(A) Who is entitled. Any person who complies with the requirements of this chapter shall be entitled to receive a permit upon paying the required fee.
(B) Application, content. All applications for a permit under this chapter shall describe the premises for which the permit is issued. And other such information related to the purpose of this chapter as the County Health Officer may from time to time require.
(C) Affidavit. An affidavit stating the legal owner of the premises shall be attached to the application.
(D) Permit; obtaining and posting. Any person, before operating a food preparation establishment with a permanent location in Lake County, a temporary food preparation establishment, a mobile food preparation establishment of a grocery shall secure a permit to operate such a respective establishment from the County Health Officer. The permit shall be posted in a conspicuous place in the establishment.
(E) Permanent location fee schedule.
(1) With any application for a permit of a food preparation establishment with a permanent location in Lake County which is filed between the first day of January and the thirtieth day of June of any year, the applicant shall pay to the Lake County Health Department a fee as amended by Ordinance 993B passed by the Lake County Council on 3-13-1984 as follows:
(a)
Food Preparation Permit
| |
No. of Employees
Per Establishment
|
Annual Fee
|
Food Preparation Permit
| |
No. of Employees
Per Establishment
|
Annual Fee
|
1 – 4 | $150 |
5 – 9 | $210 |
10 –14 | $240 |
15 – 19 | $270 |
20 – 24 | $300 |
25 – 29 | $320 |
30 – 34 | $350 |
35 – 39 | $380 |
40 – 44 | $400 |
45 – 49 | $430 |
50 + | $460 |
(b)
Grocery Store Permits (Without Delicatessens)
| $.40 per 100 square feet with a minimum fee of $30 |
(2) If an application for a new establishment is made between the first day of July and the thirty-first day of December of any year, the applicant shall pay to the Lake County Health Department, a fee equal to 50% of the respective fee on the foregoing scale.
(3) The existing food service establishments which operate four or less consecutive months during any one calendar year shall pay a fee equal to one-third of the regular annual license fee. The food service establishments which operate more than four but less than six consecutive months during any one calendar year shall pay a license fee equal to one-half of the regular annual license fee.
(F) Renewal fees. Every person operating an annual food service or annual food market with a permanent location shall pay annually to the Lake County Health Department a renewal fee in accordance with the foregoing scale, between the first day of January and the first day of March of each year. If the renewal fee is not paid on or before the first day of March of each year, the permit is void. The establishment may resume operation only after securing a permit from the Lake County Health Department and paying a fee of the amount double that of the regular fee for the renewal of the license.
(G) Temporary location. With every application for a permit for temporary food preparation establishment or grocer, the applicant shall pay a fee to the Lake County Health Department of $5 for each day of operation but not to exceed $15 for any one continuous operation at any location.
(H) Mobile food preparation establishment. With any application for permit for a mobile food preparation establishment, the applicant shall pay to the Lake County Health Department an annual fee of $25 provided however, that if the mobile food preparation establishment operates a permanent or temporary preparation establishment with a valid permit, the mobile unit shall not be required to have a permit provided further that the permit number of the respective permanent or temporary food preparation establishment be conspicuously displayed on the side of each mobile unit in a manner prescribed by the County Health Officer.
(I) Disposition of fees. All fees shall be paid into and credited by the Health Officer to the General Fund of the Lake County Health Department, and shall be exclusively used in carrying out and enforcing the provisions of this chapter.
(J) Savings clause. All permits for the operation of a food preparation establishment or grocer now held by any person, shall continue in force for the period for which they were issued, provided however that the person shall secure a permit from the Health Officer as herein provided when the period has expired.
(K) Exemption. The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable to all food preparation establishments operated by religious, fraternal, educational, charitable and civic organizations; provided, that no payment of a fee shall be required of the organizations.
(L) Licenses non-transferrable. Any permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be non-assignable and non-transferrable. A new permit must be obtained by any new owner or any food preparation or grocery establishment or if the location thereof be changed, the old permit must be surrendered, and a new permit shall be obtained and the fees thereof shall be paid. No refund shall be granted for any unexpired period of the former license.
(M) Operating before obtaining permit. Any owner of a food-service establishment who begins operation of the food-service establishment before obtaining the necessary permit(s), shall be required to pay double the regular fee after the owner complies with all other requirements specified within this chapter and 410 I.A.C. 7-24.
(Ord. 23, passed 7-24-1972; Ord. 23A, passed 1-9-2001; Ord. 23A-1, passed 10-16-2001; Ord. 1336A, passed 6-15-2011; Ord. 1336A-1, passed 5-15-2012)