The general regulations and standards established by this article
shall apply to the institutions and establishments regulated by this
chapter.
(Prior code § 18-11)
All walls, floors, ceilings, woodwork, curtains and furnishings
shall be maintained in a good, clean, sanitary condition, free from
the accumulation of dirt and filth, and every room shall be provided
with adequate ventilation, lighting and heat.
(Prior code § 18-12)
A barrier or other protection shall be placed around each space
heater, stove and fireplace. All gas-fired heaters must be connected
to a supply line with a continuous rigid metal pipe.
(Prior code § 18-13)
All windows and doors shall be screened and maintained in a
good condition so as to exclude flies and other insects.
(Prior code § 18-14)
There shall be maintained an adequate amount of bedding, linen,
hand and bath towels, in a good clean condition, and each bed shall
be supplied with good springs and a clean, comfortable mattress; and
all beds and mattresses shall be kept in a sanitary condition and
shall be thoroughly cleaned before being used by another person.
(Prior code § 18-15)
A.
Every
kitchen shall be conducted with strict regard to cleanliness affecting
the purity and wholesomeness of the food therein prepared, served,
kept, handled or stored.
B.
All
dishes, glasses and implements used in the preparation or serving
of food shall be thoroughly cleaned and sanitized after each use.
All such utensils shall be free from cracks or chips of any kind.
C.
Kitchens
shall be provided with not less than one two-compartment sink, one
compartment to contain wash water and the other to contain rinse water.
The rinse water compartment shall be supplied with a gas burner or
other device thereunder so the rinse water will be maintained at a
temperature of not less that one hundred seventy degrees Fahrenheit
while in use so as to properly sanitize dishes and utensils used for
the preparation or serving of food. An adequate amount of soap or
other detergent shall be used in the wash water to thoroughly clean
all utensils.
D.
The
provisions of this section relative to two-compartment sinks or mechanical
dishwashers shall not apply to any home for the aged, mental institution,
private boarding school and children’s boarding home regulated
by this chapter with fifteen or fewer children, mentally ill or aged
persons. The provisions of this section relative to two-compartment
sinks or mechanical dishwashers shall not apply to any private day
school, day nursery or day nursery school where thirty or fewer children
are enrolled, if only one meal is served.
E.
In lieu
of a two-compartment sink, a mechanical dishwasher or its equivalent
may be installed, but shall be connected to a hot water supply that
will maintain to the fixture a temperature of not less than one hundred
seventy degrees Fahrenheit for the rinse water.
F.
The
floor, sidewalls, ceilings, trims, fixtures, receptacles, utensils,
sinks, drainboards, implements, dishes, storerooms and machinery in
every kitchen or place where food is prepared, served, kept, handled
or stored, shall be maintained in good repair and in a sanitary condition.
G.
The
floors, walls and ceiling of every kitchen shall be as required by
the building code for new structures for that type of occupancy.
H.
All
refrigerators and ice chests shall be kept in a clean and sanitary
condition and in good repair at all times. Refrigeration for all perishable
food shall be constantly maintained at fifty degrees Fahrenheit or
lower, and refrigeration shall be of a capacity sufficient to eliminate
congestion of food stored. Each refrigerator shall be supplied with
a reliable thermometer.
(Prior code § 18-16)
Every kitchen shall have a convenient toilet and lavatory in
connection therewith, but separate and apart therefrom, and shall
be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition. All operators, employees
and all persons who handle food, before beginning work, shall be provided
with clean garments and immediately after visiting a toilet shall
wash their hands and arms thoroughly with soap and water.
(Prior code § 18-17)
No drugs, medicines or poisonous substances shall be kept in
the kitchen.
(Prior code § 18-18)
No owner or employer shall require, permit or suffer any person
to work, nor shall any person work in a kitchen where food is prepared,
served, kept, handled or stored, who is afflicted with any infectious
or contagious disease or local infection.
(Prior code § 18-19)
All garbage and kitchen wastes must be kept in a tight, flyproof,
metal container, and removed from the premises and disposed of in
a sanitary manner at reasonably frequent intervals. All containers
shall be maintained in a clean and sanitary condition.
(Prior code § 18-20)
All employees’ quarters shall be maintained in a good,
clean, sanitary condition and every room shall contain not less than
five hundred cubic feet of air space for each person, with sufficient
window area to afford proper ventilation and light. Employees’
quarters shall be supplied with one toilet, one lavatory and one bath
or shower, for each ten persons, or major fraction thereof, of each
sex.
(Prior code § 18-21)
There shall be provided a milk supply of pasteurized milk only,
except that certified milk may be used where not prohibited by state
law or state regulations.
(Prior code § 18-22)
Adequate emergency lighting facilities shall be provided so
as to be readily available to the personnel on duty. At no time shall
any open-flame type of light be used.
(Prior code § 18-23)
The regulations established by this chapter shall apply to classrooms
in institutions and establishments regulated by this chapter.
(Prior code § 18-29)
All floors in classrooms shall be kept clean.
(Prior code § 18-30)
The walls of every classroom shall be so treated and maintained
that the reflection factor is not more than eighty percent nor less
than forty percent. The ceilings of every classroom shall be so treated
and maintained that the reflection factor is not more than eighty
percent nor less than sixty percent.
