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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd. No. 1992-945ORDINANCE NO. 945 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 29, ORDINANCE NUMBER 150, ORDINANCE NUMBER 372, AND ORDINANCE NUMBER 729, AND ADOPTING RIVERSIDE COUNTY ORDINANCE 492 THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CALIFORNIA, DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Ordinance 29, Chapter 2.16, Ordinance 150, Chapter 8.04, Ordinance 372, Chapter 8.12, and Ordinance 729, Chapter 8.60 are hereby repealed. SECTION 2. Riverside County Ordinance 492 attached hereto and made a part hereof is hereby added to the Lake Elsinore Municipal Code, and is on file in the office of the City Clerk for public inspection, and adopted with the same force and effect as though set out herein in full. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall take effect as provided by law. INTRODUCED AND APPROVED UPON FIRST READING this 13th of October, 1992, upon the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: ALONGI, CHERVENY, DOMINGUEZ, t"IINKLER, I~IASHBURN NONE f!OP!E NOP~E PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED UPON SECOND READING this 27th day of October, 1992, upon the following roll call vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBERS: ALON,I, CHEP,VENY, DOMINUEZ, WASHBURN NONE WINKLER NONE W~ M. Was burn, Mayor ~ of Lake Elsinore Vicki Lyn Kasad, City Clerk City of L e Elsinore i t AP ROVED A. TO FORM AND LEGALITY: John Har er, i y Attorney City of Lake E inore (SEAL) r 1 2 ORDINANCE ^?n a92 7 3 AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNTY OF RIVER&xD~. rnnn FcTABLTSHMF~iv~i~; OTn~ +~ 'N 4 11 gF~TEI~RANTS 5 of Riverside Ordains The Board of Supervisors of the County 6 . as Follows: 7 ,~p~ ion I. Ordinance No. 492 is recaptioned and amended in 8 its entirety to read as follows: 9 10 ORDIt1A?3C~L0~.-9.9~. ^r OF THE COUhT~4 OF RTI~'DSrnE P$.~DING 11 - uF n TION OF FOOD EST1tSLISH~$ 12 rOOD FACI T~ TIE$ 13 cPrt;on 1. )FpINITIONS. The following definitions 14 shall apply in the interpretation and enforcement of this 15 ordinance: 16 A. "Food Establishment" shall mean a focd establishmen 17 as defined in the California Uniform Retail Food 18 Facilities Law, Section 27520 of the California 19 _: Health and Safety Cove. .;;ene aid cv:nmonly referre 20I to as restaurants, markets, delis or similar 21 operations. 22 B. "food Facilities" shall mean a food facility as 23 defined in Section 27521 of the California .Health 24 referred to as and Safety Code. These are commonly 25 vehicles, vending wholesale food facilities, 26 machines, satellite food distribution facilities, 27 open-air barbecues, certified farmers markets, 28 a C. ~v.?ZEv57Ein~Il -1- ,nir ca~sn wn[ wo S IOU 'CT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 B 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2C 2] 2S 2: 2 2 2 c f 1y1M C. IIATZEY.$i car:r. ca~sn suit wo .na . ,m" a*errt i S ~. 6 7 8 stationary food preparation units and mobile food preparation units. This definition also includes commercial food establishments. ~, ^Eaforcement Officer" shall mean the Director of the Department of Environmental Health Services and his or.her duly authorized Environmental Health Specialists. „ D, ^Pood Preparation shall mean food preparation as defined in Section 27522 of the California Health and Safety Code. E, "Official Inspection Form' shall mean the form the Department of Environmental Health provided by Services. ce~t~„~ on 2. S~BBt?INSx• p, All food establishments and food facilities shall be inspected and graded uniformly using an official inspection form. The grade of each food establishment shall be determined by the Enforcement Officer using the scoring method provided on the Official Inspection Form. The grade of each food establishment shall be evidenced by the posting of a Grade Card bearing the letter, "A", "B" or "C." 1, The letter "A" shall~in,dicate a score of ninety percent (90%) or higher, and indicates that the food establishment passed the inspection by meeting those minimum health standards as set forth by the State of California in the California Retail Food Facilities Law, California -2- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ~.9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ryrwna a*c wo wf" s Health and Safety Code, Chapter 4, Sections 27520, Qt,~9.