[CC 1974 §§550.010 — 550.030; Ord. No. 845 §§1101 — 1103,
1969]
A.
Application And Permit. This Chapter applies to all explosives
except small arms ammunition and pyrotechnic devices. The manufacturing
of explosives is prohibited. A permit shall be obtained to have, keep,
use, store or transport any explosives and such permit shall be issued
only in compliance with the terms of this Chapter. A permit shall
not be required for the transportation of explosives through the City
by the most direct route by railroad, Federal, State or County highway
or waterway, but such transportation shall comply with all other applicable
provisions of this Chapter.
B.
Transportation. Explosives shall be transported on vehicles
only if such vehicles are conspicuously marked "DANGER — EXPLOSIVES"
and shall never be transported in or on any conveyance carrying passengers
for hire.
It shall be unlawful for any person to place or carry or cause
to be carried in the bed or body of a vehicle containing explosives
any metal tool or other piece of metal or any matches or any exploders,
detonators, blasting caps or other similar explosive material.
C.
Storage. Magazines containing explosives shall be located
at distance from neighboring buildings, highways and railroads in
conformity with the American Quantity and Distance Table; provided
that one (1) portable magazine kept securely locked and conspicuously
marked "MAGAZINE — EXPLOSIVES" containing not more than fifty
(50) pounds of explosives may be allowed in a building not occupied
as a dwelling or place of public assembly if placed on wheels and
located not more than ten (10) feet from, on the same floor with and
directly opposite to the entrance on the floor nearest the street
level and one (1) similar portable magazine containing not more than
five thousand (5,000) blasting caps may be allowed if placed on wheels
and located on the floor nearest the street level. Blasting caps or
detonators of any kind shall not be kept in the same magazine with
other explosives.
