[Ord. No. 250 Art. XI §1, 12-3-1951]
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.
[Ord. No. 250 Art. XI §2, 12-3-1951]
A.
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.
B.
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.
[Ord. No. 250 Art. XI §3, 12-3-1951]
Magazines containing explosives shall be located at distances
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.