No person shall operate, maintain or keep in the city any facility or equipment used for the following purposes without first obtaining a permit therefor from the city health officer:
A. 
The refrigerated storage, for compensation, of meat not owned by the person maintaining the refrigeration equipment;
B. 
The sale of frozen meat at wholesale or retail.
Any person desiring a permit required by this chapter shall make application therefor as prescribed in Chapter 8.36 of this code, and shall, at the time of making application, pay the fee pursuant to Section 8.36.070 of the El Cajon Municipal Code.
(Prior code § 13-3; Ord. 3637 § 5, 1982; Ord. 3714 § 6, 1983)
Any permit issued under this chapter may be revoked by the city health officer upon proof of violation by the permittee of any provision of state law or this code, any other city ordinance or rule of the city health officer, pertaining to health or sanitation.
(Prior code § 13-7)
All uninspected pork kept or placed in any refrigeration plant shall be stamped immediately upon arrival with a hot stamp so as to be legibly marked "Uninspected Meat—Not for Sale."
(Prior code § 13-11)
Every refrigeration plant shall keep a record of the disposition of each hide referred to in Section 8.16.110. Such record shall be available at all times to the city health officer and the state hide and brand inspector.
(Prior code § 13-14)
Every refrigeration plant handling inspected and uninspected beef, lamb, pork or veal shall post with the city health officer a surety or cash bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned upon compliance by the permittee with all the terms and provisions of this chapter. Such bond shall be subject to forfeiture upon the conviction of the permittee of violation of any provision of this chapter.
(Prior code § 13-15)
No refrigeration plant shall process both inspected and uninspected meat on the same day, except with the permission of the city health officer.
The handling of meat of deer or other game or fowl shall be classified as uninspected meat for the purpose of this section and shall not be handled on days designated for inspected meat.
(Prior code § 13-17)