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Editor's Note: The table indicating distances for storage of explosives is included at the end of this chapter.
Explosives, including special industrial high-explosive materials, shall be stored in magazines which meet the requirements of this chapter. This shall not be construed as applying to wholesale and retail stocks of small arms ammunition, explosive bolts, explosive rivets or cartridges for explosive-actuated power tools in quantities involving less than 500 pounds (227 kilograms) of explosive material. Magazines shall be in the custody of a competent person at all times who shall be at least 21 years of age, and who shall be held responsible for compliance with all safety precautions.
Not more than 50 pounds (22.7 kilograms) of explosives and 5,000 blasting caps shall be permitted to be stored in wholesale and retail hardware stores or other approved establishments. Explosives and blasting caps shall be stored in separate Class II magazines at approved locations on the first floor not more than 10 feet (3,048 millimeters) from an entrance. A distance of 10 feet (3,048 millimeters) shall be maintained between the magazines. Their location shall not be changed without approval.
Class I and Class II magazines shall be located away from inhabited buildings, passenger railways, public highways and other magazines in conformance with this article, except as provided in § 127-12.
Magazines shall be constructed and maintained as follows:
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Class I magazines shall be designed and constructed in accordance with NFiPA 495 listed in Appendix A[1] and shall have openings only for ventilation and entrance.
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Editor's Note: Appendix A is on file in the office of the Borough Secretary and may be examined there during regular business hours.
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Class II magazines shall be constructed of two-inch (fifty-one millimeter) tongue-and-grooved hardwood, covered on the outside with not less than thirty-six-thousandths-inch nominal thickness sheet steel or No. 20 United States standard gauge sheet aluminum (0.032 inch), or of all-metal construction with sides, bottom and cover of sheet metal lined with three-eighths-inch (ten-millimeter) plywood or the equivalent. Edges of metal covers shall overlap sides at least one inch (25 millimeters). Class II magazines, when located in wholesale and retail hardware stores or other approved establishments, shall be mounted on casters or wheels to facilitate removal.
Magazines for the storage of explosives shall be weather-resistant and properly ventilated and, when used for storage of Class A explosives other than black powder, blasting caps and electric blasting caps, shall also be bullet resistant.
Magazines shall not be provided with artificial heat or light, except that if artificial light is necessary, an approved electric safety flashlight or safety lantern shall be used.
Smoking, matches, open flames, spark-producing devices and firearms shall be prohibited inside or within 50 feet (15,240 millimeters) of magazines. Combustible materials shall not be stored within 50 feet (15,240 millimeters) of magazines.
The land surrounding magazines shall be kept clear of brush, dried grass, leaves, trash and debris for a distance of at least 25 feet (7,620 millimeters).
Magazines shall be kept locked except when being inspected or when explosives are being placed therein or being removed therefrom.
Magazines shall be kept clean, dry and free of grit, paper, empty packages and rubbish.
Blasting caps, electric blasting caps, detonating primers and primed cartridges shall not be stored in the same magazine with other explosives.
Packages of explosives shall not be unpacked or repacked in a magazine within 50 feet (15,240 millimeters) of a magazine.
Magazines shall not be used for the storage of any metal tools or of any commodity except explosives, but this restriction shall not apply to the storage of blasting agents, blasting supplies and oxidizers used in compound blasting agents.
When an explosive has deteriorated to an extent that it is in an unstable or dangerous condition or if nitroglycerin leaks from any explosive, then the person in possession of such explosive shall immediately report that fact to the code official and upon his approval shall proceed to destroy such explosives and clean floors stained with nitroglycerin in accordance with the instructions of the manufacturer. Only experienced persons shall do the work of destroying explosives.
Property upon which Class I magazines are located shall be posted with signs reading "Explosives - Keep Off." Such signs shall be located so as to minimize the possibility of a bullet traveling in the direction of the magazine if anyone shoots at the sign.
Class II magazines shall be painted red and shall bear lettering in white, on all sides and top, at least three inches (76 millimeters) high, "Explosives - Keep Fire Away."