A. It is unlawful for any person or other legal entity to operate any restaurant, itinerant restaurant, mobile food preparation vehicle, vehicle, vending-machine business, bakery, food processing establishment, ice plant, self-contained ice plant or act as an ice distributor without first applying for and receiving a food vending permit issued by the Health Department under the provisions of this chapter. Retail food production and marketing establishments shall not be subject to the provisions of this chapter.
B. Every applicant for a food vending permit shall file with the Health Department a written application which shall state the name and address of the applicant, the character and location of the activity for which a permit is required under this chapter and such other information as the Health Department may require. Applicants for a permit to operate a mobile food-preparation vehicle shall, in addition, provide a list of three service stops, which shall include the address or exact location and time of each stop. A revised list shall be submitted whenever changes occur.
C. No permit shall be granted, renewed or reinstated unless the Health Department determines, upon making an investigation, that the place of business for which the application is made is equipped, operated and maintained in a safe, sanitary and healthful manner, and that no conditions exist on the premises which are, or which may be, unsafe, unsanitary, unwholesome or detrimental to the health of the patrons, consumers, employees or the general public.
D. Nor shall a permit be granted, renewed or reinstated unless the Health Department determines that the condition of the premises is in accordance with the requirements of all applicable provisions of the California Health and Safety Code, of this chapter, and of all rules and regulations promulgated under Section 4-4-28 of the codified laws of the County of Orange, and that said premises are capable of being operated in accordance with such laws and regulations.
E. Permits may be granted at any time during the year, but all permits shall expire at the end of the calendar year. Each permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place on the premises or vehicle for which it is issued.
F. Any permit previously issued to a mobile food-preparation vehicle shall be suspended beginning ninety days after the effective date of this subsection unless the permittee presents such vehicle to the Health Department and the Health Department certifies that such vehicle is in full compliance with the applicable requirements of Sections 5.03.075 and 5.03.077 of this code as well as all other applicable provisions of the Health and Safety Code and of this chapter. The Health Officer may grant an extension of time for compliance with the aforesaid requirements of Sections 5.03.075 and 5.03.077 if he finds that the applicant has made a good faith effort to comply but cannot do so for reasons beyond his control, such as inadequate capacity of equipment fabrication contractors. In such instances, the applicant shall present a written request for an extension, documenting the steps already undertaken, the reasons compliance cannot be achieved within the prescribed time period, and a timetable for full compliance. Extensions shall not be granted for compliance with the requirements of Section 5.03.077 concerning the design and construction of lids for deep-fat fryers. (Ord. 2297 § 2, 1979: Ord. 1915 § 2 (part), 1973.)