[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the Borough of Prospect Park 10-19-1922 (Ch. 27 of the 1974 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person or persons shall, in the Borough of Prospect Park, in a blasting operation, use a quantity of explosives greater than necessary to properly start or loosen the rock from its original position.
No person or persons shall fire or cause to be fired a blast in rock in the Borough of Prospect Park until all exposed sides of said rock shall have been covered with a strongly woven matting rope or wire of at least 1 1/2 inches in diameter, covered with sufficient timbers to hold said matting in place during the blast. Said timbers shall be at least 10 feet long and 10 inches in smallest diameter, held securely together by chains or by wire or steel cables at least 3/4 of an inch in diameter, except that where the rock to be blasted is, in its original position, on the perpendicular or diagonal face or side of a breast or ridge of rock, then a sufficient protective covering shall be placed over the blast to prevent pieces of rock or debris flying upward or outward.
No person or persons shall explode a blasting charge in the Borough of Prospect Park unless at least three minutes before firing the blast the blaster shall give warning thereof by causing a competent man carrying a red flag to be stationed at a reasonable distance from the blast at each avenue of approach or point of danger.
No person or persons shall conduct a blasting operation in the Borough of Prospect Park between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. nor at any time on Sunday without having first obtained a special permit therefor from the Council of the Borough of Prospect Park.
Each and every person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall, upon a conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a fine of not more than $200, and, in default of the payment of such fine, the Judge before whom any such person or persons may be brought may commit the defendant to the County Jail for any term not exceeding 90 days.