[CC 1961 §21.01; Ord. No. 1345 §21.01, 7-2-1962]
This Chapter defines self-service dry cleaning and laundries
containing dry cleaning equipment, and provides for the regulation,
installation of equipment, maintenance and license therefor.
[CC 1961 §21.02; Ord. No. 1345 §21.02, 7-2-1962]
A combination self-service laundry and self-service dry cleaner
shall be deemed any attended or unattended place, building, structure,
room, establishment, or portion thereof available to the general public
for the purpose of washing, drying, extracting moisture from, or dry
cleaning wearing apparel, table, bed or other household linens, towels,
curtains, draperies, rugs, blankets, or other materials through the
use of coin-operated machines or devices.
[CC 1961 §21.03; Ord. No. 1345 §21.03, 7-2-1962]
A self-service dry cleaning device shall be construed to include
and mean any device or apparatus for the cleaning of clothes or fabrics,
and designed to be used or operated by any person or an employee of
the owner thereof, which machine or device makes use of or contains
perchlorethylene or any chemical solvent other than water.
[CC 1961 §21.04; Ord. No. 1345 §21.04, 7-2-1962]
No person shall engage in the business of operating any combination
self-service laundry and self-service dry cleaner, within the City
without first obtaining a license to do so for each such establishment
to be conducted by such person. Any person that shall engage in the
business of a self-service laundry or self-service dry cleaning establishment
without first procuring a license so to do, or while said license
is under suspension, shall be fined not less than one dollar ($1.00)
nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense, and
each day, or fraction of a day, when such person shall maintain any
such establishment without a license shall be construed as a separate
and distinct offense.
[CC 1961 §21.05; Ord. No. 1345 §21.05, 7-2-1962]
An application for said license shall be made in conformity
with the general requirements of this Code relating to application
for licenses. A separate application shall be made for each establishment
where such business is to be engaged in by the applicant wherever
located within the City, and such application shall describe the equipment
to be installed and specify the drying cleaning solvent, if any, which
is to be provided. Every such application shall be approved by the
Director of Public Works and Fire Chief as to compliance of the premises
named therein with the building provisions and fire regulations of
this Code, respectively, before a license shall be issued.
[CC 1961 §21.06; Ord. No. 1345 §21.06, 7-2-1962; Ord. No. 4730, 10-3-2022]
An annual license fee in lieu of any such other fee for each
combination self-service laundry and self-service dry cleaner license
shall be based upon the aggregate number of washing machines, dryers,
extractors and dry cleaning devices situated and maintained in any
such establishment, and is to be as follows:
Five dollars ($5.00) per year, per machine and merchant's license
as provided by this Code.
[CC 1961 §21.07; Ord. No. 1345 §21.07, 7-2-1962]
Such license shall specify whether it be for a combination self-service
laundry and self-service dry cleaner or a self-service dry cleaning
establishment, and shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the licensed
establishment.
[CC 1961 §21.08; Ord. No. 1345 §21.08, 7-2-1962]
Every store, room or place used as a combination self-service
laundry and self-service dry cleaner shall at all times be kept in
good repair and maintained in a clean and sanitary condition as to
floors, walls, ceilings, windows, woodwork, machines, utensils and
fixtures. Such building shall not be occupied in part for or as a
residence.
[CC 1961 §21.09; Ord. No. 1345 §21.09, 7-2-1962]
Every owner, operator, manager or proprietor of a combination
self-service laundry and self-service cleaner shall cause an appropriate
refuse receptacle to be situated upon its premises in a location easily
accessible to the patrons.
[CC 1961 §21.10; Ord. No. 1345 §21.10, 7-2-1962]
No combination self-service laundry and self-service dry cleaner
shall be open to the general public unless the area therein accessible
to the general public is visible from the outside thereof.
[CC 1961 §21.11; Ord. No. 1345 §21.11, 7-2-1962]
No combination self-service laundry and self-service dry cleaner
or self-service dry cleaning establishment shall be conducted or operated
unless there be provided during its period of availability to the
general public in all parts of such store, room or place available
to the general public, and not directly obstructed by machines or
other equipment, either natural light or artificial light of a least
thirty (30) footcandles, as shown by an illuminameter test.
[CC 1961 §21.12; Ord. No. 1345 §21.12, 7-2-1962]
Any coin-changing devices which may be situated within the confines
of any combination self-service laundry and self-service dry cleaner
or self-service dry cleaning establishment shall be of a vault type
and located in a position as conspicuous to the exterior vantage points
thereof as may be practicable.
