[R.O. 2008 §50.150; Ord. No. 608, 6-26-1962]
The following terms, when used in this Article, shall have the
following meanings:
A machine or device which utilizes dry cleaning solvents
to clean garments and other fabrics and includes any associated piping
and ancillary equipment and any containment system.
Includes any attended or unattended place, building, structure,
room, establishment or portion thereof available to the general public
for the purpose of washing, drying, extracting moisture from or dry
cleaning wearing apparel, table, bed or other household linens, towels,
curtains, draperies, rugs, blankets or other materials through the
use of coin-operated or activated machines or devices.
[R.O. 2008 §50.152; Ord. No. 608, 6-26-1962]
A.
No
person shall engage in the business of operating any self-service
laundry or dry cleaning establishment within the City of Olivette
without first obtaining a license therefor for each such establishment
to be conducted by such person.
1.
A separate application shall be made for each establishment where
such business is to be engaged in by the applicant wherever located
within the City. Said application shall contain information as to
the proposed location of the establishment, the names, addresses and
telephone numbers of all proposed operators of the establishment,
the specifications of each machine proposed to be installed and the
specification of the dry cleaning solvent, if any, which is to be
provided.
2.
Said application shall be reviewed by the Building Official and the
Fire and Health Departments. If all of the provisions of this Article
are complied with, a license may be issued upon payment of an annual
license fee, which said fee shall be in lieu of any other merchant's
or business occupations' fee and which said annual fee shall be based
upon the aggregate number of washing machines, dryers, extractors
and dry cleaning devices situated and maintained in any such establishment
as follows:
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For each washer, dryer or extractor
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$2.00 per machine
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For each dry cleaning device
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$10.00 per machine
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3.
Each license shall specify whether it is for a self-service laundry
or a self-service dry cleaning establishment or both and shall indicate
thereon the date of issuance and the date of expiration and shall
be posted in a conspicuous place in the licensed establishment. In
addition, there shall be so posted the name, address and telephone
number of either the owner, operator or manager of said establishment.
4.
Said license shall be renewable annually upon payment of the fees
hereinabove specified, provided that all of the requirements of this
Article are being observed by said establishment.
[R.O. 2008 §50.154; Ord. No. 608, 6-26-1962]
A.
A license
shall be issued for a self-service laundry or dry cleaning establishment
or an establishment containing both laundry and dry cleaning devices
and shall remain in force only upon compliance with the following
requirements:
1.
Such establishment shall at all times be kept in good repair and
maintained in a clean and sanitary condition as to floors, walls,
ceilings, windows, woodwork, machines, utensils and fixtures. One
(1) or more trash and refuse receptacles shall be provided in a location
or locations easily accessible to the patrons of such establishment.
2.
The area of the establishment accessible to the general public shall
be completely visible from the outside of the establishment.
3.
During the hours of its availability to the general public, there
shall be provided in all parts of such establishment available to
the general public, and not directly obstructed by machines or other
equipment, either natural light of at least ten (10) foot-candles
or artificial light of at least thirty (30) foot-candles as shown
by an illuminator test.
4.
A minimum of one (1) toilet and one (1) lavatory shall be provided
for each sex per establishment.
5.
There shall be no direct interconnections between waste water discharge
lines and the sanitary sewer. Such connections shall be air vented
with a gap equal to one and one-half (1½) times the diameter
of the discharge lines.
6.
Filter pressure relief or safety valves shall be vented to the outside
and above the roof lines.
7.
All necessary plumbing installations shall conform to the requirements
of the National Plumbing Code and have a certificate of approval from
the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District.
8.
All necessary electrical installations shall conform to the requirements
of the National Electrical Code.
9.
Any coin-changing devices which may be situated within the establishment
shall be of a vault type and located in a position as conspicuous
to the exterior vantage points thereof as is practical.
10.
No coin-operated music or other coin-operated amusement devices may
be situated upon the premises, nor shall there be maintained thereon
any dispensing machines which distribute products in glass containers.
11.
The clear height between the ceiling and the finished floor of any
establishment shall be no less than nine (9) feet and the temperature
and humidity of such establishment shall be maintained at a level
which will not endanger the health of persons utilizing the facilities
therein.
12.
No electrical outlets shall be made available for use by the general
public.
13.
All facilities or mechanisms for the heating and softening of water,
for the production of heat, for the operation of venting and cooling
devices, for the operation and maintenance of dry cleaning devices
shall be inaccessible to the general public.
14.
Every washing, extracting, drying or dry cleaning device shall be
of a make, type or design having principal component parts which have
been tested and approved by, and which bear the tested label of, an
organization nationally recognized as an authority on safety with
respect to the type of device or part concerned.
15.
