Section 25-A1702. INSTALLATION - FIXED EQUIPMENT, ELEVATION OR SEALING

 

1702.1Floor-mounted equipment that is not easily movable shall be sealed to the floor or elevated on legs that provide at least a fifteen centimeter (15 cm) or a six inch (6 in.) clearance between the floor and the equipment, except as specified in §§ 1702.2 and 1702.3.

 

1702.2If no part of the floor under the floor-mounted equipment is more than fifteen centimeters (15 cm) or six inches (6 in.) from the point of cleaning access, the clearance space may be only ten centimeters (10 cm) or four inches (4 in.). 

 

1702.3This section does not apply to display shelving units, display refrigeration units, and display freezer units located in the consumer shopping areas of a retail food store, if the floor under the units is maintained clean. 

 

1702.4Counter-mounted equipment that is not easily movable shall be elevated on legs that provide at least a ten centimeter (10 cm) or four inch (4 in.) clearance between the table and the equipment, except as specified in § 1702.5. 

 

1702.5The clearance space between the table and counter-mounted equipment may be: 

 

(a)Seven and a half centimeters (7.5 cm) or three inches (3 in.) if the  horizontal distance of the table top under the equipment is no more than  fifty centimeters (50 cm) or twenty inches (20 in.) from the point of access  for cleaning; or

 

(b)Five centimeters (5 cm) or two inches (2 in.) if the horizontal distance of  the table top under the equipment is no more than seven and one-half  centimeters (7.5 cm) or three inches (3 in.) from the point of access for  cleaning.

 

authority

Sections 4 and 10 of An Act Relating to the adulteration of foods and drugs in the District of Columbia, approved February 17, 1898 (30 Stat. 246: D.C. Official Code §§ 48-104 and 48-110 (2009 Repl.)); Section 7 of An Act Making Appropriations to provide for the expenses for the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and three, and for other purposes (32 Stat.627: D.C. Official Code § 47-2834(a)(1), (a)(2), and (b) (2005 Repl.)); and Mayor’s Order 98-139, dated August 20, 1998, and Mayor’s Order 2002-103, dated June 18, 2002.

source

Final Rulemaking published at 50 DCR 4394 (June 6, 2003), incorporating by reference the text of Proposed Rulemaking published at 49 DCR 6184, 6277-78 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).