The following definitions shall apply in the interpretation
and enforcement of this chapter.
Health officer means the health officer of the city of Rancho
Mirage or such other person or persons appointed by the city council
to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
Itinerant restaurant means any restaurant operating from
temporary facilities, serving, offering for sale, selling or giving
away other beverages and includes, but is not limited to, a restaurant
for only wrapped sandwiches or other wrapped or packaged, ready-to-eat
food are served and any mobile unit on which food is prepared and
served.
Restaurant means any coffee shop, cafeteria, short-order
cafe, luncheonette, tavern, cocktail lounge, sandwich stand, soda
fountain, private school cafeteria or eating establishment, in-plant
or employee eating establishment, and any other eating establishment,
or organization, club, including veterans' club, boardinghouse or
guest house which gives, sells or offers for sale, food to the public,
guests, patrons or employees as well as kitchens in which food is
prepared on the premises for serving elsewhere, including catering
functions. The term restaurant does not include itinerant restaurants,
and machines, vehicles, cooperative arrangements by employees who
purchase food or beverages for their own consumption, and where no
employee is assigned full-time to care for or operate equipment used
in such arrangement, or private homes or private clubs or other nonprofit
organizations which purchase food or beverages for the consumption
of their members and where no employee or member is assigned full-time
to care for or operate equipment used in any such arrangement.
(Ord. 49 § 1, 1974)
An annual grading and posting fee shall be paid to the health
officer for each restaurant within the city in an amount established
by resolution of the city council. Said grading and posting fee shall
be paid by the owner, operator or person in charge of such restaurant
within thirty-one days after commencing business within the city or
by the thirty-first day of each calendar year for any restaurant operating
at any time in the prior year.
(Ord. 49 § 2, 1974; Ord. 210 § 1, 1980)
The health officer shall inspect and grade each restaurant from
time to time as he shall deem proper, and must inspect and grade within
five days after receipt of a written demand therefor by the owner,
operator or person in charge of a restaurant which receives a grade
of less than ninety percent as hereinafter provided on the previous
inspection. A signed copy of each inspection, computation and determination
grade of each restaurant shall be delivered to the owner, operator
or person in charge of the restaurant, who shall sign a receipt therefor.
(Ord. 49 § 3, 1974)
All restaurants shall be inspected and graded uniformly by the
health officer. The grade of each restaurant shall be computed and
determined by adding together the scores attained for equipment and
methods on the scorecard and then dividing the sum by two. The grade
of each restaurant shall be evidenced by the posting of a grade card
bearing a letter A, B, C. The letter A indicates a grade of ninety
percent or higher. The letter B shall indicate a grade of less then
ninety percent, but not less than eighty percent. The letter C indicates
a grade of not less than eighty percent. The grade cards shall be
provided by the health officer and shall be of dimensions of not more
than nine inches by eleven inches, and the grade letter shall not
be more than five inches in height. Grade A cards shall be printed
in blue, grade B cards in green, and grade C cards in red, all on
white stock. The grade cards shall be posted in a conspicuous place
selected by the health officer at or near each entrance to the restaurant
provided by its patrons and shall be removed only by the health officer;
provided, however, that private schools shall not be required to post
a grade card.
(Ord. 49 § 4, 1974; Ord. 100 § 111, 1976)
The continued operation of a restaurant which has received a
grade of less than eighty percent is not in the public interest and
creates a potential danger to the public health and welfare. The health
officer shall revoke the permit of any restaurant that does not receive
a grade of eighty percent or higher within thirty days after service
of written notice. Such written notice is sufficient if it specified
the equipment and methods that are deficient and is delivered or mailed
to the owner, operator or person in charge of the restaurant at the
address of the restaurant shown on the permit.
(Ord. 49 § 5, 1974)
