A third-party food delivery service shall terminate any service contract with a covered establishment within 72 hours after the covered establishment provides oral or written notice of its decision to terminate the contract to an individual contact person designated for communications regarding the termination or amendment of a contract in either the parties’ contract or in the version of the third-party delivery service’s software application used by the covered establishment, or if no such individual is so specified, to either the individual designated on the website of the California Secretary of State as agent for service of process for the third-party delivery service, or to any officer or local or regional manager of the third-party delivery service. For purposes of this Section 5306, “written notice” shall include any writing delivered by email, text message or similar message transmitted through phone or software application, facsimile, personal delivery, or mail service.
(Added by Ord. 234-20, File No. 200398, App. 11/20/2020, Eff. 12/21/2020)