(A) No person shall keep in any car or warehouse or on any platform any cargo of gunpowder or blasting powder or other explosives for more than six hours.
(B) Powder or dynamite must be kept in steel receptacles, preferably cylindrical in shape, mounted on wheels and fitted with a lock. The receptacle shall have conspicuously displayed on it the words "powder-danger" or "dynamite-danger".
(C) Every person having any powder or dynamite on his or her premises shall notify the Chief of the Fire Department, in writing, of the location of the powder or dynamite and shall display conspicuously clear and legible a sign bearing the words "powder-danger" or "dynamite-danger" at the place.
(D) Any person desiring to store powder or dynamite shall first secure from the Town Manager a permit. It shall be the duty of the Town Manager on issuing the permit to notify the Chief of Police and the Chief of the Fire Department, giving the name of permittee and the location of the dynamite.
(E) Upon receipt of the information, it shall be the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department and the Chief of Police to examine the premises and see that the provisions of this subchapter are complied with. Upon report by the Chief of the Fire Department, the Mayor shall have the right to cancel, for good cause, any permit until conditions are made satisfactory to him or her or the governing body.
(F) Should any person desire to handle percussion of dynamite caps, the same may be stored only in a receptacle designed for powder. Under no condition may the caps be stored in the same receptacle with dynamite.
(G) All persons handling dynamite, giant powder or other dangerous explosives as articles of merchandise, before offering same for sale, shall obtain from the Town Manager a sales permit upon written application which states the contemplated time and place of sale of the above mentioned explosives. They shall also keep a record of their sales, to whom sold, for what purpose, the amount sold and the date of the sale.
(Prior Code, § 6.3.06) Penalty, see § 10.99