[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township
of Barnegat 7-13-77 as Ord. No. 1977-1. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this ordinance is to protect and preserve the
public health, safety and general well-being of the citizens of the
Township of Barnegat by requiring certain minimum sanitary standards
in the operation of self-service laundries in the township.
A.
BOARD
ENFORCING OFFICIAL
PERSON
SELF-SERVICE LAUNDRY
TIME
As used in this ordinance, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
The Board of Health of the Township of Barnegat.
The duly qualified individual approved by the Board of Health
for the enforcement of this ordinance or such other qualified person
or persons as the Board may appoint.
Any individual, individuals, corporation, association, organization,
firm or partnership, or any agent, employee or representative thereof.
Includes a recognized place of business conducted for the
purpose of washing, cleaning, drying and laundering clothes or other
washable 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
laundromats, washomats, dryomats and similar types of establishments
under which laundering of the self-service type is carried on.
Standard time, as described in N.J.S.A. 1:1-2.3 or any amendment
or supplement thereto.
B.
Throughout this ordinance the singular shall include the plural and
the neuter shall include the masculine and feminine, and vice versa,
unless the context of this ordinance indicates otherwise.
A.
The owner or operator shall maintain the entire premises devoted
to the operation of any business regulated by this ordinance, and
all machines used in connection therewith, in a clean and sanitary
condition. The floors shall be kept clean and dry. The premises shall
be adequately ventilated and provided with sufficient natural or artificial
light. The walls of such premises shall be coated with nonabsorbent
paint, cement or other impervious material. All plumbing work shall
at all times conform with the provisions of the Plumbing and Building
Codes of the township and be kept in a sanitary condition and state
of repair.
B.
The owner or operator shall be responsible for seeing that machines
used for washing or laundering in laundries and launderettes shall
be thoroughly clean before any clothes or other materials are placed
therein for cleaning. Separate hot-water facilities sufficient in
size and capacity to deliver water to each machine at one hundred
sixty degrees Fahrenheit (160° F.) at all times during the cleaning
process shall be provided.
C.
All machines used in any laundry or launderette shall be mounted
and cushioned so as to prevent unreasonable noises and vibration to
the detriment of the neighbors in the immediate vicinity of the premises.
A.
In all laundries and launderettes the owner or the operator thereof
shall provide suitable first-aid fire protection in accordance with
the standards for portable fire extinguishers (N.B.F.U. No. 10) and
any other standards established by law. There shall be no spotting
operations using flammable liquids, and no flammable liquids or solids
of any kind shall be used or stored on the premises.
B.
After the close of each day's work, the owner or operator of
a launderette shall remove all lint and refuse from all traps, which
lint and refuse shall be deposited in metal trash cans with covers
and removed from the premises for disposal. At all other times trap
covers shall be kept securely in place.
C.
Flammable liquids shall not be used for cleaning the floors of the
premises. At all times when the premises are in operation, there shall
be an attendant present for the proper maintenance and supervision
of the premises and machinery and for the protection of the health,
safety and welfare of the public.
D.
No laundry establishment shall begin operation before 6:00 a.m. or
continue after 12:00 midnight, except that machines started before
12:00 midnight need not be stopped until the operation has been completed,
but no machines shall be started for use at or after 12:00 midnight.
E.
No automatic self-service business of the type regulated by this
ordinance shall be permitted to be open for business unless the area
of the premises where the washing, drying, cleaning or dyeing is done
shall be unobscured and clearly visible from the street to all enforcement
agencies and patrolling police vehicles.
F.
The owner or operator of a launderette establishment shall be responsible
for maintaining good order among the patrons of such establishment
and shall be responsible for any disorder which may be attributable
to the lack of a supervising attendant or employee on the business
area during the hours of operation.
A.
Where the Health Officer, or his duly authorized agent, or the Board
finds that a laundry establishment is being operated or maintained
in violation of the provisions of this ordinance or any other ordinance
of the municipality so as to constitute a nuisance, the enforcing
officer shall notify the owner or operator of said premises to abate
the nuisance. Such notice shall be in writing and shall specify a
time within which such nuisance shall be abated. If the owner or operator
shall not comply with said notice within the time so specified, the
Board may proceed to abate or remove the nuisance, the cost of which
shall be recoverable by the Board of Health from the owner or operator
of said establishment.
B.
Where the enforcing officer finds that the continued operation of
such business, while a violation exists, constitutes a distinct and
immediate hazard to the public health or safety, the enforcing officer
is authorized to prohibit the owner of the premises or the operator
of the establishment, or both, from operating or permitting the operation
of such business until such time as the violation is corrected and
the nuisance is abated.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any self-service laundry
in the Township of Barnegat without having obtained an annual license
from the Board of Health. The application for such licenses shall
be on forms provided by the Board.
B.
The annual license fee for the full year or any portion thereof shall
be at the rate of thirty-five dollars ($35.). All licenses shall expire
on December 31 of the year in which they were issued.
[Amended 6-3-81 by Ord. No. 1981-3]
C.
Any license granted hereunder may be suspended or revoked at any
time by the Board upon conviction of the holder thereof of a violation
of any provisions of this ordinance.
A.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any provisions of
this ordinance shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine
of not less than five dollars ($5.) nor more than one hundred dollars
($100.) for each offense.
B.
Each violation of any of the provisions of this ordinance, and each
day the same is violated, shall be deemed and taken to be a separate
and distinct offense.
If any section, clause, sentence or provision of this ordinance
shall be found to be invalid, the remaining portions shall not be
affected thereby.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances of the Board inconsistent
with this ordinance are hereby repealed.
This ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication
as required by law.
