Every applicant for a permit, license or registration required by this code and issued by the health officer shall file with the department of health services a written application on a form prescribed by said department. The application shall state the name and address of the applicant, the description of the property by street and number wherein or whereon it is proposed to conduct the business or activity for which the permit or license is required, the nature of the permit or license for which application is made, the character of the business or activity proposed to be conducted, and such other information as the department of health services may require.
(Ord. 3637 § 10, 1982)
Every person applying for a permit for any health regulated business for which a permit, license or registration is required under the provisions of this code, and issued by the health officer, shall at the time of making application for the permit pay the designated inspection fees.
(Ord. 3637 § 10, 1982; Ord. 3714 § 10, 1983; Ord. 4189 § 1, 1989)
Upon receipt of such application, accompanied by the required fee, it shall be the duty of the health officer to investigate the matters set forth in such application, and the sanitary conditions in the place where it is proposed to conduct the business or activity mentioned in the application, and if it shall appear to the health officer that the statements contained in the application are true, and that the existing sanitary conditions in the place mentioned in said application comply with the provisions of law, a permit, license or registration shall thereupon be granted. Such permit or license shall be granted only upon the express condition that it shall be subject to revocation or suspension by said health officer upon a showing satisfactory to said health officer of a violation by the holder of such permit or any person acting with his consent or under his authority, of any applicable provision of law regulating places or activities of the character for which the permit or license is granted.
(Ord. 3637 § 10, 1982)
A permit or license issued pursuant to this code shall expire on the last day of the month of the one year anniversary month in which the permit was issued and shall be renewed annually, except as provided for food vending and sewage pumping vehicles, food vending machines, and underground hazardous materials storage tanks. At the time application is made, there shall be paid to the department of health services the required annual fee, which fee is due and payable each year on the first day of the month following the expiration of the permit.
(Ord. 3637 § 10, 1982; Ord. 4189 § 1, 1989)
A. 
Any fee which is not paid by the first day of the month following the month in which it is due is thirty days delinquent, and on the first day of the next following month, if still unpaid, is sixty days delinquent.
B. 
In any case where a fee is thirty days delinquent, a penalty of fifty dollars, or an amount equal to fifty percent of the fee, whichever is less, shall be added to and collected with the required fee.
C. 
In any case where a fee is sixty days delinquent, an additional penalty of one hundred dollars, or an amount equal to the fee for a total penalty of one hundred fifty dollars, or one hundred fifty percent of the fee, whichever is less, will be added to and collected with the required fee.
D. 
The imposition of or payment of the penalty imposed by this section shall not prevent the imposition of any other penalty prescribed by this code or any ordinance, nor shall it prevent prosecution for violation of this code or any ordinance.
E. 
The delinquent penalty fee may be waived by the health officer in case of error or when the applicant has not held a health permit during the past five years, and was unaware that a health permit was required.
(Ord. 3637 § 10, 1982; Ord. 4189 § 1, 1989)
A permit or license is not transferable from one person or one place to another, and shall be deemed voided if removed from the place or location specified in the written application and in the permit.
(Ord. 3637 § 10, 1982)
A. 
The fee for each permit, license, or registration issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be set from time to time by resolution of the city council and retained on file in the office of the city clerk.
B. 
If the fee is determined by reference to the number of employees retained by the establishment or concession, such fee shall be based on the average number of employees during the preceding year, or, if in the opinion of the health officer such average number does not reflect the number of employees during the year for which the permit is sought with reasonable accuracy, the estimated average number of employees.
(Ord. 3637 § 10, 1982; Ord. 3714 § 11, 1983)