(A) Dry cleaning defined. For the purposes of this section, “dry cleaning” means and includes the process of cleaning fabrics by immersion or by immersion and agitation in volatile solvents and the processes incidental thereto including spotting and finishing.
(‘82 Code, § 5.22.010)
(B) License; application; investigation. No person, firm or corporation shall maintain or operate a dry-cleaning establishment without first securing a license therefor as required in this chapter. Applications for such license shall be made to the City Clerk and shall be referred to the Chief of the Fire Department. The Chief of the Fire Department shall investigate, or cause to be investigated, the premises intended to be used and shall report the result of such investigation to the Mayor and Council before the issuance of any such license.
(‘82 Code, § 5.22.020)
(C) License; statutory compliance requirement; fee. No license shall be issued to any person, firm or corporation not complying with all of the provisions of this section and with all of the ordinances and statutes relating to flammable liquids. The annual fee for such license shall be as set forth in the license fee schedule on file and available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk.
(‘82 Code, § 5.22.030)
(D) Fire and sanitation regulations.
(1) No such dry-cleaning establishment shall be conducted in any frame building.
(2) Smoking in such premises is expressly prohibited, and signs to this effect shall be posted in conspicuous places in and about such establishment. All premises used for such dry-cleaning establishment shall be kept free from inflammable wastes so far as possible, and it is unlawful to maintain or permit a stove or open flame in such premises.
(3) No person afflicted with any contagious, infectious or venereal disease shall be employed in any such establishment.
(‘82 Code, § 5.22.040)
(E) Fire Chief inspection right. The Chief of the Fire Department shall have the right to inspect any building or premises in the city used or occupied by any dry-cleaning establishment in order to examine the same and to determine whether or not such premises or building, or any material, chemical or compound, or article or fabric, or any process, used or kept therein or thereon conforms to the ordinances and regulations of the city, or constitutes a fire hazard. It is expressly made the duty of the Chief of the Fire Department to make such investigation at least once every six months, or cause such investigation to be made, and to report the results of such investigation to the Mayor and Council.
(‘82 Code, § 5.22.050)
(Ord. passed - -80) Penalty, see § 10.99