[Adopted 11-9-1983 by Ord. No. 36-83 (Ch. 103, Art. IV, of
the 1969 Code)]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any movable restaurant, truck, van, trailer, cart, bicycle
or other movable unit, including hand-carried portable containers,
in or on which food or beverage is transported, stored or prepared
for retail sale or given away at temporary locations.
All mobile retail food establishments shall be inspected and
approved by the Health Department prior to being licensed.
[Amended 5-9-1984 by Ord. No. 20-84]
Mobile retail food establishments shall obtain their products
and/or ingredients for products only from approved sources. Mobile
retail food establishments shall procure their food products only
from establishments rated "satisfactory" or "conditionally satisfactory"
by the local or state health authority.
Mobile retail food establishments that sell or distribute potentially
hazardous foods, as defined by Chapter XII of the State Sanitary Code,
shall store and display these foods so that the product temperature
is maintained below 45° F. or above 140° F. Food cooling equipment
or devices contained or utilized by a mobile retail food establishment
shall be powered by gas, electricity or other means acceptable to
the Registered Environmental Health Specialist or Health Officer.
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any of the
provisions of this article shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished
by a fine of not less than $5 nor more than $500, at the discretion
of the Judge imposing such penalty, and each violation of any of the
provisions of this article, and each day the same is violated, shall
be deemed and taken to be a separate and distinct offense.
