[Adopted 11-27-1962]
The following definitions shall apply to this ordinance:
Shall include restaurants, food stores, bakeries, markets,
catering food services, itinerant food vending and food or beverage
vending machine operations. Food-handling establishment shall not
include a cottage food operation having a valid license issued by
the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in accordance with C.G.S.
§ 21a-62a et seq., as amended.
[Amended 1-25-2022]
Shall apply to all establishments dispensing food and drink
in a form ready for consumption, including kitchens or other facilities
in which food or beverages are prepared for sale elsewhere to the
public.
Shall include all establishments selling food or any other
substance used or intended to be used for human consumption.
Shall mean any business involving the sale or distribution
of food prepared in bulk at any geographic location, to be served
or consumed at another geographic location in the City of Norwalk.
Shall mean the serving of food or drink from any establishment
or conveyance without fixed location and without connections to water
supply and sewage-disposal systems.
Shall mean the kitchen or other facilities where food or
beverages are prepared for sale elsewhere to the public.
Shall mean the Director of Health of the City of Norwalk
or his authorized representative, a Sanitarian or Inspector from the
Norwalk Department of Health.
A.Â
No person, firm or corporation shall conduct a food handling establishment
in the City of Norwalk unless licensed by the Director of Health.
B.Â
Application shall be made for license to the Director of Health on
forms furnished by him, and in such application the applicant shall
state his name, the name of the business and the address of the food-handling
establishment he intends to operate or maintain and give such other
pertinent information as the Director of Health may require.
C.Â
At the time of filing the application, the applicant shall pay to
the Director of Health a fee, which shall be the license fee for one
year, and shall be returned in the event that the license is not granted.
All licenses shall expire on January 31 of each year. All such licenses
shall not be transferable between persons, nor between locations of
business.
[Amended 6-10-1980[1]]
The Director of Health shall inspect the premises and conveyances
described in the application and, if the establishment is equipped
and maintained in accordance with the regulations of the Public Health
Code of the State of Connecticut, shall grant the license which shall
be signed by him. Such license shall be posted in a conspicuous location
within the licensed premises or posted on the vehicle.
A.Â
Whenever upon inspection it is found that any food handling establishment
is in violation of the provisions of the Public Health Code of the
State of Connecticut or of this ordinance, notice shall be given of
the alleged violation to the person or persons operating the establishment.
B.Â
Such notice:
(1)Â
Shall be in writing.
(2)Â
Shall include a description of the violation.
(3)Â
Shall state a specified time for correction, or, if the violation
is considered dangerous by the Inspector, he can suspend or revoke
the license.
(4)Â
Shall be given to the owner, his agent or the operator of the establishment.
(5)Â
May consist of a copy of the regular inspection sheet with notations
as to necessary corrections.
C.Â
Whenever any food-handling establishment has not complied with the
specified time, the Director of Health shall suspend or revoke license.
D.Â
Penalty. Any person who violates any provisions of this ordinance
shall be fined not more than $100 or be imprisoned for not more than
three months, or both, and each violation shall constitute a separate
offense.
This ordinance will become effective as of January 1, 1963.
