[R.O. 2011 §5.72.010; Prior Code §§18-33.2
(part), 18-78; Ord. No. 3986 §1]
As used in this Chapter, the following terms shall have these
prescribed meanings:
Includes any device or apparatus for the cleaning of clothes
or fabrics, and designed to be used or operated by any but the owner,
or an employee of the owner thereof, which machine or device makes
use of a chemical solvent other than water, such as perchlorethylene.
A dry cleaning device shall be deemed any coin-operated mechanism
utilized for any of the purposes specified in the definition for "self-service
laundry or dry cleaning establishment" and employing any solvent other
than water.
Any place, building or structure, room, establishment or
portion thereof which is used for the purpose of washing clothing,
materials or fabrics for profit or reward; any such place wherein
any self-service machine is rented for compensation for the washing
of clothing, materials or fabrics on a time or "per load" basis shall
be within the provisions of this Chapter.
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
devices.
[R.O. 2011 §5.72.020; Ord. No. 6468 §1, 2003]
A.
It
is unlawful for any laundry or laundromat establishment, as herein
defined, to remain open after the hour of 11:59 P.M. or to reopen
before 7:00 A.M. of the following day, except that for part or all
of a current license year the City Council may authorize a laundry
or laundromat establishment to be open during some or all of said
prohibited hours if the City Council finds:
1.
Such extended hours will not result in noise or litter violations
of this Code, or create a nuisance; and
2.
The laundry or laundromat establishment is at least one hundred (100)
feet in all directions from any residential lot or a supporting petition
is signed by two-thirds (2/3) of the residential owners and two-thirds
(2/3) of the residential tenants within one hundred (100) feet.
B.
If
the City Council has authorized extended hours for a laundry or laundromat
establishment for part or all of a license year, the City Manager
may authorize extended hours for that laundry or laundromat establishment
for part or all of any subsequent license year provided the City Manager
has first made the same findings required of the City Council for
the initial year or part thereof.
C.
Any
extended hours authorized by this Section shall be indicated on the
license and shall be permitted only during that license year or part
thereof.
[R.O. 2011 §5.72.030; Prior Code §18-79; Ord. No. 3908 §1]
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.
[R.O. 2011 §5.72.040; Prior Code §18-80; Ord. No. 3908 §1]
Every owner, operator, manager or proprietor of a self-service
laundry or dry cleaning establishment shall cause an appropriate refuse
receptacle to be situated upon its premises in a location easily accessible
to the patrons.
[R.O. 2011 §5.72.050; Prior Code §18-81; Ord. No. 3908 §1]
Unless a competent employee is in attendance, no solvent other
than water may be used or provided in any combination self-service
laundry or dry cleaning establishment, except within a dry cleaning
device, and no such solvent shall be flammable nor of a type other
than that specified by the equipment manufacturer thereof and such
solvent must have a toxic rating allowing for a concentration of not
less than two hundred (200) parts per million for eight (8) hours
of human exposure thereto according to standards established by the
American Council of Governmental and Industrial Hygienists. No odor-masking
agent shall be used with such solvents or on the premises.
[R.O. 2011 §5.72.060; Prior Code §18-82; Ord. No. 3908 §1]
All solvents stored upon the premises of any self-service laundry
or dry cleaning establishment shall be contained in sealed metal containers.
In addition, closed metal containers shall be provided for temporary
storage of sludge, lint and other wastes from dry cleaning equipment
and in a location not accessible to the public.
[R.O. 2011 §5.72.070; Prior Code §18-83; Ord. No. 3908 §1]
The concentration of toxic fumes from 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 laundry or 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 be located, nor to any adjoining or nearby
premises. The operator of every self-service laundry or dry cleaning
establishment shall cause the dry cleaning devices and related component
facilities situated therein to be inspected by a qualified employee
at least once during each aggregate period of twenty-four (24) hours
that the establishment be open to the public, and shall cause the
mechanisms to be maintained in good working order.
[R.O. 2011 §5.72.080; Prior Code §18-84; Ord. No. 3908 §1]
Each self-service laundry or 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, and also a statement which
reads substantially as follows: "Caution — Do not overload machine.
An overloaded machine may not remove all solvent from fabric. If fabric
smells of solvent do not use until thoroughly aired".
[R.O. 2011 §5.72.090; Prior Code §18-86; Ord. No. 3908 §1]
Any license granted to a self-service laundry and dry cleaning
establishment pursuant to the provisions of this Title shall be subject
to a revocation by the City Manager for cause, and in addition thereto,
the City Manager may suspend the same at any time it shall appear,
upon a finding of the appropriate department, that any such self-service
laundry or dry cleaning establishment is being maintained in violation
of the ordinances of the City, or is dangerous or detrimental to the
health of the persons patronizing the establishment. Any person aggrieved
from any such revocation or suspension by the City Manager may appeal
to the City Council.
