SEC. 61.220. INSPECTION REPORT AND HEARING.

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TITLE 2 LICENSES, BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND BUSINESS TAXES*

TITLE 3 PUBLIC SAFETY, MORALS AND WELFARE*

TITLE 4 PUBLIC PROPERTY*

TITLE 5 REGULATION OF BUILDINGS, MOBILEHOME AND SPECIAL OCCUPANCY PARKS AND TRAILER COACHES*

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DIVISION 1. FOOD

CHAPTER 1. REGULATION OF RETAIL FOOD FACILITIES AND FOOD HANDLERS*

CHAPTER 2. WHOLESALE FOOD WAREHOUSES

SEC. 61.211. WHOLESALE FOOD WAREHOUSES.

SEC. 61.212. DEFINITIONS.

SEC. 61.213. VIOLATION OF ANY SECTION OF THIS CHAPTER IS A MISDEMEANOR.

SEC. 61.214. NUISANCE-POWER OF DIRECTOR.

SEC. 61.215. PERMIT REQUIREMENT.

SEC. 61.216. PLAN REVIEW AND PERMITS.

SEC. 61.217. POSTING OF PERMIT.

SEC. 61.218. RIGHT TO INSPECT.

SEC. 61.219. RESISTING OR DISOBEYING A DIRECTOR PROHIBITED.

SEC. 61.220. INSPECTION REPORT AND HEARING.

SEC. 61.221. PERMIT SUSPENSION.

SEC. 61.222. PERMIT SUSPENSION NOTICE.

SEC. 61.223. SUSPENDED PERMIT REINSTATEMENT.

SEC. 61.224. PERMIT REVOCATION.

SEC. 61.225. APPEAL OF WHOLESALE FOOD WAREHOUSE PERMIT DENIALS, SUSPENSIONS AND REVOCATIONS.

SEC. 61.226. RIGHT TO IMPOUND.

SEC. 61.227. RIGHT TO EMBARGO.

SEC. 61.228. RELEASE FROM IMPOUND OR EMBARGO.

SEC. 61.229. RESPONSIBILITY FOR VIOLATIONS.

SEC. 61.230. ENFORCEMENT HEARING PROCEDURES OTHER THAN FOR PERMIT SUSPENSIONS OR REVOCATIONS.

SEC. 61.231. FOOD HANDLING.

SEC. 61.232. TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 61.233. ICE.

SEC. 61.234. EMPLOYEE SANITARY PRACTICES.

SEC. 61.235. GENERAL SANITATION REQUIREMENTS.

SEC. 61.236. ANIMALS OR FOWL PROHIBITED.

SEC. 61.237. PLUMBING.

SEC. 61.238. SEWAGE DISPOSAL.

SEC. 61.239. SANITARY SUPPLIES AND SIGNS.

SEC. 61.240. RUBBISH, OFFAL, GARBAGE, AND PUTRESCIBLE MATTER.

SEC. 61.241. RETURNED OR DAMAGED FOODS.

SEC. 61.242. CONSTRUCTION AND EQUIPMENT.

SEC. 61.243. FLOORS.

SEC. 61.244. WALLS.

SEC. 61.245. CEILINGS.

SEC. 61.246. VENTILATION.

SEC. 61.247. VERMIN PROOFING.

SEC. 61.248. SANITARY FACILITIES.

SEC. 61.249. FOOD STORAGE.

SEC. 61.250. JANITORIAL FACILITIES.

SEC. 61.251. REFRIGERATORS AND FREEZERS.

SEC. 61.252. ICE MACHINES.

SEC. 61.253. FLOOR SINKS.

SEC. 61.254. AISLES AND WORK SPACE.

SEC. 61.255. FLOOR DRAINS.

SEC. 61.256. TRANSPORTATION OF FOOD.

