[Adopted 11-27-1962]
The following definitions shall apply to this ordinance:
FOOD-HANDLING ESTABLISHMENT
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]
RESTAURANT
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.
FOOD STORES, BAKERIES and MARKETS
Shall include all establishments selling food or any other substance used or intended to be used for human consumption.
CATERING FOOD SERVICE
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.
ITINERANT FOOD-VENDING BUSINESS
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.
FOOD or BEVERAGE-VENDING MACHINE, OPERATIONS
Shall mean the kitchen or other facilities where food or beverages are prepared for sale elsewhere to the public.
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH
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. 
No person, firm or corporation shall conduct a food handling establishment in the City of Norwalk unless licensed by the Director of Health.
B. 
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. 
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]]
[1]
Editor's Note: See § 57-5 of Ch. 57, Health and Sanitation, for current fee provisions.
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. 
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. 
Such notice:
(1) 
Shall be in writing.
(2) 
Shall include a description of the violation.
(3) 
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) 
Shall be given to the owner, his agent or the operator of the establishment.
(5) 
May consist of a copy of the regular inspection sheet with notations as to necessary corrections.
C. 
Whenever any food-handling establishment has not complied with the specified time, the Director of Health shall suspend or revoke license.
D. 
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.