[1960 Code, Sec. 2.34.010]
The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter:
FOOD STORE
Grocery store, butcher store, delicatessen store, confectionery store, bakery store, milk store, butter and egg store, fruit and vegetable store, fish store, or any other place where food or drink is prepared, handled, stored, offered for sale or sold at wholesale or retail.
ITINERANT RESTAURANT
Is one operating for a temporary period as in connection with a fair, carnival, circus, public exhibition or other similar gathering. Provided that this section shall not be applicable to the Logan County Fair Association so long as that association shall be so designated as the county fair by the county board; nor shall this definition be applicable so long as the association or organization operating said itinerant restaurant is under the sponsorship of a nonprofit organization or association which has as its main goal the furthering of the charitable or civic interests of this community.
RESTAURANT
Restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, short order cafe, luncheonette, tavern, sandwich stand, soda fountain and all other public eating or drinking establishments, as well as kitchens or other places in which food or drink is prepared for public sale elsewhere.
[1975 Code]
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a restaurant, itinerant restaurant or food store in the City without having a license and without having an unrevoked permit as herein provided. Said permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place. Only persons who comply with the requirements of this chapter shall be entitled to receive and retain such a permit. Permits shall not be transferable from one location to another.
[Ord. 574, 11-3-2003]
Application for a license hereunder shall be made in writing to the City Clerk, which application shall set forth pertinent information and, further, shall state that the establishment for the operation of which said license is sought complies with the requirements of the state statutes. At the time of filing said application, the applicant shall pay the license fee. The annual license fee for restaurants and food stores shall be $20 for the term expiring April 30 next; the license fee for itinerant restaurants shall be $4 for the first day and $2 per day thereafter. Upon the issuance of a license hereunder, the City Clerk shall issue a permit, which permit may be revoked upon violation of this chapter.
[1960 Code, Sec. 2.34.050]
In order to retain said permit, each restaurant, itinerant restaurant and food store shall comply with the requirements of 410 Illinois Compiled Statutes 650/1 through 650/13, being an "act to prevent the preparation, manufacture, packing, storing or distributing of food intended for sale, or sale of food, under insanitary, unhealthful or unclean conditions or surroundings, to create a sanitary inspection, to declare that such conditions shall constitute a nuisance, and to provide for the enforcement thereof", approved June 5, 1911, as amended; and the rules and regulations of the Illinois department of agriculture concerning this act.