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Home My WebLink AboutORDINANCES-1962-038-O-6238-0-62 ILLINOIS 043 AN ORDINANCE Re;u?ating the Installation 1 and Operation of Automatic Dry Cleaning Establishments. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, SECTION 1: That there be added to Chapter 25 of the Code of the City of Evanston, 1957, Sec- tions 25-24 to 25-32, regulating the installation and operation of automatic dry cleaning establishments to protect workmen and the general public from vapors and mists of solvents used in, releised from, or disseminated by, automatic dry cleaning machines as follows - Section 25-24 - Compliance Required: It shall be unlawful to install, operate or i main any automatic dry cleaning machine as hereinafter defined except in compliance with the provisions • of this ordinance, and all of the provisiono pertaining to the installation and operation of such machine herein contained; and a.15o in compliance with any laws, rules, or regulations of the Illinois Department of Public Health, relating thereto. Section 25-25 - DefinItions: (a) Automatic dry clf?aninq machine is a mechanical device, ap- paratus or appliance Wnich may be loaded, activated, and un- loaded by the customer for the purpose of cleaning wearing apparel, cloth, fabrics, textiles, and related materials by immersion and agitation, or immersion only, in a non -aqueous solver_t. (b) Automatic dry a. clsan L.estab1ishment is any premises for the public use of one or more automatic dry cleaning machines. (c) Cuctomer area means the area of an establishment which is available -co customers in order that they may make use of automatic dry cleaning machines. (d) Maintenance area means those portions of an establishment in Which all working or mechanical portions of the dry-cleaning appliances or appurtenances, except the customer's side of the appliances, are accessible. 0 044 L� Section 25-26 - Installation Permit: It shall be unlawful to in- stall any machine as herein defined without first having secured a permit therefor. Application for such permit shall be made in writing to the City Collector. The application shall contain the name of the applicant if an individual, the names of the principal officers if a corporation, the location of the place at which it is intended to install said dry cleaning machines, together with a description of the place of business for which an operating li- cense is desired. Before any such installation permit shall be issued, application shall be approved by the Director of Building and Zoning, the Public Health Director, and the Fire Marshal. Application for such installation permit shall contain full in- formation as to the mechanical equipment of each machine and pro- visions for ventilation for both the machine and the room in which the machine will be located. The fee for the installation permit shall be $60 plus $2.50 per machine,except that the maximum fee for any establishment shall not exceed $125.00. Section 25-27 - License: It shall be unlawful to engage in the business of maintaining any suchrrechine for use by the public without having first secured a license therefor. The annual li- cense fee shall be $25 plus $1 per machine, except that the max- imum fee for any establishment shall not exceed $50. Section 25-28 - General Requirement: (a) Machines and equipment shall not be installed in buildings used for occupancy as an apartment or other dwelling unless prior ap- proval of the departments having licensing jurisdiction is obtained. (b)Every establishment shall have windows of such size and loca- tion that the customer area is easily visible from the outside. (c) Properly fitted respiratory protective equipment of adequate capacity, approved by the U. S. Bureau of Mines for protection against organic vapors, shall be proviied for maintenance personnel and must be kept in good repair and available for immediate use. (d) Only the solvent for which the equipment was designed shall be used unless prior approval of the licensing departments is obtained. (e) Each machine shall be enclosed by a cabinet. The cabinet shall be provided with vents at or near its bottom and connected to ex- haust ventilation adequate to prevent the escape of vapor to the surrounding atmosphere. (f) The cleaning cycle shall be such that there will be no appre- ciable odor of solvent retained in the cleaned items upon comple- tion of the normal dry cleaning cycle, and the entire cycle shall be self-contained and completed in one machine. -2- 045 (g) The dry cleaning machines shall he so designed that they are • inoperable when their front or loading doors are open. Further- more, such machines s'�all be so designed that the loading doors cannot be opened during the normal operating cycle, nor during an abnormal interruption thereof due to electrical or mechanical failure or both. Section 25-29 - Installation Reouirements: a c1) The equipment shall be installed so that only the front of the machine shall be exposed in the customer area. The working or maintenance portion of the equipment shall be separated from the font of the machine by a panel wall. This panel wsll or partition shall contain grill openings or other perforations near the machines to permit the movement of air through the partition. There shall be a minimum flow rate of air from the customer area through the partition as follows: Plumber of Machines Minimum Flow Rate Per Machine (cfm)* 1 - 3 350 4 - 8 300 9 - 16 250 17 or more 200 • * - Each cleaning cell shall constitute one machine. • The exhaust ventilation shall be on a continuous operating basis while the store is open for business. The fresh air intalas into the customer area shall be provided wish an air tempering device capable of warming the entire volume of air to at least 60 degrees F. at the mean annual winter ;temperature. a (2) As an alternate to Section 25-29 a (1) the machines may be provided with a front panel