Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations

5.36 Explosives & Blasting Agents1

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    For the statutory provisions defining as a crime, the selling or buying of explosives without a permit, and prohibiting certain sales outright, see K.S.A. 21-4207 – 21-4209; for the statutory provisions that require the State Fire Marshal to make rules and regulations for keeping, storing, use, manufacture, sale … of highly inflammable materials … including explosives, see K.S.A. 31-207. For the administrative provisions implementing that directive, see Kansas Admin. Regs. 22-1 to 22-8.

5.36.165 Blasting Operations.

All blasting operations shall be carried out only by skilled and experienced personnel who are currently licensed by the state of Kansas to conduct blasting operations. When blasting is to take place within 500 feet of a house, building, or other facility, the application for the permit must be accompanied by a statement of procedure for the blasting operation approved by the applicant's insurance carrier. This statement of procedure shall include specific information on the blasting operation, such as charge weights, delays, depths, patterns, protective mats or coverings required, seismographic monitoring, pre-blast surveys, and notification of nearby property or utility owners.

Regardless of the distance to nearby facilities the blasting operations shall be carried out in such manner that they will not cause fly rock or damage from air blast overpressure or ground vibration. Seismic recordings may be required by the City Fire Marshal. The maximum peak particle velocity at any such recording site must not exceed one inch per second in any one of three mutually perpendicular directions.

A daily blasting log, and storage log if applicable, must be kept for all blasting operations and made available for inspection by the City Fire Marshal.

(History: Ord. EBA-3320 §8, 2021; Ord. EBA-948,B §10, 89; EBA-948 §11, 77)

Effective on: 1/1/1901