(a) Blasting Permit Required. No person shall blast with dynamite, gunpowder or any other explosive compound within the Municipality except pursuant to a permit issued by the Building Commissioner. For each blasting permit issued hereunder there shall be a permit fee of fifty dollars ($50.00).
(b) Investigation Before Blasting. The Building Commissioner shall cause to be investigated the persons designated for the purpose of determining the conditions of the proposed blasting and the competency of the persons to perform such blasting.
(c) Blasting Permit Conditions; Bond. The Building Commissioner may grant a blasting permit when satisfied that the granting of the permit will in no way jeopardize or seriously menace the public peace, health or safety and he may consider any facts or evidence bearing on the location where such blasting is supposed to be done and the experience of the applicant in the handling of explosives.
The granting of such permit shall be conditioned upon the furnishing by the applicant of a cash bond and a policy or evidence of insurance satisfactory in form and amount to the Building Commissioner, indemnifying and saving harmless the Municipality and conditioned upon the payment of any and all claims arising by reason of the issuance of such permit.
(d) Regulations for Blasting. No blasting shall be done pursuant to such permit except in accordance with the following regulations:
(1) Notice of intention to blast, stating the location and time of blasting, shall be served not less than three days prior to such blasting, upon the owners or premises which are within a radius of one-quarter of a mile of such proposed blasting.
(2) No blasting shall be done between the hours of 7:00 p. m. and 7:00 a.m., nor at any time on Sunday.
(3) No blasting shall be done within 500 feet of any church, school, hotel, theater or place of public assembly.
(4) Not more than twenty-five pounds of explosive shall be used within 200 feet of any building, not more than fifty pounds within 250 feet of any building, nor more than 100 pounds within 300 feet of any building, but in no case shall a greater amount of explosive than 100 pounds be used. The Building Commissioner may restrict the blasting to a lesser degree of pounds of explosives.
(5) Previous to such blasting a proper sign of warning shall be given as shall be prescribed by the Building Commissioner.
(6) All special provisions in the interest of public safety relating to the method of blasting prescribed by the Building Commissioner shall be strictly complied with.
(7) A qualified seismograph consultant shall be required at each blasting job site with seismograph equipment, and a report of each blasting shall be made to the Building Commissioner.
(e) Protective While Blasting. No other contractor or other person shall cause any explosions or blasting in the streets of the Municipality without proper protection therefrom in the form of a road mat or other suitable device. (Ord. 16-1967. Passed 3-27-67.)
(f) Misdemeanor Classification. Whoever violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree.