§ 6.56.140. Sanitary facilities.

(a)

Seats per Person. The licensee shall provide toilet facilities on the basis of one toilet for each sex for every forty persons attending the event. Toilets shall be located within a radius of four hundred feet of each campsite. When the event is licensed to last no more than eight hours during any twenty-four-hour period, the health officer may approve a sanitary facility plan providing fewer toilets than specified in this section when in his opinion the alternative plan satisfies minimum health requirements.

(b)

Illumination. There shall be installed and kept burning from sunset to sunrise, sufficient artificial light to adequately (fifty-foot candles) illuminate the area around each toilet facility.

(c)

Servicing. Toilet facilities shall be maintained in a sanitary condition at all times and shall be cleaned at least once each day. Toilet paper shall be provided for each toilet.

Interior access lanes for service vehicles shall be kept open at all times. If chemical toilets are used, there shall be a sufficient number of pumper trucks available on the site at all times to properly service said chemical toilets. Trucks shall be inspected and permit issued by the health officer.

Holding tanks of chemical toilets shall have a chemical (usually a caustic compound) mixed with water after each cleaning.

(d)

Fees. If chemical toilets are contractor-supplied, a permit shall be first obtained from the health officer with payment of fees set forth in this Code.

(e)

Disposal of Cleanings. The licensee shall be held responsible for the manner in which the toilet cleanings are disposed. Disposal may be by burial at an on-site location approved by the health officer.

(f)

Handwashing Facilities. Handwashing facilities, including appropriate holding tank and drainage facilities shall be provided at the ratio of one lavatory for each toilet seat. The handwashing facilities shall be located within or adjacent to the toilet facilities and shall be provided with soap, paper towels and a trash receptacle at each location,

(g)

Mobile Comfort Stations. Mobile comfort stations may be approved if provision for a separate water supply and method of disposing of sewage have been approved by the health officer.

(h)

Health Officer's Approval. The approval of the health officer of licensee's sanitary facilities plans shall be a prerequisite for the issuance of a license for commercial outdoor activity.

(Ord. 1743 § 1 (part), 1977: Ord. 1101 § 2 (part), 1970: prior code § 8-551)