Chapter 2 — PROHIBITION

Section

• 45.0201 Permit Required.
• 45.0202 Abandonment and Storage of Explosives.
• 45.0203 Permits Non-Transferable.
• 45.0204 Exemption: Public Safety Agencies.
• 45.0205 Exemption: Smokeless Powder for Private Hand-Loading.

No person shall do any one of the following without first having applied for and received a permit in accordance with the provisions of this Division. (a) Manufacture explosives; (b) Sell, give, deliver, or otherwise dispose of explosives; (c) Receive, store, or possess explosives; (d) Transport explosives; (e) Use explosives; (f) Operate a terminal for handling explosives; (g) Park or leave standing any vehicle carrying explosives, except when parked or left standing in or at a safe stopping place designated as such by the State Fire Marshal under the provisions of Vehicle Code §§ 31600 et seq. (Ord. 1604, passed - -1970)

No person shall abandon or otherwise dispose of any explosive in any manner which might, as the result of such abandonment or disposal, create any danger or threat of danger to life or property. Any person in possession or control of explosives required in the performance of his or her duties shall, when the need for such explosives no longer exists, either return the explosives to the source from which the explosives were obtained, or to the issuing authority for disposal or shall destroy the explosives in a safe manner so as not to make them available to persons who might obtain them and use them in a manner prejudicial to the safety of life and property. Magazines or temporary magazines used for storage purposes in any area where blasting is required shall, when the need for such storage no longer exists and the explosives have been removed or disposed of as above required, be removed or demolished, or signs indicating the presence of explosives in such magazines or on the premises on which such magazines are located, shall be removed or effectively obliterated, and the issuing authority who issued the storage permit shall be immediately notified of the action taken. (Ord. 1604, passed - -1970)

No explosives permittee shall lend his permit or allow it to be used by another person. (Ord. 1604, passed - -1970)

This Division does not apply to the transportation and use of explosives (by representatives of the California Highway Patrol, the State Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation, local police departments, Sheriff’s departments, and fire departments acting in their official capacity. (Ord. 1604, passed - -1970)

This Division does not apply to any possession or use of 20 pounds or less of smokeless powder, or one pound or less of black sporting powder, provided that: (a) Smokeless powder is intended only for handloading of small arms ammunition of .75 caliber or less; (b) Black sporting powder is intended for loading of small arms or small arms ammunition of .75 caliber or less; (c) All such powder is for private use and not for resale, and in the case of black sporting powder there shall be no gift, delivery, or other disposition to another person. (d) The storage, use, and handling of such smokeless and black powder conforms to rules, regulations, or ordinances of authorities having jurisdiction for fire prevention and suppression in the area of such storage, use, and handling of such explosives. (Ord. 1604, passed - -1970)