Anaheim Municipal Code Ch. 6.68 Wiping Rags

HEALTH OFFICER shall mean the Orange County Health Officer.

WIPING RAGS shall mean cloths and rags used for any or all of the following purposes:

(a) Wiping and cleaning the surfaces of machinery, machines, tools, locomotives, engines, motor cars, automobiles, cars, carriages, windows, furniture, and surfaces of articles, appliances, and engines in factories, shops, steamships, and steamboats.

(b) Generally for cleaning in industrial employment.

(c) Used by mechanics and workmen for wiping from their hands and bodies soil incident to their employment. (Ord. 3462 § 1 (part); September 2, 1975.)

It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any business of laundering, sanitizing or selling wiping rags in the City of Anaheim unless, in addition to any other permit or license which may be required, he has a valid permit issued annually by the Health Officer. (Ord. 3462 § 1 (part); September 2, 1975.)

The Health Officer is hereby authorized to administer and enforce the provisions of the Health and Safety Code of the State of California, and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder, pertaining to wiping rags and wiping rags businesses.

A permit under this chapter shall be issued by the Health Officer if the applicant complies with the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 1 of Part 15 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code and any regulations adopted thereunder, or any successor provisions or regulations thereto. The period of the permit shall be one year from date of issuance. Any permit issued hereunder may be suspended or revoked in the manner prescribed in Section 118470 of the Health and Safety Code, or any successor provision thereto. (Ord. 3462 § 1 (part); September 2, 1975: Ord. 5812 § 23; June 11, 2002.)

The Health Officer shall collect an annual permit fee in the amount established by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Orange for each wiping rag business permit. (Ord. 3462 § 1 (part); September 2, 1975: Ord. 5237 § 1; June 25, 1991.)

Any person violating any of the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. (Ord. 3462 § 1 (part); September 2, 1975: Ord. 5812 § 24; June 11, 2002.)