501.11 and 5-501.12.

6-2 DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND INSTALLATION

6-201.11 Cleanability -- Floors, Walls, and Ceilings.

Except as specified under Section 6-201.14 and except for

antislip floor coverings or applications that may be used for

safety reasons, floors, floor coverings, walls, wall coverings,

and ceilings shall be designed, constructed, and installed so

they are SMOOTH and EASILY CLEANABLE.

6-201.12 Floors, Walls, and Ceilings, Utility Lines.

(A) Utility service lines and pipes may not be unnecessarily

exposed.

(B) Exposed utility service lines and pipes shall be installed so they

do not obstruct or prevent cleaning of the floors, walls, or ceilings.

installed on the floor.

6-201.13 Floor and Wall Junctures, Coved, and Enclosed or Sealed.

(A) In RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENT in areas where food is being

prepared, in which cleaning methods other than water flushing are

used for cleaning floors, the floor and wall junctures shall be coved

and closed to no larger than 1 mm (one thirty-second inch).

(B) The floors in RETAIL FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS in which water

flush cleaning methods are used shall be provided with drains and be

graded to drain, and the floor and wall junctures shall be coved and

SEALED.

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6-201.14 Floor Carpeting, Restrictions and Installation.

(A) A floor covering such as carpeting or similar material may not be

installed as a floor covering in FOOD preparation areas, walk- in

refrigerators, WAREWASHING areas, toilet room areas where

handwashing lavatories, toilets, and urinals are located, REFUSE

storage rooms, or other areas where the floor is subject to moisture,