HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance 222ORDINANCE NO. .222
AN ORDINANCE REGULATING STORES, VEHICLES AND OTHER PLACES IN THE
CITY OF BEAUMONT WHERE FOOD OR DRINKS ARE PREPARED FOR SALE, SOLD,
DISTRIBUTED, OR DISPLAYED FOR SALE.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. For the purpose of this ordinance the words
beverage places" means any place where alcohol, spirits
wine, beer or any liquid containing one-half of one per
more of alcohol by volume either alone or when diluted,
combined with other substances is sold, distributed or
for beverage purposes to be consumed on the premises.
"alcoholic
, liquor,
cent or
mixed or
displayed
SECTION 2. It khall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation,
owning, controllin g, leasing, acting as agent for, conducting,
operating or managing any restaurant, cafe, cafeteria,linah counter,
soda fountain, ice cream parlor, fruit stand, soft drink stand,
alcoholic beverage place, grocery vehicle or other place in the City
of Beaumont where food is prepared for sale, sold, distributed or
displayed for sale, to conduct or operate or cause Or permit to be
conducted or operated any of the above named places or other place
or vehicle where food or beverage is prepared for sale, sold, dis-
tributed or displayed for sale or for any person to sell or offer
for sale or cause to be sold or offered for sale any food or bev-
erage therefrom without first applying for and receiving from the
Health Department of the City of Beaumont a permit therefor in the
manner hereinafter provided or without complying with the regula-
tions herein set forth.
PROVIDED: that this ordinance shall not apply to cigar stands
or other places or vehicles or business where no food or beverage of
any kind or nature is offered for sale or sold, other than candy or
soft drinks received in sealed packages or boxes or bottles where
the seal or seals on said packages or bottles are not broken prior
to the sale thereof.
SECTION 3. Every applicant for such permit shall file with the
Health Department of the City of Beaumont a written application
which shall state the name and address of the applicant, a descrip-
tion of the property wherein or whereon it is proposed to conduct
any place of business specified in Section 2 hereof, also the
character of the business which is proposed to be conducted and such
other information as the Health Department of said City of Beaumont
may require. Every applicant for such permit shall at the time
of the making; of such application deposit with and pay to the clerk
designated by the health officer to receive such application, the
annual inspection fee hereinafter in this ordinance established.
PROVIDED: That the payment of such fee need not be required
of any applicant who can show that he or she has served in the
military or naval forces of the United States and that applicant
has been honorably discharged therefrom.
SECTION 4. Upon the filing of such application, accompanied by the
fee herein provided, it shall be the duty of the Health Department
of the City of Beaumont or its agents, to investigate the matter
set forth in such application and the sanitary conditions in and
about the place or vehicle wherein or whereon it is proposed to
conduct the business mentioned in the at5plication, and whether said
place or vehicle conforms to the requirements of the ordinances of
the City of Beaumont and with the rules and regulations of the
Health Department of the City of Beaumont and unless it shall appear
to the satisfaction of the said Health Department that such place
or vehicle conforms to the requirements of this ordinance,and is
proper and suitable for such business, such application shall be
denied. A permit shall be granted only on the express condition that
it shall be subject to revocation or suspension by said Health De-
partment upon a showing satisfactory to said Health Department of the
violation by the holder of such permit, or by his employe,servant,
or agent, or any other person acting with his consent or under his
authority, of any provision of any ordinance of the City of
Beaumont, or any law of the State of California, or any rule of the
Health Department of said City of Beaumont regulating places of the
character set forth in Section Two of this ordinance; and provided
further that such permit may be transferable upon application to
the Health Department and with its consent.
SECTION 5. Every person, firm or corporation applying for a permit
under the provisions of this ordinance shall at the time of making
application for such permit pay an inspection fee of Five Dollars
(4?5.00) to the clerk or employe of the Health Department of said
city designated to receive such fee. All moneys received as
inspection fees under the provisions of this ordinanc shall be
paid into the City Treasury and placed in the Fund. A
permit, for which application is made, under the provisions of this
ordinance, may be granted at any time during the year, but all permits
granted hereinunder shall expire on the 31st. day of Dedember of the
year in which the same is granted, and the same must be renewed at
the beginning of the calendar year. If the inspection fee remain
unpaid for thirty days after the beginning of the year a penalty of
twenty percentum, of such fee will be added thereto and must be paid
at once.
