HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1550ORDINANCE NO. 1550
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RENTON, WASHINGTON,
REGULATING THE STORAGE, USE, MANUFACTURE, SALE,
HANDLING AND TRANSPORTATION OR THE DISPOSITION
OF EXPLOSIVES; PROVIDING.FOR THE ISSUANCE OF
LICENSE THEREFOR; REQUIRING BOND; PROVIDING
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS; AND REPEALING CONFLICT-
ING ORDINANCES OR PARTS THEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RENTON:
SECTION I: Definitions. The term "explosive" or "explosives*', wherever
used in this ordinance shall be held to mean and include any chemical compound
or mechanical mixture which contains any oxidizing and combustible units, or
other ingredients,,in such proportions, quantities, or packing that an ignition
by fire, by friction, by concussion, by percussion, or by detonation of any part
of the compound or mixture may cause such a sudden generation of highly heated
gases or other matter that the resultant pressures are. capable of producing an r
explosion.
SECTION II: Exclusions. The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to
the following: Small arms ammunition; Signal rockets; Devices or compositions used
as fireworks for pyrotechnic effects; Petroleum; Explosive materials contained in
and sold as drugs; The making of explosive substances in -experimental forms and
quantities in schools and laboratories; Movement of Explosives in Interstate
Commerce; Explosives in the possession of or being used or transported under.the
immediate control and direction of the Military Forces of the United States or
State of Washington.
SECTION III: Storage or Sale. Storage, manufacture, sale, or the offering
for sale, of any explosives as hereinabove defined within the City of Renton is
hereby prohibited and declared unlawful. The temporary keeping of explosives in
a licensed magazine in the course of and at the site of blasting operations other-
wise lawfully permitted and conducted in the City, in quantities not exceeding
two hundred (200) pounds shall not be deemed storage hereunder.
SECTION IV: Public Conveyances. It shall be unlawful to transport or carry
any explosive in or upon any public conveyance carrying passengers for hire, in the
City.
SECTION V: Use and Transportation; License. It shall be unlawful for any
person, firm or corporation to have, use,'make, or transport any explosive within
the City of Renton without having a valid and subsisting license so to do, which
shall be known as an t'2xplosives License", issued by the City Clerk of Renton, which
license shall at all times be conspicuously posted upon the magazine, container, or
premises wherein such explosives are used, kept or transported. Application forms
for such licenses shall be made -available by the City Clerk of Renton requiring the
listing of pertinent information deemed needed by the City Clerk, including name and
address of applicant and of persons or firms for whom applicant may be acting, kind
and amount of explosives for which the license is requested, place and time of intended
use or transportation thereof, and information as to the applicant's knowledge,
competence and experience in the handling and transporting of explosives. A fee of
$10.00 shall be paid for each license before its issuance. In each instance the
City Clerk shall not issue a license unless and until the information supplied and any
investigation and hearing deemed necessary indicates reasonable knowledge, competence
and experience on the part of the applicant. Each license issued shall specify its
effective period of time, which shall be limited to•the individual movement or use
of explosives applied for; except that upon filing of written findings of the Chief
of Police that such is not incompatible with the public safety the period of the license
may cover several or intermittent movements or uses of explosives, not however
exceeding the period of one year; and every license issued shall expire in all events
at the end of one year from date of its issuance. Such license shall be issued only
to and afford privileges only to the person or persons named therein; provided that where
any licensee acts thereunder as agent of another, both principal and agent may be
named in and thereby licensed by the license issued to either. Not less than one hour
prior to transporting or using any such explosives within the City, notice of the
intended movement or use thereof shall be given to the Chief of Police of the City,
together with all data requested by the Chief of Police or his authorized representative,
including description of vehicle, type of explosives, intended route of movement
and intended use and time thereof. Thereupon such transportation, route, use of
explosives and the time and precautions for the same, shall be subject to control
and direction of the Police Chief and his representatives, in any and all respects
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and to such extent as he or they deem necessary in the public interest and safety,
including required use of Police Escort if deemed advisable; all, however, without
affecting or reducing any obligation or responsibility resting upon any licensee,
agent, or principal transporting, handling, or using such explosives, regardless of
whether any such rights of control or supervision be or be not exercised by the
Police. No such Explosives License shall be issued until and unless the bond herein-
after provided for shall have been filed with the City Clerk.
SECTION VI: Bond Required. As a pre -requisite to issuance of any "Explosives
License", or its validity,'the applicant -licensee shall furnish and file with the
City Clerk of Renton at or prior to issuance of the license either (a) evidence of
having Public Liability Insurance in force, or (b) a surety bond approved by the
City Clerk, in the minimum sum of $25,000.00 insurance or bond, conditioned to
indemnify the City of Renton and all persons against loss, expense, cost, or damages,
direct or indirect, of any kind or nature to persons or property resulting from the
transporting, storage, keeping, use or handling of explosives within the City.
SECTION VII: Comely With Official Regulations. All persons, firms and
corporations transporting, handling or using explosives within the City of Renton
shall comply with all laws, regulations and requirements applicable thereto promulgated
by the Federal Government or any of its departments or agencies including its
Department of the Interior, or by the State of Washington or any of its departments
or agencies, and particularly with Chapter 111, Washington Session Laws of 1931 as
amended, and any subsequent enactment, and all regulations issued pursuant thereto
by the State Department of Labor and Industries or other State agency.
SECTION VIII: Maximum Quantity. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm
or corporation whether licensed hereunder or not, to have, transport, use or handle
explosives of any types or in any combinations, within the City of Renton, in combined
quantities in any one place or instance exceeding two hundred (200) pounds, without
first obtaining in each instance a written permit from the Chief of Police or his
authorized representative waiving said two hundred pound limitation for such specified
occasion as being deemed notnecessary for the public safety, and specifying in said
permit the maximum quantity permissible in such instance.
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SECTION IX: Penalty. Any person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not
exceeding 400.00 or be imprisoned in the City Jail for not more than thirty days,
or be punished by both fine and imprisonment.
SECTION X: Repeal. Ordinance No. 209 is hereby superseded and repealed.
SECTION XI.: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage, approval, and publication.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL this 1-2th qday of June , 1956.
Elton L. Alexander, City Clerk
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR this 12th day of June , 1956.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Gerard M. Shellan
City Attorney
Date of publication: June 21, 1956.
C,
Joe R. Baxter, Mayor
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