Banning Municipal Code Art. IV Toilet Facilities for Patrons

For purposes of this article, toilet facilities shall be defined as set forth under Section 510 and 511 of the Uniform Building Code 1991 and as amended.

(Code 1965, § 9-50.)

Toilet facilities shall be provided for both employees and patrons where the proposed use is designed or intended as a restaurant. Toilet facilities shall be physically separated from areas where food is prepared and pathways for patrons through food preparation areas shall be prohibited. Toilet facilities shall meet state accessibility laws and shall be located in a manner acceptable to the city's building department. Consistent herewith, toilet facilities for patrons and employees may be provided as a common facility.

(Code 1965, § 9-51.)

In instances where a building was occupied by a land use other than a restaurant, the conversion of said building to a restaurant shall be subject to the city's site plan review process. Food preparation areas shall be located so that they are physically separated from toilet facilities and patrons are prohibited from passing through food preparation areas. Toilet facilities shall meet state accessibility laws and shall be located in a manner acceptable to the city's building department. Consistent herewith, toilet facilities for patrons and employees may be provided as a common facility.

(Code 1965, § 9-52.)

A. Any restaurant use contained in a structure which does not contain toilet facilities separate from its food preparation area and cannot therefore provide access to toilet facilities for its patrons shall be deemed a nonconforming use and/or structure. However, such structure shall not be subject to the provisions contained in Title 17 of this Code as to the requirement for toilet facilities, but instead shall be subject to the requirement that installation of the facilities provided for in this article shall be required in any restaurant which has been closed to business for ninety consecutive days before such restaurant shall be permitted to reopen for business.

B. For purposes of this section, "closed to business" shall refer to any ninety-day period of time during which no commercial preparation and sale of food has occurred on the premises. Said ninety-day period shall be measured as a cumulative total of days "closed to business" within any one hundred twenty-day period of time.

(Code 1965, § 9-53.)