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CITY OF CLEVELAND, OHIO CODE OF ORDINANCES
CHARTER OF THE CITY OF CLEVELAND
PART ONE: ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
PART TWO: HEALTH CODE
PART THREE: LAND USE CODE
PART FOUR: TRAFFIC CODE
PART FIVE: MUNICIPAL UTILITIES AND SERVICES CODE
PART SIX: OFFENSES AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES CODE
TITLE VIIA: CLEVELAND NEIGHBORHOOD FORM-BASED CODE
CHAPTER 221 – FOOD RENDERING ESTABLISHMENTS
221.01   License Required; Term
221.02   License Application, Fee and Record
221.03   Transportation of Rendering Material
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§ 221.01 License Required; Term
   (a)   No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of operating any process, apparatus or device for the reduction of animal or vegetable products, tankage or fertilizers, or in rendering grease or fats, or manufacturing glue from animal or vegetable matter or in the business of collecting butcher offal or inedible fats within the City, unless the owner or person having control thereof or operating the same has first applied for and obtained a license from the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses. Such license shall cover the period from July 1 until June 30 or any portion of such period, shall expire on June 30 of such period for which it was issued, irrespective of the date of its issuance and shall not be transferable. Whenever the interest of such licensee ceases, the license immediately becomes void. However, upon the death of a licensee, the license shall be valid for thirty (30) days from the date of death in favor of the legal representatives of the licensee, provided that such thirty (30) days do not extend beyond June 30 of the period for which such license was issued.
   (b)   This section does not apply to any person, firm or corporation rendering the products of animals slaughtered or processed in their own establishment.
(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)
§ 221.02 License Application, Fee and Record
   Every application for a license required by Section 221.01 shall be on a form approved by the City, and shall state the name and address of the applicant, the nature and extent of his or her interest in the business for which the license is desired, and if the applicant is not the owner of such business, then the applicant shall also state the name and address of the owner. The application shall further state the location of the business, and the nature of the business for which such license is desired, together with such other information as may be required by the Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses. The application must also be approved by the Commissioner and shall be accompanied by a fee of three hundred dollars ($300.00) for each business establishment for which a license is desired. The license, when granted, shall be conspicuously posted in the principal office or business room in the plant or building wherein such business is conducted. The Commissioner of Assessments and Licenses shall keep a record of all licenses issued under this section and shall, immediately upon the issuing of a license, furnish the Commissioner of Environmental Health with all the information contained in the license.
(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)
§ 221.03 Transportation of Rendering Material
   No raw rendering material shall be conveyed unless the means of conveyance is so constructed that no drippings or seepings can escape, and the raw rendering material is covered.
(Ord. No. 511-76. Passed 6-14-76, eff. 6-18-76)