As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Blaster means a person licensed by the Kentucky Department for Natural Resources to fire or detonate explosives in blasting operations;
(2) Blasting operation or blasting means the use of explosives in any construction or demolition work, but shall not include its use in mining/quarrying subject to the requirements of chapter 8 of the Code of Ordinances, in the mining/quarrying of coal, or in agricultural operations;
(3) Director means the Director of the Division of Engineering;
(4) Division means the Division of Engineering; and
(5) Explosives mean any chemical compound or other substance or mechanical system intended for the purpose of producing an explosion, or that contains oxidizing and combustible units or other ingredients in such proportions or quantities that ignition by detonation may produce an explosion, capable of causing injury to persons or damage to property.
(Ord. No. 120-2024, § 2, 11-14-24)