Chapter 20.13 PORTABLE NON-SEWERED TOILET SYSTEMS


Section 20.13.070 Standards for construction and servicing.

Portable non-sewered toilets must conform to the following construction and servicing standards:
    1. Construction.
        a. Units must be of solid construction, easy to clean, provide shelter and provide privacy.  The toilet room must be ventilated to the outside and adequately lighted with natural or artificial light.  All ventilation openings to the toilet room must be covered with screens or louvres.  Internal latches must be provided to assure secure privacy from inadvertent entry.
        b. Waste containers must be fabricated from impervious materials, for example, plastic, steel, fiberglass or their equivalent. Containers must be water-tight and capable of containing the waste in a sanitary manner. Containers must be adequate in size to be used by the number of persons according to the schedule for minimum requirements, without filling the container to more than half of its volume before regularly scheduled service.
    2. Service must be performed by a licensed provider at intervals as required to maintain units in a sanitary condition. Employers and event sponsors are responsible for contracting service intervals frequent enough to ensure clean, sanitary facilities.
        a. Servicing must include removing waste from containers, recharging containers with an odor controlling solution, cleaning of urinals and seats with a commercial grade antibacterial disinfectant, and installing an adequate supply of toilet tissue.
        b. Any defective or inadequate toilet units must be repaired or withdrawn from service by locking or removal.
        c. Removal of waste must be handled in a clean and sanitary manner by means of a vacuum hose and received by a leak-proof tank truck. All ports on the tank shall be valved and capped.
        d. Provisions must be made so service trucks have safe and convenient access to the toilets to be served.
        e. Disposal of waste from tank trucks must be in accordance with state and local health department requirements. Waste must be disposed of through government approved municipal or district sanitary sewage systems. (Ord. 2005-0577)