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A. The premises and equipment of all public bathhouses shall be maintained in a clean, safe and sanitary manner and it shall be the duty of the owner or operator of such establishment to meet the following requirements:

1. Adequate lighting, heating and ventilating is to be installed and maintained in all parts of the facility in full compliance with the City’s applicable building, mechanical, plumbing, electrical and related codes.

2. Each patron using such a facility shall be furnished with an individual clean towel or disposable paper mat by the operator thereof; towels shall not be reused until they are washed and sanitized. There shall be adequate facility for towel and mat storage.

3. If any facility contains any swirling water pools where more than one person is immersed, such pools shall be maintained under the same restriction as any public or semipublic pool. Bacterial quality shall be such that not more than fifteen percent (15%) of any series of samples nor more than two consecutive samples in any series of samples collected at times when the pool is in use show the presence of coliform bacteria. Chlorine residual of four-tenths ppm. shall be maintained in all parts of pool water while in use to assure acceptable bacteriological standards.

4. A chlorine and pH test kit shall be used routinely to check the chemical make-up of pool water with results recorded on a daily log sheet and kept current at all times.

5. Any stools or benches in any bath facility shall be easily cleanable and soundly constructed. They shall be covered with single service towels when in use.

6. All exercise equipment and appliances shall be routinely checked for possible structural weaknesses and shall be maintained in a safe and sanitary manner at all times.

7. All pools must be provided with recirculation and filtering equipment which equipment shall include a rate of flow indicator and a loss of head gauge for the backwash filter.

8. All shower and dressing facilities shall be available outside the pool area. Such area must be well lighted and ventilated with nonslip floor finish provided on floors sloping to a floor drain.

9. A safety bar or hand rail shall be installed in the pool easily accessible to users in every area of the pool.

10. Any sauna bath or similar facility shall duly post a maximum exposure time table as suggested by the manufacturer thereof.

11. Ceilings in the sauna area shall be designed, constructed and maintained to prevent dripping of hot water on users.

12. Any facilities using ultra-violet exposure rooms in their establishment shall post maximum exposure time which shall not exceed three minutes for any individual. (Ord. 2546 § 2 (part), 2010: Ord. 1562 § 1 (part), 1990).