[HISTORY: Adopted by the Merchantville Borough Council 6-8-1964. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
BOARD OF HEALTH
BOROUGH
BOROUGH CLERK
LAUNDERETTE
PERSON
The following words, when used in this chapter, shall have the following
meanings:
The Board of Health of the Borough of Merchantville.
The Borough of Merchantville.
The Clerk of the Borough of Merchantville.
Establishment or place of business conducted for the purpose
of washing, cleaning, drying and laundering clothes or other washable
materials or cleaning and dyeing any such materials that may be brought
to said establishment or place of business, and wherein the work is
done in machines, coin-operated or otherwise, located on the premises
by the customers themselves, or by or under the supervision of the
owners or operators of said establishment or place of business for
said customers, and shall include a "Laundromat," "wash-o-mat" and
similar names and types under which laundering of the self-service
type is carried on.
Includes a corporation, association, organization, firm and
partnership as well as an individual.
B.
Whenever in this chapter any word importing the singular number or
masculine gender is used in describing or referring to any person,
party, matter or thing, the same shall include and apply to several
persons or parties as well as to one person or party, to females as
well as males and to several matters or things as well as one matter
or thing.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any launderette
in the borough without having first obtained a license therefor. Application
for such license shall be filed with the Borough Clerk. Said application
shall state the name and address of the person who will operate the
launderette, the exact location of the premises and the size thereof,
where said launderette will be operated and the maximum daily amount
of water which will be used in connection therewith. A separate application
and license shall be required for each establishment. Each license
shall expire on the 31st day of December following the date of issuance.
No license shall be issued unless the premises in which the launderette
is to be operated complies in all respects with the requirements,
regulations and provisions of the Fire Department, Board of Health,
Building Code and Zoning Ordinances of the borough.[1] The annual license fee for the full year or any portion
thereof shall be at the rate of $5.00 for each washing machine installed;
provided, however, that the minimum fee shall be $25.00.
The entire premises devoted to the operation of the launderette
and all machines used in connection therewith shall be kept in a clean
and sanitary condition. The floor shall be kept clean and dry. The
premises shall be adequately ventilated and provided with sufficient
natural or artificial light. The walls of said premises shall be covered
with nonabsorbent paint, cement or other impervious material. All
plumbing work shall at all times be kept in good condition and state
of repair. Said launderette shall be operated in such manner as always
to comply in all respects with the requirements, regulations and provisions
of the Fire Department, Board of Health, Building Code and Zoning
Ordinance of the borough and all the laws of the State of New Jersey.[1]
No machinery used in the operation of a launderette shall be
operated in such manner as to cause unnecessary or unreasonable vibration
to the annoyance of residents in the surrounding neighborhood or to
the detriment of the well-being of the neighborhood or the premises
in the neighborhood.
No launderette shall begin operations before 7:00 a.m. or to
continue after 11:00 p.m., except that machines which have been started
before 11:00 p.m. need not be stopped until the operation has been
completed, but no machine shall be started for use at or after 11:00
p.m.
No diapers or other articles containing bodily excrement or
discharges shall be permitted to remain around the premises but shall
as speedily as possible be placed in washing machines especially designated
for such purpose, and all such machines so designated shall be appropriately
and conspicuously marked and shall not be used for any other purpose.
No launderette shall be permitted to operate unless an attendant shall be on the premises at all times during the hours of operation as enumerated in § 40-5.
A.
Where the Board of Health finds that a laundry or launderette is
being operated or maintained in violation of the provisions of this
chapter or any other ordinance of the borough so as to constitute
a nuisance, the Board of Health shall notify the owner of the premises
or the operator of the launderette, or both, to abate the nuisance
at the expense of such owner or operator. Such notice shall be in
writing and shall specify a time within which such nuisance shall
be abated. If such owner or operator shall not comply with such notice
within the time so specified, the said Board may proceed to abate
the nuisance at the expense of such owner or operator, or both, as
provided by law.
B.
Where the Board of Health finds that the continued operation of the
launderette while a violation exists constitutes a distinct and immediate
hazard to public health, the Board is hereby authorized to prohibit
the owner of the premises or the operator of the launderette, or both,
from operating or permitting the operation of said launderette until
such time as the violation is corrected and the nuisance abated.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former § 40-9, Violations and
penalties, was repealed 5-27-1997.
If any section, clause, sentence or provision of this chapter
shall be found to be unconstitutional or invalid, the remaining sections,
clauses, sentences and provisions hereof shall not be affected thereby
but shall be and remain in full force and effect.
This chapter shall take effect after final passage and publication
as required by law.
