§ 54-57. Service buildings and other community service facilities.

(a)

General: The requirements of this section shall apply to service buildings, recreation buildings, and other community service facilities such as management offices, maintenance and storage areas, and sanitary or laundry facilities.

(b)

Required community sanitary facilities: Every park shall be provided with emergency sanitary facilities consisting of not less than one flush toilet and one lavatory per sex for each 100 mobile home lots, or fractional part thereof, which shall be accessible to all mobile homes.

(c)

Structural requirements for buildings:

(1)

Service buildings shall be protected from damage by ordinary uses and by decay, corrosion, termites and other destructive elements. Exterior portions shall be of moisture and weather-proof materials and construction.

(2)

All rooms containing sanitary or laundry facilities shall:

a.

Have sound-resistant walls extending to the ceiling between male and female sanitary facilities. Walls and partitions around showers, bathtubs, lavatories and other plumbing fixtures shall be constructed of dense nonabsorbent, waterproof material or covered with moisture-resistant material.

b.

Have at least one window or skylight facing directly to the outdoors. The minimum aggregate gross area of the windows for each required room shall be not less than ten percent of the floor area served by them.

c.

Have at least one window which can be easily opened for an adequate mechanical ventilation device.

(3)

Toilets shall be located in separate compartments equipped with self-closing doors. Shower stalls shall be of the individual type. The rooms shall be screened to prevent view of the interior when the exterior doors are open.

(4)

Illumination levels shall be maintained as follows:

a.

General seeing tasks—Five foot candles;

b.

Laundry room work area—40 footcandles;

c.

Toilet room, in front of mirrors—40 footcandles.

(5)

Hot and cold water shall be furnished to every lavatory, sink, bathtub, shower and laundry fixture, and cold water shall be furnished to every toilet and urinal.

(d)

Barbecue pits, fireplaces, stoves and incinerators: Cooking shelters, barbecue pits, fireplaces, woodburning stoves and incinerators shall be so located, constructed, maintained and used so as to minimize fire hazards and smoke nuisance. No open fire shall be permitted except in approved facilities. No open fire shall be left unattended. No fuel shall be used and no material burned which emits dense smoke or objectionable odors.

(Ord. No. 635, § 7.07, 10-9-65; Code 1973, § 11-36)