[1976 Code § 51-1]
As used in this chapter.
Shall mean a business wherein motor vehicles are driven,
pulled, pushed, moved or conveyed in any manner through a machine
or series of machines or other apparatus designed to clean, wash,
dry or polish said vehicles, whether the work is done for or by members
of the general public.
Shall mean an establishment or place of business conducted
for the purpose of washing, cleaning, drying or laundering clothes
or other materials or fabrics that may be brought to the establishment
or place of business by customers, and wherein the work is done by
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 the establishment or place of business for the customer.
Shall mean an establishment or place of business conducted
for the purpose of washing, cleaning, drying or laundering cloths
or other materials or fabrics that may be brought to the establishment
or place of business by customers, or collected or brought to the
establishment or place of business by or under the supervision of
the owners or operators of the establishment or place of business,
and where all or any part of the work is done on the premises by or
under the supervision of the owners or operators of the establishment
or place of business.
[1976 Code § 51-2]
a.
No person shall operate any launderette, laundry or car wash without
securing a license from the Board of Health.
b.
A separate license shall be required for each place of business.
No license shall be issued unless the premises in which the business
is to be conducted complies in all respects with all ordinances and
regulations effective in the Township.
c.
The fees for each license shall be $25 for the full year or any portion
thereof. All licenses shall expire on December 31 of the year in which
they become effective. If a business is both a laundry and launderette,
only a launderette license need be applied for and obtained.
d.
The Board of Health shall supply application forms for each license,
which form must be completed in full by the applicant before a license
may be issued.
e.
The Board of Health may suspend or revoke any license issued hereunder,
after a public hearing, upon five days' written notice of the
alleged violation to the owner or operator involved, for the violation
of any provision of this chapter.
[1976 Code § 51-3]
a.
The entire premises devoted to the conduct of any launderette, laundry
or car wash shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition at all
times, and all areas where work is to be performed shall be adequately
ventilated and provided with sufficient natural or artificial light.
b.
Each launderette, laundry or car wash shall have available a sufficient
supply of water for cleaning and flushing purposes and shall be connected
to a public sanitary sewer system for disposal of waste water. All
walls shall be covered with nonabsorbent paint, cement or other impervious
material.
c.
Each launderette, laundry or car wash shall be fully equipped with
a system, approved by the Board of Health, which recirculates waste
water in such a way that the maximum amount is available for reuse
in the machines which use water.
d.
No launderette, laundry or car wash shall be permitted to remain
open unless an attendant shall be on the premises.
e.
No launderette, laundry or car wash shall use or allow its customers
to use while on the premises of the establishment any detergent, solution
or other material which is corrosive or which would cause pollution
if emptied into a stream, unless equipment is in operation on the
premises which is capable of treating the effluent so that it shall
be clear and harmless when it is emptied into the sanitary sewer system.
f.
The entire washing, parking and waiting area of a car wash shall
be paved. No waiting vehicle shall be allowed to wait on a public
street. Exits and entrances of all car wash establishments shall lead
from and onto a paved public street. A waiting or parking area for
at least four vehicles shall be provided for those vehicles which
have been washed and have not yet left the premises.
g.
No launderette or laundry shall permit diapers or any other clothing
or materials containing bodily excrement or discharges to remain outside
the premises. All such articles shall be washed in 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.
h.
The owner or operator of any launderette or car wash shall, immediately
upon receiving knowledge of any defect in the construction, operation
or setting of a machine, remove from service and conspicuously mark
any machine which has a defect of construction, operation or setting,
and shall not permit the use of the machine until the defect is cured.
j.
Every launderette and laundry shall be designed so that all areas
open to the general public, other than toilet facilities, shall be
visible from the sidewalk.
k.
Every launderette, laundry and car wash shall have sanitary, separate
male and female toilet facilities available to the general public.
The toilet facilities shall be checked and cleaned at least twice
each day, once before 11:00 a.m. and again between the hours of 5:00
p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
