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STATE OF MINNESOTA actuated power tlevices and cariridges (P) Special indusirial explosives 3 of This ordinance to possess such COUNTY OF RAMSEY for indusirial guns, and some special materials shall mean shaped maTerials PermiT. VillageofArdenHillS fireworks. (Commercial explosives are and sheet forms and various oTher ex- SecTion 5. Permit Revocation ORDINANCE N0.144 ihose explosives which are inTended to Trusians, pellets and packages of high A permiT may be revoked or AN ORDINANCE REGULATING THE be used in commercial or industrial explosives, which include dynamite, - suspended aT any Time by order of ihe MANUFACTURE, STORAGE, HAN- operations.) TNT, PETN, RDX, antl other similar Council, after noTice to The permit OLING, USE AND SALE OF EX- NOTE 1: Classification of ex- compounds used for high-energy-rate holder, for any violaTion of ihe PLOSIVES AND PROVIDING A plosives ;s described by }he forming, expanding and shaping in provisions of This ordinance or upon The PENALTY FOR VIOLATION Department of TransporTation as metal fabricaTion, and for dismem- creaTion or exisTance of any condition THEREOF. follows: berment and quick reduction of scrap Which would, in the opinion of The The Village Council of The Village of (1) Class A Explosives. meTal. Commissioner of Public SafeTy and ihe Arden Hills does hereby ordain as Possessing, detonating or otherwise SecTion 3. Mandatory Permits for CouncilcreateortendiocreaTeaserious follows: maximum hazard; such as Acquisition and Use. fire hazard. Section 1. Scope. dynamite, nitroglycerin, picric acid, It shall be unlawful for any person to Section 6. May not transfer to (a) This ordinance shall apply to the lead azide, fulminate of inercury, acquire, possess, use, sell or handle any Unauthori:ed Person. manufacfure, keeping, having, storage, black powder, blasting caps, and explosive as defined in Section 4 of this No person shall sell, Transfer or give - sale TransporTation, and use of ex- deTOnaTing primers. ordinance, except as otherwise provided away any explosive or blasfing agent to plosives and blasTing agenTS in the (2) Class B Explosives. by SecTion 1, within ihe Village of Arden anyone who does noT possess a valid Village of Arden Hills. Possessingflamablehazard,5ucha5 Hills without having a permit in his PermiT issued pursuant To SecTion 3 of (b) It shall not apply to ihe following: propellant explosives (including possession. This ordinance. (1) TransporTation of explosives some smokeless propellants), (a) Such a permit shall be issued only SecTion 7. Seller's Record. or blasting agents when under The phoTOgraphic flash powders, and by The Clerk-AdminisTrator, upon ap- Every person selling or giving away jurisdiciion of and in compliance some special fireworks. proval of ihe Village Council. any explosives covered by This or- with ihe regulations of ihe Federal (3) Class C Explosives. Includes (b) Any person desiring a permit as dinance shall keep at all Yimes an ac- Depariment of TransportaTion. cerTain Types of manufactured - required by This secTion shall make curafe record in a bound book, of all such (2) Shipment, iransportation and arTicles which conTain Class A or application iherefor in wriTing to The explasives handled by him, indicaTing a handling of military explosives by Class B explosives, or both, as Clerk-AdminisTrator on such forms as detailed account of: the Armed Forces of ihe UniTed componenis but in resTricTed The Village Council may prescribe. (a) DaTe of each Transference of ex- States and ihe STaTe Militia. quantities. (c) Before any permit is issued by ihe Plosives; (3) Transportation and use of (4) Forbidden or Not Acceptable Clerk-Adminisirator, he shall notify the (b) Amount of each such tran- explosives or blasting agenis in ihe Explosives. Shall mean explosives Commissionerof Public Safety That such sference; normal and emergency operation of which are forbitlden or not accep- permiT is desired. Upon receipt of such (c) Name and address of each pur- federal agencies or state or Table foY transporTaTion by common notificaTion the Commissioner of Public chaser or iransferee; municipal fire and police depart- carriers, by rail freight, rail ex- SafeTy shall inspect the premises upon (d) Manufacturer of The explosives menis, providing ihey are acTing in press, highway or water in ac- which the applicanT desires To sTOre, being transferred; their official capaciTies and in the cordance wiTh the regulations of The handle and use theexplosives set forih in (e) The type of and any identification proper performance of iheir duTies. DOT. ihe application and if he is satisfied, (1) numbers of explosives being tran- (4) Sale and use (public display) NOTE 2: Certain chemicals and ThaT no serious fire hazard will be sferred; - of pyroTechnics commonly known as certain fuel maTerials may have creaTed, and (2) that the applicant plans (f) Explosives owner's or user's fireworks. explosive characterisTics which are to store and use The explosives in The Permit number; (c) This ordinance shall noT apply To noT specifically classified by The manner prescribed by This ordinance, he (9) Intended place of siorage o£ The ihe following commodities and iTems: DOT and are noT readily