SECTION 6. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation
to maintain, conduct, operate or manage any of the places or business-
es mentioned in Section 2 of this ordinance, where food or beverage
is prepared for sale, sold, distributed or displayed for sale without
complying with the following regulations:
(a) All owners, proprietors, or persons in control of the
places mentioned in Section Two of this ordinance shall keep accurate
and complete lists of all persons employed in such places, indi-
cating sex and color and duties performed by each employe, and
shall furnish a copy of same to the Health officer of the City of
Beaumont, which copy must be kept constantly revised up to date by
said owner, or manager and in constant agreement with all changes of
personnel.
(b) It shall be the duty of all owners or managers of any
of the places mentioned in Section 2 of this ordinance to report to
the Health Officer any person in his employ reasonably suspected
of being afflicted with communicable disease, whereupon it shall be thi
duty of the Health Officer to examine or cause to be examined such
person, who shall no longer be permitted to work in any of the
places mentioned in Section 2 of this ordinance, without a written
permit signed by the Health Officer.
(c) Every place of the character mentioned in Section 2 of
this ordinance shall be properly lighted, drained and ventilated.
All rooms wherein food is prepared or handled shall have not less
than ten foot candles of light on all exposed surfaces during the
time such rooms are being used for the purpose above indicated.
(d) All sidewalls, ceilings, shelving, and supporting
structures shall at all times be kept in a clean and sanitary
condition.
(e) All food or beverage in the process of preparation,
distribution, or display must be securely protected from flies, dust,
dirt and other foreign or injurious contamination. No fruit,vegget
tables or other foodstuffs, not securely packed in wood, tin, or
similar impervious material, shall be exposed for sale or stored
nearer than 18 inches to the ground. No milk or cream shall
be held for sale in retail establishments unless kept in clean
surroundings and refrigerated so that the temperature shall not
exceed 55 Deg. F. at any time. Milk or cream so held shall not
be placed or kent in meat boxes unless milk bottles or containers
are enclosed in a separate compartment or otherwise securely pro-
tected against dripping or other contamination from meats. Meat,
poultyy, game or fish shall not be kept in contact with surfaces or
wood or other permeable materials and shall not be placed in direct
contact with shelving, gratings, or other fixtures in refrigerators
or storage compartments.
(f) All igarbage and waste subject to decomposition must be
kept in metal containers with tight fitting covers and must be re-
moved daily.
(g) All clothing of all employes, clerks, and other persons
therein employed must be kept clean.
(h). The doors, windows and other openings of every place or
vehicle of the character of those mentioned in this section shall
be fitted with self-closing screen door and wire window screens of
not less than fourteen mesh to the inch, which shall be close fitting
and in good condition as hereinafter provided.
(i) Every place of the character of those mentioned in
Section Two of this ordinance, excepting vehicles, shall have con-
venient and adequate toilet rooms separate and apart from the room
or rooms where food is prepared, served or stored. The floors in
such toilet rooms shall be of smooth, non-absorbent material, and
rooms shall be furnished with separate ventilating flues or windows
to the outer air, and shall be well lighted. They shall be at all
times fly -tight and every reasonable precaution must be observed
to prevent the access of animals or insects to human excrement.
(J) Lavatories and wash -rooms shall be adjacent to or in
toilet rooms and shall be supplied with running water, soap, and
individual towels, and shall be maintained in a sanitary condition.
All employees and others who handle food or the ingredients of its
preparation shall, before beginning work, or after visiting toilets,
wash their hands and arms thoroughly.
(k) No person shall be permitted to sleep or store articles
used for sleeping purposes in the kitchen or dining room or any
other room in the places of business mentioned in Section 2 of this
ordinance, Neither shall articles of clothing be stored in such
Looms.
(1) No owner, or other person in control of a place or
vehicle of the character of those mentioned in Section Two of this
ordinance shall provide or expose any toweling or similar article
except individual paper towels for use of employes or the general
public, or permit any towel or similar article to be so provided,
exposed or used unless such towel has been laundered after each
separate use.
