§ 34B-2. Unlawful sale, purchase and handling of butane.

(a)

It is unlawful for any reseller or other person to sell, offer to sell, or otherwise provide to a customer any number of butane canisters that exceed a combined total storage of six-hundred (600) ml of butane during any single transaction.

(b)

It is unlawful for any customer to purchase or acquire any number of butane canisters that exceed a combined total storage capacity of six-hundred (600) ml of butane during any 30-day period.

(c)

It is unlawful for any person to have in their possession, custody, or control any number of butane canisters that exceed a combined total storage capacity of six hundred (600) ml of butane at any one (1) time. The limitation in this subsection shall not apply to the following:

1.

Butane canisters possessed by wholesalers or resellers solely for the purposes of resale;

2.

Butane canisters possessed by persons solely for the purposes of furthering their ongoing, lawful and properly licensed commercial operations which require butane quantities greater than six hundred (600) ml; or

3.

Butane canisters containing a sulfur-containing odorant, such as ethyl mercaptan.

(Ord. No. 4122 , § 2, 11-8-16)