[P&L Code §§ PL221.2; PL403; PL1301.1;
PL1301.3; PL1301.4; amended in its entirety 8-19-2019 by Ord. No. 19951
No person shall take, transport, convey or carry, either as
freight or as hand luggage or baggage, any dynamite, gunpowder, nitroglycerine,
fulminate in bulk in dry condition or other explosive substance which
explodes by concussion or friction, or any giant powder, gun cotton,
kerosene, gasoline, naphtha, benzene, spirits of turpentine or any
other explosive, on or in any bus, taxicab or other vehicle used wholly
or partially as a public conveyance, within the corporate limits of
the City. A person who violates this section shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than 90 days or
a fine of not more than $500, or both.
Any person who shall carelessly, recklessly or negligently,
set fire to any hotel, rooming house, lodging house or any place of
public abode, or to any bedding, furniture, curtains, drapes or other
furnishings therein, so as to endanger life or property in any way,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not
more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both. The proprietor
of any such place shall post a written notice of the provisions of
this section in a conspicuous place in each sleeping room located
in such place.
It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or knowingly
raise or circulate any false alarm of fire. A person who violates
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment
for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both.
It shall be unlawful for any person to wantonly or willfully
damage any fire apparatus belonging to the City or any building or
other structure used to house such apparatus. A person who violates
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment
for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both.
It shall be unlawful for any person to interfere, in any way,
with the personnel of the Department of Public Safety or with any
police officer or public safety officer or other party detailed to
guard any property during progress of any fire. A person who violates
this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment
for not more than 90 days or a fine of not more than $500, or both.
