It shall be unlawful to manufacture, keep, use, store or handle
for any purpose whatsoever any gunpowder, fireworks, dynamite, munitions
and other dangerous and combustible articles within the corporate
limits of the City of Perth Amboy without having first obtained a
permit so to do from the Mayor of the City of Perth Amboy.
The Mayor of the City of Perth Amboy is hereby authorized and
empowered to issue permits, in his discretion and subject to such
rules and regulations as the Council may at any time adopt, for the
manufacturing, keeping, using, storing or handling of gunpowder, fireworks,
dynamite, munitions and other dangerous and combustible articles within
the corporate limits of the City of Perth Amboy, and to enforce the
provisions of this chapter and to revoke such permits whenever, in
his judgment and after a fair and impartial hearing, conditions become
hazardous. In all cases where such permits are not revoked, they shall
remain in full force and effect not to exceed a period of one (1)
year.
Any person or persons, firm or corporation violating any of
the provisions of this chapter or the provisions of any permit issued
in conformity herewith shall, upon conviction, be punishable by a
fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment
for not more than ninety (90) days, or both, and each day that a violation
exists shall be deemed to constitute a separate offense.