Amend
Section 5601.2 of the IFC to read as follows:
5601.2 Permit Required. A permit application shall be made to
the Consolidated Fire District #2 office who shall issue the same
only if the Fire Chief or his or her designated Fire Code Official
shall after inspection approve the issuance of the permit. There shall
be a fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) for making such application.
Permits shall expire thirty (30) days after date of issuance. Permits
shall be obtained for the following:
1. To manufacture, possess, store, sell, display, or otherwise
dispose of explosive materials.
2. To use explosive materials.
3. To operate a terminal for handling explosive materials.
5601.2.1 Residential Uses. No person shall keep or store, nor
shall any permit be issued to keep or store, any explosives at any
place of habitation, or within one hundred (100) feet thereof.
Exceptions:
The storage of smokeless propellant, black powder and small
arms primers for personal use and not for resale in accordance with
Section 5606.
5601.2.2 Sale and Retail Display. No person shall construct
a retail display or offer for sale explosives, explosive materials
or fireworks upon highways, sidewalks, public property or in Group
A or Group E occupancies.
5601.2.3 Permit Restrictions. The Fire Code Official is authorized
to limit the quantity of explosives, explosive materials or fireworks
permitted at a given location. No person possessing a permit for storage
of explosives at any place shall keep or store an amount greater than
authorized in such permit. Only the kind of explosive specified in
such permit shall be kept or stored.
5601.2.4 Financial Responsibility. Before a permit is issued,
as required by Section 5601.2, the applicant shall file with the jurisdiction
a corporate surety bond in the principal sum of one million dollars
($1,000,000.00) or a public liability insurance policy for the same
amount, for the purpose of the payment of all damages to persons or
property which arise from, or are caused by, the conduct of any act
authorized by the permit upon which any judicial judgment results.
The fire code official is authorized to specify a greater or lesser
amount when in his or her opinion, conditions at the location of use
indicate a greater or lesser amount is required. Government entities
shall be exempt from this bond requirement.
5601.2.4.1 Blasting. Before approval to perform blasting is issued, the applicant for approval shall file a bond or submit a certificate of insurance in such form, amount and coverage as determined by the legal department of the jurisdiction to be adequate in each case to indemnify the jurisdiction against any and all damages arising from permitted blasting. An operational permit is required for the manufacture, storage, handling, sale or use of any quantity of explosives, explosive material, fireworks, or pyrotechnic special effects within the scope of this code, or Chapter
505, Article
IV, Blasting Regulations, of the Mission Municipal Code.
5601.2.4.2 Fireworks Display. The permit holder shall furnish
a bond or certificate of insurance in an amount deemed adequate by
the Fire Code Official for the payment of all potential damages to
a person or persons or to property by reason of the permitted display,
and arising from any acts of the permit holder, the agent, employees
or subcontractors.