•, and interpreted by the Enforcement Officer. Grade "A" Cazds shall be printed in Blue on High=Impact White Styrene Plastic. 2. The letter "B" shall indicate a score of less than ninety percent (90%), but not less than eighty percent (80°~), and indicates that the food establishment has not passed the inspection and does not meet minimum health standards. Grade "8" Cards shall be printed in Green on High-Impact White Styrene Plastic. 3. The letter "C" shall indicate a score of less than eighty percent (BO°~), and indicates that the food establishment has failed the inspection and has conditions existing which may pose a potential or actual threat to public health and safety. The facility may also be ordered closed, with its permit being suspended or revoked by the Enforcement Officer. Grade "C" Cards shall be printed in red on High-Impact White Styrene Plastic. B. The Grade Card shall be provided by the Enforcement Officer and shall be nine inches by eleven inches (9" x ]. ]. •') in ,ire. The gr~Je letter shall not be more than five inches (5") in height. C. The Grade Card shall be posted in a conspicuous place selected by the Enforcement Officez, at or -3- f 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 2C 21 2F 2i 2~ 2 2 2 2 .pM C Ka,7ZEn5r couvrr cw+su SVfit 300 1{(( .MU R01R near each entrance to the food establishment used by its patrons, and shall be removed only by the Enforcement Officer. p. It shall be unlawful to operate a food establishment unless the Grade Card is in place a5 posted by the Enforcement Officer. E. Private schools and public schools shall not be required~to post a Grade Card. F. Food facilities and food establishments which are not engaged in food preparation shall not be required to post a Grade Card. Gc,-ham. ~*1e DF~• A. The Enforcement Officer shall inspect each food facility and food establishment at regular intervals. All food establishments and food facilities shall comply with those requirements set forth in the California Uniform Retail Food Facilities Law, as amended appearing in California Health and Safety Code Sections 27500, et seq. g, A signed copy of the Official Inspection Form shall be delivered to the owner, operator, oz person in charge of the food establishment or food facility who shall sign in receipt therefor. C. Any food establishment or facility that has received a .B.. or ^C° grade shall receive a reinspection within five (5) working days of the initial inspection, or as otherwise arranged with the facility operator, to assure that the violations -9- ! \ •~ - " 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 i 12 13 14 15 16 17' 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2E 2i 2E M C. u1S2E~5T ~Vh1v f 'S[L Soft[ 15 ~ 101" ,.0.[R have been corrected. The Grade "B" or "C" shall remain posted at the food establishment, indicating to-the publ} c that the particular food establishment failed to maintain minimum health standards during its most recent routine inspection performed by the Department of Environmental Health Services. D. If, after a reinspection of the food establishment or facility, the score is not ninety percent (90%) or higher, any or all of the following legal actions may ensue: 1. Administrative hearing offered for the suspension or revocation of the license pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 27580, et seq. 2. Issuance of a citation. 3. Initiation of civil, criminal or other legal proceedings. E. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Enforcement Officer may order immediate closure of a facility or establishment pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 11851 whenever he reasonably believes the facility or establishment to present an immediate danger to the public health or safety. F. Any reinspections following legal actions, other than one (1) reinspection following an initial administrative hearing, will result in the operator being charged an hourly on-site fee.' SPrr;on 9. pERMITS• No person shall operate a food establishment or facility without holding a valid permit -5- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 2E 2' 2~ 2' 2 2 c 11~M C v,~T2E~5~ cou~+rv carvsu svrtt aoo issued by the Department of Environmental Health Services. Application for a permit shall be made to the Department of Environmental Health Services upon a form provided by the Department, and shall be accompanied by a fee as required by Ordinance No. 690. A permit shall be valid for not more than one (1) year. eert~~ 5. ~'T27P9INA7 PENALTZF.