§ 13-38. Lavatories.


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  • Every food-processing establishment, food market, and food service establishment, except duly licensed trucks or wagons in which prepackaged food is displayed for sale, shall be provided with adequate, conveniently located hand-washing facilities for its employees, including a lavatory or lavatories equipped with hot and cold running water, soap, and approved individual sanitary towels or other approved hand-drying devices. Lavatories shall be located within all toilet rooms. In all establishments lavatories shall also be located within the area where food is being prepared. Lavatories shall be adequate in size and number and shall be so located as to permit convenient and expeditious use by all employees. Lavatory facilities shall be separate from those sinks used for equipment washing and shall be used exclusively for handwashing. The lavatory basin in a mobile unit must have minimum interior dimensions of nine by nine inches in width and five inches depth.

(Ord. No. 550, § 20, 9-8-75)