[Ord. 5328, passed 1-12-1953]
No person, firm, company or corporation shall keep, store, deposit,
transport or otherwise dispose of, or cause to be kept, stored, deposited,
transported or otherwise disposed of, any dynamite, giant powder,
nitro-glycerine, dualin, gun powder, gun cotton or any other kind
or form of chemicals, chemical mixtures or compounds or other materials
having as highly explosive characteristics as those herein specifically
enumerated, within the City, without first having obtained a permit
to do so as herein provided.
[Ord. 5328, passed 1-12-1953; Ord. 7540, passed 2-14-2002]
Any person who desires to store or keep explosives as herein
defined, within the City, shall apply to Council for a special permit
to do so. Council shall cause the location and conditions under which
such explosives are to be stored or kept to be thoroughly examined
by the Police Chief, Fire Chief, City Engineer and any other City
officers whom Council shall designate. When the location and conditions
have been thoroughly examined and determined and a written report
made thereof to Council, with the separate or joint recommendations
of such officers, Council shall determine whether or not such proposed
storage and keeping of explosives will be safe and may then grant
or refuse a special permit for the storage and keeping of such explosives,
under such particular conditions as Council shall prescribe as being
fit and proper for the welfare and safety of the City. All such applications
shall be made to Council by filing the same with the City Clerk, and
a minimum fee of $25 shall be paid to the City Clerk with the application.
Council shall prescribe additional fees and charges upon issuing any
such permit, which must be paid before any such permit shall be valid.
[Ord. 5328, passed 1-12-1953; Ord. 7540, passed 2-14-2002]
When any person desires to transport any such explosives into,
in or through the City, he shall first make an application to Council
through the City Clerk for such permit to do so, paying to the City
Clerk for such application a fee of $25.
Such application shall be made upon a form furnished by the
City for that purpose which shall state the name of the applicant,
the capacity in which he applies for the application, the name of
the owner of the explosives to be transported, the name of the owner
of the vehicle by which the same is to be transported, with the license
number of such vehicles and the driver's license number of the
applicant and the like numbers of all other persons to be employed
in the transport of such explosives; the place of origin of the shipment,
the destination of the shipment, the precise time and the particular
place when and at which the shipment will be at the City limits, and
the exact nature and quantity of explosives together with any other
information which may be required by Council.
Every such application shall be made to the City Clerk at least
one day prior to the Council meeting immediately preceding the date
for which such permit is sought and shall be submitted by the City
Clerk to Council at such meeting. Council shall then cause the conditions
of the transaction for which such permit is sought to be investigated
by the Police Chief, Fire Chief and such other City officers as Council
may designate for that purpose, and may grant such a permit or refuse
the same either before or after investigation by the officers designated
to make investigation of the particular case. If Council authorizes
the issuing of such a permit without investigation it shall be on
the particular condition that the time and method of such transportation
shall meet the approval of the Police Chief and Fire Chief, and have
such approvals endorsed on the permit, and shall be on the express
condition that such permit shall be valid only within limits prescribed
by the Police Chief and Fire Chief.
[Ord. 5328, passed 1-12-1953]
Whenever any permit is granted to any person to transport any
explosives in the City as provided in Section 1505.03, the time and
place of entering into the City shall be designated and strictly observed
and the route of such transportation through the City shall be specifically
designated and followed. No vehicle carrying explosives under such
permit shall be allowed to stop for any length of time within the
City except in the case of an accident, in which event the driver
and other persons in charge of such vehicle shall report the accident
immediately to the Police Chief and Fire Chief, and shall guard the
vehicle as required by such officers until the vehicle with its load
may be removed from the City, which must be done as soon as reasonably
possible.
[Ord. 5328, passed 1-12-1953; Ord. 7540, passed 2-14-2003]
Whenever any person is granted a permit to transport any explosives
in the City he shall immediately pay to the City Clerk $25 which shall
cover the expense of providing an escort for the vehicle transporting
such explosives in the City. The City Clerk shall immediately arrange
with the Police Chief or the Fire Chief for such escort. In all cases
such escort must be furnished by the Chief of the Bureau to whom the
matter is referred by the City Clerk. No person shall enter or be
within the limits of the City with explosives as herein defined without
an escort of police or firemen designated for that purpose.
[Ord. 5328, passed 1-12-1953]
Council shall prescribe from time to time by resolution, additional
costs, charges, fees, and expenses necessary to be paid by persons
procuring permits under the authority of this article and all fees
and charges prescribed by this article or by Council shall be paid
as a condition precedent to the issuance of any such permit. If any
such permit is granted without the paying of all such fees and costs,
the permit shall be of no effect or validity whatsoever.
[Ord. 5328, passed 1-12-1953]
The City Clerk shall issue the permits herein provided for as
directed by Council and all such permits shall be revocable forthwith
by the Police Chief or Fire Chief. Wherever any such permit is revoked
before the explosives for which it is granted have entered or been
brought into the City, the cost and fee paid by the permittee, except
the original application fee of $5 shall be returned to the permittee
upon his giving to the City Clerk a receipt therefore, and surrendering
the permit.
[Ord. 5328, passed 1-12-1953]
The Police Chief and Fire Chief are specially required to enforce
this article, and for this purpose they or either of them shall have
power to examine premises and properties. If either finds any violation
of this article, he may seize and impound any such property and shall
remove it in a safe manner to a safe place and keep it there until
all of the costs incident to its impounding and all fines and penalties
and costs properly charged against its owner have been fully paid.
Whoever violates any provision of this article shall upon conviction
be punished as provided in Section 101.99 of the Administrative Code.