2014 New York Laws
GBS - General Business
Article 19 - (300 - 308) OIL AND DISTILLED SPIRITS
302 - Storage of petroleum.

  302.  Storage  of petroleum. Crude petroleum, earth or rock oil, or
  any of its products, shall not be kept on sale or stored in any place or
  building within the corporate limits of any city in this  state,  except
  in  the  city  of  New  York, unless in detached and properly ventilated
  warehouses, the exterior walls  of  which  are  stone,  brick  or  iron,
  specially  adapted  to that purpose, with raised sills at least two feet
  high, or the ground floor of which is at least two feet below the  level
  of  the  street  or  adjoining  land,  so  as to effectually prevent the
  overflow of such substances beyond the premises where kept or stored.
No part of such warehouses shall be occupied as  a  dwelling,  and  if
  less  than fifty feet from any adjacent building, such warehouse must be
  separated therefrom by a brick or stone wall at least ten feet in height
  and sixteen inches thick.
None of such articles shall be  allowed  to  remain  on  the  sidewalk
  beyond  the  front  line of any building or in the street, a longer time
  than is actually necessary for the storage, shipment or delivery of  the
  same, nor after sunset.