SCUBA tank storage: apartment w/ no-hazmat lease

[divestoclimb]

Hey all,

I have no idea where to ask this so I guess it's going here:

I am looking to move into a new apartment and was just reading over the lease, but it states that I am not allowed to "store or use any hazardous materials" in the apartment. I own five SCUBA cylinders, one of which is a 40 cuft oxygen deco bottle. Luckily I believe I can negotiate with the landlady to work this out, but my two questions are:

1) Does anyone know if storing my tanks would indeed fall under this exclusion? I'm 90% sure it would since the DOT classifies non-flammable compressed gases and compressed oxygen as hazmats. I'm curious if anyone else has had to deal with this type of thing before.
2) Does anyone have some tips for negotiating here? What can I say to convince my new landlady that SCUBA tanks are not the type of hazmat to be worried about?

[I'm not expecting 100% accurate legal advice ]

Thanks!

 

[sandmanz32]

i live in an apartment and i store all my tanks in the closet. dunno if the lease has a hazmat clause or not, but i've never had any issues. i always find it easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission. lol

 

[Gary D.]

A lot of these focus towards things like meth labs, storing gasoline and not sporting gear.

Gary D.

 

[Nemrod]

Scuba equipment is not a hazardous chemical or device. Don't even mention it to her, it is none of their buisness what sort of sporting good you have. N

 

[rollerboi]

I've seen folks who have to have oxygen delivered to a tube below their nose from a tank that they wheel around with them when they leave the house.

I wonder if they had to wrangle special permission from their landlords.

 

[Cyclops_Diver]

I told mine that in my off time I make the tanks into lamps, flower pots, or aquariums...

She thought that was "just darling."

 

[Charlie99]

Ignorance is bliss.

Rather than seeking either permission or forgiveness, in this case "ignorance" seem like the best solution.

My bet is that the only concern your landlady would have upon seeing you come and go with scuba tanks is whether your not you're going to bang up the walls and chip the paint.

Now you'll have some free time to go find something else to worry about.

 

[emttim]

I live in an apartment and didn't even bring it up when signing the lease nor do I care if they ever know. As long as I leave the apartment in the same way I found it, and I'm not doing anything illegal like drugs or whatnot, it's none of their damn business as far as I'm concerned.

 

[robertarak]

A lot of these focus towards things like meth labs, storing gasoline and not sporting gear.

Gary D.

Good thing I don't live in an apt. I would hate to have to disclose my meth lab.

 

[300bar]

Best check with the local fire department.Overhere we are allowed 9 or 10 80cft.cylinders in our home.Beyond that we need a permit.($$$)
Large O2 tanks are a no.no within city limits.
Smaller O2 med.kits are no problem.