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HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCES-1961-098-O-61• ;?93 AN ORDINANCE Amending Sections 19-1 to 19-5 inc., and Section 19--8 of the Code of the City of Evanston 1957, "Food and Food Establishments" as amended. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVANSTON, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS- SECTION 1° That Sections 19-1 to 19-5 inclusive, and Section 19-8 of the Code of the City of Evanston 1957, "Food and Food Establishments!' as amended, be and the same are hereby amended so as to read as follows - Section 19-1 - License; It shall be unlawful for any persons firm or corporation to operate within,the city, • a retail grocery or market, candy or confectionery store, or to operate a "food vehicle" as defined herein, within the city, without first having obtained a license for that purpose as provided in this ordinance. Section 19-2 - Definitionsi (1) Grocery or Market, shall mean an established place of business offering for sale at retail any fruits, vegetables, ice cream, meat, poultry, fish, seafoods or other food products, whether fresh, frozen or sold in cans, bottles, boxes, cartons or other containers, but shall not include those establishments selling ice cream, soda water and soft drinks exclusively, candy or con- fectionery stores or bakeries. In the event such grocery or market sells milk or its fluid derivatives in combination with other food products, an additional annual license for the sale thereof shall be required in accordance with Chapter 26 of the Evanston Municipal Code. (2) Candy and Confectionery Store, shall mean any established place of business selling candy or other confections exclusively, including sale of ice cream to be consumed off the premises. 0 • 294 (3) Food Vehicle. shall include all wagons, motor vehicles and vehicles propelled by human power for the storage or transportation of food, food products, milk and beverages intended for human consumption, including all vehicles operated in connection with the wholesale distribution of meats, vegetables and all food products, but excepting delivery vehicles operated by a grocery or market as herein defined. (4) Sale at Retail, as used in this ordinance shall mean the sale.of any of the products defined herein for consumption by the purchaser and not consumed on the premises and not for purposes of re -sale. (5) Sale at Wholesale, as defined in this ordinance shall mean the sale of any of the products as defined herein for the purposes of re -sale. Section 19-3 - Application for License- Any person desiring to keep or maintain any food establishment as defined in this ordinance shall make written application for a license, setting forth the location and description of the premises where such food establishment is to be • conducted. Before such license is issued the Director of Public Health shall cause to be made an investigation of the premises described in such application for the purpose of determining the fitness and suitability of such premises from a sanitary standpoint. The Director of Building shall cause an inspection to be made to ascertain that the prem- ises may be used for the purpose in conformity with the zoning ordinance and other ordinances of the City of Evanston applying thereto, and such application shall be transmitted to the City Manager together with their rec- ommendation for the issuance of said .license and upon payment of a license fee, license shall be issued in accordance with such application and recommendation. Section 19-4 - Inspection of Food Vehicles; All food vehicles, as defined in this ordinance shall be kept in a clean and sanitary condition. It shall be the duty of the Director of Public Health to make or cause to be made such inspections as may be necessary to insure all food vehicles transporting food or beverages are kept in a clean and sanitary condition. -2- • 95 Section 19-5 - License Fees° (a) The annual license fee to operate a retail grocery or market as herein defined, shall be $20 plus $3 for each regularly or permanently employed employee in excess of two, plus $.10 for each delivery vehicle operated by such establishment in excess of one. (b) The annual license fee to operate a retail candy or confectionery store as defined herein shall be $15. (c) The annual license fee for each food vehicle as defined herein, excepting delivery vehicles operated by a grocery or market within the City of Evanston shall be $20. All licenses provided for in this ordinance shall expire on the 31st day of December following the date of issuance. It shall be unlawful to transfer any such license from one person to another. SECTION 2? The provisions of this ordinance shall not apply to those establish - ments selling ice cream, soda water, and soft drink beverages ex-- clusively, the licensing of which is provided for under Sections 19-41 and 19-42 of the Code of the City of Evanston 1957, as amended. SECTION 3: Sections 19-1 to 19-5 inclusive, and Section 19-8 of the Code of the,City of Evanston 1957, be and the same are hereby expressly repealed and all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 4; This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication, according to law. INTRODUCED ADOPTED December ?+ December 11 ATTEST-, • /s/ Maurice F. Brown City Clerk Approved as to form- /s/ , 1961 1961 APPROVED December 11 , 1961 /s/ Paul F. Gorby Mayor Pro Tem Rex A. Bullinger Corporation Counsel