Machines shall be equipped with a device to make the machine inoperable
if overloaded.
16.
No solvent other than water may be used or provided except within
a dry cleaning device and no such solvent shall be flammable nor of
a type other than that specified by the manufacturer thereof or have
an established maximum allowable concentration of less than two hundred
(200) parts per million for eight (8) hours of human exposure thereto.
17.
A utility fire extinguisher of either the carbon dioxide or dry chemical
type shall be provided as protection against electrical fires.
18.
A step-by-step self-explanatory instruction list for each type of
device, together with an emergency telephone number, shall be conspicuously
posted near the machines for customer use.
19.
There shall be in force and effect public liability insurance in
the minimum amount of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) per
person and three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000.00) for each incident
and property damage insurance in the amount of one hundred thousand
dollars (100,000.00), said policies to be in standard Missouri form
and written by an insurance company or companies licensed and qualified
to do business in the State of Missouri. There shall be filed with
the City a copy of each said policy certified by a duly qualified
officer of such insurance carrier to be a true copy of same and that
same is in full force and effect. Said policies shall further provide
that they shall not be canceled unless ten (10) days' notice of such
proposed cancellation be given to the City, in writing, by service
of same upon the City Clerk.
[R.O. 2008 §50.156; Ord. No. 608, 6-26-1962]
A.
In addition to compliance with the provisions of Section 605.270 hereof, a license shall be issued for a dry cleaning establishment and shall remain in force only upon compliance with the following requirements:
1.
Coin-operated dry cleaning equipment shall not be installed in buildings
occupied in part as a dwelling.
2.
A dry cleaning establishment shall be located only in a building
of single story construction with concrete or equivalent floors in
good condition so as to be impervious to the cleaning solvents used.
3.
Dry cleaning equipment shall be so installed in an enclosed room
that only the front portion of the machine that is protected by a
housing and including the access door and coin slots shall be exposed
on the customer side and that portion of the equipment including conduits,
filters, pumps, sludge tanks, lint screens, heat exchangers, etc.,
shall be made inaccessible to customers by a partition.
4.
The access door or doors to the room housing the rear portion and
mechanisms of the machines shall be equipped with self-closing and
positive self-locking devices, to which room there shall be admitted
only authorized personnel.
5.
The base of the room housing the machines shall be so constructed
as to prevent solvent leaks from draining into the customer area.
This may be accomplished by a method of leakproof diking around the
total periphery of the base of the machines or by a recessed floor
pit under the machines of sufficient capacity to hold the entire solvent
content of the equipment. Gravity drains may be utilized to transfer
any solvent spillage to a properly vented holding tank, in which case
the capacity requirement of the dikes or floor pit shall not be applicable.
6.
The machines, customer area and the room enclosing the machines shall
be ventilated with a mechanical ventilation system which shall satisfy
the following requirements:
a.
Prevent a build up of perceptible solvent vapor in the customer area
and in the room housing the machines. An air volume of five hundred
(500) cubic feet per minute per machine withdrawn through perforated
openings or grills located at or near the front base of the machine
will satisfy this requirement.
b.
Each dry cleaning device shall be equipped with a mechanical system
of ventilation connected by way of vapor tight conduits to the outside
atmosphere or to an efficient vapor reclaiming device and so designed
as to maintain automatically an air flow of at least one hundred (100)
feet per minute face velocity through its door whenever it be opened
and such system shall be the sole means by which vapors shall be routinely
discharged from each said dry cleaning device.
c.
The ventilation system shall be in continuous operation at all times
when the machines are available for customer use. An interlock shall
be provided which will cause the machines to be inoperative in the
event of a failure in the ventilation system.
d.
The air velocity within the duct work shall be sufficient to prevent
solvent condensation and shall be at least two thousand (2,000) feet
per minute.
e.
The air discharge from the ventilation system shall extend at least
five (5) feet above the roof elevation and shall be so located as
to prevent effluent air from gaining access to adjacent buildings,
direct-fired heating equipment, air conditioning and ventilation systems.
f.
All interior duct work shall be airtight and under negative pressure.
g.
The room housing the machines shall be equipped with an auxiliary
ventilation system with a minimum capacity of one thousand (1,000)
cubic feet per minute per machine for emergency use in the event of
a serious solvent spillage. The discharges from this system shall
be so located as to preclude the entry of vapor laden air into adjacent
buildings, direct-fired heating equipment, air-conditioning and ventilation
systems.
h.
The supply of make up air equal to the volume exhausted through the
ventilation system shall be provided to eliminate the hazards of negative
pressures within the building and provision shall be made to warm
the make up air during cold weather.
7.
The access doors of the machines shall be equipped with an interlock
so that the doors cannot be opened by a customer while the machine
is in operation. The interlock shall be so connected that in the event
of a power failure, the machines will fail safe.
