following: (1) Are not greater than five hundred scrap tires. (2) Maintain a minimum separation distance of twenty-five feet from other scrap tire storage piles, buildings, and structures. (C) Scrap tire storage piles subject to this rule shall be maintained with separation distances from other scrap tire storage piles, buildings, and structures as follows: Tire storage pile height (feet) 0 to 8.0 8.1 to 10.0 10.1 to 12.0 12.1 to 14.0 Length of pile face along fire break (feet) Fire break widths (feet) 0.00 to 49.9 56 62 67 73 50.0 to 99.9 75 84 93 100 100.0 to 250.0 100 116 128 137 Note: This chapter establishes fifty feet as the maximum length and width allowed for piles of whole, baled, or rough shredded tires. Note: Rule 3745-580-410 of the Administrative Code establishes one hundred twenty-five feet as the maximum length and fifty feet as the maximum width allowed for piles of tire shreds less than four inches in any dimension for a class II scrap tire recovery facility. Note: Rule 3745-580-410 of the Administrative Code establishes two hundred fifty feet as the maximum length and fifty feet as the maximum width allowed for piles of tire shreds less than four inches in any dimension for a class I scrap tire recovery facility eet as the maximum width allowed for piles of tire shreds less than four inches in any dimension for a class II scrap tire recovery facility. Note: Rule 3745-580-410 of the Administrative Code establishes two hundred fifty feet as the maximum length and fifty feet as the maximum width allowed for piles of tire shreds less than four inches in any dimension for a class I scrap tire recovery facility. Last updated June 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM Supplemental Information Authorized By: 3734.02 , 3734.70 , 3734.71 , 3734.72 , 3734.73 , 3734.74 Amplifies: 3734.02 , 3734.12 , 3734.70 , 3734.71 , 3734.72 , 3734.73 , 3734.74 6/30/2028 3/1/1996 ## Nearby sections - [Ohio Admin. Code 3745-580-01 Rule 3745-580-01. 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