HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 684ORDINANCE NO. 684
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PALM DESERT,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 8.08.020,
8. 08. 050 (C ) AND 8. 08. 070 PERTAINING TO
POSTING OF GRADING CARDS FOR RESTAURANTS.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, is concerned with the health standards of Palm
Desert restaurants.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN as follows:
Section 1: That Section 8.08.020 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
8.08.020 Grading and posting of restaurants:
The health officer shall inspect and grade each restaurant,
from time to time, as he deems proper, and must re -inspect
and grade within five (5) days after receipt of written
demand by the owner, operator or person in charge of any
restaurant which received a grade of less than ninety (90%)
percent on the previous inspection. A signed copy of each
inspection, computation and determination of grading of each
restaurant shall be delivered to the owner, operator or
person in charge of the restaurant who shall sign a receipt.
Section 2: That Subsection C of Section 6.06.050 is
hereby amended to read as follows:
8. 08. 050 (C ) Posting of grade cards :
One of such cards shall be posted in a conspicuous placeksi
selected by the health officer at or near each entrance to
the restaurant, which entrance(s) is for use of patrons; the
card shall not be removed except by the health officer. The
form of the card shall be the same as the card used by the
County of Riverside, Health Services Agency, Department of
Environmental Health.
Section 3: That Section 8.08.070 is hereby amended to
read as follows:
8. 08. 070 Restaurants receiving grades less than ninety ('30% )
percent•
The continued operation of a restaurant which has received a
grade of less than ninety (90%) percent is not in the public
interest, and creates a potential danger to the publics and
CITY COUNCIL ORDINANCE NO. 684
welfare. The health officer shall revoke a permit of any
restaurant that does not receive a grading of ninety (90%)
percent or higher within thirty (30) days or other time
period at the discretion of the health officer, after served
with a written notice. Such written notice is sufficient if
it specifies the equipment and methods that are deficient,
and is delivered or mailed to the owner, operator or person
in charge of the restaurant at the address shown on the
permit.
Section 2: The City Clerk shall certify as to the
passage and adoption of this ordinance and shall cause the same
to be published once in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper of
general circulation, printed, published, and circulated within
the City of Palm Desert, and the same shall be in force and
effect thirty (30) days after its adoption.
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 25th day of June, 1992,
by the City Council of the City of Palm Desert, California, by
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: BENSON, CRITES, SYNDER, KELLY
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: WILSON
RICHARD S. KELLY, Mayor
City of Palm Desert
ATTEST:
SHEILA R. `C ILLIGAN, Y. ty Clerk
City of Palm Desert'
17