Controlling the Operation of Self-Services Laundries

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let & Na Rt Dn �'� (° IS COANiNTTEE OF THE WHOLE 6' I t A PUBIIO HEARING b 3rd REABING NOT A "PXOVEO REFEM PASSED r..... ..... MAY 2 3 '58 : 2 ORDIANANCE NO.' °Q AN ORIIINANCE CONTROLLING THE OPERA ON -' OF SELF - SERVICE LAUNDRIES R WHEREAS, it is imperative and urgent for the preservation of health, safety, sanitation, peace and public welfare of the City of South Bend that proper and adequate regulations be adopted to govern the installation and operation of self - service laundries: NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of South Bend that Ordinance No. 4200 be amended to read as follows: SECTION I. Definitions. (a) Operators. of Self - Service Laundries. The term t0operators of self - service laundries" as used in this Article shall mean any person, partnership, corporation or other business unit who keeps or maintains a commercial establishment open to the general public, which establishment is equipped with washing machines and /or drying machines for the purposes of cleaning, washing and /or drying laundry and other materials, and which washing and drying machines are self- operated by the general public upon payment of a charge to an attendant or to a.coin collection mechanism. (b) Self - service Laundries. The term ttself- service laundriest6 as used in this article shall mean only such laundry establishments which provide self - operated washing and /or drying facilities and which are open and available to the general public. The term does not include any establishments wherein the laundry services are performed by employees of the operator of the laundry establishment, nor does this term as used herein include self- service laundry facilities which are provided for or established in apartment or multiple- rental units, as long as such self- service laundries are not open to the general public and are restricted in their availability to the tenants or inhabitants of such apartment or multiple- rental units. SECTION II, Rules and Regulations for Installation, Maintenance and Operation. (a) All self- service laundries shall be adequately lighted during all business hours and at all areas to which the laundry equipment users have access. (b) The floor under any installation of equipment must be adequately supported to the end of prevention of possible breakage of gas and /or electric lines through shifting or falling of the equipment. (c) Dryers shall be installed with a clearance of not less than 18t° between the exhaust ductwork and the inside surface of any wall. (d) The installation of washing and /or drying equipment shall be made to provide at least 1811 of aisle space in front of the washing and /or drying units when the doors of said units are open to a 901 angle.