which can be sealed to the floor and to the surrounding panel wall between the customer and mainten- ance areas. There shall be no openings in the panel wall except the access door. Inns door shall be of tight construction and eceApped with a self -closing device. The ventilation in Section 25-29 a(1), requited shall be provided for the service area wi't.h a fresh -�i.r intake from the outside atmosphere. The intake shall be so lz ed as to maintain a negative pressure in the service area at all t.imas. (b) A scavenger duct shall be provided for every two machines to provide adequate exhaust ventilation around the machine bases. This duct shall terminate near the floor in the service a.rca and shall be directly connected to the exhaust ventilation system. -3- (c) One or more general ventilation fans shall be installed in the maintenance area to exhaust air to the exterior in the event of accidental solvent leakage. An air flow of at least 500 cfm per machine shall be exhausted when these fans and the ventilation devices required by Section 25-29 a(1) and 25-29 a(2) are operated simultaneously. (d) The cleaning machine must be provided with an exhaust system capable of maintaining a minimum air flow of 100 feet per minute face velocity in through the loading door whenever the door is open. Duct -work connections from this system must be sealed (soldered or taped) and the discharge stack extended to a mini- mum height of five feet above the roof peak. The discharge stack shall be extended five feet above the top of any window located within 25 feet of the opening, and shall be located horizontally as far as possible from any air intakes. All ex- haust from the maintenance area shall have a separate duct sys- tem and discharge to the atmosphere as outlined in this section. (e) All combustion air for gas, oil, or other heating equipment shall be obtained from the outside atmosphere or from other areas that are not interconnected with rooms in which dry cleaning machines are installed. The concentration of solvent vapor in combustion air shall not exceed 5 parts per million. (f) Machines and filter assemblies shall be installed within either a dike or pan and piping system of adequate capacity to • contain the solvent should leakage occur. Some means shall be provided for draining the solvent in the event of a leak. This may be done by gravity flow with the solvent transferred to an emergency holding tank. This tank shall be vented to the outside or to the machine storage tank or exhaust system stack. • (g) If the machine is connected to the City water supply, it shall be equipped with an air duct or properly installed vacuum breaker in the water supply line upstream from the condenser. There shall be no control valves downstream from the vacuum breaker. The waste water shall discharge through an air gap. Section 25-30 - Operation Requlations: (a) No such automatic dry cleaning machine shall be operated unless all the equipment described in the foregoing sections is properly installed and in good working condition. (b) A competent, trained operator shall be on duty whenever the establishment is open to the general public. (c) Complete step-by-step operating instructions shall be posted near the machines for customer use. Included in the instructions shall be a notice to call the attendant if any solvent odor re- mains in the cleaned material. ME 047 (d) Control is to be such that under normal operating conditions • concentrations of solvent vapor in the customer area shall not exceed 0.4 of the applicable Threshold Limit Value established by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists and, in the maintenance area, shall not exceed the full Threshold Limit Value. The use of devices or substances which tend to mask the solvent odor shall be prohibited. (e) The bulk solvent shall be stored -in tightly closed containers and should be transferred from the containers by means of a closed system. All storage facilities for solvent, external from the equipment, shall be adequately and properly labeled. ( (f) Filter residue and other residues containing solvent shall be stored and disposed of so as not to create a health hazard or nuisance. It shall be unlawful to permit any residue containing solvent to flow into the sewer system of the city. Tightly covered metal containers shall be used for temporary storage of such waste. Such containers shall bear labels indicating the contents and dan- gers involved in handling and shall be locked if in an unenclosed place. (g) Detailed installation, operation and maintenance manuals for equipment shall be made available to authorized representatives of the departments having licensing jurisdiction over the establish- ments. • Section 25-31 - Inspections: It shall be the duty of the City Manager to cause such inspections to be made from time to time as are necessary to enforce the provisions of this ordinance. • Section 25-32 - Penalty: Any person, firm or corporation who violates any provisions of this ordinance shall be fined not less than $25 nor more than $200 for each offense. Each day a viola- tion of the provisions of this ordinance shall continue shall con- stitute a separate offense. SECTION 2: All other ordinances or parts of ordin- ances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Where ordinances or parts of ordinances establishing standards or re- quirements are in conflict with those established herein, the more strict standard or requirement shall apply. Section 25-17(d) and Section 25-19(c) of Ordinance 95-0-61, adopted December 11, 1961, are expressly repealed. -5- 048 i • 11 SECTION 3: This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication, according to law. INTRODUCED Julv P I ADOPTED %T"IIT 3n ATTEST: /s/ Maurice F. Ntown City Clerk Approved as to forms /s/ Rex A. Bullinger Corporation Counsel Published August 91 1962 1962 1962 APPROVED July 31 /s/ William A. Nott MAYOR Fro Tem , 1962 Code Page 296A