Sec. 420.213. - Explosives, blasting agents and ammunition; permits and bonds required.

(a) Permits shall be obtained: (1) To manufacture, possess, store, sell or otherwise dispose of explosives, blasting agents or small arms ammunition. (2) To transport explosives or blasting agents. (3) To use explosives or blasting agents. (4) To operate a terminal for handling explosives or blasting agents. (5) To deliver to or receive explosives or blasting agents from a carrier at a terminal between the hours of sunset and sunrise. (6) To transport blasting caps or electric blasting caps on the same vehicle with explosives. (b) Permits required by subsection (a)(1) of this Section shall not be issued for: (1) Liquid nitroglycerin. (2) Dynamite (except gelatin dynamite) containing over 60 percent of liquid explosive ingredient. (3) Dynamite having an unsatisfactory absorbent or one that permits leakage of a liquid explosive ingredient under any conditions liable to exist during storage. (4) Nitrocellulose in a dry and uncompressed condition in quantity greater than ten pounds net weight in one package. (5) Fulminate of mercury in a dry condition and fulminate of all other metals in any condition except as a component of manufactured articles not hereinafter forbidden. (6) Explosive compositions that ignite spontaneously or undergo marked decomposition, rendering the products or their use more hazardous when subjected to 48 consecutive hours or less to a temperature of 167 degrees Fahrenheit. (7) New explosives until approved by the United States Department of Transportation, except that permits may be issued to educational, governmental or industrial laboratories for instructional or research purposes. (8) Explosives condemned by the United States Department of Transportation. (9) Explosives not packed or marked in accordance with the requirements of the United States Department of Transportation. (10) Explosives containing an ammonium salt and a chlorate. (c) Before a permit is issued as required by Section 420.213 (a)(3), the applicant shall file with the Chief, Fire Prevention a corporate surety bond in the principal sum of $100,000 or a public liability insurance policy for the same amount, for the purpose of the payment of all damages to persons or property which arise from, or are caused by, the conduct of any act authorized by the permit. The Chief, Fire Prevention may specify a greater or lesser amount when, in his opinion, conditions at the location of use indicate a greater or lesser amount is required. (d) As used in this Section the terms blasting agent, carrier, explosive, small arms ammunition, and terminal shall have the same meaning as those terms have in the Standard Fire Prevention Code adopted by Section 321.104 . (Ord. 97-539-E, § 6)