For purposes of this chapter, the following
definitions apply:
FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
Any fixed or mobile operation in which food or beverage is
sold, processed, prepared, served, provided or dispensed in any manner
to the public. This term shall include but not be limited to restaurants,
temporary food establishments, retail food stores, caterers and itinerant
vendors. The term does not include private homes where food is prepared
for individual family consumption and not offered for sale or owner-occupied
bed-and-breakfasts serving only breakfasts, with no provision for
cooking or reheating in the guest rooms. This chapter shall specifically
exempt non-potentially-hazardous foods sold during nonprofit fund-raising
drives and church bake sales.
GREASE INTERCEPTOR
A watertight, two-compartment septic tank used to intercept
and prevent the passage of grease waste into the sanitary sewer system
and is used to denote a receptacle sited outside of the grease-generating
establishment. Its size is 1,000 gallons or greater.
GREASE TRAP
A device primarily used in the food service industry for
removal of oils, greases and food solids from a process waste stream
and placed in the waste drain line within the food service establishment,
immediately following a sink or wash basin.
TEMPORARY FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT
A food service establishment that operates at a fixed location
for a temporary period of time, not to exceed two weeks, in connection
with a carnival, circus, public exhibition, festival, celebration
or similar transitory gathering.
No person shall open or operate any food service
establishment within the Town of Ridgefield who does not possess a
valid license issued to him/her annually by the Director of Health.
Only a person who complies with the requirements of these regulations
and the Public Health Code of the State of Connecticut shall be entitled
to receive or retain such a license.
All licenses to operate or maintain a food service establishment shall expire on the last day of December of each year. Failure to submit a completed application for renewal by this date shall result in the immediate closure of the food service establishment and a late fee as provided in Chapter
170, Fees, §
170-2 being charged. Food service establishment licenses are not transferable from one owner to another. Temporary food service licenses shall not be valid for more than a fourteen-day period.
All relevant sections of the Public Health Code
of the State of Connecticut in their entirety, and as may be amended
from time to time, are hereby made a part of this chapter.
Whenever a food service establishment is to be constructed or remodeled, or whenever an existing structure is to be altered for use as a restaurant, properly prepared plans and specifications for such construction, remodeling or alteration shall be submitted to the Director of Health or his authorized agent for review and approval before such construction, remodeling or alteration is begun. All food service equipment shall be NSF approved or equal. No food service establishment shall be constructed, remodeled, or altered except in accordance with plans and specifications approved by the Director of Health or his authorized agent; and no license shall be issued without said approval. The fee for a plan review shall be as provided in Chapter
170, Fees, §
170-2. Plans for a temporary food service event shall be submitted a minimum of two weeks prior to the event. No fee will be charged for review of temporary food service plans.
The Director of Health may, after providing
opportunity for appeal, revoke a license to operate or maintain a
food service establishment if it is found not being operated, maintained
or equipped in accordance with the provisions with these regulations
and/or the Public Health Code of the State of Connecticut, so as to
jeopardize the public health and welfare.