§ 110.011 WORKING CONDITIONS.
   (A)   Health requirements. No owner, lessee, manager or superintendent of any store, factory, workshop or other place where persons are employed shall cause or permit the place or any room or part thereof, to be overcrowded or inadequate or faulty in respect to light, ventilation, heat or cleanliness.
   (B)   Sanitation. All such places of employment shall be kept in a clean condition, free from effluvia of a sewer, drain, privy, stable or other nuisance; also as far as practicable, the 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 the facilities shall be properly ventilated.
   (C)   Heat required.
      (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 the factory or workshop of not less than 62°F, without the 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 62°F is necessary or expedient for the work or manufacturing process of the 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 62°F, without the undue restriction of ventilation as to interfere with proper sanitary conditions therein, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. from October 1 of each year to June 1 of the succeeding year, Sundays and legal holidays excepted.
   (D)   Inspection. The Chief of Police and the Zoning Administrator, if any shall visit or cause to be visited all places of employment in this municipality 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.
(1994 Code, § 7-1-11)