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A chemical closet shall be construed to be any closet or privy in which human excreta and urine are deposited in a receptacle containing a solution of caustic hydrates. The receptacle in such a closet shall be watertight. The capacity of such receptacle shall be as follows:
Gallons
Not more than ten persons 60
More than ten but not more than 20 persons 100
More than 40 persons 300
A solution containing at least 16.42 percent crude caustic hydrates (one and two-thirds pounds to one gallon of water) shall be used in such receptacles, and such chemical closets shall not be used until properly charged with such solution.
The contents of such chemical closets shall be removed and disposed of by a regularly licensed night soil scavenger in compliance with the requirements of this Code. Every such closet shall be cleaned before being removed from one building or premises to another, and as often otherwise as may be deemed necessary by the commissioner of health.
(Prior code § 99-52; Amend Coun. J. 12-11-91, p. 10832)