(a) Permits for Explosives and Pyrotechnic Materials. A person shall not store, possess, use, sell, give away, or otherwise dispose of, any explosive, including without limitation, pyrotechnic material, consumer or display fireworks, as defined in this chapter, without first obtaining a written permit from the City Fire Chief. This division is not applicable to the use, possession, or control of less than fifteen (15) pounds of smokeless powder, fifty (50) pounds or less of black powder, or less than one thousand (1,000) pounds shipping weight of small arms ammunition, except as required under division (c) of Section 387.04 of this chapter. This division does not apply to a transporter of explosives on highways, railways, or waterways. For purposes of this section, the term “storage” does not include “storage incidental to transportation” when defined as preempted by 49 U.S.C. 5125 or related regulations by federal administrative determinations or court opinions. The fee for any permit required by this section shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
(b) Permits for Lasers. A person shall not use any Class III or IV laser in front of a proximate audience without first obtaining a separate permit from the Fire Chief. The fee for laser permits shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
(c) Permits for Flame Effects. A permit must be obtained from the City of Cleveland Fire Prevention Bureau for the use of all indoor and outdoor flame effects before an audience. The permit must be obtained at least ten (10) business days in advance of the production, exhibition, demonstration, or simulation using the flame effects. Failure to submit the permit application prior to ten (10) business days in advance of the production, or failure to comply with the requirements of NFPA Standard 160 listed in OAC 1301:7-7-44 may result in denial or revocation of the permit. The fee for a permit for flame effects shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
(d) Permits for Dangerous Ordnance. Each person handling explosives in conjunction with a blasting operation shall obtain a dangerous ordnance permit. The permit shall expire on the date specified on it. All permits expire no later than one (1) year from the date of issuance. The City Fire Marshal or the City Fire Marshal’s designee may issue a temporary permit for the casual use of explosive devices, and other consumable dangerous ordnance, and it shall expire within thirty (30) days of its issuance. The cost of a permit shall be seventy-five dollars ($75.00) under this section. A person must not perform blasting without possession of a dangerous ordnance permit under this section. Every person involved in the blasting operation that will handle or use the explosive shall be listed on a separate dangerous ordnance permit application.
(e) Applications for each permit required by this section shall be made to the City Fire Chief in the form and detail as the Chief prescribes. The Chief may require a separate permit for use of explosives and a separate permit for storage of explosives from each applicant. Each permit granted by the Chief shall be for the period of time as the Chief may determine, but not to exceed one (1) year. The permit must, at all times, be subject to inspection by any officer of the Fire and/or Police Divisions. In addition to the permit fees, the Division of Fire may charge the person obtaining a permit under this section the actual cost to the City of providing plan review, inspection and oversight services by Division of Fire officials. The costs may include, without limitation, the actual cost to the City of paying overtime wages to fire officials.
(f) All permit applications that are covered by this section shall be submitted to the City Fire Chief with accurate information and within a reasonable time frame to accommodate the handling and processing of the permit applications. All permit applications containing complete information, as required by this chapter, must be delivered to the Division of Fire no later than ten (10) business days before the date the permit is needed by the applicant, or by an earlier date, as needed, for the Division to make arrangements to observe all areas where materials subject to the permit are to be used or stored.
(Ord. No. 1253-07. Passed 11-19-07, eff. 11-21-07)