(a) Unless otherwise provided, an application for any license required pursuant to this chapter shall be made in conformity with the general requirements of Chapter 4-4 of the Municipal Code relating to applications for licenses. The applicant shall provide the Department of Health such information as the Department may require in order to inform it fully as to the size and nature of the place to be used for the purpose of the business, the conditions, equipment, vehicles and facilities used for conducting the business, and such other information as may be required in the provisions of this chapter pertaining to the particular type of license applied for. As part of the written application, the applicant shall specify the activities to be carried out under the license. If at any time following the issuance of a license the licensee plans to add other activities not referred to in application, then the licensee shall so inform the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection and the Department of Health – food and dairy division in writing.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Commissioner of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection shall issue no license pursuant to this chapter, and the applicant shall neither prepare, process nor sell any food, unless the Department of Health shall have inspected and approved the applicant’s premises, vehicles, vending machines and other equipment and facilities for compliance with the Municipal Code of Chicago and the rules of the Department of Health.
(c) In addition, an applicant for a retail food establishment license or shared kitchen license shall file an affidavit with the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection verifying that any structural, plumbing, electrical, or ventilation changes made to the premises for which the license is sought, while such premises were under the ownership or control of the applicant, were done pursuant to a valid building permit.
(d) No license issued pursuant to this chapter shall be transferred from one person to another or from one place of business to another. Upon change of ownership, a new application made in conformity with the general requirements of this Municipal Code shall be submitted and the Department of Health shall inspect and recommend for approval as provided in this chapter.
(Added Coun. J. 12-9-92, p. 25465; Amend Coun. J. 6-10-96, p. 23652; Amend Coun. J. 9-29-04, p. 32144, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 7-27-05, p. 53211, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 11-19-08, p. 47220, Art. V, § 5; Amend Coun. J. 5-4-11, p. 117699, § 3; Amend Coun. J. 12-13-17, p. 63286, § 2)