(a) Generally. Except as exempted herein, no person or entity shall own, operate or permit any retail or wholesale activity pertaining to the handling or holding of food, without first applying for, receiving and retaining an unexpired, unsuspended, unrevoked permit from DEHS for each food facility or activity, and paying fees to DEHS in those amounts specified in the San Bernardino County Code Schedule of Fees, in accordance with Chapter 2 of this E.H. Code.
(b) Food Facilities Generally Exempt from Permits. Permitting requirements do not apply to those activities that are expressly exempted by the Health and Safety Code definition of a “food facility.”
(c) Limited Commercial Exemption. This Chapter shall not apply where only nonpotentially hazardous food, properly packaged or protected, properly labeled, and with no evidence of adulteration or exposure to adulteration, is vended to the public in machines or from permanent food facilities, with a food display area of 25 square feet or less.
(Ord. 3105, passed - -1986; Am. Ord. 4158, passed - -2012; Am. Ord. 4196, passed - -2013)