Any place where food or drink is prepared or served to the public
as a profit-making venture, for consumption on or off the premises,
including but not limited to a catering service, soup kitchen, delicatessen,
lunch wagon, outdoor or picnic facility, soda fountain, bakery, sandwich
shop, tour boat, restaurant, inn, and bed-and-breakfast, shall be
licensed annually as a victualer, to operate in or from the Town of
Islesboro.
A school, public service organization, private club, or church
organization, fire department association, ambulance association or
auxiliary of any Town department, or any other nonprofit organization
selling food or drink to raise money for a charitable cause from time
to time, is exempt from the requirements of this license. Grocery
stores, except those selling food items prepared on the premises,
shall be exempt. Establishments selling food and drink only through
vending machines shall also be exempt.
The Selectmen shall determine if an establishment is exempt.
Except as otherwise provided, the Town of Islesboro Codes Enforcement
Officer shall enforce this chapter.
