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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1961-19 01-04-62 AP AN ORDINANCE LICENSING f AND REGULATING THE OPERATION OF COIN - OPERATED AND SELF- SERVICE DRY CLEANING MACHINES AND AMENDING CHAPTER 23 THE BROOKLYN CENTER PRE_ SS OF THE VILLAGE ORDINANCES AFFIDAVIT OF PLJOLICATIM Village of Brooklyn Center THE VILLAGE COUNCIL OF THE VILLAGE OF BROOKLYN CENTER DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: STATE OF MINNESOTA Section 1. Chapter the Village e- COUNTY OF HENNEPIN nances is hereby ame by adding there- to the following new sections: SECTION 23 -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. APPLICATION. Ap- E. C. L'Herault, being duly sworn on oath says that he is and during all the times herein stated has plication for a license for conducting, oper- been President of The Post Publishing Co., the publishers of the newspaper known as THE BROOKLYN ating or managing a dry- cleaning establish. CENTER PRESS, and has full knowledge of the facts herein stated; that for more than one year prior ment shall be made to the Clerk and shall -- specify the location and premises on hich w it is to carry on said business, the hpublication therein f to the pun teren o theS -. �...: '' ..'�.): -.:: ""' ' - ` :.s........ f ............:.c.....-� number " "" " • " ""' • • • •' of machines, the manufacturer's name. the - - - approval of the fire marshal, health depart - ment and building inspector. = :+:Cr...f. .+,f'••.4t- :L..[ : trC` : ..r {.:ti z:.::.1.4= ....hereto attached, said newspaper was SECTION 23.1003. LICENSE FEE. The printed and published in the Village of �ystal in the County of Hennepin, State of Minnesota, on annual fee for each license shall be $25.00 [hursday of each week; that during all said time the followittffg conditions have existed: Per each calendar year and shall expire on! the 31st day of December following date of issue. SECTION 23.1004. TRANSFER OF LI- Said newspaper has been printed in the English language from its known office of publication within CENSE. No license granted hereunder shall the village from which it purports to be issued as above stated in column and sheet form equivalent in space be assigned to or transferred to any other to at least 450 running inches of single column, two inches wide; it has been issued once each week from a Person, firnl or corporation, nor shall anv known office established in such place for publication and equipped with skilled workmen and necessary such license authorize doing any business material for preparing and printing the same; the press work thereon has been done in its known office of on any otha er premises other than those publication; in its makeup not less than twenty -five per cent of its news column has been devoted to local designated the application for such ii- news of interest to the community which it purports to serve; it has contained general news, comment and tense, miscellany; it has not wholly duplicated any other publication and has not been entirely made up of pat - ents, plate matter, and advertisements; it has been circulated in and near its said place of publication to the SECTION 23.1005. BUILDING RE- extent of at least two hundred and forty (240) copies regularly delivered to paying subscribers; it has had QUIR.EMENTS, Buildings housings coin- entry as second class matter in its local postoffice; has filed a copy of each issue with the State Histori- operated or self- service dry cleaning equip- cal Society in St. Paul; and there has been on file in the office of the County Auditor of Hennepin ment shall meet the following requirements: County, Minnesota, the affidavit of a person having knowledge of the facts, showing the name and 1. Coin - operated or self- service dry clean. location of said newspaper and the existence of the conditions constituting its qualifications as a legal ing equipment shall not be installed in build- newspaper. l ings occupied in part as a dwelling. 2. 'Sanitary facilities shall be provided for according to the building ordinance, includ- ing a minimum of one toilet and one lava- That the legal or official matter hereto attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and was tory for each sex. , 3. Buildings housing such dry cleaning printed and published therein in the English language once each week, for. equipment shall be of one stow construction P g g �ti :: '. �... ,successive weeks; with concrete floor or equal impervious to the cleaning solvents. That -�,(( 4. Complete plans of building, plumbing, ........ rt was first eo_publiahed on Thursday, the ....... ............................. day of ielectrical, heating, and ventilation plans must ment, be approved by the building depart- , t....... 19 . ..., and thereafter on Thursday of each week to and S. In buildings of mixed occupancy, that !