A. General Health And Sanitation Requirements:
1. No owner, lessee, manager, or superintendent of any store, factory, workshop or other place where persons are employed shall cause or permit such place or any room or part thereof to be overcrowded or inadequate or faulty in respect to light, ventilation, heat or cleanliness.
(2006 Code § 7-1-11.1)
2. All such places of employment shall be kept in a clean condition, free from effluvia of a sewer, drain, privy, stable or other nuisance(s); also as far as practicable, such premises shall be free from all gases, vapors, dust, or other impurities generated by manufacturing processes or otherwise which are injurious to health. Sufficient washroom facilities for male and female employees shall be provided, and such facilities shall be properly ventilated.
(2006 Code § 7-1-11.2)
B. Heat:
1. It shall be the duty of every person owning or controlling the heating plant which furnishes heat to any factory or workshop to maintain a temperature within such factory or workshop of not less than sixty two degrees Fahrenheit (62°F) without such undue restriction of ventilation as to interfere with proper sanitary conditions therein; provided, however, that this requirement shall not apply to any factory or workshop where the business conducted therein is of such a nature that a higher or lower temperature than sixty two degrees Fahrenheit (62°F) is necessary or expedient for the work or manufacturing processes of such business.
2. It shall be the duty of every person owning or controlling the heating plant which furnishes heat to any office, store, or other place of employment to maintain a temperature therein of not less than sixty two degrees Fahrenheit (62°F), without such undue restriction of ventilation as to interfere with proper sanitary conditions therein between the hours of eight o'clock (8:00) A.M. and six o'clock (6:00) P.M. from October 1 of each year until June 1 of the succeeding year (Sundays and legal holidays excepted).
(2006 Code § 7-1-11.3)
C. Prepared Foods: Any business licensed or regulated by this Code which shall sell or offer for sale any prepared food products shall also comply with all of the licensing or regulation requirements of the Jersey County Health Department and shall at all times maintain and display a current permit for such purposes as issued by the Jersey County Health Department Food Service.
(2006 Code § 7-1-11.5)
D. Inspections: The Mayor or the Chief of Police shall visit or cause to be visited all places of employment in the City as often as they shall deem necessary to assure compliance with the provisions of this section, and to have such arrangements made as may be deemed necessary for the health and safety of the employees.
(2006 Code § 7-1-11.4)