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(A) Nitroglycerine; dynamite and the like. No person shall have, keep, possess or store, at or in any place within the city, any nitroglycerine, dynamite or giant powder, or any form or combination of any of them.
(B) Blasting powder and the like. No person shall keep, possess or store any gun or blasting powder, or any gun or explosive cotton at or in any one place in the city in any quantity exceeding five pounds, except a dealer thereof or quarryman of rock, or miner, who may keep 25 pounds at any one time.
(1993 Code, § 27-1-12)
Statutory reference:
See similar provisions, ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 11-8-4
No person in the city shall falsely represent himself or herself to be an officer of the city or shall, without being duly authorized by the city, exercise or attempt to exercise any of the duties, functions or powers of the city officer; hinder, obstruct, resist or otherwise interfere with any city officer in the discharge of the duties of his or her office; attempt to prevent any such officer from arresting any person, either by force or by giving notice to such person; attempt to rescue from such officer any person in his or her custody; impersonate any of the members of the Police Force of this city or maliciously or with the intention of deceiving any person wear the uniform of or a uniform similar to that worn by the members of the Police Department, or use any of the signs, signals or devices adopted and used by the Police Department.
(1993 Code, § 27-1-14) Penalty, see § 1-1-19
No person in the city shall pursue the calling of a fortune teller or practice fortune telling, soothsaying or the like, and receive payment in any manner therefor.
(1993 Code, § 27-1-16) Penalty, see § 1-1-19
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to leave or permit to remain outside of any dwelling, building or other structure, or within any unoccupied or abandoned building, dwelling or other structure under his or its control in a place accessible to children, any abandoned, unattended or discarded ice box, refrigerator or other container which has an air-tight door or lid, snap-lock or other locking device which may not be released from the inside without first removing the door or lid, snap-lock or other device from the ice box, refrigerator or container.
(1993 Code, § 27-1-17) Penalty, see § 1-1-19
(A) Defined. The term FIREWORKS shall mean and include any explosive composition or any substance or combination of substances, or article for the purpose of producing a visible or audible effect of a temporary exhibitional nature by explosion, combustion, deflagration or detonation, and shall include blank cartridges and toy cannons in which explosives are used; the type of balloons which require fire underneath to propel the same; firecrackers, torpedoes, sky rockets, Roman candles, sparklers, bombs or other fireworks of like construction, and any tablets or other device containing any explosive substance or containing combustible substances producing visual effects, provided, however that the term FIREWORKS shall not include toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns or other devices in which paper or plastic caps containing 0.25 grains or less of explosive compound are used, providing they are so constructed that the hand cannot come in contact with the cap when in place for the explosion, and the toy pistol, paper or plastic caps which contain less than 0.25 grains of explosive mixture, excluding recoverage of model rockets sold for the express use of modelers and/or exhibitions of rocketry, the same and use of which shall be permitted at all times.
(B) Prohibition. Except as hereinafter provided, it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, co-partnership or corporation to offer for sale, expose for sale, sell at retail or use or explode any fireworks within the city limits.
(C) Permits. The Police Chief will authorize the City Clerk to grant permits for the supervised public display of fireworks. No permit granted hereunder shall be transferable. Permits may be granted hereunder to any group of three or more adult individuals applying therefor. No permit shall be required for supervised public displays by state or county fair associations. Permits shall be granted only in accordance with state law.
(D) Applications. Applications for permits shall be made in writing at least 15 days in advance of the date of the display, and action shall be taken on such application within 48 hours after such application is made.
(E) Display. Every such display shall be handled by a competent individual designated by the Police Chief and shall be of such character and so located, discharged or fired as not to be hazardous to property or endanger any person or persons.
(1993 Code, § 27-1-18) (Am. Ord. 1827, passed 7-6-2021)
Penalty, see § 1-1-19
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