(a) No person shall employ a coin-operated or other mechanical dispensing device for vending of food or drink unless the machine is constructed of suitable material and designed for easy, thorough cleaning and sanitizing and is maintained in clean, sanitary surroundings. Each machine shall be filled with wholesome ingredients, handled under sanitary conditions and transported in a clean, sanitary manner.
(b) Food in vending machines shall not be admixed with any trinket, prize or other similar novelty made of plastic, metal or other non-nutritive substances.
(c) Whenever requested by the official charged with the enforcement of this chapter, the owner or operator of such mechanical devices for dispensing food and drink, or his or her representatives, shall assist in making inspection of the interior of such machines at all reasonable hours.
(Ord. No. 2163-01. Passed 5-20-02, eff. 5-23-02)