[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Garden
City 10-5-1967 as Ord. No. 3.6 of the
Revised Unified Code of Ordinances. Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall transport, store, sell, deliver, use or have in his
possession in the Village of Garden City any explosive without a written permit
from the Board of Trustees.
[Amended 3-7-1996 by L.L. No. 1-1996]
Permits shall be issued, for a period not to exceed one month, by the
Board of Trustees upon the filing of an application in writing with the Village
Clerk and upon the payment of a fee in such amount as determined from time
to time by resolution of the Board of Trustees and the giving of a bond, to
be approved by the Board of Trustees as to sureties and amount.
No person shall carry or transport explosives within the village except
in a vehicle propelled by gasoline engine or electrical power, constructed
in conformity with specifications approved by the Board of Trustees.
No person shall place or carry in or upon a vehicle containing explosives
any exploders, detonators, blasting caps or other explosive material or any
matches or other device for producing a spark or flame.
Each such vehicle shall be properly and conspicuously marked in accordance
with specifications approved by the Board of Trustees to indicate the purpose
for which it is used.
No person other than a duly qualified peace officer or public officer
of the village shall interfere with or molest a vehicle containing explosives
or the person in charge thereof.
A.
No holder of a permit under this chapter shall deliver
explosives to any person, firm or corporation not holding a permit from the
Board of Trustees.
B.
Each holder of such a permit shall file with the Village
Clerk before 10:00 a.m. of each business day a written statement of all deliveries
and receipts of explosives made by or to him on the preceding day, specifying
the name and address of the person from whom or to whom delivered and the
date of such delivery.
No exploders, detonators, blasting caps, matches, metal tool, piece
of metal or any device for producing a spark or flame shall be stored within
a radius of 100 feet from any magazine or place where explosives are stored.
All buildings or other structures in which explosives are stored shall
be properly and conspicuously marked with signs as specified by the Board
of Trustees so as to warn the public of the fact that explosives are stored
therein.
No explosives shall be used within the limits of the village except
pursuant to restrictions and specifications contained in a written permit
so to do first obtained from the Board of Trustees of the village, which permit
shall in all cases be subject to the following restrictions:
A.
Quantities less than 10 pounds shall not be exploded
within a radius of 140 feet of the nearest building.
B.
Quantities of 10 pounds or more but less than 25 pounds
shall not be exploded within a radius of 200 feet of the nearest building.
C.
Quantities of 25 pounds or more but not in excess of
40 pounds shall not be exploded within a radius of 250 feet of the nearest
building.
D.
No explosive in quantity greater than 40 pounds shall
be exploded within the village.
