[HISTORY: Adopted by the Village Board of the Village of
Williams Bay as §§ 8.09 and 8.14 of the 2011 Code.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
No person shall use explosives for blasting within the limits
of the Village without first obtaining a license therefor.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Such license shall be an annual license covering the calendar
year of issue. The annual fee for such license shall be as provided
in the Village Fee Schedule,[1] and there shall be no proration of such fee for any portion
of the year.
[1]
Editor's Note: The current Fee Schedule is on file in the
Village office.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
The application for such license shall contain the applicant's
name and address, or if a corporation, the names and addresses of
the directors and officers of such corporation, the experience had
in handling explosives, and if required under its rules and regulations,
the certificate from the Department of Safety and Professional Services
permitting the applicant to use such explosives.
All licensees shall conform to and abide by the rules and regulations
of the State of Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services
with regard to the storing, transporting and using of explosives.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Such license may be revoked if the licensee handles the explosives in such a manner as to be dangerous to the public or create a nuisance, or does not abide by and conform to all of the rules and regulations of the Department of Safety and Professional Services with regard to explosives, or does not obtain a permit as required by § 182-6.
Every person licensed hereunder before using any explosives
in the Village shall first obtain a permit from the Building Inspector
and shall in applying for such permit inform the Building Inspector
in writing of the place or premises upon which such explosives are
to be used, the nature of the work, the number of trees or other objects
to be blasted and the amount of explosives intended for the job.
[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. II)]
Before the Building Inspector shall issue the permit mentioned in § 182-6, the licensee shall pay a sum as provided in the Village Fee Schedule for each tree or other object to be blasted under the particular permit in addition to the annual license fee stated above. Should the object to be blasted require more than one charge of explosive, the number of such charges necessary shall be estimated and a fee as provided in the Village Fee Schedule for each charge paid before the permit is issued.
No person shall store or transport explosives within or through
the Village without first obtaining the annual license.
Any person who shall violate any provision of this chapter shall be subject to a penalty as provided in § 1-4 of this Code.
