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AN ORDINANCE REGULATING AUTOMATIC DRY CLEAN NG MACHINES e i61
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�O BE IT ORDAINED by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village
of Deerfield, Cook and Lake Counties, Illinois, that:
1. Compliance required. It shall be unlawful to install, operate or
maintain any automatic dry cleaning machine as hereinafter defined except
in compliance with the provisions of this ordinance, or without complying
with all of the provisions pertaining to the installation and operation of
such machine herein contained; or in violation of any laws, rules, or regu-
lations of the Illinois Department of Public Health, relating thereto.
2. Definition. An automatic dry cleaning machine as the term is used
herein, shall be construed to include and mean any device or apparatus for
the cleaning of clothes or fabrics, and designed to be used or operated by
any but the owner, or any employee of the owner thereof, which machine or
device makes use of or contains Perchlorethylene or any other chemical
solvent or substance which may cause harm to human beings by reason of in-
halation or contact.
3. License and Permit. It shall be unlawful to install any automatic
dry cleaning machine without first having secured a permit therefor. Appli-
cations for such permit shall contain full information as to the mechanical
equipment of such machine and provisions for ventilation for both the machine
and the room in which the machine will be located. The fee for such permit
shall be Twenty -Five Dollars for each unit or machine.
It shall be unlawful to•engage in the business of maintaining any such
machine for use by the public upon payment of a fee, without having first
secured a license therefor. The Annual Fee for such,license shall be
Twenty -five Dollars plus Five Dollars for each unit in addition to five,
maintained in any one establishment.
4, Installation Regulations. Each machine shall be completely enclosed
by a cabinet and shall be vented with intake at the top and the outlet at or
near the bottom of such machine. Groups of machines may be entirely enclosed
or supported on all sides open by an enclosure topped with a hood vented as
provided for each individual machine.
The exhaust system must maintain a minimum flow of 100 cubic feet per
minute face velocity through the loading door whenever the door is open.
The discharge stack for the machines and for the room in which the
machines are located shall extend at least two feet above the level of any
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window which can be oAned located within 50 feet of the outlet of the stack,
and shall be at least 50 feet away from any fresh air intake leading to any
premises.
The machines must be so constructed as to prevent the loading door from
being opened during the normal cycle of operation. Each machine shall be
equipped with a transparent door to allow visual examination of the status
of the cleaning cycle.
Any connection of such machine with the water supply :system must be
equipped with an air gap or vacuum breaker in the line upstream from the
condenser; with no control valves downstream from such gap or breaker.
Waste water shall be discharged through an air gap,
The room in which such machine is installed shall be ventilated so
that there shall be a minimum flow of air per machine from the area to which
the public is admitted, of at least 500 cubic feet per minute in a room
where there are no more than three machines installed; 400 cubic feet per
minute where there are from four to eight machines installed; 375 cubic feet
per minute where there are from nine to sixteen machines installed; and 360
cubic feet per minute where there are more than seventeen machines installed.
For this purpose each cleaning cell shall be considered as one machine.
Each machine must be so designed and constructed as to prevent the
leakage of liquids, gas or vapors.
::. 5. Operation regulations. No such automatic dry cleaning machine
shall be operated unless all the equipment described in the foregoing section
is properly installed and in good operating working condition.
No establishment for which a license is required under this ordinance
shall be open for business, and it shall be unlawful to admit the public or
customers into the room where such machines are located unless there is on
duty in the establishment at all times a competent person in charge of the
establishment, and in charge of the operation of such machines. There shall
be warning signs posted in places of easy observation warning of the dangers
in the event leakage of liquids, gas or vapor occurs. It shall be unlawful
to permit any residue containing solvent to flow into the sewer system of
the village; tightly covered metal containers may be used for temporary
storage of such waste outside the building. Such containers shall bear..
labels indicating the contents and dangers involved in handling, and shall
be locked if in an unenclosed place.
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At least one legible sign shall be maintained in a place available to
customers giving the name, address and phone number of the owner of the
establishment, and of the service department or agency responsible for the
proper maintenance of the machines.
6. Inspections. It shall be the duty of the Village President to
cause such inspections to be made as are necessary to see to the enforcement
of the provisions of this ordinance.
7. Penalty.' Any person, firm or corporation violating any provision
of this ordinance shall be fined not less than Five Dollars nor more than
Two Hundred Dollars for each offense; and a separate offense shall be
deemed committed on each day during or on which a violation occurs or
continues.
a? &ILL
PASSED this .. ......,day of. ..........'., 1961.
ATTEST:
Village Clerk
APPROVED:
Village President
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