Each member pays dues, cooks at least once a week, participates in a cleaning schedule, and has a chore.

The park has a very rigorous cleaning schedule with many areas being swept, wiped down or cleaned multiple times a day.

Even the cleaning schedule is typically dictated by the fire code and evidence of compliance must be kept on file by the owner.

Step up the professional cleaning schedule if you know you tend to be lax about home care.

"One guy at 86th and Lex asked us to send him the cleaning schedule so he could go sleep in a hotel on those nights."

The cleaning schedules, the union argues, were imposed by the city during the 1976 fiscal crisis as a way of justifying the need for fewer helpers.

For Mr. Katz, the problem with the cleaning schedule is clear.

The first step is to put in place a cleaning schedule as part of your regular maintenance.

The board wrote to the Department of Sanitation asking for changes to the cleaning schedule, but he hasn't yet heard back.

The report said only: "Excessive lint - clean and provide written cleaning schedule."