classified shall endorse his approval upon said explosive by The purchaser Or iran- (1) Stocks of small arms am- for coverage in ihe Code. application and reTurn it to The Clerk- sferee; munition, propellant-actuated Authoritative information should be AdminisTrator who shall present the (h) Intended use site; and power carTridges, small arms obTained for such unclassified same to fhe Council. (i) SecuriTy measures provided aT the ammuniTion primers in quantities of materials and action commensurate (d) The Council shall deny the storaae siTe and at the use site. less Than 1,000,000, smokeless wiTh Their hazards, location, issuance of any such permiT To anyone Such record book shall at all rea- propellant in quanfities of less than isolaTion and safeguards, shoultl be who: sonable times be open to The in- 750 pounds. taken. (1) Has been convicTed within The ;pection of ihe Commissioner of Public (2) Ezplosive acTUated power (d) Highway shall mean any public - pasT Ten (10) years of a felony or Safety and all duTy constituted law devices when in quantities of less streeT, public alley or public road. 9ross mistlemeanor involving moral enforcement officials of TRe Village of ihan 50 pounds nei weighT of ex- (e) InhabiTed buildings shall mean a turpitude or anyone who is presently Artlen Hills. In addiTion, on ihe first day plosives. building or sirucTure regularly used in under indiciment for any such of every month the seller or transferer (3) Fuse lighTers and fuse igniters. whole or in parT as a place of human crime; ar shal I make a reporT to the Commissioner (4) Safety fuse (safeTy fuse does habitation. The term "Inhabited (2) Has been wiihin the pasT ten of Public Safety of the transacTions --t include cordeau detonanifuse), - building" shall also mean any church, (10) years convicTed of a crime in Which Taok place that monTh. ona 3-32 inch cannon fuses or mat- school, siore, railway passenger station, which ihe use, possession or sale of Section 8. Storage and Security chlock fuses (slow match). airport terminar for passengers, and narcoTics or illicit drugs was an Requirements. (5) The sale or Transfer of black any other building or siructure where elemenT; or Any person Storing, handling, using or powder or oTher commonly used people are accusTOmed To congregaTe or (3) Has been Treated wiThin ihe ~n any way disposing of explosives cove~ non-smokeless propellant in in- assemble, but excluding any building or past ten (10) years for addiction to red by ihis ordinance shall mainTain dividual transacTions involving sTructure occupied in connection with narcoTic or illicit drugs, or has been minimumsafetyantlsecurityfeaturesof quanTities of five (5) poVnds or less ?he manufacture, iransportation, wiThin such Time period admitted To all permanent and temporary sTOrage when used for muzzle loaded sports sTorage and use of ezplosives. any hospital or instituTion for facilities in a manner prescribed by ihe equipment or used in The han- (f) Magazine shall mean any building ireatment of narcoTic or illiciT drug Rules and Regulations of ihe Minnesota dloading of sporis equipmenT. or sirucTure, other ihan an explosives addicTion, or has been wiThin such State Fire Marshall governing the Section 2. Definitions. manufacturing building, approved for time period, certified by a licensed storage, handling, use and transportat- In This ordinance,The following words the sTorage of explosives. medical doctor as being addicted To ion of blasTing agents and explosives. are used as defined below: (g) Motor vehicle shall mean any self. narcotic ar illicit tlrugs; or SecTion 9. Report of Thefts. (a) Blasting agenT shall mean any propelled vehicle, Truck, tractor, semi- (4) Has been within ihe past ten Any person wha has explosives in his maTerial or mixTUre consisting of a fuel, irailer, or iruck-full irailers used for ihe (10) years, ireated for alcohol ad- Possession antl who incurs a loss or ihefT and oxidizer, inTended for blasting not transporfation of freight over public dicTiOn, admitted to any hospital or of all or a porTion ihereof upon discovery oTherwise classified as an explosive and highways. instituTion for freatment of alcohol of such loss or theft shall immediaTely, in which none af ihe ingredients are (h) Propellant-actuaTed power devices addiction, or cerTified by a licensed and in no evenT longer than iwenTy-four classifietl as an explosive, provided ihaT shall mean any tool or special medical doctor as being addicted to (24) hours from The time of discovery, The finished product, as mixed and mechanized device or gas generaTor alcohol; or informiheofficeoflheCommissionerof packaged for use ar shipment, cannot be sysTem which is actuaTed by a smokeless (5) Has been within ihe past ten Public SafeTy of The loss or iheft, the • tletonaTed by means of a No. 8 tesT propellant or which releases and tlirecis (10) years, admitted To any hospital amount missing and ihe approximate blasting cap when unconfined. work Through a smokeless propellant or instiTution because of or for time of The oCCUrrence. NOTE 7: A No. 8 test blasting cap charge. TreatmenT of any mental deficiency, Section 10. Bomb Threats. is one conTaining two grams of a (i) Persons shall mean any individual, or certified by a licensed medical