[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Commissioners (now Municipal
Council) of the Borough of Hawthorne 9-2-1959 by Ord. No. 1008 (Ch.
125, Art. I, of the 1989 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
BOARD OF HEALTH
BOROUGH
BOROUGH CLERK
COIN-OPERATED OR SELF-SERVICE DRY-CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT
LAUNDROMAT
LAUNDRY
PERSON
The following words, when used in this chapter, shall have the following
meanings:
The Board of Health of the Borough of Hawthorne.
The Borough of Hawthorne.
The Clerk of the Borough of Hawthorne or the Deputy Clerk
of the Borough of Hawthorne.
No coin-operated or self-service dry-cleaning establishments
shall be permitted.
[Added 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08[1]]
An establishment or place of business conducted for the purpose
of washing, cleaning, drying or laundering clothes and other materials
that may be brought to said establishment or place of business by
customers, 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.
[Amended 7-20-1960 by Ord. No. 1021; 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08]
An establishment or place of business conducted for the purpose
of washing, cleaning, drying or laundering clothes and other materials
that may be brought to said establishment or place of business by
customers or collected and brought to said establishment or place
of business by or under the supervision of the owners or operators
of said establishment or place of business, and wherein all or any
part of the work is done on the premises by or under the supervision
of the owners or operators of said establishment or place of business,
and shall include a dry-cleaning establishment or any similar establishment
where clothes or other materials are cleaned or dirt or stains removed
or where clothes or other materials are in any way processed.
[Amended 7-20-1960 by Ord. No. 1021]
Includes a corporation, association, organization, firm and
partnership, as well as an individual.
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also deleted the former definition
of "Commissioners," which immediately followed this definition.
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.
[Amended 7-20-1960 by Ord. No. 1021]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any laundry or laundromat
in the Borough without having first obtained a license therefor.
[Amended 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08]
B.
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 laundry or laundromat, the exact location of the
premises and the size thereof, where said laundry or laundromat 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.
[Amended 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08]
C.
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 laundry or laundromat is to be operated comply in all respects to the requirements, regulations and provisions of the Fire Department, Board of Health, the Building Code, Plumbing Code and Chapter 540, Zoning, of the Code of the Borough of Hawthorne.[1]
[Amended 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08]
[Amended 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08]
The entire premises devoted to the operation of the laundry
or laundromat, 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 conform to the provisions
of the Plumbing Code of the Borough and shall always be kept in a
good condition and state of repair. Said laundry or laundromat shall
be operated in such manner as to always comply in all respects with
the requirements, regulations and provisions of the Fire Department,
Board of Health, the Building Code, Plumbing Code[1] and Chapter 540, Zoning, of the Code of the Borough of Hawthorne.
[Amended 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08]
No machinery used in the operation of a laundry or laundromat
shall be operated in such manner as to cause unnecessary or unreasonable
noise or vibration to the annoyance of residents in the surrounding
neighborhood, or to the detriment of the well-being of the neighborhood
or to the premises in the neighborhood.
[Amended 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08; 11-16-2020 by Ord. No. 2260-20]
No laundry or laundromat shall begin operations before 7:00
a.m. or continue to operate after 8:00 p.m., except that machines
that have been started before 8:00 p.m. need not be stopped until
the operation has been completed, but no machine shall be started
for use at or after 8:00 p.m.
[Amended 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08]
No laundry or laundromat shall be operated unless an attendant
shall be on the premises at all times during the hours of operation.
No diapers or any 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.
[Amended 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08]
Every laundry or laundromat shall keep a record of the name
and address of every person sending, delivering or bringing items
to the laundry or laundromat, which record shall be available at all
times during business hours for inspection by the Borough or the Board
of Health.
[Amended 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08]
The Municipal Council are hereby authorized to adopt written
rules and regulations for the proper enforcement of the provisions
of this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall have the same force
and effect as the provisions of this chapter, and the penalty for
the violation thereof shall be the same as the penalty for the violation
of the provisions of this chapter.
[Amended 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08]
A.
Where the Board of Health finds that a laundry or laundromat 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 laundry or laundromat, 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, 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 a
laundry or laundromat 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 laundry
or laundromat, or both, from operating or permitting the operation
of said laundry or laundromat until such time as the violation is
corrected and the nuisance abated.
[Amended 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08]
No water from the operation of the laundry or laundromat shall
be discharged into the storm sewer of the Borough but shall only be
discharged into the sanitary sewer of the Borough. No detergents,
chemicals or substances that may in any way damage, injure or corrode
such sanitary sewer or in any way interfere with the operation of
such sewer shall be used in the operation of the laundry or laundromat.
Any discharge into the sanitary sewer system shall be in accordance
with any rules and regulations pertaining to sanitary sewers.[1] Any illegal discharge into either the storm sewer or sanitary
sewer system shall be subject to penalties as set forth herein.
[Amended 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08]
The Borough, in view of seasonal droughts and the prevailing
conditions in the area with respect to the gradual diminution of sources
of water supply and for the better preservation of its water supply
for the primary uses of its citizens, including but not limited to
drinking, sanitation and fire protection, does not represent or agree
that it will deliver such amounts of water as any laundry or laundromat
may require in its operation, and, particularly, it does not agree
to supply, and no laundry or laundromat shall be entitled to be supplied
with, a greater amount of water than the maximum amount set forth
in the application, and any person to whom a license is issued to
operate any laundry or laundromat, by accepting such license, agrees
to and accepts the same subject to the foregoing conditions.
[Amended 12-20-1989 by Ord. No. 1510; 4-16-2008 by Ord. No. 1936-08]
Any person violating or failing to comply with any of the provisions
of this chapter or violating or failing to comply with any rules or
regulations adopted by the Municipal Council for the proper enforcement
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to the
payment of a fine not to exceed $2,000 or imprisonment for a term
not to exceed 90 days or a requirement to perform community service
for a period not to exceed 90 days, at the discretion of the court
imposing the same. Each succeeding violation shall be construed to
be a new violation.