For the purposes of this chapter, the words set out in this section shall have the following meanings:
FOOD. Any substance eaten or drunk for nourishment or refreshment of the body, whether the food is in storage, in process of preparation or ready to serve.
HAWKER. Any person who proclaims his wares on the street or property adjacent thereto, the articles for sale being contained in a wagon, box or vehicle or carried by the person.
OPERATOR. Any person engaged in the dispensing of, or assisting in the preparation of food in a public eating place.
OWNER or OWNERS. Those persons, partnerships or corporations who are financially interested in the operation of a public eating place.
PUBLIC EATING PLACE. Every restaurant, lunchroom, tearoom, soda fountain, buffet, grill room, lunch counter, sandwich stand, dining room, coffee shop, public boarding house, having more than three boarders, hotel, club, beer parlor, cocktail lounge and every other place where food or drinks are prepared and sold, to be consumed on the premises, and all kitchens, commissaries and other rooms appurtenant thereto or connected therewith. All places where sandwiches, lunches and box lunches are prepared for sale to the public shall also be classified as PUBLIC EATING PLACES.
(`83 Code, § 5.68.010)