§ 17.12.090. Toilet, bathing and laundry facilities—Building lighting.  


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  • Every trailer court shall observe the following minimum plumbing requirements:

    A.

    One water closet for each sex for every ten units or fraction thereof;

    B.

    For each water closet provided for men, there shall be in addition, one urinal stall or trough of equal size;

    C.

    Each toilet room shall be provided with one lavatory or wash basin and one additional lavatory for each two additional water closets;

    D.

    One shower stall or bathtub shall be provided for each sex for every ten units or fraction thereof;

    E.

    Water closets, basins, showers and bathtubs shall be placed in approved buildings, so located that no unit shall be more than three hundred feet from such a facility; provided, trailer courts which were already lawfully in operation on the effective date of Ordinance No. 1518, passed and approved on May 3, 1956, and so continue in operation, need not comply with this distance requirement;

    F.

    Buildings shall be well lighted at all times, well ventilated with all openings screened with screen wire of not less than sixteen mesh to the square inch; and all buildings shall be constructed to meet building code requirements for their designated use;

    G.

    Toilet and bathroom floors shall have floor drains and shall be the equal of approved concrete for floors and elevated not less than four inches above yard grade with floor drains;

    H.

    An approved slop sink shall be provided for each twenty units or major fraction thereof, with a minimum of one slop sink or laundry tub;

    I.

    Laundry rooms with floor drain and laundry tubs or automatic washer shall be provided for each twenty units or fraction thereof;

    J.

    It is unlawful to permit waste from sinks, showers or other fixtures in housetrailers to be deposited on any street, alley, sidewalk, trailer court, or upon any lot. Sinks, showers and other similar fixtures in housetrailers when in use shall be connected with the city sewer system or other sewer disposal approved by the building official or other designee of the city manager and in compliance with the plumbing and other ordinances of the city;

    K.

    Whenever the number of any plumbing fixtures required by this section depends upon the number of units to be served thereby, it shall not be necessary to include those housetrailers which have such fixtures therein, properly connected to an approved water or sewer system; but at least one of each of the required fixtures shall be provided in a building in the court, even though all housetrailers are so equipped, so as to provide emergency facilities in case of the plumbing in any housetrailer should become unusable.

    (Prior code § 13-31)

(Ord. 17159, § 4, 8-11-2009; Ord. No. 17389, § 5, 8-24-2010, eff. 9-1-2010)