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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 105ORDINANCE NO. 105 IM OitD MMCS Of "It CITY COUNCIL OF T116 CI'1"Y OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA RKLATINO TO "It GRADING AND POSTING OF RESTAURANTS The City Council of Palm Desert. California DOES HCRBET OMAIN as followsc Sections% 1. Definition 2. Grading and Posting of Restaurants 3. Use of Score Sheets in inspections 4. Issuance of Sanitation Certificate S. Posting of Grade Cards 6. Color of Cards. 7. Restaurants Receiving Grade Less Than 80% B. Prohibition Against Operation and Fees 9. Responsibility for violation. Section 1. Definition (a) "Restaurant" means any coffee shop, cafeteria, short-order cafe. luncheonette, tavern, cocktail lounge, sandwich stand, soda fountain, private and public school cafeteria or eating establishment. in -plant or employee eating establishment, and any other eating establishment, organization, club, including veterans club. boardinghouse, guesthouse. or political subdivision, which gives, sells, or offers for sale food to the public, guests, patrons. or employees as well as kitchens in which food is prepared on the premises for serving elsewhere, including catering functions. The term "restaurant" shall not include itinerant restaurants, vending machines, vehicles, cooperative arrangements by employees who pur- chase food or beverages for their own consumption and where no employee is assigned full time to care for or operate equipment used in such arrangement. or private homes; nor shall the term "restaurant" include churches, church societies, private clubs or other non-profit associations of a religious, philanthropic, civic improvement, social, political, or educational nature, which purchase food, food products, or beverages, for service without charge to their members, or for service or sale at a reasonable charge to their members or to the general public at occasional fund-raising events, for consumption on or off the premises at which the food, food products, or beverages are served or sold, if the service or sale of such food. food products or beverages does not constitute a primary purpuse or finction of the club or association. and if no employee or member is assigned full time to care for or operate equipment used in such arrangement. (b) "Food or beverage" includes all articles used for food. drink, confectionery or condiment, whether simple or compound, and ail substances and ingredients used in the preparation thereof for human consumption. (c) "Utensils" includes any kitchanwars, tableware. glasses, cutlery, containers, implements, or other equipment with which food or beverage comes in contact during storage, display, preparation, serving, or through use by an employee or consumer. (d) "Health officer" means the Health Officer of the City of lalu Desert or such other person er persons appointed by the City Council of the City of Palm Desart to enforce the provisions of this Ordinance. -1- Milo. n of No towIl is . ' The Health Offieer shall inspect and grade each restaurant frog tiwe to time as he shall dears propor, and must inspect and ads erg restaurant within five days after written desisind there- by the ewer, operator or person in charge of an restaurant which teceivad a grade of lose than ninety percent (90'1) on the last impaction. The record of each restaurant shall be in triplicate signed by the health officer or his deputy authorized inspector. A signed cop of such record shall be delivered to the owner, operator or person charge of the restaurant inspected, who shall sign a raeeipt therefor. Such records shall be kept and preserved in the office of the Health Officer. Section 3. Use of Score Sheets in inspections. In inspecting and grading all restaurants in the city, the Health Officer shall grade and inspect according to the sanitary conditions of each of said restaurants. To accomplish uniform in- spection and grading, the Health Officer shall make all inspections and compute and determine all grades by the use of and in strict conformity with the form of score sheet now used by the Department of Public Health of the County of Riverside in its evaluation and scoring of restaurants in Riverside County. Said form shall be pro- vided by the Health Officer and shall be changed from time to time as the score sheet of the County of Riverside is cbanged. Section 4. Issuance of Sanitation Certificate The Health Officer shal l.issue a sanitation certificate to each restaurant in the City which complies with the minimum requirements of the laws of the State of California, and of the city and provisions of this Ordinance. The health Officer may revoke the certificate issued to any restaurant upon a continuing failure to comply with such minimum requirements within fifteen days after written notice so to do. Such notice shall specify the particulars of non- compliance with such laws and regulations, and shall be personally delivered to the owner, operator or person in charge of the restaurant. .Section S. Posting of Grading Cards. The grade of each restaurant, according to its sanitary condition, shall be computed and determined as follows: The scores for "equipment" and "methods" shall be computed in accordance with the fors provided in the score sheet of the department of Health of the County of Riverside. The two scores shall be added and the sum divided by two. The grade of each restaurant shall be evidenced by the post ing of a card bearing a letter, A B or C The letter A shall indicate a grade of ninety percent (907.) or higher. The letter "B" shall indicate a grade of less than ninety percent (90%), but not less than eighty percent (60%). The letter "C" aball indicate a grade of less than eighty percent (80%). Said card shall be prepared and provided by the Health Officer, and shall be of dimensions of not more than nine inches by eleven inches, and the grade letter shall not be more than five inches in height. One of such cards shall be posted in a conspicuous place selected by the Health Officer at or near each entrance to the restaurant which entrance is for the use of patronal and the card shall not 1e removed. except by the Health Officer. The form of the said card shall be the same as the card used by the County of Riverside. They *hall be substantially in words and figures, as follows$ •20 "This RBTASLt811MT NAB COMPLIED MIT11 SANITARY ST 1l1lQIt RIMMTS POR CUM A. S, OR C (AS THE CASE MAY BE) QEPARl1i OF PMLIC HEALTH, PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA (Name of Health Officer) PMM1.TY FOR REMOVAL" Section S. Color of Cards. Credo "A" cards shall be printed in blue, Grade "B" cards in gram, and Grade "C" cards in red. Section 7. Restaurants Receiving Grades Less than 807. The continued operation of a restaurant under sanitary conditions which are graded leas than eighty percent (8070) is not In the public interest and creates a potential danger to the public health and welfare. Unless the sanitary conditions of any restaurant having a grade of less than eighty percent (80%) are improved within the period of thirty (30) days after service of written notice, so that the restaurant receives and maintains a grade of eighty percent (80%) or higher, the sanitation certificate may be revoked by the Health Officer. Such written notice is sufficient if it specifies the particulars of the equipment and method which fail to comply with the requirements of law and is served personally upon the owner, operator, or person in charge of the restaurant. Section S. Prohibition Axainst Operation and Fees. No person shall operate a restaurant without a sanitation certificate issued by the Health Officer. Applications for permits shall be made to the Health Officer upon the form provided by him and shall be accompanied by a fee as required by County Ordinance No. 554, in addition. shall be accompanied by a Grading and Posting fee of $22.83. A permit may be granted at any time during the year, but all permits shall expire annually the 31st day of December. and must be renewed within Thirty (30) days thereafter. If the ppermit is not re- newed within said thirty (30) days, a penalty shall be added to the inspection fee. Section 9. Responsibility for Violations. The owner. manager or operator of any restaurant is respon- sible for any violation of the provisions of this Ordinance. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 18th day of December 1975, by the following vote: AYES ASTON, BENSON, BRUSH, 14CPHERSON i CLARK NMI None ASSM I None A115s t City of Pain Desert, California -3-