For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
CATERER. A person who furnishes food, beverages, or both, on the premises of another for compensation.
COLLECTOR. The Treasurer of the town or designee.
FOOD. All food, beverages, or both, including alcoholic beverages, purchased in or from a food establishment, whether prepared in such food establishment or not, and whether consumed on the premises or not, and without regard to the manner, time, or place of service.
FOOD ESTABLISHMENT. Any place in or from which a meal, food, or food products are prepared, packaged, sold, or distributed in the town including, but not limited to, any restaurant, dining room, grill, coffee shop, cafeteria, café, snack bar, lunch counter, convenience store, movie theater, delicatessen, confectionery, bakery, eating house, eatery, drugstore, ice cream/yogurt shops, lunch wagon or truck, pushcart or other mobile facility from which food is sold, public or private club, resort, bar, lounge, or other similar establishment, public or private, and shall include private property outside of and contiguous to a building or structure operated as a food establishment at which food or food products are sold for immediate consumption.
MEAL. Any prepared food or beverage, including alcoholic beverages, offered or held out for sale by a food establishment or caterer for the purpose of being consumed by any person to satisfy the appetite and is ready for immediate consumption. All such food and beverage, unless otherwise specifically exempted or excluded herein shall be included, whether intended to be consumed on the seller’s premises or elsewhere, whether designated as breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, supper, or by some other name, and without regard to the manner, time, or place of service.
SELLER. Any food establishment or caterer selling meals or food, or the person operating such business.
TREASURER. The Treasurer of the town and any duly designated deputies, assistants, inspectors, or other employees.
TOWN. The Town of Occoquan, Virginia, a municipal corporation of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
(1998 Code, § 58-38) (Ord. O-2000-02, passed 6-13-2000; Ord. O-2023-15, passed 9-19-2023)