(A)
The Health Department may require portable toilets and portable potable hand washing units (hand sanitizer alone is not sufficient and must be equipped with potable, running water, hand soap, paper towels, and a waste paper container) for events, gatherings or business sales when an approved public sewer system is not available. The use of private sewage disposal systems for events larger than what the system was originally designed for must also have portable toilets and portable potable hand washing units.
(B) The Health Department shall prescribe the application process and shall require the applicant to submit an application for a portable sanitation permit at least five working days prior to the first operating day of the event, gathering or vendor sale. Permits are only valid for the event dates applied for.
(C) An application for permit shall be completed on forms provided for by the Health Department and shall include the following:
(1) Name, address, telephone number, email and fax number (if applicable) of the operator;
(2) A description of the type of gathering to be held;
(3) Number of people expected to attend the event. It is the responsibility of the employer, property owner or event coordinator to acquire a sufficient number of portable toilets and portable potable hand washing units for the number of persons anticipated;
(4) Dates and times the gathering will be held;
(5) Name, address, telephone number, email and fax number (if applicable) of property owner;
(6) Location of gathering and site plan that includes the following:
(a) Parking area available for patrons;
(b) Location and number of food stands;
(c) Location and number of portable toilets; and
(d) Location and number of portable potable hand washing units.
(7) Name, address and phone number of person or persons hired to provide portable sanitation.
(D) Person or persons hired to provide portable sanitation must be licensed as a portable sanitation business with all work done by certified portable sanitation technicians or portable sanitation technician trainees.
(E) The portable toilets and portable hand washing units shall be serviced at a frequency that maintains the units in a sanitary condition and free of odors and according to the IDPH Private Sewage Disposal Code, Portable Sanitation.
(F) The Health Department may conduct inspections before and/or during an event, gathering or business sales to ensure compliance. Failure to provide adequate portable sanitation may result in revocation of the portable sanitation permit.
(Prior Code, 6 TCC 1-11) (Ord. E-19-96, passed 5-29-2019)