For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases
shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
LAUNDERETTE
Any establishment within the city where wearing apparel or
any materials are brought in by a customer to be washed or dried and
the washing or drying is done by the employees of the establishment
and the apparel or material is taken away by the customer.
SELF-SERVICE LAUNDROMAT
Any establishment within the city where washing or drying
of wearing apparel or any materials is done by the customer directly
through the use of automatic or semiautomatic machines.
[Amended 5-18-1982 by Ord. No. 16-82]
Any license issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire on December 31 following the date of issuance. No such license shall be issued unless the premises in which the business is to be conducted comply in all respects with the requirements of the fire, building and plumbing regulations of the city, nor shall any license be issued unless the provisions of this chapter are complied with. The annual license fee for the full year, or any portion thereof, shall be at the rate as provided in Chapter
88, Fees, for each washing machine, drying apparatus or dry-cleaning appliance located at each premises. A separate license shall be required for each establishment. The minimum fee for each establishment shall be as provided in Chapter
88, Fees.
A license for the operation of a self-service laundromat, launderette
or self-service dry-cleaning establishment may be revoked by the Health
Officer after notice and hearing if it shall appear that the licensed
premises are being conducted in willful disregard or disobedience
of the provisions of this chapter or in such manner as to constitute
a danger to the health, safety, welfare or morals of the people of
the city.
No self-service laundromat or launderette shall permit diapers
or any other materials containing bodily excrement or discharges to
remain outside the premises. All such articles shall be washed in
machines especially designated for such purpose, and all such machines
so designated for such purpose shall be appropriately and conspicuously
marked and shall not be used for any other purpose.
It shall be unlawful for the operator of any laundromat or launderette
to receive from any person, or for any person to deliver to any laundromat
or launderette, any materials that come from a residence or other
premises quarantined by reason of the presence of a communicable disease
within such residence or premises. Every laundromat or launderette
shall have posted in conspicuous places in all rooms open to the public
that it is unlawful to deliver to such laundromat or launderette any
items from any such residence or other premises which is so quarantined.
[Amended 9-3-85 by Ord. No. 36-85; 2-4-86 by Ord. No. 9-86; 11-14-2022 by Ord. No. 57-2022]
No laundromat, launderette or self-service dry-cleaning establishment
shall open for business before 7:00 a.m. and/or remain open for business
after 12:00 a.m. on any day, and a competent, trained attendant shall
either be present or on-call at all times while the business is open
to the public. Administrative functions necessary and incidental to
operation of a laundromat, launderette or self-service dry-cleaning
establishment (e.g., cleaning, stocking, accounting, maintenance,
etc.) may be conducted after 12:00 a.m. and/or before 7:00 a.m. on
any day, so long as the business is not open to the public during
those hours.
[Added 5-18-1982 by Ord.
No. 16-82]
Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter
shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine not exceeding
five hundred dollars ($500.) or imprisonment for a period not exceeding
ninety (90) days, or both.