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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE - 342 - 6/11/1964 - LICENSING OF DRY CLEANERSJ ORDINANCE NO.� AN ORDINANCE LICENSING DRY CLEATMRS, SPOTTERS AND SELF SERVICE COIN OPERATED DRY CLEANING ESTABLISHMENTS. NOW, TIM EFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Elk Grove Village, Counties of Cook and DuPage, Illinois: Section 1. That Chapter 22 of the Municipal Code of Elk Grove Village be and is hereby amended by adding thereto the following: "ARTICLE XVI]TDRY CLEANERS, SPOTTERS AND SELF SERVICE COIN OPERATED DRY CLEANING ESTABLISI=ENTS. 22.1. Definitions. A "dry cleaner" or "person en- gaged in the business of dry cleaning" is hereby defined to mean any person keeping or using more than two quarts of any solvent other than water, including, but riot by way of limita- tion, solvents of the petroleum distillate type, coal tar distillate type or chlorinated hydrocarbon type, for the pur- pose of cleaning or renovating wearing apparel, fabrics, tex- tiles, drapes, curtains, rugs, blankets, furs, leather, or other material, for profit or reward. A "spotter" or `person engaged in the business of spottings Is hereby defined to mean any person keeping or using two quarts or less of any solvent other than water, including, but not by way of limitation, solvents of the petroleum distillate type, coal tar distillate type or chlorinated hydrocarbon type, for the purpose of cleaning or renovating wearing apparel, fabrics, textiles, drapes, curtains, rugs, blankets, furs, leather, or other material, for profit or reward. 22.1 02. License required. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of dry cleaning or spotting without first obtaining a license for each dry cleaning or spotting establishment to be conducted by such person. 22.jV3. Application. An application for said license shall be made in conformity with the general requirements of this code relating to applications for licenses. A separate application shall be made for eacli drz* cleaning or spotting establishment engaged in by the applicant wherever located within the Village. At the time of filing such application, the applicant shall also file an affidavit specifying the type of cleaning solvent to be used, and stating that no cleaning solvent other than that specified in the affidavit will be employed. If at any time subsequent to the filing of the application and affidavit, the applicant desires to change the type of solvent specified in the affidavit, he may do so only upon the filing of an amendment to his application and affidavit describing the proposed change; provided, that compliance is made with all ordinances relating to the use of such solvent. Evers such application shall be approved by the building inspector and the fire chief as to compliance of the premises named therein with the building provisions and fire regulations of this code, respectively, before a license shall be issued. The health department and fire chief shall cause an investigation to be made of the premises named and described in such application for the purpose of determining whether the provisions of this code regulating health, safety and sanitation relating to such establishment have been complied with. 22.1$04. License fee. The annual license fee for engaging in the business of dry-cleaning is hereby fixed as follows: 00.00 for each storage tank having a capacity of 550 gallons or less. ;DA5.00 for each tank having a capacity of more than 550 gallons and not exceeding 1065 gallons. An additional fee of 405.00 shall be charged for each 1,000 gallons capacity or fraction thereof in excess of 1065 gallons. In no event shall the annual license fee for engaging in the dry cleaning business be less than J75.00. The license term for all licenses provided for in this Article shall be for the period commencing May 1 and ending April 30 of each year. All applicants for a license shall pay the fee herein provided for, provided, however, that applicants for a license, provided for herein, for the period beginning on or after November 1 of any year shall be required to pay but one-half of the amount provided for hereunder for the unexpired period of the license term. If any dry-cleaning plant licensed under this Chapter shall be abandoned, or if any such dry-cleaning plant shall not be used for a period of six months or more, the license issued for the operation of such dry- cleaning plant shall automatically terminate and no new license shall be issued for the operation of such dry-cleaning plant until and unless the plant shall be made to comply with all the requirements and provisions of this code. The license fee for engaging in the business of spotting is hereby fixed at 130.00 dollars per year. 22.1$05. Transfer of license. No license granted under the provisions of this chapter shall be assigned or transferred to any other person, nor shall any such license authorize any person other than the licensee named therein to do business or act under such license. 22.1806. Posting of license. Such license shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the room where the dry cleaning or spotting is done. 22.1907. Certificate of fitness. Before any operation shall begin under a license for the business of dry cleaning in which flamrpble liquids having a flash point below one hundred forty (140) degrees F arenheit (closed cup tester) are used as herein, provided, the licensee shall file with the fire chief, in writing, the name of the person designated by him to have charge of the room, the equipment, the flammable liquids to be used and the handling and using of same during the conduct of such method of business of dry cleaning, and any such person before being permitted to exercise any of such functions shall make application in writing to the fire chief for a "certificate of fitness". Before the issuance of - 2 - any such certificate the said fire chief shall examine such applicant as to his qualifications to fill such position under the conditions