As used in this chapter "food handling establishment" means and includes any place where food and drink are served to or provided for the public with or without charge, such as hotels; restaurants; cafes; cafeterias; boarding houses; street vendors, or stalls; private, public, parochial or Sunday schools; churches and public institutions; railway stations; recreational and labor camps; bars; taverns; soda fountains; itinerant restaurants operating for a temporary period in connection with a fair, circus, public exhibition, or some similar gathering; food markets, meat markets, or any place, wholesale or retail, where foods or meats in bulk or package form, are provided for the public for preparation and service elsewhere; and any other establishment not otherwise described, but which is included in the definition of "Food establishment" in Chapter 246-215 WAC, except, that slaughterhouses and meat packing plants which are inspected by either the United States Government or by the state for sanitation purposes shall be exempt from this chapter.
(Vol. L, p. 577 § 1, 1958; Res. 64-19, Vol. N, p. 38, 1964; Ord. 99-08, 1999; Ord. 2005-27, 2005)