For the purposes of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall
have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
CATERERS
Establishments set up to prepare meals that will be transported and
served at parties or banquets held on or off the premises.
CLASS A RESTAURANT
A restaurant at a fixed location, in a building, where food or drink
is served primarily for consumption on the premises.
DELICATESSEN RESTAURANT
A place or establishment whose primary business is the selling of
and precooking of meats to be consumed off the premises or the making of sandwiches
for consumption off the premises.
EMPLOYEE
Any person who handles food or drink during its preparation or serving,
or who comes in contact with any eating or cooking utensils, or who is employed
in a room in which food or drink is prepared or served.
HEALTH OFFICER
The Health Officer of the Town and any of his duly appointed deputy
or deputies.
ITINERANT RESTAURANT
A restaurant operating for a temporary period in connection with
a fair, carnival, circus, public exhibition, or other similar gathering.
LUNCH CART RESTAURANT
An eating establishment which is moved to a specific place daily
or a restaurant on wheels with no cellar underneath.
RESTAURANT
Restaurant, coffee shop, cafeteria, lunch cart, delicatessen, caterer,
ice cream parlor, cafe, bar, luncheonette, tavern, sandwich stand, soda fountain,
and all other eating or drinking establishments, as well as kitchens or other
places in which food or drink is prepared for sale on the premises or served
elsewhere.
TRAVELLING RESTAURANT
A restaurant which moves from place to place to operate, dispensing
sandwiches, frankfurts, box lunches, coffee, ice cream, and similar items.
UTENSILS
Any kitchenware, tableware, glassware, cutlery, utensils, containers,
or other equipment with which food or drink comes in contact during storage,
preparation, or serving.
It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any victualling house
or restaurant in the Town without having first obtained a license for the
conduct and operation of the same.
The Town Council, with the approval of the proper health authority,
is authorized to issue licenses for all restaurants.
[Amended 5-29-1992 by Ord. No. 838]
The annual fee for a restaurant license shall be as provided in Chapter
125, Business Operations, Article
IV.
License year shall begin on the 15th day of May of every year. License
fees shall be prorated on a semiannual basis when issued at any time during
the last half of the license year.
A license issued under §
269-3 shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises.
A suspended permit may be reinstated by the Health Officer, when satisfied
that proper corrections have been made. A revoked permit cannot be reinstated,
but a new permit may be issued in its stead.
The type of license required for any establishment shall be determined
by the Health Officer, who shall also determine whether any establishment
shall be required to take out more than one type of restaurant license.
Samples of food, drink, and other substances may be taken and examined
by the Health Officer as often as may be necessary for the detection of unwholesomeness
or adulteration. The Health Officer may condemn and forbid the sale of, or
cause to be removed or destroyed, any food or drink which is unwholesome or
adulterated.
All restaurants shall be subject to such sanitary provisions as may
be fixed by the Town Council.
The Board of Health is authorized to make such new and additional rules
and regulations as it may deem necessary to more effectively enforce the provisions
and intent of this chapter and such rules and regulations shall, when adopted
by the Town Council, have the same force and effect as the provisions of this
chapter until changed by the Town Council by ordinance duly enacted.
Anyone convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, Article
II, of this Code.