d- IT shall be unlawful tor anyone: mixTUre of 80 percent mercury firm, co-parinership, corporation, ocTOr as being menTally ill or (a) As a hoax, to communicate or fulminaTeand20percenTpoTassium company,,association, loinT stock mentally deficient; or causeTObecommunicatedthefectthata chlorate, or a cap of equivalenT association, and including any trustee, (6) Has been within The past Ten bomb or any other explosive device has sirengih. receiver, assignee or personal (10)years,acquiTtedofanycriminal been placed in any building or in any NOTE 2: Nitro-Carbo-NiTrate. representative ihereof. charge by reason of insanity; or ~ocation other ihan a building. This term applies to any blasting (1) Public conveyance shall mean any (7) Is noT Twenty-one (21) years of (b) Asa hoax, to Threaten To bomb any agent which has been classified as railroad car, sireet car, ferry, cab, bus, age at The Time when application for Person, place or building. nifro-carbo-niirate under The airplane or oTher vehicle which is such permiT is made. (c) To knowingly permiT any Depariment oi TransporTation carrying passengers for hire. (e) If The Council grants ihe permit, - telephone or other means of commun- RegulaTions, and which is packaged (k) Railway shall mean any steam, ihe Clerk-AdminisiraTor shall, upon rec- ication under his conTrol to be used for and shipped in compliance wiTh ihe eleciric, diesel, elecTric or other railroad eipt of a fee as established by resolution any purposes prohibited by this Section. regulaTions of ihe Depariment of or railway which carries passengers for of the Council, prepare and deliver to (d) As a hoax, To place or cause to be Transportation, hereinafTer hire on ihe particular line or branch in said applicant such permit as is Placed in any IocaTion any article, referred to as DOT, formerly In- The vicinity where explosives are stored requested in said appliCation, provided, consTrucfed or placed with intenT To give or where explosives manufacturing ihaT no permiT shall be granted for a The impression ihat said article fersfafe Commerce Commission buildings are situaTed. period exceeding 30 days, or for such Possesses explosive capability. (ICC). (b) Explosive-acTuated power devices (I) Small arms ammunitions shall longer period as is specifically approved Section 11. Penalty. Any person who shall violate any mean any shoTgun, rifle, pistol or by the Cauncil. shall mean any chemical compound, revolver carTritlge, and cartridge for Section 4. Permit Application. provision of this ardinance shall upon mixture or device, ihe primary or propellanT-actuated power devices and The application for a user's permit canvicTion ihereof be punished by a fine common purpose of which is to function indusirial guns, Military-Type am- shall be sworn To by ihe applicanT and of noT more than Three Hundred Dollars by explosive, i.e., with substanTially munition conTaining explosive bursTing shall contain The following in- ($300)orbyimprisonmeniforaperiodof insTanTaneous release of gas and heat, charges, spoTting or pyrotechnic formation: not more than ninety (90) days or both unless such compound, mixture or for each such offense. device is otherwise s ificall Projectiles is excluded from this (a) Name and address of ihe ap- pec Y definition. plicant; Section 12. Severability. classified by the DOT. The contents of ihis ordinance are (m) Small arms ammuniTion primers (b) The applicanYs date of birth; (c) Explosives shall mean all maTerial declaretl To be severable and should any shall mean small percussion-sensitive (c) Where applicant inTends to per- which is classifietl as Class A, Class B SecTion, clause, paragraph or provision explosive charges, encased in a cup, manently storeThe explosives he intends ~ and Class C explosives by the DOT and hereof be declared by any courT To be includes, but is not limited to, dynamite, used To ignite propellant PoWder. Touseand ThesTorage securiTy measures invalid, The same shall noT affecT The (n) Smokeless propellanis are those provided aT the storage and use sites; black powder, pellet powtlers, iniTiaTing commonly called smokeless powtlers in (d) The applicanT's intended use for validity of The ordinance as a whole or explosives, blasting caps, elecTric any part ihereof other ihan ihe parT so The Trade, used in small arms am- explosives he purchases and pursuanT to blasting caps, safeTy fuse, fuse IighTers, dxlared to be invalid. fuse igniters, squibs, cordeau deTOnant muniTion, cannon, rockets, propellanT- any permit That may be issued to him; Section 13. Effective DaTe. fuse, instanTaneous fuse, igniTer cor actuaTed power devices, etc. d, and Thisordinanceshall Teke effecT and be igniTers, small arms ammuniTion, small (o) Special indusTrial explosive (e) All such additional information as in force from and after iTs publication. arms ammuniTion primers, smokeless devices shall mean explosive-actuated may be prescribed by The Village passed by ihe Council of Arden Hills • propellant, carTridges for PoWer devices and propellanT-aCtuated Council in deTermining whether the propellant power devices. applicantisqualifiedpursuanTtoSection ihis 24 day of May, 1971. _ Henry J. Crepeau, Jr. Mayor attest: Lorraine StromquisT Clerk AdminisTrator (Bulletin: June 10, 1971) .