(m) All dishes, glasses, silver, and other implements used
by the customers, shall be thoroughly washed in hot solution of at
least 1% strength of soda lye, or borax with soap, and then rinsed
in clear water at or near boiling temperature, and either dried with
a clean towel or allowed to dry in such a place that they are pro-
tected from dirt or other contamination. All dishes, glasses,
drinking cups, or other articles used for table service shall be
kept in first class condition and repair, and dishes, glasses,
or other utensils becoming cracked or damaged shall not be used,
and if so used, may be confiscated by the Health Officer or
Sanitary Inspector of the County of Riverside.
1. All drinking glasses, dishes, silverware, and other
utensils, except single service, used at places dispensing food
or drinks shall be washed after each service until clean to the sight
and touch in warm water (minimum temperature of 120 Deg.F.) contain-
ing soap or alkali cleanser.
2. After such washing, all such glasses, dishes, silverware, and
other ute&sils shall be subjected to one of the following processes:
(a) IJr,mersion for at least five minutes to the bacteri-
cidal action of water heated to a minimum of 170 Deg. F.
(b) Exposure for at least five minutes to�,Pteam in a
closed compartment.
(c) Immersion in a solution of water to which has been
added an approved chlorine preparation. Said solution
to contain 200 parts per million of available chlorine
at the time it is prepared, and shall be maintained et
not less than 100 parts per million of available chlorine
at all times that said solutions is in use.
(d) The health department may give its written permit
to the use of other equally effective methods of treatment.
3. After such immersion or other approved method of sanitiza-
tion, such glasses, dishes, silverware and other utensils
shall be stored in such a manner as to be free from flies,
dust and contamination.
4. In lieu of the above requirements, single -service cups
and other utensils made of wood, paper, or plastic, and
used for one service only, shall be permitted, and shall
t,:) be so stored until used as to be kept free from flies,
dust, and other contamination.
(n) All restaurants, lunch counters, soda fountains, bars,
ice cream parlors and meat markets must be provided with running
water and sink fixtures of metal or porcelain having two or more
compartments. An'adequate supply of hot water must be available
at all times while business is being conducted.
(o) All paper cups and straws used at soda fountains and
soft drink stands shall be kept in suitable containers so as to
be protected from dust and flies.
(p) No cask, water cooler, or other receptacle shall be
used for storing or supplying drinking water to the public, or
to employes, unless it is covered and protected so as to prevent
persons from dipping the water therefrom or otherwise contaminat-
ing the same.
(q) No owner or manager of any premises described in Section
2 of this ordinance shall permit the presence or infestation of
said premises by rats, mice, roaches, or other vermin.
(r) The owner, proprietor, or person in control of every
place or vehicle of the character of those mentioned in Section
Two of this ordinance, shall keep posted in a conspicuous place,
in his place of business, or if a vehicle then thereon, a copy
of the permit granted to him under the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 7. Any person, firm, or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor
and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less
than ten dollars ($10.00) nor more than three hundred dollars 0300.00)
or by imprisonment in the county jail of the County of Riverside for
a period of not less than five (5) days, nor more than three (3)
months, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
SECTION 8. It shall be lawful for any Peace Officer and any member
or employe of the Health Department to enter in and upon any premises
herein mentioned at any time for the purpose of inspecting the same.
Permit herein provided for shall contain a provision providing for
such inspection by any Peace Officer, or member or employe of the
Health Department. If such inspection be refused the permit shall
be forthwith revoked.
SECTION 9. Every person, firm or corporation violating any of the
provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a separate
offense for each day, or any portion of whic)[, such violation
continues, and shall be punished therefor, as herein provided.
SECTION 10. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this
ordinance and shall cause the same to be published once in the
Beaumont Gazette, a newspaper of general circulation, printed,
published and circulated in the City of Beaumont, and thirty
days after its adoption this ordinance shall be in full force and
effect.
PASSED and adopted this 231 day of &ei 1944.
Attest:
04-1444,4
ity Clerk.
I, Bernice Conine, City Clerk of the City of Beaumont, hereby
certify that the foregoing ordinance, being Ordinance No.
of the City of Beaumont, was introduced and read at a regular
meeting of the City Council of said City, duly held on the i3
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day of "`P4 _ 1944, and that the same was on the v„ s day of
1944 at a regular meeting of said City Council duly
passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen � atm a -
NOES: Councilmen e.,,.i..
ABSENT: Councilmen,
(Seal) City Clerk.