[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.
[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 §21-7; CC 1990 §14-252]
Every automatic laundry washing and drying machine or device
shall be equipped with magnetic door locks.
[Code 1980 §21-8; CC 1990 §14-253]
Every dry cleaning device situated in a self-service dry cleaning
establishment shall be accessible to the general public from its front
only.
[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:
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.