(a) It shall be unlawful for a person to possess, for any reason whatsoever, dynamite, TNT, nitroglycerine, or any other explosive material, blasting caps or any other device used for detonating or setting off any explosive material after the enactment of this section, unless such person has first secured from the chief of police, urban county government, a permit for the possession of same.
(b) The permit shall contain the name, address, telephone number, principal business of the applicant, the purpose for which the explosive material or device is to be used, and a registration number. There shall be a five dollar ($5.00) fee for the permits, which shall be renewable July 1 of each year.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell any such explosive material or explosive device without first securing a permit; and it shall further be unlawful for any person to sell any such explosive material or explosive device to any other person who does not present the required permit at the time of sale. All sales of any of the above-mentioned items shall be logged in a permanent record, said record to reflect the amount sold, price of same, to whom sold, along with permit number, and the stated purpose of use by the purchaser. Such record shall be open to inspection by law enforcement authorities.
(d) Except for the logging of sales by dealers, nothing herein shall be construed to apply to smokeless powder, in any quantities, primers, or any other components normally used in the handloading or reloading of small arms ammunition. Likewise, except for the logging of sales by dealers, this section shall not be deemed applicable to black powder, in quantities not exceeding five (5) avoirdupois pounds in the aggregate, or to flints or percussion caps normally used with muzzle-loading firearms.
(e) However, when federal laws or regulations pertain to the aforementioned activities, such federal laws or regulations shall supersede the provisions of this section.
(f) Any person violating any provision of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), or imprisonment of not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than twelve (12) months, or both. Each separate sale without the permit and/or each day's possession without a permit shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. No. 218-70, §§ 1—5, 9-24-70; Ord. No. 145-71, §§ 1—7, 8-26-71)