[CC 1961 §21.13; Ord. No. 1345 §21.13, 7-2-1962]
No coin-operated music device or any amusement devices may be
situated upon the premises of any combination self-service laundry
and self-service dry cleaner or self-service dry cleaning establishment.
[CC 1961 §21.14; Ord. No. 1345 §21.14, 7-2-1962]
No combination self-service laundry and self-service dry cleaner
or self-service dry cleaning establishment shall be conducted in any
storeroom or place in which the clear height between the ceiling and
the finished floor is less than nine (9) feet, in which the temperature
and humidity therein are such as might endanger the health of persons
utilizing the facilities therein.
[CC 1961 §21.15; Ord. No. 1345 §21.15, 7-2-1962]
No electrical outlets shall be made available for use by the
general public in any combination self-service laundry and self-service
dry cleaner or self-service dry cleaning establishment.
[CC 1961 §21.16; Ord. No. 1345 §21.16, 7-2-1962]
All facilities or mechanisms for the heating and softening of
water, for the production of heat, for the operation of venting and
cooling devices, for the operation and maintenance of dry cleaning
devices and for the storage of dry cleaning solvents shall be inaccessible
to the general public in every combination self-service laundry and
self-service dry cleaner or self-service dry cleaning establishment.
[CC 1961 §21.17; Ord. No. 1345 §21.17, 7-2-1962]
Every washing, extracting, drying or dry cleaning service which
shall be installed or maintained in a combination self-service laundry
and self-service dry cleaner or self-service dry cleaning establishment
shall be of a make, type or design having principal component parts
which have been tested and approved by, and which bear the tested
label of an organization nationally recognized as an authority on
safety with respect to the type of device or part concerned.
[CC 1961 §21.18; Ord. No. 1345 §21.18, 7-2-1962]
No washing, drying or extracting device having a capacity rated
by its manufacturer to be in excess of twenty-five (25) pounds of
dry weight of materials, and no cleaning device so rated as having
a capacity in excess of twelve (12) pounds dry weight of materials
shall be installed or maintained in any combination self-service laundry
and self-service dry cleaner or self-service dry cleaning establishment.
[CC 1961 §21.19; Ord. No. 1345 §21.19, 7-2-1962]
Every dryer, extractor and dry cleaning device situated within
any self-service laundry or self-service dry cleaning establishment
shall be so designed that it be inoperable when the door thereof be
open and, furthermore, every dry cleaning device so situated shall
be so designed that its door cannot be opened during the course of
its normal operating cycle, or upon an abnormal interruption thereof.
Each dry cleaning machine shall be equipped with a transparent door
or port to allow visual examination of the status of the cleaning
cycle.
[CC 1961 §21.20; Ord. No. 1345 §21.20, 7-2-1962]
Every dry cleaning device situated in such a combination self-service
laundry and self-service dry cleaner or self-service dry cleaning
establishment shall be accessible to the general public from its front
only.
[CC 1961 §21.21; Ord. No. 1345 §21.21, 7-2-1962]
Every dry cleaning device situated in a combination self-service
laundry and self-service dry cleaner or self-service dry cleaning
establishment shall have a fully automatic operation and be, while
in operation, substantially vapor-tight with respect to the area accessible
to the public therein, and be of such a design that its normal course
of operation will be uninterrupted and will remove all significant
amounts of the solvents utilized by it from the materials placed within
it.
[CC 1961 §21.22; Ord. No. 1345 §21.22, 7-2-1962]
Every such device shall be equipped with a mechanical system
of ventilation connected by way of vapor-tight conduits to the outside
atmosphere, or to an efficient vapor reclaiming device, and so designed
as to maintain automatically an air flow of at least one hundred (100)
feet per minute fact velocity through its door whenever it be opened;
and be it further provided that such system shall be the sole means
by which vapors shall be allowed to escape from said dry cleaning
device.
[CC 1961 §21.23; Ord. No. 1345 §21.23, 7-2-1962]
The discharge stack for machines hereinafter installed and for
the room in which the machines are located shall extend at least two
(2) feet above the level of any window which can be opened within
fifty (50) feet of the outlet of the stack, and shall be at least
fifty (50) feet away from any fresh air intake leading to any premises.
[CC 1961 §21.24; Ord. No. 1345 §21.24, 7-2-1962]
No solvent other than water may be used or provided in any combination
self-service laundry and self-service dry cleaner or self-service
dry cleaning establishment except within a dry cleaning device, and
no such solvent shall be flammable nor of a type other than that specified
by the manufacturer thereof or have an established maximum allowable
concentration of less than two hundred (200) parts per million for
eight (8) hours of human exposure thereto.