herein prescribed: and no operation or dry cleaning in which such flammable liquids are used or the handling of such flammable liquids shall be carried on upon the premises unless there be in charge and authority upon such premises a person who shall have obtained a "certificate of fitness" as herein provided. To receive a certificate of fitness the person must: (a) Be at least twenty-one years of age; (b) Be able to understand and speak the English language. (c) Show by written certification that he has had six months or more experience in the actual work of dry cleaning and the handling of flammable liquids having a flash point below one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (closed cup tester); (d) Be familiar with the provisions of the law and the regulations governing dry cleaning, particularly that part relating to the service to be performed by the applicant; and (e) Be familiar with the risks incident to the service to be performed by him, and capable of taking all necessary precautions. 22.1108. Building and equipment requirements. Every new building constructed for the purpose of dry cleaning shall be built and equipped as required by the building provisions of this code. Every dry cleaning establishment shall be equipped with an asbestos blanket of a size not less than six feet by nine feet. Said blanket shall be placed inside of dry cleaning rooms near the door thereof and in such position that it shall be accessible for use in case of fire. 22.1909. Location of establishment. No such dry cleaning or drying establishment in which a flammable solvent having a flash point below one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (closed cup tester) is used shall be located on any lot or plot of ground where any of the boundaries of such lot or plot of ground are within one hundred feet of the nearest boundary of any lot or plot of ground used for a school, church, hospital, or theater. 22.1910. Other use of premises. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct or operate the business of dry cleaning in which a flammable solvent having a flash point below one hundred forty degrees Fahrenheit (closed cup tester) is used or stored in any building, any portion of which is used or intended to be used for other than dry cleaning or drying purposes. 22.1911 . Separation of cleaned and uncleaned articles. Every person engaged in the business of dry cleaning or spotting shall provide proper facilities and equipment for the separate handling of cleaned and soiled articles, and no clean article shall be allowed to come in contact with any uncleaned or soiled article of any kind at any time. - 3 - 22.1$12. Emission of vapors. Vapors or odors emanating from any dry cleaning or spotting establishment shall not be permitted at any time to become a nuisance to any portion of the premises in which such establishment is located, nor to any adjoining or nearby premises. 22.1813. Handling of flammables. Tanks for the storage of any volatile flammable liquids used in connection with dry cleaning plants shall be in accordance with National Fire Underwriters standards. SELF-SERVICE COIN CPERATED DRY-CLEANING ESTABLISH;QENTS 22.1814. Compliance. Dry-cleaning establishments commonly known as self-service coin --operated shall comply with the following regulations. 22.1515. Attendant. There shall be present in every self- service coin-operated establishment an attendant during all operational hours of the establishment. The attendant shall not permit any person under the age of 15 years to operate any such machine. 22.1516. Certificate of fitness. No person shall act as an attendant in any such dry-cleaning establishment, unless he shall be the holder of a current certificate of fitness, issued by the Fire Chief and the health officer, Before the issuance of any such certificate, the Fire Chief and the wealth officer shall examine the applicant as to his qualifications to fill such position. To receive a certificate of fitness the applicant must.: (a) Be at least 21 years of age; (b) Be able to understand and speak the English language; (c) Be familiar with the provisions of the law and the regulations governing dry-cleaning, particularly that relating to the service to be performed by the applicant; and (d) Be familiar with the risks incident to the service to be performed by him, and capable of taking on necessary precautions. 22.1817. Plans. .".ny person establishing a dry-cleaning establishment of the coin-operated self-service type shall be required to submit to the building inspector for his approval a complete set of plans and specifications of the building in which any such dry-cleaning establish- ment is to be located and also a complete diagram of the floor plan of each room to be occupied by such dry-cleaning establishment, correctly showing the arrangement or setting of all machinery and equipment to be installed therein. Each such plan shall be explicit and complete. 22.1818. The annual license fee for engaging in a self-service coin-operated dry-cleaning establishment is hereby fixed as follows. ,)15.00 for each dry-cleaning machine up to and including the first ten machines and 00.00 for each machine in excess of ten machines maintained upon the premises. - 4 - 22.1819. Inspection of establishment. It shall be the duty of the Fire Chief and health department to inspect each dry cleaning or spotting establishment at least once every six months. 22.1$20. Penalty. Any person violating any of the provisions of this Article shall be fined not less than 4'110.00 and not more than two hundred dollars for each offense. A separate and distinct offense shall be held to have been committed each day any person continues to violate any of the provisions hereof. ''ection 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication according to law. PASSED and APPROVED this 11th day of June , 1964. James R. Gibson President Attest: Eleanor G. Turner Village Clerk Published this 18th day of June 1964 in the Elk Grove Herald and DuPage County Register.