Are toilet facilities required on construction sites?
Chapter II, Section 6 of the Maricopa County Environmental Health Code states: “No person shall initiate or proceed with construction, erection, alteration, repair, or razing project without first having provided an adequate number of suitable sanitary job toilet facilities for the use of persons on the project in a ratio of at least one toilet per 20 persons. Such toilets shall be of the water-flushed or chemical type approved by the department and located on or within 200 feet of each work area within the project site.”

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1. What is a chemical toilet?
2. What is a portable restroom unit?
3. What is a portable waste holding tank?
4. How must the waste from a chemical toilet, portable restroom unit or portable waste holding tank be disposed?
5. Who has to have a chemical toilet permit, portable restroom unit or portable waste holding tank permit?
6. What are the chemical toilet, portable restroom unit and portable waste holding tank regulations?
7. How often do chemical toilets, portable restroom units and portable waste holding tanks have to be serviced?
8. Where can chemical toilets, portable restroom units and portable waste holding tanks be placed?
9. What is the blue liquid in the tank and why is it there?
10. Are toilet facilities required on construction sites?
11. Are toilet facilities required at public gatherings?
12. How much does a chemical toilet, portable restroom unit or portable waste holding tank permit cost?
13. When does a chemical toilet, portable restroom units and portable waste holding tanks permit expire?
14. What is required to obtain a chemical toilet, portable restroom unit or portable waste holding tank permit?
15. When can I use my chemical toilet, portable restroom unit or portable waste holding tank?
16. How do I apply for a chemical toilet, portable restroom unit or portable waste holding tank permit?