(A) Health 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.
(2) All such places of employment shall be kept in a clean condition, free from the effluvia of a sewer, drain, privy, stable or other nuisances; 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.
(B) Heating requirements.
(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 68°F without such undue restriction of ventilation as to interfere with proper sanitary conditions therein at such times as employees are required to be on the premises from October 1 of each year to June 1 of the succeeding year, Sundays and holidays excepted; 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 68°F is necessary or expedient for the work or manufacturing process of such business.
(2) It shall be the duty of any 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 68°F without such undue restriction of ventilation as to interfere with proper sanitary conditions therein, at such times as employees are required to be on the premises from October 1 of each year to June 1 of the succeeding year, Sundays and legal holidays excepted.
(C) Inspections. The Building Inspector shall visit or cause to be visited all such places of employment in the village as often as he or she shall deem necessary to ensure compliance with the provision of this chapter, and to have such arrangements made as may be deemed necessary for the health and safety of the employees.
(Ord. 01-O-07, passed 5-10-2001; Ord. 14-O-11, passed 5-22-2014)