[CC 1961 §21.25; Ord. No. 1345 §21.25, 7-2-1962]
All such solvents shall be circulated to and removed from such
dry cleaning devices by means of vapor-tight, corrosive-resistant
conduits and emanate from tanks or other enclosures so designed as
to prevent the escape therefrom of any significant amounts of solvent
vapor and, furthermore, each unit of any such system shall be so designed
that upon leakage of liquids therefrom, the product of such leakage
shall be intercepted and contained in reservoirs having a capacity
greater than the entire contents of such system.
[CC 1961 §21.26; Ord. No. 1345 §21.26, 7-2-1962]
All such solvents stored upon the premises of any combination
self-service laundry and self-service dry cleaner or self-service
dry cleaning establishment shall be contained in sealed metal containers.
[CC 1961 §21.27; Ord. No. 1345 §21.27, 7-2-1962]
Any connection of a dry cleaning machine with the water supply
system must be equipped with an air-gap or vacuum breaker in the line
upstream from the condenser, with no control valves downstream from
such gap or breaker. Wastewater shall be discharged through an air-gap.
[CC 1961 §21.28; Ord. No. 1345 §21.28, 7-2-1962]
All equipment for the maintenance and operation of such dry
cleaning devices shall be enclosed by partitions and be mechanically
ventilated to the outside atmosphere by devices capable of evacuating
against static pressure of .25 water inches from such partitioned
area air-drawn from that part of the premises available to the public,
which shall be provided with sufficient makeup air, in the following
specified quantities:
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Number of Machines Served By Equipment in Partitioned
Area
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Cubic Feet Per Minute Per Machine
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|---|---|
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1 to 3
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250
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4 to 8
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200
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9 to 16
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150
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17 or more
|
100
|
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The operation of both this system of exhaust and the independent ventilation system of each dry cleaning machine, as required under Section 655.220 of this Chapter, shall be maintained at all times when any self-service dry cleaning establishment be open to the public and solvent is contained in the system concerned.
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[CC 1961 §21.29; Ord. No. 1345 §21.29, 7-2-1962]
A concentration of such dry cleaning solvent in excess of forty
(40) parts per million shall not be permitted to prevail in that part
of any combination self-service laundry and self-service dry cleaner
or self-service dry cleaning establishment available to the public,
nor shall there emanate therefrom vapors or odors which shall constitute
a nuisance to any portion of the premises in which such establishment
be located, nor to any adjoining or nearby premises. The operator
of every combination self-service laundry and self-service dry cleaner
or self-service dry cleaning establishment shall cause the dry cleaning
devices and related component facilities situated therein to be inspected
at least once during each aggregate period of twenty-four (24) hours
that said establishment be open to the public, and shall cause said
mechanisms to be maintained in good working order.
[CC 1961 §21.30; Ord. No. 1345 §21.30, 7-2-1962]
Each combination self-service laundry and self-service dry cleaner
or self-service dry cleaning establishment shall have posted in a
prominent place proximate to the dry cleaning devices situated therein,
complete step-by-step instructions for the use thereof and all prohibitions
with regard thereto, and also a statement which reads substantially
as follows: "CAUTION — Do Not Overload Machine. An overloaded
machine may not remove all solvent from fabric. If fabric smells of
solvent do not use until thoroughly aired."
[CC 1961 §21.31; Ord. No. 1345 §21.31, 7-2-1962]
It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Works or his/her
duly authorized delegate to inspect each combination self-service
laundry and self-service dry cleaner or self-service dry cleaning
establishment at least once every three (3) months for the purpose
of ascertaining whether the provisions of this Code are being complied
with, and it shall be his/her duty to cause all such provisions of
this Code to be strictly enforced.
[CC 1961 §21.32; Ord. No. 1345 §21.32, 7-2-1962]
Any license granted pursuant to the provisions of this Chapter
shall be subject to revocation for cause, as is the case with all
other licenses, and in addition thereto, the City Manager may suspend
the same at any time it shall appear, upon a finding of the appropriate
department, that any such self-service laundry or self-service dry
cleaning establishment is being maintained in violation of the ordinances
of the City, or is dangerous or detrimental to the health of the City
or the health of the persons patronizing said establishment.
[CC 1961 §21.33; Ord. No. 1345 §21.33, 7-2-1962]
At all times when the dry cleaning equipment is available for
use by the public there shall be a competent person in charge of the
premises who shall be over the age of twenty-one (21) years.
