[Ord. No. 1171, § 2]
A "launderette" shall be defined as any establishment open to
the general public where articles of clothing, household linens, bedding,
drapes or other cloth articles are to be washed dried or dry cleaned.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 1]
(a)
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain or conduct a laundry,
pressing establishment, launderette, cleaning or dyeing establishment
or installation, where articles of clothing, household linens, bedding
and drapes are processed or pressed, in or on any building or premises
in the Township, except as provided in this chapter, unless they are
licensed, maintained and conducted in accordance with the provisions
of this chapter.
(b)
Every person operating or conducting any laundry, launderette, pressing
establishment, cleaning or dyeing establishment or installation where
articles of clothing, household linens, bedding and drapes are washed,
dried, pressed, dry cleaned or dyed, in or on any premises in the
Township, except installations in buildings erected solely and exclusively
for residential purposes and for the sole use of tenants thereof,
shall procure a license therefor from the Department of Health.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 2]
Applications for licenses required by § 22-2 and annual renewals thereof shall be made on forms to be provided by the Department of Health and filed by the applicant in the Department of Health. The license fee shall accompany each application for a license or renewal thereof.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 3]
The approval of the Department of Health, Fire Department and Building Department shall be a condition precedent to the issuance of each license required by § 22-2 and each annual renewal thereof.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 6]
All licenses issued pursuant to § 22-2 or renewals thereof shall expire on December 31 of each year.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 7]
The Township manager may suspend or revoke any license issued pursuant to § 22-2 for a violation of any of the provisions of this article or of any regulation or order of the Health Officer made in accordance with and to carry out the provisions of this article, after the licensee shall have been given notice of the violation and an opportunity to show cause before the Health Officer why the license should not be suspended or revoked.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 8; amended at time of adoption
of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
All places and spaces used for laundries, launderettes, pressing
establishments, cleaning or dyeing establishments or installations
shall be sufficiently and properly covered with nonabsorbent paint
or cement or other impervious material. There shall be available an
adequate supply of water for flushing and cleaning purposes. Any room,
building or washing or laundering facility used in the operation of
laundries, launderettes or cleaning or dyeing establishments shall
be equipped, installed and maintained in accordance with the State
Uniform Construction Code. Sufficient toilet facilities for male and
female employees of such establishments shall be provided.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, §§ 9, 10]
(a)
No household
washing, garments, bed clothes or other articles received for washing,
laundering, pressing, cleaning or dyeing shall be accepted by or in
any laundry, launderette, pressing establishment or cleaning or dyeing
establishment or installation or by its agents or employees from persons
or occupants of any house under quarantine for any contagious disease.
Any laundry, launderette, pressing establishment or cleaning or dyeing
establishment which maintains a store or counter where articles for
laundering, pressing, cleaning or dyeing are received directly from
customers shall prominently display a sign (to be supplied by the
operator) at each such store or at such counter reading as follows:
"By authority of the Township of Teaneck, it is unlawful for any person
or persons to make delivery to a public laundry, launderette, pressing
establishment, cleaning or dyeing establishment of any articles from
a person or premises under quarantine for a contagious disease." Where
the above sign is properly displayed, any laundry, launderette, pressing
establishment or cleaning or dyeing establishment, or the person operating
the same or his agents or employees, shall not be liable under this
chapter for receiving laundry, pressing, cleaning or dyeing from a
household quarantined for a contagious disease so long as he is not
informed by the deliverer or similarly informed by other reputable
persons that the goods have come from a quarantined person or household.
(b)
All collectors,
route men, employees, agents, agencies of processors, receivers of
articles to be processed and all other persons shall comply with the
requirements of this section.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 11]
Machines used for washing, laundering, cleaning or dyeing shall
be kept clean at all times.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 12]
White cottons and linens shall be washed in such a manner that
at least one operation in the washing process shall have a temperature
of not less than 140° F. Dyed fabrics or those containing silk,
wool or rayon shall be washed in such a manner that at least one operation
shall have a temperature of not less than 100° F.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 13]
Soap or a detergent of equal germicidal properties shall be
used in one or more operations of all washing formulas, except when
dry cleaned.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 14]
No machinery used in any laundry, launderette, cleaning or pressing
or dyeing establishment shall be operated in such a manner so as to
create any noises or vibrations to the detriment of the families of
premises in the surrounding neighborhood.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 15]
Exhaust pipes carrying devices or hot water shall be connected
to a condensation tank, then drained with a proper carry off.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 16; Ord. No. 1516, § 1]
Processing in any laundry, launderette or cleaning, pressing
or dyeing establishment shall commence not earlier than 6:00 a.m.
and shall not continue after 10:00 p.m., nor be open to the public
for business on Sunday; except, that launderettes may also be open
during said hours on Sunday for the purpose of washing and drying
only.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 17]
The room in which any washing, pressing or laundering facilities
are located shall be adequately ventilated and shall have a sufficient
amount of natural or artificial light, as shall be required by the
Health Officer.
