[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Stratford 7-10-1978. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any material, composition or mixture intended for blasting,
consisting substantially of a fuel and oxidizer, none of the ingredients
of which is an explosive as defined in this section and the finished
product of which, as mixed and packaged for use or shipment, cannot
be detonated by the test procedure established by regulations promulgated
by the State Fire Marshal.
Any chemical compound or any mechanical mixture that contains
oxidizing and combustible units or other ingredients in such proportions,
quantities or packaging that ignition by fire, friction, concussion,
percussion or detonator may cause such a sudden generation of highly
heated gases that the resultant gaseous pressure is capable of destroying
life or limb or of producing destructive effects to contiguous objects
but not including colloided nitrocellulose in sheets or rods or grains
not under 1/8 of an inch in diameter, wet nitrocellulose containing
20% or more moisture and wet nitrostarch containing 20% or more moisture;
and manufactured articles shall not be held to be explosive when the
individual units contain explosives in such limited quantity, of such
nature or in such packing that it is impossible to produce a simultaneous
or destructive explosion of such units to the injury of life, limb
or property by fire, friction, concussion, percussion or detonator,
including fixed ammunition for small arms, firecrackers, safety fuses
and matches. "Explosive," as used in said sections, shall not be deemed
to include gasoline, kerosene, naphtha, turpentine or benzine.
Any violator of this chapter shall be fined $100.
No person shall manufacture, keep, store, sell or deal in any
explosives unless he has and produces a license from the Commissioner
of State Police pursuant to Section 29-89 of the Connecticut General
Statutes and until he obtains from the Fire Marshal of the Town of
Stratford a written permit therefor, which permit shall not be valid
for more than 30 days. Such permit so granted shall definitely state
the location of the building where such business is to be carried
on or such explosive deposited and shall state that such building
or premises with the regulations provided for in this section.
No person shall procure, transport or use any explosives unless
he produces a valid license by the Commissioner of State Police pursuant
to Section 29-89d of the Connecticut General Statutes and has obtained
a written permit therefor from the Fire Marshal of the Town of Stratford,
specifying the name of the purchaser, the amount to be purchased and
transported and the purpose for which it is to be used. Any such permit
to use explosives shall state the number of years the purchaser has
been engaged in blasting activity. Such permit shall be valid for
such period, not longer than one year, as is required to accomplish
the purpose for which it was obtained. No carrier shall transport
any such explosive unless such written permit accompanies the same,
and no person shall have in his possession any such explosive unless
he has a license and permit therefor. The fee for such permit shall
be $2. Each person who has in his custody or possession any explosive
or any detonating caps for explosives shall keep the same either under
personal observation or securely locked up.
A.
The
Commissioner of State Police shall have exclusive jurisdiction in
the preparation of, and may enforce reasonable regulations for, the
safe and convenient storage, transportation and use of explosives
and blasting agents used in connection therewith, which regulations
shall deal in particular with the quantity and character of explosives
and blasting agents to be stored, transported and used; the proximity
of such storage to inhabited dwellings or other occupied buildings,
public highways and railroad tracks; the character and construction
of suitable magazines for such storage; protective measures to secure
such stored explosives and blasting agents; and the abatement of any
hazard that may arise incident to the storage, transportation or use
of such explosives and blasting agents.
B.
Notwithstanding
the provisions of this section, the Labor Commissioner shall regulate
the storage, transportation and use of explosives and blasting agents
in places of employment insofar as such activities relate to employee
health and safety, provided that such regulations shall be no less
stringent than those prepared and enforced by the Commissioner of
State Police pursuant to this section.
Any license or permit issued under the provisions of this section
may be suspended or revoked by the issuing authority for violation
by the licensee or permittee of any provision of law or regulation
relating to explosives or conviction of such licensee or permittee
of any felony or misdemeanor. Suspension or revocation of a license
shall automatically suspend or revoke the permit, and the suspension
or revocation of a permit shall automatically suspend or revoke the
license.
A.
The
applicant shall furnish a blasting bond in the amount of $5,000. This
bond will cover all permits issued to the applicant for the duration
of the permit. This blasting bond must be in the office of the Fire
Marshal before the permit will be issued.
C.
The
insurance certificate must state "covers blasting" or "includes blasting,"
and said certificate must be in the Fire Marshal's office before
a blasting permit will be issued.
As a condition of the issuance of the permit, the applicant
must obtain and submit completed approval forms furnished by the Bridgeport
Hydraulic Company, 835 Main Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut, and the
Southern Connecticut Gas Company, 880 Broad Street, Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Each person selling or giving away any explosive shall first
ascertain that the purchaser or donee of such explosives has obtained
a license and permit required by Section 29-89 of the Connecticut
General Statutes and this chapter and shall keep a record in which
shall be entered an accurate account of each disposition by such person
in the course of business, or otherwise, of any explosive. Such record
shall show, in legible writing to be entered therein at the time of
disposition of the explosive, a history of such transaction, showing
the name and quantity of the explosive, the name and place of residence
and business of the purchaser or donee and the name and address of
the individual to whom delivered. Such record shall be kept by such
person in his principal office or place of business in this state
and shall be subject to examination by any military authority, the
Commissioner of State Police, his deputies and the Stratford Police
Department. Any such authority may, at any time, require any such
dealer to produce such record for the year previous.
