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If it shall be found that any of the explosives mentioned in Section 15-20-010 are being kept in any building, structure or premises, or in any vehicle or on board of any vessel within the city in violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, any such explosives so kept shall be immediately seized and removed to such place as the fire commissioner may direct.
It is hereby made the duty of the members of the police department to assist in making such seizure when requested so to do by the fire commissioner, and to assist in the removal of such explosives to such place as may be designated by the fire commissioner.
(Prior code § 125-18; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 141)
(a) No person shall have more than 1,000 electrical detonators in stock at any time.
(b) Chlorides calculated as potassium chloride must not exceed one-fourth of one percent.
(c) Any explosive mixture containing chlorate of potash offered for sale must contain no free acid or substance liable to produce free acid.
(d) Any explosives containing chlorate of potash or nitre compounds shall be subject to the British heat test.
(e) It shall be unlawful to sell, transport, or use leaky dynamite (leaking nitroglycerine).
(f) The keeping or storing of nitrocellulose in a dry condition in quantities greater than ten pounds in one place is hereby prohibited.
(g) The use of frozen or partly frozen cartridges and the breaking or cutting of them or drilling them for caps is hereby prohibited.
(h) Blasting powder, black powder, sporting powder, rifle powder, all military smokeless powder, and low blasting explosives shall be packed in metal cased containing not more than 25 pounds.
(Prior code § 125-19)
ARTICLE II. FIREWORKS (15-20-210 et seq.)
"Fireworks" means and includes any explosive composition, or any substance or combination of substances, or article prepared for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect of a temporary exhibitional nature by explosion, combustion, deflagration or detonation, and shall include blank cartridges, toy cannons in which explosives are used, the type of balloons which require fire underneath to propel the same, firecrackers, torpedoes, skyrockets, roman candles, bombs, sparklers or other fireworks of like construction and any fireworks containing any explosive compound, or any tablets or other device containing any explosive substances, or containing combustible substances producing visual effects; provided, however, that the term "fireworks" shall not include snake or glowworm pellets; smoke devices; trick noisemakers known as "party poppers", "booby traps", "snappers", "trick matches", "cigarette loads", and "auto burglar alarms"; or toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices in which paper caps containing twenty-five hundredths grains or less of explosive compound are used, providing they are so constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for the explosion, and toy pistol paper caps which contain less than twenty-hundredths grains of explosive mixture.
(Prior code § 125-21; Amend Coun. J. 4-9-86, p. 29168; Amend Coun. J. 6-29-05, p. 52456, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 10-6-05, p. 57715, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 9-5-07, p. 6884, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-8-12, p. 38872, § 234; Amend Coun. J. 10-31-18, p. 87187, § 1)
No person shall have, keep, store, use, manufacture, assemble, mix, sell, handle or transport any fireworks; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall be held to apply to the possession or use of signaling devices for current daily consumption by railroads, vessels and others requiring them or to the possession, sale or use of normal stocks of flashlight compositions by photographers or dealers in photographic supplies; and provided further, that the Fire Commissioner may issue permits for the display of fireworks as hereinafter provided.
(Prior code § 125-22; Amend Coun. J. 5-18-16, p. 24131, § 142; Amend Coun. J. 7-22-20, p. 18957, § 9)
(a) Any person who violates any provision of Section 15-20-220 having, keeping, storing or transporting fireworks shall be subject to a fine of not less than $200.00 and not more than $500.00 for each offense; each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Prosecutions for such violations shall be civil.
(b) Any person who violates any provision of Section 15-20-220 by using, selling, assembling, mixing or manufacturing fireworks shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be subject to a fine of not less than $250.00 and not more than $500.00, or incarceration for not less than ten and not more than 30 days, or both. Each day of a continuing violation shall constitute a separate and distinct offense.
(Added Coun. J. 6-9-99, p. 5376)
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