As used in this article, the following words or terms shall have the following meanings:
Alcoholic Liquor: Any spirits, wine, beer, ale or other liquid containing more than one-half of one percent (0.5%) of alcohol by volume and which is fit for human internal consumption as a beverage.
Owner: Any person having an ownership interest in or conducting the operation of a prepared food facility.
Person: Any natural individual, partnership, association, firm, corporation, limited liability company, representative or other legally recognized entity.
Prepared Food:
(a) Prepared food means any and all solid, semi-solid, liquid, powder, non-alcoholic beverage or other food substance used or intended to be used for human internal consumption, whether simple, compound or mixed, and which has been prepared for immediate consumption on and/or off the premises.
(b) Prepared food includes any alcoholic liquor used or intended to be used for human consumption and which has been sold for immediate consumption on the premises, but does not include alcoholic liquor which is sold in its original package for consumption off the premises of the retailer.
Prepared Food Facility:
(a) Prepared food facility includes any place, facility or food service establishment which sells prepared food at retail for immediate consumption on and/or off the premises of the facility, whether or not such facility is conducted in conjunction with any other use(s) in a common premises or business establishment, and includes, but is not limited to, restaurants, eating places, drive-in restaurants, bakeries, buffets, cafeterias, cafes, lunch counters, fast food outlets, catering services, coffee shops, diners, sandwich shops, soda fountains, taverns, bars, cocktail lounges, soft drink parlors, ice cream parlors, tearooms, delicatessens, banquet facilities, movie theaters, hotels, motels and clubs. Where a facility is only partially intended to permit on site consumption of food (such as a grocery store with a prepared food service area), only that portion of the facility selling prepared food shall be considered a prepared food facility.
(b) "Prepared food facility" does not include: 1) food stores (except facilities therein which sell prepared food), 2) churches, 3) public or private schools, 4) day care centers, 5) nursing homes, 6) retirement or similar residential care facilities, 7) hospitals or 8) coin-operated automatic food item dispensing machines.
Purchase At Retail: To obtain for use or consumption in exchange for a consideration, whether in the form of money, credits, barter or any other nature, and not for resale.
Retailer: Any person who sells or offers for sale prepared food for use or consumption and not for resale. (Ord. 0-17-2, 1-3-2017)