For the purpose of this Article V, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CERTIFIED FOOD PROTECTION MANAGER (CFPM). Defined in Minnesota Rules Chapter 4626. An individual who has a valid Minnesota food protection manager’s certification under Minnesota Rules part 4626.0033 or an individual who is certified under Minnesota Rules 2015, parts 4626.2005 to 4646.2020.
DESIGNATED OUTDOOR AREA. An area utilized for food or beverage service and consumption located on the licensed premise of a food establishment, but shall not include any "indoor area" as that term is defined by M.S. § 144.413, as it may be amended from time to time.
FOOD CATERING VEHICLE. A commercial vehicle used only to transport or store food, tableware, utensils or food equipment with temperature control and is used as part of a food catering or food retail operation. This does not include personal vehicles used only to deliver foods intended for immediate consumption like pizza, boxed lunches and the like.
FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. Defined in Minnesota Rules Chapter 4626. FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS include, but are not limited to, restaurants, cafeterias, bars, brew pubs, clubs, cafés, coffee shops, grocery stores, delicatessens, convenience stores, lodges, resorts, retail bakeries, retail meat markets, produce stands, group childcare centers, group adult care centers, institutions, public and private schools, satellite or catered serving locations, catering food vehicles, carts, packaged retail food sales, micro markets, vending machines,
mobile food units, special event food stands or other short-term food operations, and similar businesses established for the service or retail distribution of food and beverages where consumption is on or off the premises and regardless of whether there is a charge for the food or beverages.
HEALTH AUTHORITY. The City of Bloomington Environmental Health Division and its qualified designated employees or agents as the City Council may designate. The term “regulatory authority” in the Minnesota Food Code, Minnesota Rules Chapter 4626 shall mean the HEALTH AUTHORITY.
ISSUING AUTHORITY. The City of Bloomington License Section.
LODGING ESTABLISHMENT. Defined in M.S. § 157.15, as it may be amended from time to time. LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS include, but are not limited to, hotels, motels and bed and breakfasts. LODGING ESTABLISHMENTS do not include rental housing as discussed in Section 14, Article VIII, Rental Housing Code of this city code.
MOBILE FOOD UNIT. A food establishment that is a vehicle mounted unit, either:
(1) Motorized or trailered, operating no more than 21 days annually at any one place, or operating more than 21 days annually at any one site with the approval of the health authority; or
(2) Operated in conjunction with a permanent food establishment licensed under city code § 14.446 at the site of the permanent food establishment by the same individual or company, and readily movable, without disassembly, for transport to another location.
POOL. Defined in Minnesota Rules Chapter 4717. POOLS include, but are not limited to, lap pools, spa pools, special purpose pools, wading pools, spray decks and interactive water features where the water is recirculated.
PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL POOL. Defined in Minnesota Rules Chapter 4717. PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL POOLS are not pools used as part of a business.
PUBLIC POOL. Defined in Minnesota Rules Chapter 4717. PUBLIC POOLS include, but are not limited to, pools operated by a person in a park, school, licensed childcare center, group home, motel, camp, resort, apartment building, club, condominium, hotel, manufactured home park or political subdivision.
TIME/TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOOD (TCS). Defined in Minnesota Rules Chapter 4626. It also means food that requires time or temperature control for safety to limit pathogenic microorganism growth or toxin formation.
(Added by Ord. 87, passed 8-20-1956; recodified by Ord. 95-13, passed 8-7-1995; deleted and added by Ord. 2001-49, passed 11-19-2001; deleted and added by Ord. 2007-9, passed 2-26-2007; Ord. 2014-9, passed 5-5-2014; Ord. 2015-15, passed 5-18-2015; Ord. 2017-25, passed 7-24-2017; Ord. 2019-14, passed 2-4-2019; Ord. 2022-10, passed 3-21-2022; Ord. 2022-12, passed 4-25-2022)