/ / portion occupied for dry cleaning machines including the .... . l. /Xi4L day of 19 ., and shall have a minimum of one hour fire sep that the following is a printed copy of the lower case alphabet, from A to Z, both, f�nclusive, and is hereby oration and shall perform in all respects to acknowledged as being the size and kind of type used in the composition and ptllilication o or f said legal the requirements of the Uniform Building official matter, to -wit: Code. 6. The equipment shall be in an enclosed abcdefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz -6 -pt. Oldstylt; room properly vented and protected by a Partition with self - closing and positive lock- a bedefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyz -6 -pt. Devinne ing access door to the equipment room with abedefghijklmnopgrstuvvrxy7- 7 1 h -pt. Excelsior only front of machines and coin slots ex- posed to customer side. abedefghijklmnopgrstuvwxyx -7 Memphis Bold 7. The equipment room shall have a leak. proof dike around the periphery of the base of the machines of sufficient capacity to hold the entire solvent content of the equip- ment. Gravity drains shall be installed to transfer any spillage to a properly ventedi holding tank. • • I e ......i ........ SECTION" 23. 1006. VE \TILATION' � REQUIREMENTS. Self- service and coin -. operated dry cleaning machines shall be ven Subscribed and Sworn to before tilated in the following manner: 1. The machines, customer area and the; ;room housing the machines shall be ventilat -' we this. ..... ..day of...., i ....... A.D., 19.. ed with a mechanical ventilation system. 2. The ventilation system shall be in con - tinuous operation at all times when the ma- chines 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.M. per ma- chine 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 loo F.P.M. thru the open fading 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 in- tion between waste water diseharge' lines stalled in the equipment or maintenance and the sanitary sewer. Such connectional room with a minimum capacity of 1000 C. shall be vented with a gap equal t 1 F.M, per machine, empered make -up a times the diameter of the discharge lin e. 6. A supply e. tir 9. Filter pressure relief or safety valves] equal to or greater than the total volume of shall be vented to the outside and above the air exhausted from the plant shall be pro- roof line. vided in arder to eliminate any negative No SECTION 23 -1007. OPERATION. The ure conditions press which may otherwise de- ` , • following rules shall govern the operation of ,pressure or self- service dry cleaning velop. 7. The air discharge from the ventilation r L machines: system shall extend to the outside a mini. Affidavit Of Publication 1. A step- by-step, self explanatory, in -I mum of five feet above the room ceiling and struction list, including an emergency tele -' so located as to prevent effluent air from OF phone number shall be conspicuously posted ,gaining access to adjacent buildings, heat- near the machine or machines for customer' ing equipment, air conditioning units or use. other ventilating systems. 2 If a malfunction or mis -use interferes 8. There shall be no direct inter- connec- with the normal cycle of the machine, and vapor laden garments are removed, they shall be rerun through the drying cycles of an alternate machine or placed in an ex- haust ventilated drying cabinet prior to be- ing 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 pro- sided for the temporary storage of sludge Published in and lint removed from sludge tanks, filters, and lint strainers. Such containers shall be THE BROOKLYN CENTER PRESS kept outside the building u in a ventd ]ated room inaccessible to customers and persons not familiar with the hazards of 561 C orvallis Ave. MINNESOTA the solvent. solvent 5. Ou1y 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 room not access - DATE OF PUBLICATION ible to the customers, and in accordance with the requirements of the Fire Depart- �tcct ent. 7. The attendant and maintenance per- ive nnel shall be provided with approved pro-[ respiratory equipment, and gloves - l impervious to the solvent being used. 1 8. A utility fire extinguisher of either' ATTORNEY J ibe carbon dioxide or dry chemical tvpei )shall he provided as protection against elec- ltrical fires. SFCTION, 23 -1008. PENALTY. Any per- son, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance or the ordi- nance of the Village of Brooklyn Center, shall upon conviction thereof be fined not more than $100.00 or imprisonment not to exceed ninety days for each offense and every day that such violation shall occur FILED hall constitute a separate and distinct of. fense. Section 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its legal publication. Passed by the Village Council this 26th day of December. 1961. WfUJAM N. SUPER, Mayor. THE BROOKLYN CENTER PRESS ATTEST: IT, A. DORFF, Clerk. (SEAL) (Published in The Brooklyn Center Press s ll January 4 and 11, 1962).