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Home My WebLink About1961-19 12-26 CCO '4 ADT ORDINAI -ICE in '. k !, O9, COIN- OPERATED AND SEIX VIC,; IT MACHINES AND AMENDING CHAPTER '2 ORDINANCES THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN CENTER 130ES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Chapter 23 of the Village Ordinances is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new sections: Section 2 3-1001. No person, firm or corporation shall manage, conduct, operate or carry on the business of a self-service or coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment without first having made an application and obtained a license therefor from the Village Council. Section 23-1002. APPLICATIQN. Application for a license for con- ducting, operating or managing a dry-cleaning establishment shall be made to the Clerk and shall specify the location and premises on which it is to carry on said , ,business, the number of machines, the manufacturer's name, the approval of the fire marshal, health department and building inspector. Section 23-1003. LICENSE FEE. The annual fee for each license shall be $25.00 per each calendar year and shall expire on the 31st day of December following date of issue. Section 23-1004, TRANSFER OF LICENSE. No license granted here- under shall be assigned to or transferred to any other person, firm or corporation, nor shall any such license authorize doing any business on any other premises other than those designated in the application for such license, Section 23-1005. BUILDING REQUIREMENTS, Buildings housing coin- operated-or self-service dry cleaning equipment shall meet the following require- ments: 1® Coin-operated or self-service dry cleaning equipment shall not be installed in buildings occupied in part as a dwelling. 2. Sanitary facilities shall be provided for according to the building ordinance, including a minimum of one toilet and one lavatory for each sex. 3. Buildings housing such dry cleaning equipment shall be of one story construction with concrete floor or equal impervious to the cleaning solvents. 4. Complete plans of building, plumbing, electrical, heating, and ventilation plans must be approved by the building department. 5. In buildings of mLxed occupancy, that portion occupied for dry cleaning machines shall have a minimum of one hour fire separation and shall conform in all respects to the requirements of the Uniform Building Code. 6. The equipment shall be in an enclosed room properly vented and protected by a partition with self-closing and postilve locking access door to the equipment room with only front of machines and coin slots exposed to customer side. 7. The equipment room shall have a leak-pr Jof dike around the peri- phery of the base 'of the machines of sufficient capacity to hold the entire solvent content of the equipment. Gravity drains shall be installed to transfer any spillage to a properly vented holding tank. 'Self-service and Section 23 -1006. VENTILATION REQUREMFNTSa coin- opera cle aning coin-operated dry . ` . aning machines shall be ventilated in the fallowing manner: 1 Th e m a chines, customer area and the room housing the machines shall be ventilated with a mechanical ventilation system. A 2. The ventilation system shall be in continuous operation at all times when the machines are available for customer use. An interlock shall be provided to make the machines Inoperative in event of failure of ventilation system. 3. The customer area shall have an air minimum volume of 500 C.F�, per machine withdrawn through louvres located near front base of machines to prevent a build up of perceptible solvent vapor. 4. Each machine shall have an exhaust system with a minimum face velocity of 100 F. P. M. thru the open loading door. The duct system shall have soldered tight joints extended to a minimum height of 5' above roof line. 5. A general ventilation fan shall be installed in the equipment or A maintenance room with a minimum capacity of 1000 C. F. M. per machine. 6. A supply of tempered make -up air equal to or greater than the total volume of air exhausted from the plant shall be provided in order to eliminate any negative pressure conditions which may otherwise develop. 7. The air discharge from the ventilation system shall extend to the outside a minimum of five feet above the room ceiling and so located as to prevent effluent air from gaining access to adjacent buildings, heating equipment, air conditioning units or other ventilating systems. B. There shall be no direct inter - connection between waste water discharge lines and the sanitary sewer. Such connections shall be vented with ,a gap equal to 1 -1/2 times the diameter of the discharge line. 9. Filter pressure relief or safety valves shall be vented to the out - side and above the roof line. Section 23 -1007. OPERATION. The following rules shall govern the operation of coin - operated or self- service dry cleaning machines: 1. A step -by -step, self - explanatory, instruction list, including an emergency telephone number, shall be conspicuously posted near the machine or t machines for customer use. ' 2. If a malfunction or mis -use interferes with the normal cycle of the machine, and vapor laden garments are removed, they shall be re -run through the drying cycles of an alternate machiyze or placed in an exhaust ventilated drying cabinet prior to being released to the customer. 3. The machine or machines shall be checked daily and maintained in a state of good repair free of solvent leaks. 4. Closed metal containers shall be provided for the temporary storage of sludge and lint removed from sludge tanks, filters, and lint strainers. Such containers shall be kept outside of the building or in a ventilated room inaccessible to customers and persons not familiar with the hazards of the solvent. S. Only the solvent specified by the equipment manufacturer shall be used in coin - operated equipment. 6. The solvent shall be stored in closed containers in a ventilated fi room not accessible to the customers, and In accordance with the requirements of the Fire Department. 7. The attendant and maintenance personnel shall be provided with approved protective respiratory equipment, and gloves impervious to the solvent #6 -A -2 1�wi��Lg uuedv 12 -13 -61 Y �} ry ".'£ ,ems k - - - • - '. .; ' jt a A utility f1me xUap bbo 6f ., . c . r the carbon dioxide or dry lead type shall be provided as protectlo against electrical fires. pi 3 ` § Section 23 -1008. PENALTY. Any person firm or corporation violating ;,- a,ny of the provisions of this ordinance or the ordinance of the Village of Brooklyn Center, shall u . pon conviction thereof be fined not more than $140.00 or imprison - t went not to exceed ninety days for each offense and every day that such violation shall occur shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. Section 20 This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from acrd after its legal publication. Passed by the Village Council this, 26th day of __Decernber 1961. Mayor Attest; _ (sue) e - u4 S"SQ = -.. #6-A-3 12 -18 -61