Ord 53-30 ORDINANCE REGULA2ING TI~.~ ~¥iANUFAG~V0ttE, STORAGE,
SA!.F. AI~D DISTRIBUTING OF MATCifSS.
Be It Ordained by the Council of the City of Delray Beaeh,
. Florida, as follows:'
SEOTION I. It shall be unlawful for any porsu~,
assoei~tion or eorpor~.tion to manufaetume, store, offer forsale~
sell, or otherwise dispose of, or distribute ~k~ite phosphorus,
si~4sle,-dipped, strike-anywhere matches of tl~ type popularly
knovm as "Parlor matches". , nor manufacture, store, sell,~ffer
for sale or otherwise dispose of, or distribute v.~hite phos-
phorus, double-dipped, strike-~nywhere matches, or any other
type of double-dipped mat~.hes, unless the bulb or first dip
of such mateh is composed of a so-called safety or inert
composition, non-ignitible on ~y~, ~ abrasive surface, nor man-
ufae~ure, store, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise dispose
of, or distribute matches which when p~eked in ~ carton of
five hundred approximate eap~oity ~nd placed in an o~en
~'~ai~,'~tained ~t a constant temmperature of E00-degree Fahrenheit,
will ignite in eight hours; nor ~,~n~faetu~e, store, offer for
sale, sell, or other/dispose of, o~ distribute Blazer, or
so-called wind matches, whether of the so'-~all~d s~..fety or
strike-anywhere type.
SEGTION E, No person, firm or ~orpo~ation shell
sell or otherwise distribute for use, ~-.,ny m~,t~,hes, unless the
box or container in which su~h matches are packed bears plainly,
marked on the outside thereof, the name of the manufaeturer,
and the brand or traee-mark under whieh sueh mate~hes hre sold
or distributed.
SEGTION ~. Not more than one oase of each brand
matches of any type or manufacture shall be open at any time
in any store or warehouse in the City of Delray Beach, and
no loose boxes or paper' .wrapped packages of.matches shall
be kept on shelves or stored loose a in such stores ~ ware-
houses at a height exceeding five feet from the ~loor.
SF~I~ ~. ~t~he's when stored must be kept only
in sound case and not Piled to a height exceeding ten feet
from the floor. No matches shall be stored within a hori-
zontal distance of ten feet from any heating apparatus such
as boiler, furnace, stove, etc., nor within a horizontal
distance of twenty-five feet from any explosive ma terial
stored on the same floor.
SEGTIoN 5. Natehes shall be packed in boxes or
able packages containing not more than seven hundred matches
in any box or package, provided, however, ~bat whan more than
three hundred matches are~pa~ked in 'any os box~ or package,
the said matches shall be arranged in two nearly equal
portions, the heads of the matches in the %pper portion point-
ing in the opposite dire.~tion from the heads of the matches
in the lower portion. All boxes containing tAree hundred
and fifty or more matches shall have placed therein a e. ent~r
holding or protecting strip, made of chip board, not less tha~
~ 1/4 inches wide; said strip shall be plated on the top of
She matches in the box aU.d be flanged down on each end to
~old the matches in position when the box is nested in the
~hmek or w%thdrama~from it.
SE~TION $, All'match boxes or packages a~all be
.aeked in strong shipping containers or eases, which shall
omply in full with the rmgulations of the Interstate Oommeree
~ommission.
SEOTION ?. Any person, firm or eorporation violating
ny of the provisions in this c~dinanee shall be fined not less
tha~ five ($5.00) Dolla~ nor more than twenty-five ($25°00)
Dollars for each offense.
~.~ i'n. 'force after its Passage.
......... P~SED on second ~d final ~ad~g Y~ua~ 13th,
President of the Council.
' ,"',~,.'; ~PPROVED this 14th day of January, A. D. ~930.