[Ord. No. 98-34 §1, 2-25-1998; Ord. No. 13-001 §15, 1-3-2013; Ord. No. 13-050 §15, 6-28-2013]
A.
Application
for such permit to possess, store, stock or hold for sale those items
shall be made to the Director on forms provided and shall contain
the following information:
1.
Name of applicant.
2.
Address of applicant.
3.
Place of business.
4.
Occupation.
5.
Age.
6.
Experience in the use of explosives and such other information relative
thereto as the Director may prescribe or require.
7.
Maximum amount of each kind of explosives, blasting agents or blasting
caps applicant intends to store or stock at any one (1) time and the
location and type of construction of the magazine or storage place
of same.
[Ord. No. 98-34 §1, 2-25-1998]
A.
A person
shall be entitled to a permit to store or stock explosives or blasting
agents in the County who has met the following requirements:
[Ord. No. 98-34 §1, 2-25-1998; Ord. No. 13-001 §16, 1-3-2013; Ord. No. 13-050 §15, 6-28-2013; Ord. No. 19-036, 5-13-2019[1]]
A.
It
shall be unlawful, without first having received a permit from the
Director, to explode or cause to be exploded, any gunpowder, dynamite,
giant powder, gun cotton or other explosive for the purpose of blasting
out rock, gravel, earth or other like substance within the County.
B.
The
handling of explosives may be performed by other employees provided
the work is done under the direct supervision of the person holding
the permit to use explosives and providing such employees are at least
twenty-one (21) years of age.
C.
The
person possessing a valid Blasting Contractor License shall be in
charge of all blasting operations. If there is more than one (1) person
possessing such a license on any one (1) operation, one (1) will be
designated as being the blaster in charge and shall be responsible
for the entire operation.
[1]
Editor's Note: Ord. No. 19-036 also changed the title of this
Section from "Permit To Explode or Blast Required, Blaster's License"
to "Permit To Explode or Blast Required."
[Ord. No. 98-34 §1, 2-25-1998; Ord. No. 13-001 §17, 1-3-2013; Ord. No. 13-050 §17, 6-28-2013]
A.
Application
for a permit to use explosives shall be made to the Director on forms
provided and shall contain the following information:
1.
Name of applicant.
2.
Address of residence.
3.
Place of business.
4.
Occupation.
5.
Age.
6.
The location where the blasting is to be done, the type of blasting
material to be used in each charge, the maximum charge with the required
delay, approximate location of charges and the manner in which the
material is to be detonated.
7.
The approximate times and dates of blasting. A blasting permit shall
only be valid for period not to exceed ninety (90) days, unless it
is an on-going mining operation. A blasting permit for mining shall
be renewed on an annual basis.
8.
The name, age and address of the blaster or blasters who shall be
the person or persons who shall actually detonate or have actual charge
of the detonation of any explosive or blasting agent.
9.
Blaster's license number.
B.
In
addition to the above information, there shall be attached to the
application for a permit to blast, the following: A certificate of
liability insurance in the minimum amount of one million dollars ($1,000,000.00)
for injury to persons and property resulting from the blasting operations.
Such insurance shall be carried in a firm or corporation which has
been duly licensed or permitted to carry on such business in the State
of Missouri and shall be kept and maintained continuously in force
and effect for the duration of the blasting permit.
