(A) Definition.
(1) Any place, building, structure, room, establishment or portion thereof which is used for the purpose of washing, drying, starching or ironing wearing apparel, household linens, towels, curtains, draperies or other washable fabrics, such work being done for the general public, shall be deemed a laundry and subject to the provisions of this section.
(2) The word
LAUNDRY as used in this section shall also include any private laundry maintained or operated in connection with any hotel, restaurant or public institution, except a hospital or charitable institution where no charge is made for laundry services.
(3) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any room or portion thereof located in an apartment house or other dwelling in which domestic laundry work is done by or for the occupants of such building exclusively.
(B) Laundry license. No person shall conduct, operate, maintain or carry on the business of any laundry without a license therefor. The fee shall be as set forth in § 110.13.
(C) Application. The application for a laundry license shall state the maximum number of persons to be employed therein. The Building Director shall cause an investigation to be made of the premises named and described in such application for the purpose of determining whether the sanitary conditions and the other requirements of this Code are fully complied with.
(D) Basis of license fees. The annual license fee for a laundry license shall be graded upon the basis of the number of persons employed in such establishment. The number of employees shall be determined by the average daily number employed during the preceding license year in such establishment, exclusive of drivers or operators of vehicles. In case of a new business the number of employees shall be estimated.
(1997 Code, § 32.16) (Am. Ord. CO-09-27, passed 10-6-2009; Am. Ord. CO-2021-21, passed 8-17-2021)