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BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and City Council of the City of
McHenry, County of McHenry and State of Illinois, that Chapter 11,
Health and Sanitation, of the Municipal Code of the City of McHenry,
as passed and approved on the 17th day of April, 1961, be amended
by adding thereto the following Article XII:
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 regulations
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 an 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 inhalation or contact.
3. License and Permit. It shall be unlawful to
install any automatic dry cleaning machine
without first having secured a permit therefor.
Applications 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.
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 the initial payment and license
therefor. The initial permit and license fee
shall be Five ($5. 00) Dollars per machine, and
the annual fee for such license shall be Five
($5. 00) Dollars for each machine 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 open sides by an enclosure topped with a
hood vented as provided for each individual machine.
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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 window which can be opened 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 or port 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
down stream 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 no more than eight
machines installed; 375 cubic feet per minute
where there are no more than 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 con-
sidered as one machine.
Each machine must be so designated 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 establish-
ment 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
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residue containing solvent to flow into the sewer
system of the City; 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.
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 Health
Officer 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 ($5. 00) Dollars nor more than Two
Hundred ($200. 00) Dollars for each offense; and
a separate offense shall be deemed committed on
each day during or on which a violation occurs or
continues.
THIS ORDINANCE shall be in full force and effect from and
after its passage and approval according to law.
It was moved by Pitzen and seconded by Bolger that the
above ordinance be passed.
Voting Aye: Bolger, Brown, Conway, Pitzen and
Schaefer.
Voting Naye: None
Absent: Smith
Mayo
ATTEST
ity Clerk
Passed and approved this 19th day of February, A. D. 1962.
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