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CHAPTER 5. MICROENTERPRISE HOME KITCHEN OPERATIONS

DIVISION 2. ANIMALS AND POULTRY

DIVISION 3. CROPS AND PLANTS

DIVISION 4. DISEASE CONTROL

DIVISION 5. PERMIT FEES AND PROCEDURES FOR BUSINESSES AND HEALTH REGULATED ACTIVITIES*

DIVISION 6. SANITATION REGULATIONS FOR BUSINESSES*

DIVISION 7. WATER AND WATER SUPPLIES*

DIVISION 8. UNIFIED PROGRAM, SEWAGE AND SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL

DIVISION 9. UNSANITARY AND UNSAFE PREMISES*

DIVISION 10. AMBULANCE, CRITICAL CARE, AND NON-EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES*

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TITLE 8 ZONING AND LAND USE REGULATIONS*

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SECTION A - GENERAL GOVERNMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

SECTION B - FINANCE, ACCOUNTING AND PURCHASING

SECTION C - PERSONNEL

SECTION D - TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION

SECTION E - WELFARE AND CHARITIES

SECTION F - PROPERTY, LAND AND BUILDINGS

SECTION G - COUNTY FACILITIES

SECTION H - EQUIPMENT

SECTION I - PLANNING AND LAND USE

SECTION J - ROADS STREETS AND HIGHWAYS

SECTION K - MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION L - LAW ENFORCEMENT

SECTION M - LEGISLATIVE

SEC. 61.217. POSTING OF PERMIT.

A wholesale food warehouse shall post its health permit in a conspicuous place in the establishment, and the permit shall not be defaced or marred.

(Added by Ord. No. 9525 (N.S.), effective 1-10-03; amended by Ord. No. 10786 (N.S.), effective 7-1-22; amended by Ord. No. 10927 (N.S.), effective 1-10-25)

SEC. 61.218. RIGHT TO INSPECT.

The Director may enter and inspect any wholesale food warehouse or any place suspected of being a wholesale food warehouse and may issue inspection reports, official notices, and secure any sample, photograph or other evidence for the purpose of enforcing this chapter.

(Added by Ord. No. 9525 (N.S.), effective 1-10-03; amended by Ord. No. 10927 (N.S.), effective 1-10-25)

SEC. 61.219. RESISTING OR DISOBEYING A DIRECTOR PROHIBITED.

No person shall refuse, resist or attempt to resist the entry of the Director into any establishment, facility, railway car, stage, vehicle, building, room, lot, place, or portion thereof in the County in the performance of his or her duty. No person shall refuse to obey any lawful order of the Director, made in the performance of his or her duties, within the power conferred upon him or her by state law or by this chapter.

(Added by Ord. No. 9525 (N.S.), effective 1-10-03; amended by Ord. No. 10927 (N.S.), effective 1-10-25)

SEC. 61.220. INSPECTION REPORT AND HEARING.

The Director shall prepare a written report of inspection and a copy shall be supplied or mailed to the permittee of the facility inspected. If the permittee fails to comply with the requests of the Director, the Director shall issue to the permittee a notice setting forth the acts or omissions with which the permittee is charged, and informing him or her of a right to a hearing, if requested, to show cause why the permit should not be suspended or revoked.

(Added by Ord. No. 9525 (N.S.), effective 1-10-03; amended by Ord. No. 10927 (N.S.), effective 1-10-25)

SEC. 61.221. PERMIT SUSPENSION.

A health permit may be immediately suspended for repeated violations of this chapter, interference with the Director in the performance of his or her duty, or the presence of an immediate danger to the public health or safety unless the danger is immediately corrected.

(Added by Ord. No. 9525 (N.S.), effective 1-10-03; amended by Ord. No. 10927 (N.S.), effective 1-10-25)

SEC. 61.222. PERMIT SUSPENSION NOTICE.

Whenever a permit is suspended for violating this chapter, the Director shall issue to the permittee a notice setting forth the acts or omissions with which the permittee is charged and informing the permittee of the right to a hearing.

(Added by Ord. No. 9525 (N.S.), effective 1-10-03; amended by Ord. No. 10927 (N.S.), effective 1-10-25)

SEC. 61.223. SUSPENDED PERMIT REINSTATEMENT.

A permit that has been suspended for violations of this chapter may be reinstated, if the Director determines that conditions which prompted the suspension no longer exist.

(Added by Ord. No. 9525 (N.S.), effective 1-10-03; amended by Ord. No. 10927 (N.S.), effective 1-10-25)

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