(a) No person shall operate or maintain a food establishment without a permit issued by the permittor.
(b) Prior to operating a food establishment in the Franklin County Health District, every person shall procure a permit for the food establishment and shall renew the permit on or before the first day of March each year. However, a mobile food establishment or a temporary food establishment may obtain its permit at any time before it begins operation of its food establishment during the permit year. If the permit fee as prescribed by Section 713.05 of the Franklin County Food Establishment Regulations is not received by the permittor on or before the date it is due, a penalty of twenty-five percent of such fee shall be imposed and paid. In no event, shall a permit to operate a temporary food establishment be transferred. A person shall obtain a separate permit for each temporary food establishment which it intends to operate provided that no person shall operate temporary food establishments for more than twenty days or parts of a day in a year.
(c) Each permit issued shall be effective from the date of issuance until the last day of the permit year.
(Res. 1-95. Passed 1-19-95.)
(Res. 1-95. Passed 1-19-95.)