(A) Every proprietor or retailer of each cleaning plant located within the city and of each cleaning and dyeing establishment and cleaning plant which is not located within the city, but which has a retail outlet in the city, shall make written application in duplicate to the City Clerk for the issuance to applicant of a certificate of inspection.
(B) In the case of cleaning and dyeing establishments and cleaning plants located within the city, one copy of the application shall be delivered to the Commissioner of Health and the other copy shall be delivered to the Chief of the Fire Department of the city. Within 15 days after the filing of such application the Commissioner of Health and Chief of the Fire Department shall cause an inspection to be made of the building and premises on which the cleaning and dyeing establishment or cleaning plant is located, the floor, sidewalls, ceiling, woodwork, fixtures, tools, machinery, equipment, storage facilities and delivery trucks. The Commissioner of Health may require health certificates to be filed for each employee of the applicant within 15 days after the application is filed or at any time thereafter. The Commissioner of Health may also require that any employee be examined by a competent licensed physician practicing within the city. Upon the completion of their respective inspections, the Commissioner of Health and Chief of the Fire Department shall determine whether the establishment, plant or outlet mentioned in the application, and examined by them, is used, maintained and operated in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. If their determination is negative, they shall deny the application. In case the Commissioner of Health and Chief of the Fire Department are not able to agree, they shall submit the facts disclosed by their respective investigations to the City Council, which, upon being fully advised, shall decide whether or not the application shall be allowed or denied.
(C) In the case of cleaning and dyeing establishments or cleaning plants which are not located within the city, but which have a retail outlet located in the city, one copy of the application shall be delivered to the Commissioner of Health. Within 15 days after filing of the application, the Commissioner of Health shall make or cause to be made an inspection of the building or premises on which the cleaning and dyeing establishment or cleaning plant is located, the floors, sidewalls, ceilings, woodwork, fixtures, tools, machinery, equipment, storage facilities and any delivery vehicle. The Commissioner of Health may require health certificates to be filed for each person employed by the applicant in the establishment or plant and in any retail outlet located within the city within 15 days after any application is filed or at any time thereafter. The Commissioner may require that any employee be examined by a competent licensed and practicing physician. Upon the completion of the inspection, the Commissioner of Health shall determine whether the establishment or plant or outlet mentioned in the application, and examined by the Commissioner, is used, maintained and operated in conformity with the provisions of this chapter. If his or her determination is in the affirmative, he or she shall allow the application. If his or her determination is in the negative, he or she shall deny the application. Any applicant whose application is denied may take an appeal from the decision of the Commissioner of Health to the City Council.
(D) In the case of retail outlets not situated in the same building or premises with a cleaning and dyeing establishment or cleaning plant, an inspection shall be made under the direction of the Commissioner of Health and the Chief of the Fire Department for the purpose of determining whether the outlet is used, maintained and operated in conformity with the provisions of this subchapter. A certificate of inspection shall be issued upon the same conditions and in the same manner as above prescribed for cleaning and dyeing establishments and cleaning plants located within the city, and the application for a certificate shall be in all respects the same as in the case of such establishments or plants. Retail outlets situated on the same premises as a cleaning and dyeing establishment or cleaning plant shall be inspected at the same time and in the same manner as the establishment or plant. Where several cleaning and dyeing establishments, cleaning plants or retail outlets are operated by a single proprietor or in conjunction with each other, a single application may be filed for a certificate of inspection for each establishment, plant or retail outlet.
(E) All certificates of inspection shall be signed by the Mayor of the city and shall be attested by the City Clerk.
(F) An applicant, if the applicant so requests, shall be personally heard by the officials or representatives of the city who are required to pass upon the application, prior to the determination. Upon appeal, if the applicant so requests, an applicant shall be heard by the City Council prior to its determination of the appeal.
(G) In case any application is denied either by the official or officials to whom the same is presented in accordance with the provisions hereof, or by the City Council upon appeal thereto, the applicant whose application is so denied may file a new application; provided that, the application shall be accompanied with a statement under oath that the facts which caused the denial of the previous application no longer exist.
(Prior Code, § 117.021)