[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Health of the Township of Lacey
1-8-1975 (Ch. 129 of the 1974 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
The purpose of this chapter is to protect and preserve the public health,
safety and general well-being of the citizens of the Township of Lacey 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
Terms defined. As used in this chapter, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
The Board of Health of the Township of Lacey.
The duly qualified individual approved by the Board of Health for
the enforcement of this chapter, 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.
A recognized place of business conducted for the purpose of washing,
cleaning, drying and laundering clothes or other washable materials or the
cleaning and drying of any such 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 a "laundromat,"
"washomat," "dryomat" and similar types of establishments under which laundering
of the self-service type is carried on, whether conducted as a mobile business
or at a fixed location.
Standard time as described in N.J.S.A. 1:1-2.3, or any amendment
or supplement thereto.
B.
Word usage. Throughout this chapter the singular shall
include the plural and the neuter shall include the masculine and feminine
and vice versa, unless the context of the chapter indicates otherwise.
A.
The owner or operator shall maintain the entire premises
devoted to the operation of any business regulated by this chapter, 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[1] of the township and 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 heating facilities sufficient in
size and capacity to deliver water to each machine at one hundred sixty degrees
Fahrenheit (160º 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 neighbors in the immediate vicinity of the premises.
A.
In all laundries and launderettes the owner or operator
thereof shall provide suitable first aid fire protection in accordance with
the standards for portable fire extinguishers [National Board of Fire Underwriters
(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.
The owner or operator of a launderette or machine dry-cleaning
establishment shall remove all lint and refuse from all traps after the close
of each day's work, which shall be deposited in approved waste cans 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 floors
of the premises. There shall be an attendant present at all times when the
premises are in operation for the proper maintenance and supervision of the
premises and machinery for the protection of the health, safety and welfare
of the public.
D.
No laundry establishment shall begin operation before
7:00 a.m. or continue after 10:00 p.m., except that machines started before
10:00 p.m. need not be stopped until the operation has been completed, but
no machines shall be started for use at or after 10:00 p.m.
E.
No automatic self-service business of the type regulated
by this chapter shall be permitted to be open for business unless the area
of the premises where the washing, cleaning, drying 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 or machine dry-cleaning
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
premises during hours of operation.
A.
Where the Health Officer or his duly authorized agent
or the Board finds that a laundry or machine dry-cleaning establishment is
being operated or maintained in violation of the provisions of this chapter
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
shall 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 abated.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any self-service
laundry in the Township of Lacey without having obtained an annual license
from the Board of Health. 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 five dollars ($5.) for each washer and dryer
installed; provided, however, that the maximum fee, regardless of the number
of machines, shall be one hundred dollars ($100.). All licenses shall expire
on December 31 of the year in which they were issued.
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 chapter.
A.
Any person violating or failing to comply with any provisions
of this chapter shall, upon conviction thereof, be subject to a fine of not
less than five dollars ($5.) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.) for
each offense.
B.
Each violation of any of the provisions of this chapter
and each day the same is violated shall be deemed and taken to be a separate
and distinct offense.
