Title 5 - Business Licenses and Regulations

5.38.010 Title.

This chapter shall be known as "An Ordinance Regulating the Manufacture, Storage, Possession, Transportation, Sale and Use of Smokeless Propellants And Black Powder in the City of Overland Park, Kansas" and may be referred to as "The Smokeless Propellants and Black Powder Ordinance."

(History: Ord. SPBP-1615 §1, 89)

Effective on: 1/1/1901

5.38.020 Application and Relation to the City’s Adopted Edition of the International Fire Code.

The provisions of the City’s adopted edition of the International Fire Code, as found in O.P.M.C. 16.120.100 shall be complied with in all matters concerning the manufacture, storage, possession, transportation, sale and use of smokeless propellants, primers and black powder within the City; provided, that the provision of this Chapter shall when in conflict or when not addressed by the City’s adopted edition of the International Fire Code take precedent and be complied with.

(History: Ord. SPBP-2462 §1, 2004; SPBP-2249 §1, 2001; SPBP-1615 §2, 89)

Effective on: 1/1/1901

5.38.030 Reporting and Notification Requirements.

All persons, firms, contractors, corporations, co-partnership agencies and associations storing on premises owned, leased or in any fashion controlled by said entities shall report in writing the storage, keeping or presence of smokeless propellants and black powder as follows:

1. A.
   Smokeless propellants in a quantity of fifty pounds or more.
2. B.
   Black powder in a quantity of twenty pounds or more.

Notice of the aforementioned quantities of smokeless propellants or black powder shall be made prior to storage in writing to the City Fire Marshals on standard forms provided by the City for such purposes. The City Fire Marshal shall forward copies of said forms to the City Police Department and City Engineer.

(History: Ord. SPBP-1615 §3, 89)

Effective on: 1/1/1901

5.38.040 Failure to Comply.

Any person who fails to comply with provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $1,000. The imposition of a penalty for a violation shall not excuse the violation or permit it to continue. Each day that a violation continues shall be considered a separate violation and shall be subject to additional fines and penalties.

(History: Ord. SPBP-1615 §4, 89)

Effective on: 1/1/1901