[Amended 12-6-1994 by Ord. No. 2171]
It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, deliver, peddle or distribute from a wagon, pushcart, truck or other vehicle in the streets, from house to house or at any public place on or off the streets, any foodstuffs of any nature without first having obtained from the Health Officer a permit therefor as provided in Article
VII hereof, and all such vehicles shall have permits displayed, showing that such vehicle is being used by the person to whom a permit has been issued.
[Amended 12-6-1994 by Ord. No. 2171]
It shall be unlawful to operate or conduct within
the City any restaurant, lunchroom, lunch wagon, cafeteria, lunch
counter, ice-cream parlor, soda fountain, hotel, club, lunch stand,
boardinghouse, bakery or other place where any food or drink is sold,
served or dispensed for consumption upon the premises, or any box-lunch
establishment, bakery, delicatessen, butcher store, grocery store
or other place where food and drink are prepared or sold and delivered
to the consumer, nor shall any person sell or keep for sale any ice
cream or candy or prepare or sell any food, cooked or uncooked, or
any drinks intended for immediate consumption from any street, alley,
sidewalk or other public place or from any open window or from any
place or building known as a "stand" or "cart," without first having
obtained from the Health Officer a permit therefor, for which a fee
shall be required.
[Amended 12-6-1994 by Ord. No. 2171 ]
All peddlers and persons operating a sound truck
or portable type of sound outfit, etc., for peddling or broadcasting
purposes without a license or permit between the hours of 10:00 p.m.
and 7:00 a.m. shall be deemed to be committing a nuisance when, in
the opinion of the Health Officer, such broadcasting is injurious
to the health of the inhabitants of the City of Garfield, except that
this provision shall not apply to such sound trucks or portable type
of sound outfits used for broadcasting purposes for which the Health
Officer may, after proper application, grant a license or permit to
broadcast at such times and between such hours as the Health Officer
may by regulation prescribe, which license or permit shall be granted
when such broadcasting, in the opinion of the Health Officer, will
not be injurious to the health of the inhabitants of the City of Garfield.
[Amended 12-6-1994 by Ord. No. 2171]
No animal or vegetable substance, no swill or
garbage nor any offensive or putrescible material whatsoever shall
be dumped, deposited on or used to fill in or to raise the surface
or level of any ground, lot or street in the City of Garfield, and
no person shall permit such putrescible material to be dumped on any
land in the City of Garfield of which he is the owner, lessee or occupier.
Fruits, vegetables, meats, fish and all other
food products shall not be displayed or exposed on the sidewalk or
street or outside of places of business unless such food products
are securely covered by cases of glass, metal or wood or unless they
are enclosed in tight barrels, bags or boxes; provided, however, that
in the case of fruits or vegetables which must necessarily be peeled
before use, such foods, when exposed for sale upon any sidewalk or
space adjacent to or outside of any building, shall be placed upon
stands, tables or other structures having a height of at least 18
inches above the sidewalk or ground.
[Amended 12-6-1994 by Ord. No. 2171]
It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in or carry on any business in the City of Garfield that shall create an odor or fumes that shall be noxious, unhealthful or in any manner detrimental to residents of the neighborhood where such business is located unless a permit to engage in or carry on such business shall first have been obtained from the Health Officer as provided in Article
VII hereof. No such permit shall be granted by the Health Officer until the person intending to engage in or carry on such business shall have complied with all regulations and requirements that the Health Officer now has or may from time to time establish to abate, control or eliminate the harmful or noxious properties of such fumes or odors. The granting of all such permits shall be entirely discretionary with the Health Officer, and any such permit may be revoked at any time and any such business may be summarily abated by the Health Officer for the violation of any of its regulations or failure to comply with any of its requirements. For the purpose of this section, junkyards shall be construed to be included within any such businesses.