For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BLACK POWDER. A deflagrating or low explosive compound of an intimate mixture of sulfur, charcoal, and an alkali nitrate, usually potassium or sodium nitrate.
BLAST SITE. The area in which explosive materials are being or have been loaded and which includes all holes loaded or to be loaded for the same blast and a distance of 50 feet in all directions.
BLASTING AGENT. Any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and oxidizer intended for blasting, not otherwise defined as an explosive, provided that the finished product, as mixed and packaged for use or shipment, cannot be detonated by means of a No. 8 blasting cap, as defined by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, U.S. Department of Treasury, when unconfined.
BUILDING. Includes any building regularly occupied, in whole or in part, as a habitation for human beings, and any church, schoolhouse, railway station, or other building where people are accustomed to assemble, but does not mean or include any BUILDINGS of a mine or quarry or any of the BUILDINGS of a manufacturing plant where the business of manufacturing explosives is conducted.
DEPARTMENT. The Department of Natural Resources.
DETONATOR. Any device containing any initiating or primary explosive that is used for initiating detonation. A DETONATOR may not contain more than 10 grams of total explosives by weight, excluding ignition or delay charges.
DIRECTOR. The Director of Natural Resources.
EXPLOSIVE. Any chemical compound, mixture or device, the primary or common purpose of which is to function by explosion and includes high or low explosives. Manufactured articles, including but not limited to fixed ammunition for small arms, fire crackers, safety fuses, and matches, are not EXPLOSIVES when the individual units contain explosives in such limited quantity and of a nature or in such packing that it is impossible to produce a simultaneous or a destructive explosion of the units which would be injurious to life, limb, or property.
EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS. Explosives, blasting agents, and detonators.
FACTORY BUILDING. Any building or other structure in which the manufacture or any part of the manufacture of explosive materials is conducted.
HIGHWAY. Any public street, public highway, or public alley.
LICENSE. That license issued by the Department of Natural Resources under Article 2 of the Illinois Explosives Act, being ILCS Ch. 225, Act 210, §§ 2000 et seq., authorizing the holder to possess, use, purchase, transfer or dispose of, but not to store, explosive materials.
PERSON. Any individual, corporation, company, association, partnership, or other legal entity.
VILLAGE. The Village of Roscoe, Illinois.
(Ord. 2004-22, passed 10-21-2004)