Section 25-A3009. VENTILATION - MECHANICAL

 

3009.1All rooms shall have sufficient tempered make-up air and exhaust ventilation to keep them free of excessive heat, steam, condensation, vapors, obnoxious odors, smoke, and fumes.

 

3009.2All ventilation systems, furnaces, gas- or oil-fired room heaters, and water heaters shall be designed, installed, and operated in accordance with the D.C. Plumbing Code (2008) incorporating the International Plumbing Code (2006) or most recent edition, as amended by the D.C. Plumbing Code Supplement (Subtitle F of 12 DCMR).

 

3009.3Each room in which food or drink is prepared, or in which utensils are washed, shall be provided with facilities for at least eight (8) air changes per hour. Recirculation of air is not permitted.

 

3009.4Each room in which food or drink is served shall be provided with facilities for at least five (5) air changes per hour, and not more than fifty percent (50%) recirculation of air shall be permitted.

 

3009.5Each cooking unit that creates smoke, steam, gases, fumes, odors, vapors, or excessive heat shall be hooded and vented, or locally vented to the outside air by forced draft, in a manner that effectively removes the conditions; provided, that small burners used intermittently for short periods of time, warming equipment, bread toasters, coffee urns, and radiant cooking units need not be so vented unless one (1) or more of the units creates a nuisance, or the Department determines the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system does not adequately vent the room as specified in § 3009.3.

 

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, 6319 (July 5, 2002); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 13690 (November 30, 2012).