(A) If at any time the Health Authority determines that a permit holder or operator is not in compliance with the provisions of this chapter and/or the Macon County Food Sanitation Ordinance, the Health Authority shall issue a notice to the permit holder or operator. The notice shall state the nature of the violation and a reasonable timeframe in which corrective action must be taken.
(B) Whenever a permit holder has failed to comply with any notice issued under the provisions of this chapter and/or the Macon County Food Sanitation Ordinance, the Health Authority may serve the permit holder or operator with a notice stating that the permit is suspended and operations are to cease immediately or as otherwise ordered by the Health Authority.
(C) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter, whenever the Health Authority finds unsanitary or other conditions in the operation of a mobile food unit, which in the Health Authority's judgment, constitutes a substantial hazard to public health, it may, without warning, notice, or hearing, issue a written notice to the permit holder or operator citing such condition, specifying the corrective action to be taken, and stating that the permit is immediately suspended.
(D) Any person to whom such an order is issued shall comply immediately therewith, but upon written petition to the Health Authority, shall be afforded a hearing as soon as possible. Hearing information can be found in the Macon County Food Sanitation Ordinance § 91.25.
(E) A permit holder whose permit has been suspended may at any time during the suspension of the permit make a signed, written request for an inspection for the purpose of the reinstatement of the permit, stating how the conditions leading up to the suspension were corrected. Within 24 hours following receipt of the written request, the Health Authority shall inspect the premises, and shall reinstate the permit if the permit holder is in compliance with this chapter.
(F) A fee set forth by the Macon County Board of Health for permit reinstatement shall be applied to all mobile food units required to cease food service operations. The reinstatement fee shall be paid in full to the Health Authority prior to resuming operations.
(G) Two suspensions during a period of 12 consecutive months shall constitute grounds for revocation of a permit.
(Ord. O-138-12-21, passed 12-9-2021)