8.
A visual signal shall be provided on each machine to indicate a malfunction
to the customer.
9.
The drying and aeration cycles of the machines shall be so controlled
by thermostats, timers or other equivalent devices as to preclude
the removal of vapor laden garments by the customer.
10.
No cleaning device rated by its manufacturer as having a capacity
in excess of twenty-five (25) pounds dry weight of materials shall
be installed or maintained.
11.
Every dry cleaning device shall be so designed that its door cannot
be opened during the course of its normal operating cycle or upon
an abnormal interruption thereof.
12.
All equipment for the maintenance and operation of dry cleaning devices
shall be enclosed by partitions and be mechanically ventilated to
the outside atmosphere by devices capable of evacuating against static
pressure of one-quarter (.25) inch of water from such partitioned
area air drawn from that part of the premises available to the public
in the following specified quantities:
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Number of Machines Served by Equipment in Partitioned
Area
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Cubic Feet per Machine per Minute
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1 to 3
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250
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4 to 8
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200
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9 to 16
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150
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17 or more
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100
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The operation of this system of exhaust and the independent
ventilation system of each dry cleaning machine shall be maintained
at all times when the establishment is opened to the public and solvent
is contained in the system concerned. The special ventilation system
shall be in operation at all times during reservicing of filters and
sludge tanks
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13.
A concentration of dry cleaning solvent in excess of forty (40) parts
per million shall not be permitted to prevail in that part of an establishment
available to the public, nor shall there emanate therefrom vapors
or odors which shall constitute a nuisance to any portion of the premises
in which such establishment be located, nor to any adjoining or nearby
premises.
14.
The operator of every establishment shall cause the dry cleaning
devices and related component facilities to be inspected at least
once during each aggregate period of twenty-four (24) hours that said
establishment be opened to the public and shall cause said mechanisms
to be maintained in good working order and repair, free of solvent
leaks.
15.
In the event of any malfunction or misuse that interferes with the
normal cycle of the machine and vapor laden garments are removed,
they shall be rerun through the drying cycles of an alternate machine
or placed in an exhaust ventilated drying cabinet, prior to being
released to the customer.
16.
Closed metal containers shall be provided for the temporary storage
of sludge and lint removed from sludge tanks, filters and lint strainers.
Such container shall be kept outside the building or in a ventilated
room inaccessible to customers and persons not familiar with the hazards
of the solvent.
17.
All solvents shall be circulated to and removed from each dry cleaning
device by means of vaportight, corrosive-resistant conduits and emanate
from tanks or other enclosures so designed as to prevent the escape
therefrom of any significant amounts of solvent vapor and each unit
of any such system shall be so designed that upon leakage of liquids
therefrom, the product of such leakage shall be intercepted and contained
in reservoirs having a capacity greater than the entire contents of
such system.
18.
The solvent shall be stored in closed containers in a ventilated
room not accessible to the customers and in accordance with the requirements
of the Fire Department.
19.
All attendants and maintenance personnel shall be provided with approved
protective respiratory equipment and gloves impervious to the solvent
being used.
[R.O. 2008 §50.158; Ord. No. 608, 6-26-1962]
A.
In addition to conforming with requirements of Section 605.270 hereof, a license shall be issued for a self-service laundry establishment and shall remain in force only upon compliance with the following requirements:
1.
No washing, drying or extracting device having a capacity rated by
its manufacturer to be in excess of fifty (50) pounds of dry weight
or materials shall be installed or maintained.
2.
Every dryer and extractor shall be so designed that it shall be inoperable
when the door thereof be opened.
3.
Water of a temperature not less than one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit
(140°F) shall be provided to each washer for use therein during
this wash cycle.
4.
No dryer shall be installed which is not capable of having its door
opened from the interior thereof upon the application of outward pressure
against it.
[R.O. 2008 §50.160; Ord. No. 608, 6-26-1962]
A.
It
shall be the duty of the Fire Department and the Health Department
to inspect each self-service laundry or dry cleaning establishment
as often as may be found necessary for the purpose of ascertaining
whether the provisions of this Article are being complied with and
it shall be the duty of said departments to cause all of the provisions
of this Article to be enforced.
B.
When
a health or fire hazard is found to exist in any such establishment,
operations therein may be terminated until such hazard is eliminated.
Operation thereof may be resumed only upon certification by the Fire
and Health Departments that the correction has been accomplished.
C.
Any
license granted under this Article shall be subject to revocation
upon a finding by the enforcing officers that such self-service laundry
or dry cleaning establishment is being maintained in violation of
this Article and is dangerous or detrimental to the health of the
residents of the City or to the health of the persons patronizing
such establishment.