(Prior code § 18-31)
Classrooms shall be properly heated when in use. The temperature
shall be sufficient for the maintenance of health and comfort of the
pupils and shall in no case be below sixty-five degrees above zero
Fahrenheit.
(Prior code § 18-32)
Every classroom shall have per pupil not less than:
A.
Two
hundred fifty cubic feet of air space;
B.
Good
ventilation;
C.
Ceiling
height shall not be less than eight feet.
(Prior code § 18-33)
Classrooms shall be so illuminated when in use that:
A.
There
is not less than fifteen footcandle illumination in every part of
the classroom;
B.
There
is no direct glare;
C.
Indirect
glare is reduced to a minimum.
(Prior code § 18-34)
Every classroom constructed, reconstructed or altered after
the effective date of the ordinance codified in this section, and
every classroom used as such for the first time after the effective
date of this section shall have a window area of not less than one-fifth
of the floor area.
(Prior code § 18-35)
All seats and desks shall be maintained in good condition. All
seats shall have back rests. Seats shall be of such height that any
pupil sitting therein in a normal position can comfortably rest his
or her feet upon the floor. Seats shall be so placed that no pupil
when sitting in a normal position in any one of them shall face a
window.
(Prior code § 18-36)
Utility rooms shall be provided for all bed patients in any
home for the aged or mental institution. Such rooms shall be provided
with a bedpan hopper or its equivalent. Bathtubs, lavatories and laundry
trays shall not be used for the cleaning of bedpans. Where one or
more ambulatory or semiambulatory patients, inmates or aged boarders
are cared for or housed, there shall be provided at least one water
closet for each ten, or fractional part thereof, patients or aged
boarders of each sex and one lavatory and one bath or shower for each
ten, or fractional part thereof, patients or aged boarders of each
sex, within the building. All toilet rooms, lavatories, baths and
showers shall be maintained free from any accumulation of dirt, filth
or corrosion. All water closets and utility rooms shall be adequately
lighted and ventilated to outside air.
(Prior code § 18-37)
A.
In each
building of a private boarding school or private day school containing
one or more classrooms on each floor, the toilet facilities shall
be as provided on the basis of the following ratio of toilets to the
number of pupils:
B.
In addition,
if there are ten or more boys, urinals shall be provided for boys
on the basis of one to every thirty or fractional part thereof.
C.
There
shall be provided at least one lavatory for each two toilets or urinals
for each sex, and at least one drinking fountain on each floor.
D.
Existing
available sanitary facilities within a distance of one hundred feet
may be considered when determining the required number of toilets,
urinals and lavatories in any building.
(Prior code § 18-38)
A.
On each
floor of every private boarding school or children’s boarding
home building, any part of which floor is used for sleeping purposes
for children between two years and eighteen years of age, there shall
be provided for each ten children or fractional part thereof, of each
sex, conveniently and accessibly located for the use of such children,
not less than:
B.
In addition,
one urinal shall be provided for every twenty boys, or fractional
part thereof, if there are ten or more boys.
(Prior code § 18-39)
On each floor of every day nursery or day nursery school building,
any part of which is used for the care of children between the ages
of two years and four years and six months, there shall be provided
one water closet for each ten children, or fractional part thereof,
and one lavatory for each ten children or fractional part thereof.
Toilets and lavatories should be of suitable height and size as to
be reached easily by the children. Adjustable steps for young children
shall be available. If children over four years and six months are
cared for, separate toilet facilities for boys and girls shall be
provided.
(Prior code § 18-40)
All bedpans, urinals and other utensils for patients and inmates
shall be free from cracks or chips. Bedpans used individually shall
be properly stored, marked and thoroughly cleaned after each use.
Bedpans not individually used shall be sterilized after each use by
boiling in water for fifteen to twenty minutes, or autoclaved. All
bedpans shall be sterilized once a week by boiling in water for fifteen
minutes, or autoclaved.
(Prior code § 18-48)
No person shall be kept, cared for or maintained as a patient
or aged boarder in any sleeping room or ward in any home for the aged
or mental institution which provides less than sixty square feet of
superficial floor area for each such person. Beds shall be maintained
at least three feet apart. Sleeping rooms or wards shall have a ceiling
height of not less than eight feet, and shall be well lighted and
ventilated to the outside air. Windows shall be one-half openable.
The window area in any mental institution or home for the aged shall
be as required by the Uniform Building Code for new structures for
that type of occupancy.
(Prior code § 18-41)
No person shall cause, permit or suffer any child to sleep in
any room or dormitory providing overnight care in any building of
a private boarding school or children’s boarding home which
provides less than five hundred cubic feet of air space for each such
child. Beds, small beds or cots shall be kept at least three feet
apart. Sleeping rooms or wards shall have a ceiling height of not
less than eight feet, and shall be well lighted and ventilated to
the outside air. Windows shall be one-half openable. The window area
in any private boarding school or children’s boarding home shall
be as required by the Uniform Building Code for new structures for
that type of occupancy.
(Prior code § 18-42)
Any room in any building of a private day school, day nursery
school or children’s boarding home used for daytime rest periods
shall provide not less than thirty square feet of superficial floor
area for each child. Beds or cots shall be kept at least three feet
apart. Such rooms or dormitories shall have a ceiling height of not
less than eight feet and shall be well lighted and ventilated to the
outside air. Windows shall be one-eighth of the superficial floor
area and shall be one-half openable.
(Prior code § 18-43)
