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PREFACE
Chapter C HOME RULE CHARTER
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Chapter 5 ADMINISTRATIVE CODE
Chapter 14 AUTHORITIES
Chapter 23 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND COUNCILS
Chapter 36 FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES
Chapter 51 INITIATIVE AND REFERENDUM
Chapter 62 PENSIONS
Chapter 70 PERSONNEL
Chapter 77 POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chapter 91 SALARIES AND COMPENSATION
Chapter 120 ALARM SYSTEMS
Chapter 127 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Chapter 141 ANIMALS
Chapter 166 CABLE TELEVISION
Chapter 173 COMMERCIAL LAUNDRY CODE
Chapter 180 CONSTRUCTION CODES
Chapter 185 CONVERSION THERAPY
Chapter 188 CURFEW
Chapter 201 ELECTRIC SERVICE
Chapter 212 FEES
Chapter 219 FIREARMS
Chapter 225 FIREWORKS
Chapter 231 FIRE INSURANCE PROCEEDS
Chapter 237 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION
Chapter 251 FOOD CODE
Chapter 272 GRAFFITI
Chapter 288 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Chapter 295 HISTORICAL AND CONSERVATION DISTRICTS
Chapter 302 HOUSE NUMBERING
Chapter 308 HOUSING
Chapter 317 INVASIVE PLANTS AND NOXIOUS WEEDS
Chapter 325 LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 328 LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
Chapter 332 LIBRARY
Chapter 339 LICENSES AND PERMITS
Chapter 346 LITTER AND ADVERTISING MATERIAL
Chapter 353 LOITERING AND PANHANDLING
Chapter 364 MASSAGE THERAPISTS
Chapter 378 MUNICIPAL CLAIMS AND LIENS
Chapter 387 NOISE
Chapter 396 PARKS AND RECREATION
Chapter 403 PAWNBROKERS
Chapter 410 PEDDLING AND SOLICITING
Chapter 424 POLES
Chapter 431 PROPERTY SALES
Chapter 433 PUBLIC ART
Chapter 438 RAIN BARRELS
Chapter 442 RECORDS, PUBLIC ACCESS
Chapter 453 SALES
Chapter 460 SCRAP METAL DEALERS
Chapter 467 SEWERS AND SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Chapter 473 SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES
Chapter 479 SIDEWALK CAFES
Chapter 485 SIGNS
Chapter 496 SOLID WASTE
Chapter 502 STORAGE FACILITIES
Chapter 505 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
Chapter 508 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter 515 SUBDIVISION AND LAND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 521 SUSTAINABILITY
Chapter 536 TAMPERING WITH PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter 540 TATTOO AND PIERCING ESTABLISHMENTS
Chapter 543 TAX ABATEMENTS
Chapter 546 TAX AMNESTY PROGRAM
Chapter 549 TAXATION
Chapter 555 TREES
Chapter 564 VEHICLE NUISANCES, STORAGE OF
Chapter 570 VEHICLE REPAIR SHOPS
Chapter 576 VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC
Chapter 583 VENDING MACHINES
Chapter 600 ZONING
Chapter A610 ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY
Chapter A611 BOND ISSUES AND LOANS
Chapter A612 FRANCHISE AND SERVICES
Chapter A613 GOVERNMENTAL AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
Chapter A614 PLAN APPROVAL
Chapter A615 PUBLIC PROPERTY
Chapter A616 SEWERS
Chapter A617 STREETS AND SIDEWALKS
Chapter A618 WATER
Chapter A619 ZONING; PRIOR ORDINANCES
Chapter DT DERIVATION TABLE
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§ 583-112. Inspections.
   A.   Inspection frequency. The Property Maintenance Division shall select a minimum of 10 machines or no more than 33.3% of an operator's vending machines (to be identified by the Property Maintenance Division) located within the City of Reading for inspection.
   B.   Access for inspection. The Property Maintenance Division, after proper identification, shall be permitted to enter at any reasonable time and after reasonable notice, upon any private or public property where vending machines are operated, or from which such machines are otherwise serviced, for the purpose of determining compliance with the provisions of this Part. The operator shall make provision for the Property Maintenance Division to have access, either in company with an employee or otherwise, to the interior of all food vending machines operated by him.
   C.   Notification of inspection findings. Whenever an inspection of food vending machines is made, a copy of the completed inspection form set out in this Part shall be furnished to the operator. Whenever the Property Maintenance Division discovers a violation of any provision of this Part, it shall notify the operator concerned either by the inspection report form set out in this Part or by other written notice. Such form or notice, which is a public document, shall:
      (1)   Describe the condition found.
      (2)   Provide a specific and reasonable period of time for the correction of the condition.
      (3)   State that an opportunity for a hearing on inspection findings will be provided if a written request for such hearing is filed with the Property Maintenance Division within five days of receipt of the notice. The Property Maintenance Division may also advise the operator in writing that unless the violations are corrected within the specified period of time, any permit issued under the provision of this Part may be suspended or revoked in accordance with the provisions of this Part, or court action may be initiated.
      (4)   Inspection fee. On the year of inspection, every operator shall pay an inspection fee of per machine for those machines that are inspected. The cost of inspection for a vending machine bank shall be set by ordinance, plus an additional amount for each additional machine located within the vending machine bank. Said fees shall be as provided in Chapter 212, Fees.
      (5)   Report forms. Inspection report forms will be provided by the Property Maintenance Division.