For the purpose of this chapter and Chapters 8.08, 8.12 and 8.56, certain words and phrases are defined and certain provisions shall be construed as set forth in this section, unless it is apparent from the context that a different meaning is intended:
means any substance eaten or drunk for nourishment or refreshment of the body, whether it is in storage, in process or preparation, or ready to serve.
means and includes any public or private market, shop, store, factory, bakery, storehouse, warehouse, cold storage plant, or other place, not a public eating place, in or about which any food, foodstuffs or provisions are kept, held, sold, stored, prepared or compounded, or offered for sale for human consumption.
means any person who vends edible food or food products on the street, the food or food products being on a vehicle or carried by a person, including wholesale distribution of food, except:
Distributors of milk, bottled water or ice, rendering the service of delivering their products to regular customers;
A person who sells edibles from a wayside stand located on property owned or controlled by him, all of which edibles are grown or raised on such property by such person or by members of his or her immediate family;
The operator of a public eating place.
means the health officer of Los Angeles County, or his or her duly authorized representative.
means and includes every restaurant, lunchroom, tearoom, coffee shop, soda fountain, public boardinghouse, hotel, club, beer parlor, cocktail lounge, and every other public place where food or drinks are prepared or served to be consumed by the public on the premises, and all kitchens, commissaries and other rooms appurtenant thereto or connected therewith, and including all kitchens in which food or drinks are prepared on the premises for sale or distribution elsewhere.
(Prior code §§ 5101—5105)