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It is unlawful to install, operate or maintain any automatic dry cleaning machine except in compliance with the provisions of this chapter, or to operate the same in violation of any laws, rules or regulations of the city, the Salt Lake city-county health department or the fire department relating thereto. (1999 Code)
A. Installation: It is unlawful to install any automatic dry cleaning machine without first having secured a permit from the city and the fire department to use hazardous flammable materials. Applications for such permit shall contain full information as to the mechanical equipment of such machines, and provisions for ventilation for both the machine and the room in which the machine will be located.
B. Engaging In Business: It is also unlawful to engage in the business of maintaining any automatic dry cleaning machine for use by the public upon payment of a fee, without having first secured a license therefor and without having paid the business license fee required on the fee schedule adopted pursuant to section 5.06.050 of this title. (1999 Code)
A. Enclosure; Vent: Each automatic dry cleaning machine shall be completely enclosed by a cabinet and shall be vented with intake at the top and the outlet at or near the bottom. Groups of machines may be entirely enclosed or supported on all sides by an enclosure topped with a hood vent provided for each individual machine.
B. Exhaust System: The exhaust system must maintain a minimum flow of one hundred cubic feet per minute face velocity through the loading door whenever the door is open.
C. Machine Door: Each automatic dry cleaning machine must be so constructed as to prevent the loading door from being opened during the normal cycle of operation. Each such machine shall be equipped with a transparent door or port to allow visual examination of the status of the cleaning cycle.
D. Water Connection: Any connection of an automatic dry cleaning machine with the water supply system must be equipped with an air gap or vacuum breaker in the line upstream from the condenser, with no control valves downstream from such gap or breaker. Wastewater shall be discharged through an air gap.
E. Ventilation:
1. The room in which the automatic dry cleaning machine is installed shall be ventilated so that there shall be a minimum flow of air per machine from the area to which the public is admitted of at least:
a. Five hundred (500) cubic feet per minute in a room where there are no more than three (3) machines installed;
b. Four hundred (400) cubic feet per minute where there are no more than eight (8) machines installed;
c. Three hundred seventy five (375) cubic feet per minute where there are no more than sixteen (16) machines installed; and
d. Three hundred sixty (360) cubic feet per minute where there are more than seventeen (17) machines installed.
2. For this purpose, each cleaning cell shall be considered as one machine.
F. Leakage Prohibited: Each automatic dry cleaning machine must be so designed, constructed and maintained so as to prevent the leakage of liquids, gas or vapors. (1999 Code)
A. Equipment Installation And Condition: No automatic dry cleaning machine shall be operated unless all the equipment described in the foregoing section is properly installed and in good working condition.
B. Person In Charge: No establishment for which a license is required under this section shall be open for business, and it is unlawful to admit public or customers into the room where such machines are located, unless there is on duty in the establishment at all times a competent person in charge of the establishment, and in charge of the operation of the machines. There shall be warning signs posted in places of easy observation warning of the dangers in the event leakage of liquids, gas or vapors occurs.
C. Residue; Containers: It is unlawful to permit any residue containing solvent to flow into the sewer system of the city; tightly covered metal containers may be used for temporary storage of such waste outside the building. Such containers shall bear labels indicating the contents and dangers involved in handling and shall be locked if in an unenclosed space.
D. Identification Sign: At least one legible sign shall be maintained in a place available to customers giving the name, address and phone number of the owner of the establishment, and of the service department or agency responsible for the proper maintenance of such machine.
E. Compliance With Laws: Each licensee shall comply with all applicable federal, state and city laws, rules, regulations and ordinances regarding handling, storage and disposal of hazardous waste. (1999 Code)