[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village
of South Floral Park 3-16-1931 by Ord. No. 19 (Ch. 66 of the 1987 Code).
Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall transport, store, sell, deliver, use or have
in his possession in the Village of South Floral Park any explosives
for commercial purposes without written permission from the Board
of Trustees.
[Amended 4-1-1993 by L.L.
No. 1-1993]
Permits shall be issued, for a period not to exceed one month,
by the Board of Trustees, upon the filing of an application, in writing,
with the Village Administrator and upon the payment of a fee of $10
and the giving of a bond to be approved by the Board of Trustees as
to sureties and amount, but in the penal sum of not less than $5,000.
All buildings or other structures in which explosives are stored
shall be properly and conspicuously marked with signs as specified
by the Board of Trustees so as to warn the public that explosives
are stored therein.
No explosives shall be used within the limits of the Village,
except pursuant to restrictions and specifications contained in a
written permit so to do, first obtained from the Board of Trustees
of the Village.
[Amended 4-1-1993 by L.L.
No. 1-1993]
No act of amusements, such as the discharge of firearms, rockets,
gunpowder, fireworks or firecrackers or the explosion of any material
liable to do injury to persons or property, shall be done or committed
by any person, nor shall such articles be permitted in any of the
streets, sidewalks or other public places of the Village. Nor shall
there be sold or disposed of within the Village of South Floral Park
any firearms, firecrackers or fireworks of any kind or nature whatsoever,
or any gunpowder or explosive materials, without the vendor first
having made application therefor to the Village Administrator at a
date not later than the 31st day of May in any year and having obtained
thereafter the written consent of the Village of South Floral Park;
but no consent shall vest in the applicant the right to sell or dispose
of such articles at any time other than during the period between
the first day and fourth day of July, inclusive, of the year for which
the consent is given; and the applicant, upon submitting such application,
shall advance to the Village Administrator the sum of $10 for and
as a permit fee.
[Amended 11-5-1987 by L.L. No. 1-1987]
Any person committing an offense against any provision of this
chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be guilty of a violation pursuant
to the Penal Law of the State of New York, punishable by a fine not
exceeding $250 or by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 days,
or by both such fine and imprisonment. The continuation of an offense
against the provisions of this chapter shall constitute, for each
day the offense is continued, a separate and distinct offense hereunder.
Such penalty shall be exclusive of any and all punishments provided
for any infraction of state or federal law relating to the same subject.