[Ord. No. 1171, § 2]
It shall be unlawful for any person to maintain, operate or
conduct a launderette in the Township unless the same shall be under
the continual direct supervision of a competent attendant. The attendant
shall be not less than 21 years of age, and shall be present in the
launderette establishment at all times while the same is open to the
general public.
[Ord. No. 1171, § 2]
The premises where the business of a launderette, laundry or
cleaning establishment is conducted shall at all times be maintained
in a clean and orderly manner and condition, free from dust, dirt,
rubbish, waste material and any other unsanitary or unsightly substance.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 18]
No laundry, launderette or pressing, cleaning or dyeing establishment
shall be conducted in any building devoted exclusively to residential
occupation or in any residential portion of a building, except where
there may be established in any such building one or more washing
or laundry facilities which shall be used solely by and for the convenience
and service of the residents of the residential building, and the
washing and laundering facilities shall be constructed and operated
in accordance with the regulations and conditions set forth in and
under the provisions of this chapter. No license shall be required
for the operation of the washing and laundering facilities in any
such residential building or portion thereof. This limitation does
not apply to store units in buildings occupied in part for residential
purposes.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 19]
All premises used as provided for in this chapter shall be maintained
in conformity with all laws of the state, this Code and other ordinances
of the Township regulatory thereof.
[R.O. 1951, Ch. 19, § 20]
The health department shall be responsible for the enforcement
of the sanitary, health and plumbing provisions of this article, and
shall have the power to promulgate such rules and regulations as may
be necessary to effectuate the same.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 1; amended by Ord. No. 1491, § 2]
For the purposes of this article, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
The cleaning of textiles, fabrics, garments or other articles
by the use of any solvent other than water in a dry-cleaning unit
designed to be used or used by the general public. For the purposes
of this definition, the term "used by the general public" shall be
deemed to refer to the insertion of such textiles, fabrics, garments
or other articles into a dry-cleaning unit or the removal of the same
from such unit by a person or persons other than an owner, operator
or employee of the dry-cleaning establishment.
Coin-operated dry-cleaning establishments shall be deemed
to include establishments that are key-operated or owner-operated
and serviced.
The cleaning fluid used in the dry-cleaning unit.
[Ord. No. 1491, § 1]
The municipal department entrusted with the licensing and enforcement
of this article shall be the Teaneck Health Department.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 19]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any coin-operated
dry-cleaning establishment in the Township without first obtaining
a license therefor.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 19; Ord.
No. 1491, § 1]
Application for a license required by this article shall be
filed with the Township Health Department. Such application shall
state the name and address of the owner or person who will operate
the dry-cleaning establishment; the name, address and authorized officer
of the person engaged to install the equipment; the names of maintenance
personnel and their telephone numbers (the Township Health Department
shall be notified of changes in the names and telephone numbers of
maintenance personnel); and the exact location of the premises, the
size thereof and the number of coin-operated dry-cleaning machines,
with make and model numbers, which are to be installed. The application
shall have the consent of the owner of the premises attached thereto.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 7]
When application for a license to operate a coin-operated dry-cleaning
establishment is made, such application shall be accompanied by four
sets of plans and specifications showing a building outline, all equipment
to be used and installation details thereof.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 19]
[Ord. No. 1141, § 19; amended by Ord. No. 3246, 12-12-1989, § 14]
All fees are contained in Appendix III of Chapter 2.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 19]
Each license issued pursuant to this article shall expire on
December 31 of each year.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 20]
Any license granted under this article may be suspended or revoked
at any time by the Township council upon conviction of the holder
thereof of a violation of any provision of this article.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 7]
No coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment shall be permitted
in any building occupied in whole or in part for dwelling purposes.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 3]
The solvent used in coin-operated dry-cleaning units shall be
the cleaning fluid specified by the equipment manufacturer and shall
be free of additives to mask the odor. It shall be classified as nonflammable
at ordinary temperatures and shall not be more toxic than perchlorethylene.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 4]
Only the front of a coin-operated dry-cleaning machine shall
extend into the customer area. The remainder of each machine shall
be separated from the customer area by solid partition. This partition
may be constructed as a non-load-bearing double faced wall structure
to extend from floor to ceiling. The access door to the enclosure
back of the machines shall be self-closing, metal clad and locked
to prevent access from the customer area.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 5]
The enclosure for coin-operated dry-cleaning machines shall
not be interconnected with that of heating devices requiring air for
combustion, such as gas dryers, water heaters and boiler heating plants.
