4963.02 Waiting rooms - toilet rooms. - Ohio Statutes

4963.02 Waiting rooms - toilet rooms.

Every person, firm, or corporation operating a railway wholly or in part within this state shall provide a suitable waiting room for the use of the traveling public at each station where a passenger train of the railroad is regularly scheduled to stop. Such room shall be so maintained and kept as to be conducive to the comfort and health of the patrons of the railroad. Where any such waiting room is located within a municipal corporation within reasonable connecting distance of a water supply and sewerage system, there shall be provided in connection with such waiting room suitable and separate toilet rooms and water closets for the use of male and female persons. Each such toilet room or water closet compartment shall be properly heated, lighted, and ventilated and shall contain sufficient floor space and a sufficient number of water closets, urinals, lavatories, and toilet accessories to properly and suitably accommodate such patrons. The location, construction, and installation of such toilet rooms and water closets shall be in accordance with the state building code.

Effective Date: 10-01-1953