Chapter 5.24
LAUNDRIES
Sections:
5.24.020 Certification of safety.
5.24.030 Inspection and issuance of certificate.
5.24.060 Operation within fire limits.
5.24.070 Noncompliance – Misdemeanor.
5.24.080 Display of certificate.
5.24.010 Compliance required.
It is unlawful for any person or persons to establish, maintain or carry on the business of a public laundry or a public wash house, where clothes or other articles are cleaned for hire, within the corporate limits of the city, without first having complied with the conditions hereinafter specified. (Ord. 370 § 1, 1891).
5.24.020 Certification of safety.
It is unlawful for any person or persons to conduct or maintain a public laundry or wash house within the city without having first obtained a certificate signed by the health officer of the city that the premises are properly and sufficiently drained, and that all proper arrangements for carrying on the business without injury to the sanitary condition of the neighborhood have been complied with; also certificate signed by the chief of the fire department, that the stoves, washing and drying apparatus, and the appliances for heating smoothing irons are in good condition, and that their use is not dangerous to the surrounding property from fire, and that all proper precautions have been taken to comply with the provisions of the ordinances of the city then in force making regulations concerning the erection and use of buildings and for the protection of property from injury or destruction by fire. (Ord. 370 § 2, 1891).
5.24.030 Inspection and issuance of certificate.
It shall be the duty of the health officer, also of the chief of the fire department respectively, upon application from any person or persons proposing to open or conduct the business of a public laundry within the city to inspect the premises in which it is proposed to carry on such business or in which the business is being carried on with a view to ascertain whether the premises are provided with proper drainage and sanitary appliances; also whether the provisions of the ordinances of the city making regulations concerning the erection and use of building, and for the protection of property from injury or destruction by fire have been complied with and if found in all respects satisfactory then to issue to such person or persons the certificate provided for in PTMC 5.24.020, collected or received for the performance of any of the services required by the provisions of this chapter, the inspection of premises or the issuance of a certificate but all such services shall be performed free of charge. (Ord. 370 § 3, 1891).
5.24.040 Hours of operation.
No person or persons owning or employed in the public laundries or public wash houses provided for in PTMC 5.24.010, shall wash or iron clothes between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., nor upon any portion of that day known as Sunday. (Ord. 370 § 4, 1891).
5.24.050 Diseased persons.
No person or persons engaged in the laundry business within the city shall permit any person suffering from any infectious or contagious disease to lodge, sleep or remain within or upon the premises used by him, her or them for the purposes of a public laundry. (Ord. 370 § 5, 1891).
5.24.060 Operation within fire limits.
It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to establish, maintain or carry on a laundry within the fire limits of the city without having first obtained the consent of the city council, except the same be located in a building constructed either of brick or stone and covered with a metal roof. (Ord. 370 § 6, 1891).
5.24.070 Noncompliance – Misdemeanor.
Any person or persons establishing, maintaining or carrying on the business of a public laundry or a public wash house where clothes or other articles are cleaned for hire within the city limits without having first complied with the provisions of PTMC 5.24.020 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 370 § 7, 1891).
5.24.080 Display of certificate.
The certificate from the health officer and the fire chief are required by PTMC 5.24.020 shall be exhibited on some conspicuous place on the premises; and the same shall be produced on the demand of any officer of the city. (Ord. 370 § 8, 1891).
5.24.090 Enforcement.
The police authorities are hereby directed to strictly enforce the provisions of this chapter. (Ord. 370 § 9, 1891).