[Code 1980 §21-1; CC 1990 §14-246]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
DRY CLEANING DEVICE
Any coin-operated mechanism to be immediately utilized for any of the purposes specified in the following definition and employing any solvent other than water.
SELF-SERVICE LAUNDRY OR DRY CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT
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 machines or devices.
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Cross Reference — Definitions and rules of construction generally, §100.020.
[Code 1980 §21-2; CC 1990 §14-247]
Every store, room or place used as a self-service laundry or dry cleaning 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.
[Code 1980 §21-3; CC 1990 §14-248]
No self-service laundry or dry cleaning establishment shall be open to the general public unless the area therein accessible to the general public is visible from the outside thereof and no windows shall be covered so as to obstruct or obscure the interior of such establishment from public view from the street, nor shall any such establishment be located in any room not located on the ground floor or level immediately abutting on a public street. All such establishments shall be brightly illuminated when opened for business during the hours of darkness.
[Code 1980 §21-4; CC 1990 §14-249]
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 and for the storage of dry cleaning solvents shall be inaccessible to the general public in every self-service laundry or dry cleaning establishment.
[Code 1980 §21-5; CC 1990 §14-250]
Every washing, extracting, drying or dry cleaning device which shall be installed or maintained in a self-service laundry 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.
[Code 1980 §21-6; CC 1990 §14-251]
Every dryer, extractor and dry cleaning device situated within any self-service laundry or dry cleaning establishment shall be so designed that it shall be inoperable when the door thereof is open; and every dry cleaning device so situated shall be so designed that its door cannot be opened during the course of its normal operating cycle or upon the abnormal interruption thereof and so that it can be opened only when all solvents are removed and clothes dry.
[Code 1980 §21-9; CC 1990 §14-254]
Every 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 airflow of at least one hundred (100) feet per minute face velocity through its door whenever it is opened. Such system shall be the sole means by which vapors shall be routinely discharged from such dry cleaning device.
[Code 1980 §21-10; CC 1990 §14-255]
A. 
No solvent, other than water, may be used or provided in any self-service laundry or dry cleaning establishment except within a dry cleaning device; and no such solvent shall be flammable or 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.
B. 
All such solvents shall be circulated to and removed from such dry cleaning devices by means of vapor-tight 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. 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.
C. 
All solvents stored upon the premises of any self-service dry cleaning establishment shall be contained in sealed metal containers.
[Code 1980 §21-11; CC 1990 §14-256]
Proper ventilation shall be maintained within the premises of any establishment regulated by this Article so that a concentration of any dry cleaning solvent in excess of forty (40) parts per million shall not be permitted to prevail in that part of any self-service dry cleaning 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 is located, nor to any adjoining or nearby premises. The operator of every self-service dry cleaning establishment shall cause the dry cleaning devices and related component facilities situated therein to be inspected at least once during each aggregate period of twenty-four (24) hours that such establishment is open to the public and shall cause such mechanisms to be maintained in good working order.
[Code 1980 §21-12; CC 1990 §14-257]
Each self-service dry cleaning establishment shall have posted in a prominent place proximate to the dry cleaning devices situated therein complete step-by-step instructions for the use thereof and all prohibitions with regard thereto.
[Code 1980 §21-13; CC 1990 §14-258; Ord. No. 5144, 6-25-1990]
It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works to inspect each self-service laundry or dry cleaning establishment at least once each year for the purpose of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Article are being complied with and it shall be his/her duty to cause all such provisions of this Article to be strictly enforced.
[Code 1980 §21-14; CC 1990 §14-259]
A. 
No establishment regulated by this Article, which is open for business without an attendant on duty within such establishment, shall become a public nuisance. Any such establishment shall be deemed a public nuisance for the purposes of this Section if the owner or operator thereof or any person using or gathering in or about such premises shall be convicted of the violation of any of the provisions of this Code or other ordinances or laws relating to or concerned with public peace and order including, but not limited to, provisions of this Code and other ordinances and laws prohibiting any of the following:
1. 
Breach of the peace;
2. 
Destruction of property;
3. 
Loitering;
4. 
Assault;
5. 
Larceny;
6. 
Public nuisance and any conviction arising out of or limited to the City building, plumbing, fire, safety or zoning regulations.
B. 
In the event the City Council finds that an establishment is a public nuisance, it shall either revoke the license therefor or require an attendant to be on the premises at all hours when the establishment is open for business.
[Code 1980 §21-15; CC 1990 §14-260]
The owner or proprietor of any unattended business establishment regulated by this Article shall keep the establishment clean and orderly and shall in all respects conduct such business in a manner as orderly and in compliance with this Code and other City ordinances as if the same were at all times attended.
[Code 1980 §21-26; CC 1990 §14-271]
No person shall engage in the business of operating any self-service laundry or dry cleaning establishment within the City without first obtaining a license to do so for each such establishment to be conducted by such person.
[Code 1980 §21-27; CC 1990 §14-272]
An application for a license required by Section 605.200 shall be made in conformity with the general requirements set out in Article VIII of this Chapter relating to merchant's licenses. 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. Such application shall describe the equipment to be used and specify the dry cleaning solvent, if any, which is to be provided. Every such application shall be approved by the Director of Public Works as to compliance of the premises named therein with the building regulations of the City and applicable fire and health regulations respectively before a license shall be issued.
[Code 1980 §21-28; CC 1990 §14-273]
No license required by Section 605.200 shall be issued to any person until a certificate of insurance shall be exhibited to the City Clerk indicating the self-service laundry or dry cleaning establishment is indemnified by a liability insurance policy in the minimum amount of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00) for injury to one (1) person and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) for injuries to all persons in any one (1) occurrence.
[Code 1980 §21-29; CC 1990 §14-274]
Each license issued pursuant to this Article shall specify whether it is for a self-service laundry or a self-service dry cleaning establishment or for both and shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the licensed establishment. In addition thereto, there shall be posted the name, address and telephone number of either the owner, operator, manager or proprietor of such establishment and the telephone number of the Fire Department and the Police Department of the City.
[Code 1980 §21-30; CC 1990 §14-275]
All persons engaged in or conducting the business of a coin-operated laundry or laundries or the same or similar types of businesses which employ the use of coin-operated equipment shall make returns for licenses in like manner and be required to pay the same license tax as is provided in Article VIII of this Chapter for merchants.
[Code 1980 §21-31; CC 1990 §14-276]
Any license granted pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall be subject to revocation for cause, as is the case with all other licenses, and in addition thereto, the Mayor may revoke the same at any time it shall appear, upon a finding of the appropriate department, that any self-service laundry or dry cleaning establishment is being maintained in violation of the provisions of this Code or other ordinances of the City and is dangerous or detrimental to the health of the City or to the health of the persons patronizing such establishment.