Section 5.04.190 Working Conditions.

    Health requirements:  No owner, lessee, manager or superintendent of any store, factory, workshop or other place where persons are employed shall cause or permit such place, or any room or part thereof, to be overcrowded or inadequate or faulty in respect to light, ventilation, heat, or cleanliness.

    All such places of employment shall be kept in a clean condition, free from the effluvia of a sewer, drain, privy, stable, or other nuisance; also as far as practicable, such 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 such facilities shall be properly ventilated.

    Heating requirements:  It shall be the duty of every person owning or controlling the heating plant which furnishes heat to any factory or workshop, office, store or other place of employment, to maintain a temperature within such factory or workshop of not less than sixty-eight degrees (68) Fahrenheit without such undue restriction of ventilation as to interfere with proper sanitary conditions therein at such times as employees are required to be on the premises from October 1 of each year to June 1 of the succeeding year, Sundays and holidays excepted; 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 sixty-eight degrees (68) Fahrenheit is necessary or expedient for the work or manufacturing process of such business.

    Inspections:  The Building Commissioner shall visit or cause to be visited all such places of employment in the City as often as they shall deem necessary to ensure compliance with the provision of this chapter, and to have such arrangements made as may be deemed necessary for the health and safety of the employees. lice tags or stickers.


(5.04.190 (Ord. 2077), Repealed & Replaced, 08/05/2002, Business Licensing and Regulation., Prior Text)