This heating equipment shall obtain air for combustion from the outside
atmosphere.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 6]
All portions of coin-operated dry-cleaning establishments shall
be adequately ventilated.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 18]
The premises of each coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment
shall be provided with sufficient natural or artificial light.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 18; amended at time of adoption of Code (see
Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
All plumbing work in coin-operated dry-cleaning establishments
shall conform to the provisions of the State Uniform Construction
Code.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 18]
All electrical installations in coin-operated dry-cleaning establishments
shall conform to the requirements of the National Electrical Code
and shall always be kept in a good condition and state of repair.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 18]
The walls of a coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment shall
be covered with nonabsorbent paint, cement or other impervious material.
The floor covering in the customer area shall be made of a material
resistant to the solvents used in the machines.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 8]
No coin-operated dry-cleaning machine shall be used by the general
public unless under the continual direct supervision of a competent
attendant. The attendant shall be not less than 21 years of age.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 8]
No coin-operated dry-cleaning machine shall be used by any person
who is less than 18 years of age. A suitable sign of such age restriction
shall be prominently posted.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 8]
No person shall use spotting equipment containing flammable
material in a coin-operated or self-service dry-cleaning establishment.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 9]
All coin-operated dry-cleaning machines shall be fitted with
a device which will prevent the opening of the door of any such machine
while such machine is in operation and until all solvent vapors have
been removed from any textile, fabric, garment or other article being
cleaned and from the drum in which the same shall be placed.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 10]
No coin-operated dry-cleaning machine shall be used unless directly
in front of and behind any such machine there are quick opening valves
and pipes to a buried drain tank outside of the building of sufficient
size to accept all solvent contained in all coin-operated dry-cleaning
machines in the establishment. The quick opening valves and pipes
shall be arranged so as to cause solvent to drain into such tank by
means of gravity flow. The machines shall be installed on a concrete
base, around the edge of which there shall be a four-inch dike, making
a reservoir to contain any liquids that may leak out of the machines.
This reservoir shall drain directly to pipes leading into the buried
drain tank above-referred to.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 11]
In every coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment, solvent storage
tanks, vapor-proof power box or boxes and other sources of danger
shall be so situated as to be inaccessible to the general public.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 12]
All coin-operated dry-cleaning establishments shall have two
exits which shall be at least 25 feet apart from each other and shall
lead directly into the street or to an area outside of the building
leading to the street.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 13]
(a)
Filter
residue and other residues from coin-operated dry-cleaning establishments
containing solvent shall be disposed of so as not to create a health
hazard or nuisance. A locked, covered metal container shall be used
for temporary storage in a covered shed of noncombustible construction
outside the building.
(b)
A respirator,
approved by the United States Bureau of Mines as affording protection
against organic solvent vapors, shall be provided for and used by
maintenance personnel during the correction of leakages, cleaning
of the system, removal of lint and muck bags and at all times when
the odor of solvent is noticeable.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 14]
All exhaust from coin-operated dry-cleaning establishments shall
be under positive pressure. The terminal of any exhaust shall be at
least 10 feet from any window or ventilating window if such ventilating
window or ventilating opening lies on the same plane as the exhaust
terminal. When the ventilating window or other ventilating window
openings lie on a plane which faces in the direction of the exhaust
terminal, such terminal shall be at least 10 feet away from the same.
All direct equipment exhausts or vents shall be provided with mesh
lint arresters, which shall be kept clean unless lint traps are provided
on the dry-cleaning unit. Any exhaust fans used shall have a rated
capacity of 400 cubic feet per minute per machine for normal use and
1,000 cubic feet per minute per machine for emergency use. The rated
capacities of the exhaust fans shall appear on the equipment or its
nameplate.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 15]
Each coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment shall provide
for customer use a men's and women's restroom, each with toilet facilities.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 16; amended by Ord. No. 1686, § 1]
No coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment shall permit the placing of articles to be cleaned in any machine before 7:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m. The provisions of § 22-15 shall not apply to this use.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 17]
Each coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment shall contain
indoor signs prominently displayed warning the customers of excessive
solvent inhalation and skin irritation from the unevaporated dry-cleaning
solvent. A step-by-step, readily legible instruction list for operation
of the machines shall be posted in a conspicuous location near the
machine in the customer area. These instructions shall include a list
of items not to be dry cleaned in coin-operated or self-service dry-cleaning
machines, such as those made partly or completely of plastic, rubber,
leather, paper, fur, angora or urethane.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 18]
The entire premises of a coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment
and all machines used therein shall be kept in a clean and sanitary
condition. The floor shall be kept clean and dry.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 18]
Each coin-operated dry-cleaning machine shall be inspected each
day it is in operation and kept in good repair by maintenance personnel.
A record shall be kept in the maintenance area of all inspections
and repairs made.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 18]
The customer area of every coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment
shall be equipped with a fire extinguisher approved for use against
electrical or oil fires by the National Board of Fire Underwriters.
[Ord. No. 1141, § 2]
All installations of coin-operated dry-cleaning units shall
meet the requirements of all state and Township regulations.