+~• erson violating any provision of this ordinance A. Any p shall be guilty of an infraction or misdemeanor as hereinafter specified. Such individual shall be deemed guilty of a separate offense for each day during which any violation of this ordinance is committed or allowed to exist. g. Any individual convicted of a violation of this ordinance shall be: 1, Guilty of an infraction and punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00), but not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first offense. 2. Guilty of an infraction and punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100.00), but not to exceed two hundred dollars ($200.00) for the second offense. 3, The third and any subsequent offense shall E constitute a misdemeanor, and shall e ~ a fine of not less than five punishable by 5 hundred dollars ($500.00), but not to excee one 7 thousand dollars ($1,000.00) and/or six (6) 8 ~~~ -6- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 2E 2i 2F inM C IVSZE~S~E :OVA-C~ COV~'SCl X1RI 7W months in the County jail, or both. C. Notwithstanding the. foregoing, a first or second offense may. be charged and prosecuted as a misdemeanor. D. Payment of any penalty herein shall-not relieve an individual from the responsibility of correcting the violations as noted on the official Inspection Report Form. cP~rion 6. ?IIBLIG NUISANCE DECLARATION. In addition, any violation of this ordinance is hereby deemed to be a public health nuisance and may be abated by the Enforcement Officer, irrespective of any other remedy hereinabove provided. cer•t;on 7, CIVIL PENA TL-IES• AnY Person who willfully violates any provision of this ordinance or any other rules or regulations adopted by the Department of Environmental Health Services pursuant to this ordinance, in addition to any criminal penalties, shall be liable for a civil penalty of between fifty dollars ($50.00) and two hundred fifty dollars (5250.00) for each day of violation. The enforcement agency shall be authorized to file and maintain an action in a court of appropriate jurisdiction to collect any such civil penalty arising under this section. Gam+ion=8. ^ ""°'" ^r INSPECTION. Pursuant to California Health and Safety Code Section 27650, the Enforcement Officer shall have the right to inspect any food facility or establishment, or any facility suspected of being a food establishment or facility, at any reasonable time. If c~~ _7- iro~ai~9a ia:0a HRZMRT 010 i be suspended or inspection is refused, the permit may uilty of an 1 and/or the owner or operator shell be 4 revoked, 2 infraction or misdemeanor offense. rovision, clause, 3 S~~1T.ITY. If anY P ;on 9aragraph of this ordinance, or•the application 4 sentence or p 5 arson or• circumstances shall be held thereof to. any p 6 such invalidity shall not affect the other invalid, 7 licati0ns of the provisions of this provisions of 8PP g fiver. effect without the ir,vali8 ordinance which can be ~ rovisicns of ° lication and, to this end, the P provision or apP 10 ~ declared to be ygveza:jle. t,yis ordinance are hereby :.1 ~ ~, Ordinance No. 493 is hereby zepeeled. &~.S'. i ~n 12 This ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) Fi:S~t19~1-~' 13 days after fife adoF•tion. 14 15 AOARD OF SUP1rRVISORS or TxE COuta~Y OF RIVERSIDE, STATE OF CALIFORNIA 16 17 / ,. • 18 ,,j~~•ha~r-'~BOard of Supervisors 19~ 20 TTEST: 21 GERALD A. N,ALONFY C1eiY, of the Soazd ?,2 23 ?,4 By Deputy 25 25 • 27 GD:jf-G9~/lit{2/19/92 REV:jf-?/2/92 28 -o- 7~iy gy STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS: CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE) I, VICKI KASAD, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was read for adoption on October 13, 1992, and was passed by second reading on October 27, 1992, by the following vote: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ALONGI, CHERVENY, DOMINGUEZ, WASHBURN NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE "'"""'"' COUNCILMEMBERS: WINKLER COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE CLERK CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE (SEAL) STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF RIVERSIDE ) SS: CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE) I, VICKI KASAD, CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of Ordinance No. 945 of said Council, and that the sa e'has not been amended or repealed. DA ED: Nove,~nber ~, 1992 VICKI KASAD, CITY CLERK CITY OF LAKE ELSINORE (SEAL) «_ _ .._.: