755.04 OFFICE OF CITY SEISMOLOGIST CREATED; DUTIES.

   (a)   There is hereby established the office of City Seismologist. No person, firm or corporation shall detonate explosives within the corporate limits, without arranging and having present the City Seismologist or his authorized representative, at each and every blast to record the same as hereinafter more fully provided.

   (b)   The City Seismologist shall record the following data:

      (1)   Identification of instrument used;

      (2)   Name of observer;

      (3)   Name of interpreter;

      (4)   Distance of recording station from area of detonation;

      (5)   Recording station or location in structure;

      (6)   Maximum amplitudes for all components measured;

      (7)   Frequency of ground motion in cycles per second, if applicable; and

      (8)   Maximum particle velocity for all components measured.

   (c)   Written notice of the exact time and place of the use of explosives shall be given to both the Mayor and Seismologist at least forty-eight hours in advance and in the event the Seismologist or his authorized representative cannot be in attendance, a delay not to exceed forty-eight hours shall be required before such explosion shall be detonated. It shall be the duty of the Seismologist to attend all such detonations on the date and at the time and place when requested, if at all possible and to notify the permittee of any alternative date and time in the event the same is necessary to be rescheduled. The Seismologist shall issue written reports on each and every blasting event to the Mayor and to comment upon compliance within regulations and standards herein established. The Seismologist shall have such other duties and responsibilities as shall be assigned to him by the Mayor and he shall be paid from the per diem deposit for permit fee herein required. The Director of Finance is hereby authorized and directed to cause payment to be made to the Seismologist from the deposits upon the presentation of invoices therefor, chargeable to the respective deposit to which the invoice is applicable and upon the approval of such invoices by the Mayor.

(Ord. 58-1971. Passed 8-24-71.)

   (d)   The Mayor shall have the authority to require a deposit permit fee in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00) when it appears that extraordinary expenses may be incurred. Postponement of a blast for good cause, approved by the Mayor, shall not require an additional permit.
(Ord. 207-1999. Passed 1-25-00.)