[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.