[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Salem Lakes at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II). Amendments noted where applicable.]
This chapter applies to the storage and handling of explosives
but does not apply to the interstate transportation of explosives.
This chapter shall not apply to the military, naval forces, federal
agencies, state militia, law enforcement officers or firefighters,
provided that they are acting within their official capacity and in
the proper performance of their normal emergency duties.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Natural features of the ground, such as hills or timber of
sufficient density that the surrounding exposures cannot be seen when
the trees are bare of leaves, or an efficient artificial barricade
consisting of an artificial mound or properly revetted wall of earth
of a minimum thickness of three feet at the top.
Any person or persons holding a license issued by the Department
of Safety and Professional Services.
Denotes a method of loosening, moving or shattering masses
of solid matter by use of explosive compounds.
Denotes any material or mixture consisting of a fuel and
oxidizer intended for blasting, not otherwise classified as an explosive
and in which none of the ingredients is classified as an explosive
(provided that the material or mixture cannot be detonated by a No.
8 test blasting cap under the conditions specified for the cap sensitivity
test).
A small metal tube or shell closed at one end, loaded with
a detonating charge whose minimum strength shall be equivalent to
one gram of 80% mercury fulminate and 20% potassium chlorate mixture,
used in detonating high explosives. One end of this tube shall be
opened for the insertion of a safety fuse.
When used in the American Table of Distances, includes only
a building occupied in whole or in part as a habitation for human
beings or any church, schoolhouse, railroad station, airport terminal,
mercantile building, garage, factory, or other building where people
are accustomed to assemble.
A simple method of measuring the initiation sensitivity of
a blasting agent. A one-quart, cylindrical, cardboard carton of the
type commonly used for bulk ice cream is filled with the blasting
agent to be tested and packed to the approximate shipping package
density. A commercial No. 8 blasting cap is inserted into the center
of the blasting agent through a hole in the top of the carton. The
charge is then placed on soft ground in an isolated area with adequate
protection for personnel and the blasting cap fired. If a crater is
formed in the soft ground of sufficient size to indicate that any
part of the blasting agent detonated, the material is cap-sensitive
and must be treated as a high explosive.
Any kind of blasting cap used for detonating a high explosive.
Any chemical compound, mixture, or device, the primary or
common purpose of which is to function by explosion, i.e., with substantially
instantaneous release of both gas and heat, unless such compound,
mixture or device is otherwise classified by the Wisconsin Department
of Safety and Professional Services.
Any public street, public alley or public road.
Any building or other structure of approved construction
used for the storage of explosives.
Includes a firm or body corporate as natural persons.
A capped fuse, electric detonator, or any other detonating
device inserted in or attached to a cartridge of explosive.
When used in the American Table of Distances, includes any
steam, electric or other railroad tracks which carry passengers for
hire.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no person may
keep, store or use any explosive in any building, showroom, wareroom
or in or on any premises within the Village of Salem Lakes.
Anyone storing explosives or detonators within the Village of
Salem Lakes shall notify the Chief of the Fire/Rescue Department of
the place, extent and manner of such storage.
Explosives authorized under the provisions of this chapter shall
be kept and stored in a magazine made of fire-resistive materials
or of wood covered with sheet iron and mounted on wheels or skis and
kept locked except when opened necessarily for use by authorized persons.
Such magazine shall be plainly marked "Explosives" and located within
a building, on the floor nearest the ground level, and within 10 feet
from an outside entrance and 10 feet from any other magazine.
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 265-3, not more than a total quantity of 30 pounds of gunpowder and black powder may be kept or stored in any building or on any premises in the Village of Salem Lakes. Such powder shall be kept in closed metal canisters placed in a separate magazine constructed and located as described in § 265-5.
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 265-3, modern smokeless powder, generally classified as propellant powder or sometimes as flammable solids, and including double base powders, for ammunition loading may be kept or stored in the Village of Salem Lakes subject to the following regulations:
A.
A maximum of 30 pounds may be stored in original containers in a
locked cabinet painted red and labeled "Smokeless Powder Storage"
in letters at least four inches high.
B.
The regular capacity of the magazine shall be painted on the outside.
C.
The location of the magazine shall be provided by the person keeping
or storing such powder to the Village of Salem Lakes Fire/Rescue Department.
D.
Ammunition primers shall not be stored in the same locked cabinet.
E.
No smoking shall be permitted, and fire extinguisher requirements
for commercial areas shall be complied with when shells are loaded
in public areas. All spillage shall be swept up and destroyed.
F.
Public demonstrations of loading equipment and display containers
shall use a substitute nonflammable material in place of the propellant
powder.
A.
Not more
than 700 detonators may be kept or stored in any building or premises
in the Village of Salem Lakes, and in no case shall explosives and
detonators be kept in the same magazine.
B.
Detonators
shall be kept or stored in a similar but separate magazine at least
10 feet away from any other magazine.
Blasting operations within the Village of Salem Lakes may store
up to a maximum of 24 hours' explosives requirements, but where such
24 hours' requirements exceed 50 pounds, written permission shall
be obtained in advance from the Village Fire Chief and the explosives
shall be stored in a stout, tight box constructed of nominal two-inch
plank, covered with not less than twenty-six-gauge sheet metal or
other fire-resistive material, and equipped with a hinged lid, or
in a small portable building similarly covered. Not more than a twenty-four-hour
supply of explosives shall at any time be kept or stored therein.
If this daily supply exceeds 50 pounds, it shall be located not less
than 200 feet from the work in progress and from buildings, railroads
and highways, except by written permission of the Village Fire Chief.
Except when necessarily opened for use by authorized persons, such
box shall be locked. Each such box shall be painted red and be conspicuously
marked "Explosives."
Unless otherwise authorized by the Fire Chief, all magazines
in which explosives are kept or stored shall be located at a distance
from buildings, railroads and highways in conformity with the American
Table of Distances contained in 27 CFR 555.218, Figure 1.
Any person who violates any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a forfeiture as provided in § 1-4 of this Code, and each day a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
