[Ord. 251, 11/6/1969, § 1]
1. This Part shall apply to the manufacture, possession, storage, sale, transportation and use of explosives, blasting agents, pyrotechnics and ammunition except as provided in subsection
(2) of this Section.
2. Nothing in this Part shall be construed as applying to:
A. The Armed Forces of the United States or the State Militia.
B. Explosives in forms prescribed by the official United States Pharmacopoeia.
C. The sale and use of fireworks.
D. The possession, transportation and use of small-arms ammunition or
special industrial explosive devices.
E. The possession, storage, transportation and use of not more than
20 pounds of smokeless propellant and 1,000 small-arms primers for
hand loading of small-arms ammunition for personal use.
F. The manufacture, possession, storage and use of not more than 15
pounds of explosives or blasting agents, exclusive of smokeless propellants
in educational, governmental or industrial laboratories for instructional
or research purposes when under direct supervision of experienced
competent persons.
G. The transportation and use of explosives or blasting agents by the
United States Bureau of Mines, the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
the United States Secret Service or Police and Fire Departments acting
in their official capacity.
[Ord. 251, 11/6/1969, § 2; as amended by Ord. 384,
6/7/1999]
1. As used in this Part, the following words and terms shall have the
meanings hereby respectively ascribed thereto:
EXPLOSIVES
Any chemical compound or other substance intended for the
purpose of producing an explosion, or that contains oxidizing and
combustible units or other ingredients in such proportions or quantities
that ignition by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion or
by detonator may produce an explosion capable of causing injury to
persons or damage to property.
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, association, firm or corporation.
PYROTECHNICS
Any special fireworks which are manufactured and designed
primarily for producing visible and audible pyrotechnics by a combustible
explosion, and which are of such composition so as to be included
under Class B explosives, as defined by the Interstate Commerce Commission
Regulations, 1965 Edition.
SMALL-ARMS AMMUNITION
Any shotgun, rifle, pistol or revolver cartridges and cartridges
for propellant-actuated power devices and industrial guns.
2. In this Part, the singular shall include the plural, the plural shall
include the singular, and the masculine shall include the feminine
and the neuter.
[Ord. 251, 11/6/1969, § 3]
1. The manufacture of any explosives, blasting agents, including small-arms
ammunition and pyrotechnics, as herein defined, shall be prohibited
within the limits of the Borough. This shall not apply to hand loading
of small-arms ammunition prepared for personal use when not for resale.
2. The storage of explosives and blasting agents shall be prohibited
within the limits of the Borough, except for:
A. Temporary storage for use in connection with approved blasting operations.
B. Wholesale and retail stocks of small-arms ammunition, fuses, lighters,
fuse igniters and safety fuses (not including cordeau detonant fuses)
in quantities involving less than 500 pounds of explosive material;
and, explosive actuated power devices, when employed in construction
operations in quantities involving less than 50 pounds of explosive
material.
3. The Chief of the Fire Department may limit the quantity of explosives,
blasting agents or ammunition to be permitted at any location in the
Borough.
4. No person shall sell or display explosives on any street, alley,
sidewalk, public property or place of public assembly in the Borough.
5. The Chief of the Fire Department may designate the location and specify
the maximum quantity of explosives or blasting agents which may be
loaded, unloaded, reloaded or temporarily retained at each terminal
where such operations are permitted.
6. Shipments of explosives or blasting agents delivered to carriers
shall comply with Interstate Commerce Commission Regulations, 1965
Edition.
7. Carriers shall immediately notify the Chief of the Fire Department
when explosives or blasting agents are received at terminals.
[Ord. 251, 11/6/1969, § 4; as amended by Ord. 384,
6/7/1999]
Any person who shall violate any provision of this Part shall,
upon conviction thereof, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than
$1,000 plus costs and, in default of payment of said fine and costs,
to a term of imprisonment for not more than 30 days. Provided, each
day's violation of any provision of this Part shall constitute
a separate violation.