HomeMy WebLinkAboutControlling the Operation of Self-Services LaundriesORDINANCE No. 4230
Passed by the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana
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Presented by me to the Mayor of the City of South Bend,
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ORDIANANCE NO.' °Q
AN ORIIINANCE CONTROLLING THE OPERA ON -'
OF SELF - SERVICE LAUNDRIES
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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.
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There shall be ad" ded to Section Z of th ordinance a subparagrap , whit will
read as follows:
(1) Before any new self- service laundry shall begin operation,
inspection shall be made by the fire department inspection bureau and approval
given.
Section III shall be amended to read as follows:
It shall be the duty of the fire departmert inspection bureau to
inspect each and every self - service laundry whenever it is deemed necessary
for the purpose of determining whether or not the owner or operator thereof
is observing and abiding by the rules and regulations of this Article. If any
operator fails to correct any violation of this ordinance, or has not taken the
necessary steps to an expeditious correction of any violation, cited by the
fire inspection bureau, within twelve (12) hours after such notice of violation,
it shall then be the duty of the fire inspection bureau to take immediate action
to the end of closing such establishment pending the correction fo such infraction.
(e) No exposed wood or other flammable material shall be installed
or built in within 1800 of any drying equipment unless insulated. with asbestos
board or other fireproof material approved as such by the fire inspection .
bureau.
(f) All wall surfaces located within 1800 of any laundry unit shall
be faced with a non- flammable material.
(g) Installation of all gas lines shall be rigid, that is, of steel pipe
rather than copper tubing.
(h) All such establishments shall be clean and free from any accu-
mulation of combustible materials.
(i) The operator shall remove from all drying machines and from
the vicinity thereof at least twice during each 24 hours that said establishment
is open for business all accumulations of lint and other combustible materials.
(j) There shall be installed and kept readily available to the users
of laundry facilities fire extenguishers recommended and approved by the South
Bend Fire Department.
(k) The local Fire Department must be furnished with an identified
key to all locked areas. containing fuel and electrical power inlet equipment.
SECTION III. Inspection.
It shall be the duty of the fire inspection bureau to inspect each and
every self- service laundry at least once every three (3) months for the purpose
of determining whether or not the owner or operator thereof is observing and
abiding by the rules and regulations of this Article. If any operator fails to
correct any violation of this ordinance, or has not taken the necessary steps to
an expeditious correction of any violation, cited by the fire inspection bureau,
within five days after such notice of violation, it shall then be the duty of the
fire inspection bureau to take immediate action to the end of closing such estab-
lishment pending the correction of such infraction.
SECTION IV, . Penalties.
Any violation of this. Article or failure to comply with any provision
of this Article within thirty (30) days after the effective date hereof, shall be
punishable by a fine not to exceed Three Hundred Dollars ($300. 00), or by im-
prisonment not to exceed thirty (30) days, or both; and any subsequent or continuing
violation shall be deemed a separate and distinct offense; and by committing any
violation of this ordinance the operator shall subject his establishment to closure
pending the correction of such violation; all as referred to in Section III, above.
SECTION V.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage by the Common Council, its approval by the Mayor and.the fulfillment
of all statutory requirements relating thereto. /
Member of the Common Council